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We had a great time at the North Fork Foodie Tour this year.  For the Tour we had an opportunity to visit 14 locations on the North Fork of Long Island that represent and celebrate the diversity of our local area.  We picked up our tickets and map at Charnews Farm in Southold.   Charnews Farm is owned by the Peconic Land Trust, an organization devoted to the “protection of Long Island’s working farms, natural lands, and heritage.”   We sampled a goat cheese and beet salad, a peach pizza, and several different varieties of apples grown on Long Island.  We signed a petition to mandate local produce into the local school lunch programs and viewed food art.   Before we left we picked up a Foodie tour t-shirt (groupies that we are) and a Quail Hill Farm Cookbook.  Quail Hill Farm, in Amagansett, NY, is the longest running CSA (community supported agriculture) farm on Long Island.

On today’s show… we’ll catch up on what’s happening and talk about how to drink with the seasons and what that means.

Long Island Beer Calendar: (30) Plattduetsche Park Biergarten Beer Festival. Looking ahead to June: (4) French Farmhouse Ale & Cheese Party, (13) Blue Point Brewing Co.’s 10th Anniversary Party, (20) LIBME Brew Clinic at Mike Napolitano’s house.

For the beer enthusiast, asparagus is one of those exciting foods (along with cheese) that prove beer’s worth as a meal companion. The wine enthusiast will certainly try to tell you that asparagus and cheese are fine complements to a fine wine, but open a bottle of Westmalle Tripel to pair with a plate of sautéed asparagus some time this Spring. You might be surprised just how versatile beer can be.

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It’s American Craft Beer Week. I tell you what Long Island is doing to celebrate American craft beer. We’ll take a look at the text of the Declaration of Beer Independence and why some people don’t like it.

Reports on the Long Island Brewers’ Dinner, T.J. Finley’s outing: Jay says 10 more taps, some reserved for local beers. Also, T.J. Finley’s is hosting a beer festival in July. Rick and Joe from Great South Bay Brewing Co. They have a location in Bay Shore. Rick’s been working on his beers on a pilot system. Stout, IPA, Kolsch.

Wrapped up with a ramble on why Big is Bad and Small is Beautiful.

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On today’s show… we talk with Jay White of Village Beverage about how the new bottle bill with be affecting local beer stores.

Long Island Beer Calendar: May (7) Beer Style Study Group, Brown Ales, (8) Firkin Friday at DEKS, (11) American Craft Beer Week, Long Island Brewers Dinner, (13) LIBME Pub Night at T.J. Finley’s, (15) LIBME Home Pub Night, (18) B.E.E.R. Meeting at John Harvard’s, (20) Captain Lawrence Beer Dinner at DEKS American Restaurant in Rocky Point, (30) Plattduetsche Park Biergarten Beer Festival.

bottle bill commentary: “One thing that Jay told me that I found really interesting is that these nickels we shell out at the cash register every time we purchase beer represents some thing like 7 million dollars in revenue to a beer distributor. This revenue is only possible if people do not return their bottles. Basically, beer distributors are getting an untaxed windfall when lazy people like me decide not to return our bottles and cans…”

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On today’s show… some sounds from our Manhattan/Brooklyn pubcrawl and an update on Long Island’s new breweries: Long Ireland Beer Company, Greenport Harbour Brewing Company, and Fire Island Beer Company.

We visit Jimmy’s No. 43 in Manhattan where we tasted a flight of beers from the Norwegian brewery Nøgne Ø.
Send in those events. Email me, the address is donavan at radiobeerhall dot com and I’ll make sure your Long Island beer event gets on the calendar.

Long Island Beer Calendar: May (7) Beer Style Study Group, Brown Ales, (8) Firkin Friday at DEKS, (11) American Craft Beer Week, Long Island Brewers Dinner, (15) LIBME Home Pub Night, (18) B.E.E.R. Meeting at John Harvard’s.

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On today’s show… a rundown of upcoming craft beer events on Long Island and some of my thoughts on what “craft” really means. Then we consider the question: “what is your ideal pub?”

I’d like your feedback for an upcoming podcast. Send me your ideas about what your ideal pub would look like. I’ve taken a stab at answering this question in my article called “Pub 2.0“. What’s your opinion?

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On today’s show… a review of Beer Wars Live and an update on tomorrow’s pub crawl.

Long Island Beer Calendar: April (17) Firkin Friday at DEKS in Rocky Point, (18) Pub Crawl meet at Rattle ‘N Hum, (20) B.E.E.R. Meeting at the Brickhouse, (29) DEKS beer dinner.

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The podcast is back for another season of craft beer fun and commentary from your host, Donavan Hall. In this episode you’ll get a run down of some of the upcoming craft beer events on Long Island.

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A recap of the North Fork Craft Beer Fest and we’ll continue our dialog about why smaller is better.

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Long Island Beer Calendar: September (12) Firkin Friday at DEKS in Rocky Point, (13) Sixpoint beer tasting at Bellport Cold Beer, (24) DEKS beer dinner.

I know that New York Craft Beer Week is September 12 through 21. It’s probably a bit late to stage a Long Island Craft Beer Week (officially), but we can put one together ourselves. What do you think? We’ll start on September 12 at DEKS and have events at other locations all week long and finish up on the 21st.

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Human scale technology and production levels ensure that everyone can do and get what they want. Cooperation (not corporation) is the key. Loyalty to what is local is the only way to maximize your freedom to brew what you want and to drink what you want. Forget the global “free” market. In the long run all the free market does is kill the local brewers leaving a beery wasteland populated by the megabrewing behemoths.

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On today’s show… I’ll talk about The Beer Hall Guide to Long Island; it’s ready!

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Long Island Beer Calendar: August (9) North Fork Craft Beer Fest at Martha Clara Vinyard, (14) Beer Tasting at Sunset Harbor Restaurant in East Patchogue, (15) Firkin Friday at DEKS in Rocky Point, (18) B.E.E.R. Meeting at the Brickhouse.

If you are Long Island beer enthusiast, the Beer Tasting at Sunset Harbor Restaurant in East Patchogue needs you. Dave of Bellport Beer & Soda is asking for volunteers to pour beer and to say intelligent beer things at the same time. If you volunteer, you’ll get in for free. Send me an email if you want to volunteer and I’ll pass along your information to the organizers.

the beer hall guide to long island

This last week a proof copy of The Beer Hall Guide to Long Island is finished. I’ve ordered a box of guides and they should arrive any day now. The guide has information about all the breweries on Long Island, and information about the best craft beer bars and beer stores. I’ve also included a chapter on amateur craftbrewing and some other articles that will make the guide a satisfying reading experience.

I’m taking orders right now. If you want me to reserve a copy of the guide for you, just send me an email with your mailing address and say you want a copy of the guide. The guide is $15.

Next time… I’ll talk about craft beer brewing on Long Island.

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