Recent content by thebeerdoctors

Reviving an old thread...I live right near the Pump Station in Albany and have been going regularly for a few years. Their current brewmaster has really been putting out a lot of new, interesting stuff. I was there last night, and had a cask Belgian pale ale, a sesame Vienna lager, their porter...

I know this is an old thread, but Mahar's will be closing in a month or so, so it seemed worthy of revival. This is a true neighborhood bar and will be sorely missed. As far as I know, they are keeping the Castleton location open and are looking for a new location in Albany, but have gotten very...

I haven't tried this one, but last year's Voodoo donut was terribly disappointing. I'm not really into drinking these wild beers, but appreciate the effort and risk. But it was just a terrible let down. Not sure I'll be trying this one here...

Thanks for the welcome, guys. I'm currently in Albany, so a ways east of you.

My name is Rob, I've been homebrewing for a couple of years (though haven't done too many batches). I've been lurking around the forum for quite a while so figured it was about time to join. I extract brew right now, but plan to switch to all grain as soon as I finish grad school and get a real...