Salon Series Kickoff at HRN: February 20th: Beer, Bison & Beats

Heritage Radio Network is hosting a salon series. An opportunity to convene with chefs, designers, bloggers, artists, musicians, and gourmands that are shaping the future of food and drink in America. They’ll kick off the HRN Salon series with salsa from BK salsa, some of their favorite beers from Bluepoint Brewery, and some killer bison jerky at the HRN warehouse. Buy tickets here, so you can, as Heritage says: “join the conversation, share your voice, and make sure you’re taste making and not taste faking.”

Brooklyn Brewery to Open Overseas

Williamsburg, Brooklyn’s Brooklyn Brewery is going to be the first American craft-beer brewer to open overseas. Crain’s has the full report.

SingleCut Beersmiths to Open in Queens

The first large brewery in decades will open next week in Queens, as reported by DNAinfo.com

SingleCut Beersmiths, which was originally slated to open in the fall, will be located at 19-33 37th St.

 

The Village Voice’s Brooklyn Pour happens on Saturday, October 6th. Tickets go on sale August 22nd

The Village Voice will host their second annual Brooklyn Pour event in Fort Greene. This year’s festival will feature more than 100 craft beers, plus entertainment and on-site demos from local brewmasters.
There are also pre-sale tickets available on Village Voice Daily Deal for 50% off

Olympic Food Truck & Beer Festival at South Street Seaport on August 12th

iAdventure.com presents a day of the city’s best food trucks representing different countries featuring various international bites and brews from their designated regions. Each food truck will infuse an international element into their regular menu items.
Get your tickets now

Women emerge in the craft beer industry

Craft beer is gaining more market share over corporate beer companies with sales increasing by 5.7 percent in volume and 9.1 percent in dollars as reported by the Brewers Association. Along with this, women are now getting into micro-brewed hops from managing on-site fermentation and consumption to social media/blogging and tasting social clubs.
The Brewers Association also reports that mass-produced American beer sales fell by 1% in 2011

Farm and Beer Expo at The Brooklyn Brewery tonight from 7pm – 10pm

The expo will benefit Gorzynski Ornery Farm, from Catskills, NY, which was affected by
Hurricane Irene.
There will also be a forum discussion about developing more sustainable local breweries. Brooklyn Brewery is located on 79 N 11th St in Williamsburg

Hoppy, Malty and Yeasty are the new terms now used to describe chocolate made with beer

As more chocolatiers try to dive into the male market, they are seeing increased opportunity in beer candy and chocolate treats.
Truffle Truffle, BeerCandy, and Vosges Haut Chocolat are just some of the many chocolatiers who are playing with the new ingredient to make the sweet confection a little more manly

https://paigepapers.com/2011/12/16/vosges_beercandy_chocolatetrend/