Council Rock Brewery Cooperstown NY - good brews and good food too.
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Council Rock Brewery Cooperstown NY - good brews and good food too.
What do we do in Cooperstown NY? Visit Ommegang! (Among other breweries.)
I used to live an hour and a half, or maybe two hours, from Brewery Ommegang. Every fall about this time I'd go there for their Waffles and Puppets event. It was a great show and also a chance to sample and buy some of their rare beers and one-offs, like cave-aged Hennipen, aged for a couple years or more deep inside Howe Caverns. Not sure if they continued that event after the sale to Duval.
Right now they aren’t doing tours of the brewery, and unfortunately when I was visiting guided tastings were suspended while a “meeting was taking place”. All the people that I had conversations with seemed pretty knowledgeable about the beer which I appreciated. I was prepared to purchase some of the beers I wouldn’t likely find near home, although a decent selection is always available.
Red Shed was a stone’s throw from Ommegang so we stopped in for one. A pretty good Hefe would have been better in a proper glass with a nice head, but I’m not THAT much of a beer snob. They don’t brew at that location everyone was friendly and i brought a small growler of their smoked porter all the way home to enjoy, since I was over my self imposed limit already and there would be more beer with dinner.
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BrewMan13
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I hit all 3 of those breweries in your last few posts in a trip a couple years ago. It was still during covid restrictions, so couldn't drink at Ommegang, but did at the other 2 spots. I remember liking Council Rock, but didn't have a great experience at Red Shed. A friend of the bartender came in, and he seemed almost annoyed that there were paying customers there.
The bartender that was at Red Shed was attentive and shook every drop of water left behind from rinsing the glass and growler. LOL could you imagine a customer yelling about you left too much water? “I’m paying for BEER NOT WATER!”
Woo! Spent the afternoon day drinking in Birmingham with wife, grandson and his girlfriend. Started at Good People (forgot to take pics!), District Brewing and Cahaba. Looking for a beer to add to my 12BOC23 mailing but nothing really jumped out at me. Guess I'll have to keep on trying!
I really like Cahaba.Woo! Spent the afternoon day drinking in Birmingham with wife, grandson and his girlfriend. Started at Good People (forgot to take pics!), District Brewing and Cahaba. Looking for a beer to add to my 12BOC23 mailing but nothing really jumped out at me. Guess I'll have to keep on trying!
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Yesterday I visited 3 micro breweries in Hackney Wick London with my son and daughter in law they were
Howling Hop
Old Street
Craft
None we’re brewing just went to the taprooms.
Howling Hop
Old Street
Craft
None we’re brewing just went to the taprooms.
Goat Island Brewing in Cullman, AL.
Yellowhammer Brewing in Huntsville, AL.
Dry stout @ Twin fork, Riverhead NY
Greenport Harbor Brewing. Sorry not many pictures there was live music and pretty busy. Good solid beers. This is a smoked helles, hubby had the pumpkin and a porter.
West Hampton Beach Brewing. NY
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What did you think of this place? It's right down the road from me. I went when it first opened but they didn't have any of their own beer, just stuff from other breweries.
I think it's worth a trip. All the beers I tried were theirs and I enjoyed them all. I'm going back next time I'm down there to visit my son, DIL and grandson.
Steele Hall Brewing in Trussville, AL.
Circle and Square Brewery in Oxford, MS. Glad to see they finally got one in this college town (although I'm only here about once a year). Pretty tasty beers, nice venue.
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The place looks totally empty and abandoned. I used to pass through Oxford frequently back in the day, and remember it as more of a Mint Julip and Bourbon town rather than beer. Maybe ‘dead’ before New Year’s Eve and Christmas Break at Ole Miss?
Ferus Brewing in Trussville, AL.
Cahaba Brewing, Birmingham, AL
While you were there you could have visited Redmont Distillery just across the parking lot. They make an all corn vodka that is unmatched for smoothness with a mellow flavor profile that hints of corn. I love making martinis with it. The honorable Charles Barkley is the owner.
Heard about this but haven't made it by there at the right time yet. They were closed when I got to Cahaba yesterday. Sounds like they do a great vodka!
Steele Hall in Trussville, AL.
Neighbors Brewing in Leeds, AL. No pics! Kölsch, pretty tasty; amber ale, not so much.
I visited Crosseyed Owl in Decatur Alabama. Small brew pub with a huge personality. They had a very tasty ESB on a hand pull tap. I had their lemon lager and pineapple sour also. All beers were clean and true to style.
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Visited Asheville, NC last summer. Wicked Weed has to be the coolest brew house I've been to. Upstairs room, downstairs, outdoor space. Well done design and great beer + food. Also hit Green Man, Highland, Burial, Archetype and Hi-Wire. I got pics on the phone. May wrangle them to the PC.
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The Beal St location. Well staffed friendly service I liked the whiskey aged the best all in all everything was tasty.
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Will be in the Memphis area in a couple of weeks. I’ll put Ghost River on the itinerary.
Traveling to Arlington, VA next weekend. Any must-go recommendations for the DC area?
Last day in Memphis walked down to Wiseacre brewing since they are opened past six on Sunday. They are a bit outside of the tourist area and worth checking out on South BB King St. Beers were all good! Food is okay to.
Circle and Square Brewing, Oxford, MS. Some tasty beers.
BrewMan13
Whole Nother Level Brewing
Down in Tennessee outside of Knoxville visiting my in-laws. Fortunately they are game for hitting as many breweries as possible. Aside from the pictured Xul, which is easily the highlight so far, we also hit Next Level, Schulz Brau, Monkey town, and Orange hat. The meadery is walking distance from my wife's uncle across state lines in Robbinsville, NC.
Edit to say that this isn't my first time down here, have been to many other breweries, just tried to stick to new ones this time.
Edit to say that this isn't my first time down here, have been to many other breweries, just tried to stick to new ones this time.
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Freedom Brewery, Holbrook NY. This is located in an industrial area pretty much across the street from Spider Bite. It’s small and the door is around the back. Follow the signs when they’re open. Tasty beer small but adequate tasting room. There’s even a speak easy covered “peep hole” on the door, but you don’t need a password to enter.
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