issue 9 - september / october 2004

New York City’s Free Independent Beer Magazine
The Gotham
IMBIBER
Issue 9
September – October 2004
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In This Issue:
Beer Calendar
3
Big Bus, Beer Bus
4
Beerman & Firkin
9
Sparky’s: A Sad Demise
11
City Beer Happenings
12
Book Review
14
Write a Caption - Results
15
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The Gotham Imbiber
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Deadline for issue 10 is Monday 18th October
2004 for publication in November.
Acknowledgements: Special thanks as always to
Felice Wechsler.
Beer Calendar
Recommended beer events in NYC over the next two months…
Wednesday 8th September 2004, 7.30pm: Malted Barley Appreciation Society of NYC.
Monthly meeting, Mugs Ale House, 125 Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Full details: http://hbd.org/mbas.
Saturday
18th
September
2004,
1pm:
The
Annual
Brooklyn
Beerfest.
th
Brooklyn Brewery, 79 North 11 Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. $30 inclusive of beer
and entertainment through until 6pm. http://www.brooklynbrewery.com/events.asp .
Thursday 30th September – Saturday 2nd October 2004: 4th New York City Real Ale Festival.
David Copperfield’s, 1394 York Avenue, Manhattan. Up to 20 interesting and unusual
cask ales should be available (not all at once).
Details: 1 212 734 6152,
http://www.davidcopperfields.com.
Saturday 9th October 2004, 4pm (maybe earlier – check first): Malted Barley
Appreciation Society of NYC. Greenpoint & Williamsburg Pub Crawl, provisionally visiting
The Mark Bar, Matchless, Mugs Ale House, Spike Hill, and Spuyten Duyvil. Full details:
http://hbd.org/mbas/calendar.html nearer the time.
Wednesday 13th October 2004, 7.30pm: Malted Barley Appreciation Society of NYC.
Monthly meeting, Mugs Ale House, 125 Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Saturday 16th October 2004, 1pm: ‘Beer on the Pier 2004’ Beerfest.
Pier 54, Manhattan (about ¼ mile south of Chelsea Brewing Company).
$35/$40 in advance, $50 on the day.
Note: Postponed from 18th September.
Details: 1 212 613 3158, or see www.beeronthepier.com.
Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th October 2004: 4th ‘Cask Head’ Tri-Annual Cask Ale Festival.
The Brazen Head, 228 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn. About a dozen rare and flavoursome
cask ales will be on offer throughout the weekend. Details: 1 718 488 0430 nearer the time.
EVERY TUESDAY, 7.00pm: Bierkraft, 191 Fifth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn
(at Union Street). Weekly beer tasting and cheese pairing, sometimes featuring a
guest speaker from the trade. Details: 1 718 230 7600; http://www.bierkraft.com.
Big Bus, Beer Bus
Alex Hall double-decks it round Philly’s best beer bars
Philadelphia,
otherwise
known as
‘the ‘city of
brotherly love’ has lots of
great bars (and other
attractions!), and is easily
done in a day trip from
New York City.
I recommend catching the
NJT train to Trenton, where
there is a connection
operated by SEPTA to
Philadelphia. Alternatively,
if rich, you can save about
45 minutes by taking a
direct Amtrak service – but
that will cost an arm and a
leg compared with under
$30 for the slower local
services. You could also take a
Greyhound bus, but I don’t personally
recommend that from previous bad
experiences with them. Take the train
through to Market East station, and you’ll
be right where the action is. Virtually
next door is the Independence Brewpub,
which I’ll describe presently.
couple of minutes earlier.
Once on the bus, enjoy the
delights to be seen – and
there’s always a running
commentary from the tour
guide. You’ll pass the
magnificent City Hall, and
then the route heads
north-west up Benjamin
Franklin Parkway and right
round Deakins Oval, by the
eastern
side
of
the
majestic
Art
Museum
whose steps were made
famous in the film Rocky.
Then the tour heads into a
district which used to be
home to a number of
breweries and the former
Eastern State Penitentiary, now a
museum of its former past.
Very close to the Penitentiary is what I
consider to be one of the best and
friendliest bars in the city – The London
Grill, aptly named for the mode of
transport I’m promoting here.
The best and most fun way to get around
is by tour bus. Philly has a half-hourly
service using authentic British double
deckers, ideal for bar hopping as well as
taking in the sights.
A short distance west of Market East
station, on the corner of Filbert and North
12th Streets, you should find one of these
vehicles parked up and a ticket seller on
duty. For $25, you get unlimited travel on
all their buses for the next 24 hours –
well worth it in my opinion.
Right, back to the Independence. This is
a large, open-plan brewpub – not great on
traditional atmosphere but they brew
tasty beers, and one is usually available
in cask-conditioned form (ask which one
is on the beer engine if not immediately
obvious). Worth a visit.
The London Grill, snapped from the lower saloon
of a former London Transport double-decker bus.
Photo: Alex Hall
Back to the tour bus. Once you have your
ticket, you will need to be on the corner
of North 12th and Market Streets, a very
short distance away. The buses should
call here at roughly 15 and 45 past each
hour, but I strongly suggest being there a
This airy, split-level corner bar has one
cask beer engine (Victory Hop Devil IPA
on my recent visit), 12 taps, and about
the same in bottles. There is a house
beer here, evidently something from
Stoudt’s. There are outside tables at the
front; if you’re quick you can wait there
with a beer and dash the half-block to the
bus stop when you see a double-decker
turning the next corner. If attempting
that, don’t run a tab!
Close-by is another good bar: Brigid’s on
North 24th Street has 5 rotating taps and
some interesting bottles. At least one tap
is usually something good from Belgium.
Back on the bus (departure times should
be roughly 00 & 30 past the hour from
here), you’ll continue via the Art Museum
– western side this time – and over the
Schuylkill River to Philadelphia Zoo. Then
it’s south through a mainly residential
area towards the University. Look out for
some spectacular murals in this area.
Turning east, the bus passes the glorious
30th Street railway station before a brief
sojourn northwards and a south-east turn
back to City Hall; the bus then heads
down South Broad Street, where we’ll
make another stop.
entering; another solid city bar that
shouldn’t be missed.
Swapping the Irish experience for a
German one is easy – Ludwig’s Garten is
just one block west. An impressive range
of German beers, to accompany German
food, is the attraction here.
Continuing on the bus tour (from South
Broad Street, unless you want to board at
Market/12th Streets and do the circuit
I’ve just covered), you’ll travel along the
elegant Pine Street with its various
antique shops. I suggest alighting after a
short distance at either the Vietnam
Memorial stop and walking south-west for
about 5 to 6 minutes to South 4th Street,
just below South Street. There you’ll find
a wonderful bar called O’Neal’s. One
cask beer engine, 12 taps, and lots of
bottles in a huge refrigerator behind the
bar make this vaguely Irish-themed
hostelry well worthy of a visit.
Monk’s Café is a short walk from here a
couple of blocks west. This Belgian-style
restaurant-bar is one of the very best in
the City for range and quality; head for
the back room as there’s far more there
than in the front. Note, though, on
Mondays and Tuesdays the back room
remains closed until 5pm – beware.
There’s a fantastic selection of tap and
bottled beers, plus one cask beer engine.
Absolutely not to be missed!
Also nearby is The Nodding Head, an
upstairs brewpub with fresh, tasty beers.
Cask ale makes an appearance every
Thursday. Another stalwart of the Philly
craft beer scene.
And three blocks west of there is a new,
upscale restaurant-bar called Tria –
which just got voted as having ‘the best
beer selection in the city’ by Philadelphia
Magazine. Although there’s a good range
in this raised-level bar, I wouldn’t go as
far as saying it’s the best.
On the eastern side of Broad Street, an
equal distance between the Broad Street
and Market/12th Street stops, can be
found
Fergie’s.
This
Irish-themed
hostelry boasts a great pint of caskconditioned Yards ESA, plus a number of
other tasty microbrews, and basic but
good pub food. And, on top of that, you’ll
usually get a friendly welcome on
O’Neal’s Pub, South 3rd Street. Photo: Alex Hall
Between the Vietnam Memorial stop (or,
alternatively, the following Sheraton Hotel
(Society Hill) stop) and the Betsy Ross
House stop (the first of the tour from the
official starting point) are no less than
four watering holes I should mention.
Firstly, The City Tavern is a modern
reproduction of a historic city bar where
staff wear period costume for that ‘backin-time’ feel. A couple of house beers
from Yard’s can be found there – beware
of ‘tourist trap’ prices though.
Round the next corner is the aweinspiring Eulogy Belgian Tavern on
Chestnut Street. Twelve decent taps,
mostly Belgian, and a seemingly infinite
number of bottles can be found in Eulogy,
which has recently expanded to two levels
but retains its ‘small and cosy’
atmosphere. My only gripe here is that
Interbrew appear to have their fangs in
Eulogy’s neck; happy hour is sadly
restricted to promoting reduced-price
Leffe, Hoegaarden, and ‘Stale Tortoise’
(Stella Artois). Having those brands on
offer for only $3 a pint surely must steer
people away from decent craft brews
which become far pricier in comparison.
This is surely not the way forward for
choice. Aside from that, Eulogy is, again,
a ‘must visit’ – just stick to the
independent brews though and avoid the
temptation to fund Interbrew’s fat
corporate wallet.
Twenty seconds away from Eulogy is The
Khyber, an icon of a live music venue that
serves good beer. A classic, almost ‘spitand-sawdust’ tavern, The Khyber has a
long front bar and an adjacent room
where rock, punk, and folk bands and
musicians play regularly in the evenings.
Now
that’s
my
sort
of
place!
Unfortunately though, against the current
trend, they have recently ceased selling
cask ale – I heard that their beer engine
broke and it was removed rather than
being repaired or replaced. In spite of
that, I still recommend a visit.
A couple of minutes away over Market
Street and down Church Street (basically
an alley) is Sugar Mom’s Church Street
Lounge, a dimly-lit, folky-punky sort of
place located in the basement of a
residential buiding. There’s a fair
selection of beers, and food includes a
good veggie range. Sugar Mom’s is close
to the Betsy Ross House, and is famous
for the annual ‘Split Thy Skull’ strong ale
festival which was originally conceived by
Beer Philadelphia maven Jim Anderson.
To continue the bus route’s review, after
the Vietnam Memorial goes across to,
and up, South 3rd Street, then left on
Market Street for a spin round the block
where The Liberty Bell is housed. There
the route terminates and restarts, if
continuing you’ll probably have to change
buses. The initial part of the route, prior
to where I started the review close to the
Independence, is a loop around three
blocks for the aforementioned Betsy Ross
House before heading west to where I
started at 12th/Market Streets and
beyond.
With the bus tour wound up, I’ll now
briefly go through some other bars off the
route which are recommended – if staying
in Philly for the evening, read on…
In the south-western fringes of the city
centre, there’s a great, fairly new bar
called Grace Tavern. Basic, traditional,
and very oddly-shaped inside, this bar
has a number of quality microbrews both
on tap and in bottle. Monk’s Flemish
Sour Red Ale, brewed in Belgium by Van
Steenberge for the aforementioned
Monk’s Café, is also on tap here as
there’s an ownership connection. Check
out the refrigerator behind the bar near
the window.
The Grace Tavern.
Photo: Alex Hall
Nearby is Ten Stone, at South Street and
South 21st Street, a bar I haven’t been to
yet – but I’ve heard reliable reports that
there are several good microbrews on tap
and in bottle.
In totally the other end of town, in the upand-coming Northern Liberties section, is
a cluster of four bars within easy walking
distance of each other. The Abbaye,
North Third, The 700 Club, and The
Standard Tap all sport a number of good
microbrews – the latter pair including
cask in their portfolios. The Standard
Tap, with two beer engines and a solid
range of quality brews on tap, is very
highly regarded personally. Note though
that it doesn’t open until 4pm. This is my
first choice to visit after the central
circuit on the buses.
To wind up, if you visit Philly’s best bars
and do the bus tour, all I can say is have
a great time!
Ludwig’s Garten
1315 Sansom Street, Philadelphia
Phone: 1 215 985 1525
O'Neal's Pub
611 South 3rd Street, Philadelphia
Phone: 1 215 574 9495
The City Tavern
132 South 2nd Street, Philadelphia
Phone: 1 215 413 1443
The excellent Standard Tap.
Photo: Alex Hall
Finally, please bear in mind that most
SEPTA trains between Philadelphia and
Trenton don’t have toilets, so arrange to
empty your bladder beforehand!
Independence Brewpub
1150 Filbert Street, Philadelphia
Phone: 1 215 922 4292
London Grill
2301 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia
Phone: 1 215 978 4545
Brigid’s
726 North 24th Street, Philadelphia
Phone: 1 215 232 3232
Monk's Cafe
264 South 16th Street, Philadelphia
Phone: 1 215 545 7005
Nodding Head Brewery and Restaurant
1516 Sansom Street, Philadelphia
Phone: 1 215 569 9525
Tria
123 South 18th Street, Philadelphia
Phone: 1 215 972 8742
Fergie's Pub
1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia
Phone: 1 215 928 8118
Eulogy Belgian Tavern
136 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Phone: 1 215 413 2354
Khyber
56 South 2nd Street, Philadelphia
Phone: 1 215 238 5888
Sugar Mom’s Church Street Lounge
225 Church Street, Philadelphia
Phone: 1 215 925 8219
Grace Tavern
2229 Grays Ferry Avenue, Philadelphia
Phone: 1 215 893 9580
Ten Stone
2063 South Street, Philadelphia
Phone: 1 215 735 9939
The Abbaye
635 North 3rd Street, Philadelphia
Phone: 1 215 940 1222
North 3rd
801 North 3rd Street, Philadelphia
Phone: 1 215 413 3666
700 Club
700 North 2nd Street, Philadelphia
Phone: 1 215 413 3181
The Standard Tap
901 North 2nd Street, Philadelphia
Phone: 1 215 238 0630
See overleaf for a central Philly map à
Tour bus times: Every ½ hour from 0900 to 1800 from Market/North 5th Streets.
12-15 minutes later from Market/North 12th Streets (where I commenced this review).
Train times from/to NYC:
NY Penn
Trenton arr (change)
Trenton dep
Phil. Market East
0631
0754
0801
0900
Weekdays
0655 0713 0806 0904 1005 1104
0811 0841 0930 1027 1133 1229
0819 0851 0940 1039 1140 1239
0922 0950 1037 1137 1237 1337
Weekends/Major Holidays
0614 0714 and then
0738 0838
hourly
0747 0846 at the same
0843 0943 mins past
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Phil. Market East* 1836 1914 1954 2044 2141 2241 2345
Trenton arr (change) 1935 2014 2052 2141 2237 2338 0041
Trenton dep
1955 2028 2103 2152 2249 2352 0102
NY Penn
2114 2151 2228 2321 0025 0120 0222
1900 2000 2100 2200 2300
1954 2055 2154 2255 2355
2011 2111 2211 2311 0010
2138 2238 2338 0035 0119
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* All trains stop at Philadelphia Suburban approx 4 mins later. Times subject to change.
DRINK THE BEST - AVOID THE MASS-ADVERTISED!
Virtually all mass-advertised beer is brewed with cheap adjuncts and/or
unwelcome chemical additives not used by the craft brewing industry.
Beerman and Firkin
By Felice Wechsler
Sparky’s: A Sad Demise
Sparky’s Ale House closes its doors for the last time
by Alex Hall
It was just like
being at the wake
of a best friend.
On
Friday
6th
August, a posse of
quality beer lovers
affiliated to the
Mid-Atlantic subgroup
of
BeerAdvocate.com
met, unusually long-faced, in Sparky’s Ale
House (aka ‘The Dog House’) on Court
Street, Brooklyn. This was to be the
penultimate evening ever for this stalwart
beer bar, a pioneer when it started nearly
nine years ago. The row of empty taps
said it all. A last assault was made on
clearing the fridges, which contained all
sorts of craft brews from around the
world.
Friday 6th was
initially going to
be the last night,
but
that
was
changed to the
Saturday to give
weekend regulars
a last chance to
visit. Bit by bit,
the bottles of such
delights as Cantillon, Aventinus, Harvey’s,
and Schlenkerla disappeared. The rows of
tap handles around the expanse of the
bar gave tribute to the vast amount oif
different beers that have been sold at
Sparky’s since 1995. Even the elkhound
statue almost shed a tear.
Sparkys’ demise came as a result of a
non-renewed lease; rumours allegedly
suggest that relatives of the building’s
owner want to attempt to run a bar – and
Saturday 7th, the final day, saw mainly
locals coming in to pay their respects.
The atmosphere really did seem like a
wake, albeit a rather alcoholic one with
the remnants of the beer stock.
ousting Sparky’s was the obvious choice
for them. Please note that is just what’s
rumoured, so may not be 100% factual.
For a bar with so much going for it, this is
truly a sad loss. I for one, together with
my wife Felice, have so many good
memories – first and foremost when we
hired the bar on the afternoon of 1st
December 2001 for our wedding
reception.
There is some good news, thankfully.
Gerry Campbell, the highly-respected
partner and manager
of Sparky’s has a new
bar. Although open for
business now, The
Cornerstone
(see
below), is still a workin-progress with the
kitchen and beer cellar
not yet complete – but
will ultimately be an
oasis in the beer
desert
of
central
Brooklyn. For anyone
wishing to visit, it is
virtually next door to
the Cortelyou Road station on the Q
subway line; opening hours are 4pm to
late.
Gerry is now splitting his time between
The Cornerstone (Friday and Saturday
evenings),
and
Swift’s
Hibernian
Lounge, 34 East 4th
Street,
Manhattan
(Mon.
to
Weds.
afternoons).
Photos:
Previous
page, top – The ‘Dog
House’ sign over the
bar; above left – Gerry
says goodbye to a
regular
customer;
above right – Ludwig
was
naturally
dejected; bottom left – Just a few of the tap
handles around the walls; this page, above –
The beer blackboard on the final evening.
Photos: Alex Hall
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City Beer Happenings
By Alex Hall
As detailed above, Sparky’s Ale House, 481
Court Street, Brooklyn, is no more. R.I.P.
Another Brooklyn casualty appears to be
Casper Jones, 440 Bergen Street, which
has been shuttered for the past few weeks.
Now, at last, here’s the good news.
The Cornerstone (1502 Cortelyou Road,
Flatbush, Brooklyn) should hopefully be
getting its taps, cellar cooling, and kitchen
up-and-running over the next few months.
Until that happens, there is only a limited
bottle selection – so please don’t review it
yet on BeerAdvocate.com or RateBeer.com
for the sake of fairness.
Three new beer bars should open during
the currency of this magazine or soon after.
The fifth outlet of Heartland Brewery is
currently being worked on – this will be the
most high profile bar of the chain as it’s in
the Empire State Building, on the ground
floor at the corner of 5th Avenue and 34th
Street.
An ‘80s Space Invaders-themed beer bar is
promised for 388 Union Avenue, Brooklyn –
a stone’s throw from Spuyten Duyvil. This is
evidently to be called Barcade, and
hopefully should open in September. Up to
25 microbrews on tap are strongly
rumoured.
Also, a new Irish bar called Perdition is due
to open later this year in the Hell’s Kitchen
area. This will be a sister pub to Swift’s
Hibernian Lounge, so there should be
some good brews to be had.
And I’ve saved the best until last. A new
microbrewery in Brooklyn is due to come
on-stream fairly soon. Sixpoint Brewery has
already sourced brewing plant and
premises – I wish them the very best of luck
with
their
new
venture.
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CORRUPT EMINENT DOMAIN ABUSE
THREATENS BROOKLYN COMMUNITY BAR
Freddy’s Bar in Prospect Heights is up against the corrupt and taxpayer-money-wasting schemes
of property development juggernaught Forest City Ratner, who want to raze the entire
community to build a corporate concrete jungle – a small part of which is planned to be an arena
for the New Jersey Nets basketball team. Don’t believe the lies, this scheme is unjust and
corrupt – benefitting no-one in the local community!
Directions to Freddy’s: 2 or 3 train to Bergen Street station, then walk round the corner to 485
Dean Street to enjoy a fine pint of Harpoon UFO wheat beer (or another of your choice) in
friendly surroundings. Links to websites detailing the current situation:
http://www.gotard.com/badd/
http://www.fansforfairplay.com
http://www.nostadium.homestead.com
http://nycbasketball.rivals.com
http://www.fairdevelopmentbrooklyn.net
Freddy’s own website can be seen at http://www.freddysbackroom.com
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The Refreshing Taste
of New York State
Lambicland, by Tim Webb,
Chris Pollard, and Joris Pattyn
(Cogan & Mater, $14.95)
Book Review
Belgian beer expert Tim
Webb
does
it
again.
Following on from his
excellent Good Beer Guide to
Belgium and Holland, he has
– with a little help from
‘Podge’ and Joris Pattyn –
produced Lambicland, an
essential reference book
dealing with all aspects of
traditional Belgian Lambic
beers. It is bi-lingual, the
text being in both English
and Dutch.
The history and formulas
used are explained first of
all, with detailed descriptions as would be
expected in one of Mr. Webb’s
publications. The next section lists every
surviving brewer and blender of lambic,
and each variety is described and rated
on a scale of 1 to 5.
Then comes the essential section for
anyone travelling to Belgium, notably the
Payottenland region, in search of lambic
beers. The detailed review of all the best
bars and cafes in that area that serve
lambic makes me want to
drop everything and jump
on a plane to Belgium;
even
bus
and
hotel
information is included for
the benefit of travelling
beer hunters. After the
Payottenland section, Mr.
Webb and co. then list (in
slightly less detail) the
best cafes in Brussels for
the beer style.
The book concludes with
an article on the wonderful
Cantillon
Brewery
of
Brussels, and a shorter
piece
on
brewing
museums and brewery
visits.
Lambicland is the essential reference
book concerning all things lambic; this
book alone would give any lambic lover
virtually total knowledge about what and
where to drink in Brussels and
Payottenland (the traditional region for
lambic beers, just west of the capital
city). It is available for $14.95 including
postage from:
http://www.booksaboutbeer.com
Alex Hall
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Write a Caption - Results
Here are the best from the last issue’s
contributions. The winner gets a branded glass
from Bierkraft (winner collects).
Congratulations go to “Ken Ken” for the entry
below (in bold).
"Now where did I put my beer down?"
“I’m told beer is good for the hair, but it
doesn’t seem to be working…”
"Oh, I'm Stoned..."
"Don't touch! My toupee may come off
otherwise..."
"Ok, who brought the glue?"
"You should see where I put the glass..."
"This head has got a nice beer on it!"
"Don't worry Sabrina, nobody will see me
make a fool of myself..."
"I really must change my hairdresser..."
"I always have beer on my mind..."
"Damn, I thought it was a Magic Hat..."
"Here comes the wife, let me hide my
beer..."
"Hic... Smash..."
“I'm trying to quit drinking so I only have
one beer a day..."
“Who says size doesn’t matter?”
"Earth Voyage Leader to Mars Space
Station, come in please..."
"I can drink this all night, it never goes to
my head!"
REAL CASK ALE – T H E F U L L N Y C L I S T
This is a new free listing of all NYC bars that serve cask-conditioned ale –
the list keeps growing due to the new cask revolution!
The Blind Tiger Ale House, 518 Hudson Street, Manhattan.
The Brazen Head, 228 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn.
David Copperfield’s, 1394 York Avenue, Manhattan.
d.b.a., 41 First Avenue, Manhattan.
The Ginger Man, 11 East 36th Street, Manhattan.
The Lighthouse Tavern,243 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn (not available all the time).
Mugs Ale House, 125 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn (no casks in summer).
The Spotted Pig, 314 West 11th Street, Manhattan.
Spuyten Duyvil, 359 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn.
The Waterfront Ale House, 136 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn (no casks in summer).
COMING SOON: The Waterfront Ale House, 540 Second Avenue, Manhattan.
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