Who is brewing on Long Island?

Nice! Im up for that. Should I bring any provisions? What time does all this go down?

Usually 7pm, we just bring our brews. I guess that makes it the 17th this month. I hope to meet you.

Thanks for the heads up, cheers.

Does anybody know of someone locally selling ball lock kegs either 2.5g or 5g ?

I don't. But when I need them, I search craigslist every day.

I get them on ebay for $55 free shipping

I intend to go to the meeting at Brew and Beyond tonight at 7. 674 South Country Rd East Patchogue. Late notice, I know.

Thanks, I can't make it, maybe next one.

I hope so, it would be nice to meet you in person.
The meeting tonight was great, nice people, very good brews, plenty of laughs.

New brewer here in Suffolk County (Ridge). My son and I began brewing about 7 months ago. We'll brew our 5th & 6th 5-Gal. batch this weekend. We wouldn't mind meeting up with some other local home-brew folks!
Greg

Nice to hear from you Greg! There are a couple active clubs in Suffolk, and as you see from Mr. Sand, bottle share nights at a LHBS in East Patchogue.

Suffolk clubs:
http://www.beerhbc.org
http://beermalt.org
Nassau club:
http://www.hhcbc.org

Hi Greg, welcome aboard! The Brew and Beyond meetings are fun. I occasionally meet with other brewers elsewhere, and I'm open to other meetings. We could set up an LI/HBT meeting sometime.

BEER (Brewers East End Revival) meeting tonight at the Brickhouse in Patchogue tonight @ 7:30. Sorry for the last minute announcement.

Hmmmm, I missed it.
S'okay Merry, I was busy anyway.

The next one is a little closer to home for you at the pour house in Port Jeff.

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Hmmmm, I missed it.
S'okay Merry, I was busy anyway.

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I'll watch for it.

B.E.E.R. meeting Monday 7/16 @7:30 location Port Jeff Station LI Pourhouse (with self serve taps).
Hop Brothers from Hudson NY will be the guest speakers, and they may have some hops for sale. HB share after the meeting is adjourned. Feel free to attend, it's a nice club with really good people.

Thanks Hoppy, I'll try to attend.

Sorry I can't make this one either. Spending the evening with my brothers. (Actual siblings)

Any suggestions on a LHBS to get fresh ingredients on L.I.?

I use to go to Arbor but after they closed i started getting extracts and supplies from kedco since they are right down the street from me.

I started noticing that the malt extracts were a few years expired. Figured eventually I would see fresh extracts but that hasnt been the case. Bought one of their kits and the extract was from 2007.

So needless to say looking for a place that has fresh ingre

Karps in East Northport is good. They are on Larkfield Road just north of the train station.

There is a shop in East Patchogue... Brew and Beyond. If he does not have it he will order it for you, and his hops are kept in a refrigerator.

Welcome aboard Library!
I use both Karp's and Brew and Beyond, and recommend both.

Brew and Beyond has another meeting tomorrow night at 7. I plan to attend.

Once again I’m traveling and can’t attend...one of these days it will happen!

Gotta miss it. Perhaps next time.

Square head in Holbrook is opening their tasting room this Saturday if anyone is interested.

I'll keep that in mind. Jane suggested a date this weekend.

I plan to check out the Squarehead opening today. If you're there and want to say hello, I'm a white guy, 6'5" tall, 230#, brown hair, gray beard. -John

If I would be there I would say hi, however it looks like I won't be making it today. Let us know what you think, please.

All I can say is: too crowded. I worried that it might be, but we drove over anyway. There was a line to the street just to get beer. I'm glad to see the thriving craft scene on LI, but I'll go back another day. We drove out to Riverhead and visited North Fork instead, where we had great beer. On the way, we stopped for BBQ and met a professional brewer from Captain Lawrence, who was very friendly and supportive.

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Brew and Beyond has another meeting tomorrow night at 7. I plan to attend.

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How are those meetings? He usually says something when I am in there but I am so focused on what I am doing I usually never think about it after.

I made it to Square Head on Sunday about an hour before closing. It was still busy, but not line to the street busy. The two brews I had were good. They were pouring 18 beers! I also picked up a saison aged in whiskey barrel to take home.

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How are those meetings? He usually says something when I am in there but I am so focused on what I am doing I usually never think about it after.

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The meetings are great. There were 16 brewers at the last one, some really good beers, and some suggestions for the batches that weren't quite right.

Not sure if this has been mentioned.
I just had a West Hampton Beach Irish Eyes Cream Stout....IT WAS FRICKIN AWESOME!!!
Not sure if it has made it off the Island yet. Grill in the Ville In Farmingville has it on tap. Its like a tart Chocolate milk shake with no coffee flavor.

If anyone has had it and can point me to a similar flavor recipe I'd like to try it.

Whoa, I went to the WHB brewery yesterday and thought that one was overly sweet, good but sweet. Hubby liked it. I should have stuck with the blond.

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Whoa, I went to the WHB brewery yesterday and thought that one was overly sweet, good but sweet. Hubby liked it. I should have stuck with the blond.

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I dont normally drink dark beers and dont like coffee flavors. The sweetness of this beer hit the spot for me. Its not a slammer but for a nightcap it would fit the bill. I was trying to figure out the tartness. Maybe it was a little underlying raisiny. I was thinking maybe a lot of Special B...What do you think?

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I dont normally drink dark beers and dont like coffee flavors. The sweetness of this beer hit the spot for me. Its not a slammer but for a nightcap it would fit the bill. I was trying to figure out the tartness. Maybe it was a little underlying raisiny. I was thinking maybe a lot of Special B...What do you think?

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I think you are right about the special B the tartness didn't come through for me much. I wonder if they would cold steep the dark grist at the brewery... Seems like that would be a time consuming departure from general practice, but on the HB level it keeps the coffee roasty flavors down. If I recall the stout was 49 IBUs.

This is not exactly a brew centric event, but I thought I'd share it since it is so reasonable. To make it more reasonable tickets purchased by 12/4/18 are $10 off. Good incentive to buy early. The club has craft and imported beer in bottles Bluepoint Toasted and Bud on tap. With an open bar, that might not matter.

Okay we are getting down to the wire on this party. There are 2 ways to get tickets-- at the club on Sundays between noon and 5 (if you hear any "might not happen" BS call the 417 number) or just call the 417 number to arrange a pick up. BTW, the bar has a fairly good selection of craft and some imported beer. It will be fun, also raffles for baskets of cheer.