Uncouth in the City

brewyork:

There are dozens of beer events throughout New York Craft Beer Week, so each day, we make our picks on the best events. For a full list of every event, check out the Events section of the New York Craft Beer Week website.

BREWERS CHOICE
Location: City Winery (155 Varick St., Vandam St., Soho)
Time: 6pm
Cost: $75, tickets available online until 3pm, also available at the door
Quite possibly our favorite event of New York Craft Beer Week, this walk-around tasting pairs over a dozen different breweries with small plates produced by New York City chefs and food producers. On top of the food and beer, Brooklyn Brewery’s Garrett Oliver will be the keynote speaker this year. It’s an event that’s not to be missed.

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Having beer does not a beer garden make and here’s why (finally, someone had to say it). 

brewyork:

This place is not - nor has it ever been - a beer garden. (Photo via DoctorWho on Flickr)

We’re starting to sound like a broken record here. We’ve come across some pretty awful lists of “the best beer gardens in New York” over the summer, but this one from NYC 10 Best might be the worst offender of them all, mainly for one of their selections:

McSorley’s Old Ale House.  15 East 7th Street, East Village.  When it doors opened in 1854 this NY beer garden was called “The Old House at Home” and is conisidered the oldest active bar in the city.  Today, this bar now renamed to McSorley’s, still only serves their two, 150 year old house draft beers – McSorley’s Cream Stock Ale and McSorley’s Famous Lager [Ed. note: McSorley’s hasn’t served a “Cream Stock Ale” in a long time. They serve an Irish Red Ale and an Irish Dark Lager].  Every serious NY beer drinker must visit this historic spot and try both flavors while standing on the saw dust covered floors at least once in their lifetime.

We really shouldn’t even have to explain why McSorley’s isn’t a beer garden. Never - EVER - in McSorley’s history has it been called a “beer garden.” A bar, perhaps. A tavern? Sure. But anyone who thinks that McSorley’s qualifies as a beer garden has either been drinking too much beer, or has absolutely no idea what a beer garden is.

We have three simple qualifications for a beer garden:

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neighborhoodr-astoria:

heartbrakebiker:

Hello Queens residents!

Check this out. Transportation Alternatives will be serving free breakfast to bicycle commuters on our side of the Queensboro Bridge.

Tomorrow, Wednesday June 29th 8-10 am

See you there!

OH HELL YES.