Archive for the ‘Beer’ Category


EAST MEETS WEST (Greenport Harbor’s Chinook’red at Half King)

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

My search for the best beer in New York continues…. At one of the most western (geographically, not culturally) bars in the entire city, I had a taste of a new beer from the most eastern brewery in the state of New York. Now I’m pretty awful at geography, so don’t hold me to either [...]

NOT A REAL DIVE BAR (Barrier Brewery’s Uncle Lee’s Christmas Ale at Dive 75)

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

My search for the best beer in New York continues…. Dive 75, which is part of the Dive Bars, a group of three bars in upper Manhattan, is really not a dive bar at all. The dark atmosphere, free candy bars, and Bud Light on tap is not enough to justify the dive moniker. This [...]