Craft Beer Week has come and gone.. it’s been a blur of delicious beers and pairings and it’s been amazing. I’ve written about two of the biggest dinners of the week, Colicchio & Sons’ Victory Beer Dinner and the Ultimate Brewmaster’s Degustation at Mas… but now to get down with to the actual BEER drinking…. It all started with the Get Real NY event at the Altman building.
Get Real NY is a celebration of the best cask beer and local food available. Expect to have your palate rocked as you sample some of the most amazing cask beers from here, there and everywhere in between. Local chefs from over twenty NYC restaurants will whip up delicious eats for all! Learn about some of your favorite beers from the brewers themselves and share a pint of a home-brew that rivals any pro. This event is for ANYONE who likes great beer and great food. Let’s be honest, who can possibly say no to great beer and great food?
The largest cask ale festival in NYC EVER! Get Real NY boasts 110 great cask ales, 25 local artisan food vendors, master beer and food pairers, 20 brewers, 4 Q & A sessions and live music through out the weekend!
Get Real NY will be teaming up with Neighborhood Eats, serving local food and beer as well as Cask Beers from around the world!
VIP’s taste very rare casks and special food and beer pairing’s.
I got us VIP tickets so we got to go there an hour early before the crowd. We also got to try a special “VIP” selection [the red casks] of beer.
We were like the 5th & 6th people in line or something… so empty.. at first.. but then it got SOOO freaking crowded..
Banchan Terroir kimchi stand
Grandaisy Bakery stand
Wish these flatbreads were warm, they were cold and a bit soggy. The fungus [mushroom] one was really good but the zucchini one was a bit off…. Wasn’t really interested in the meaty or the tomato one.
Sign up now ;D I did. In Pink.
Sour Puss Pickles stand
They were soooo freaking good, I ended up buying some pickles, okra, green beans, carrots and some other.. after all these beer events I’ve been getting really really into pickles….
Chocolate
Yummy fudgey
Pretzel Caramel – YUM
And delicious caramel corn :]
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSIC
The cheeses weren’t too stinky so I was a happy girl :] Just wish there were bigger pieces, they were tinyyy and I felt weird taking more than a piece of two.
Amazing My Friend’s Mustard mustard
In LOVE with the *dark* Spicy Brown Ale Mustard Made with Sixpoint Brownstone brown ale and a warm spice blend with a hint of brown sugar sweetness The other one was a Jalapeño IPA Mustard Made with Sixpoint Bengali Tiger IPA, pickled jalapeños, and a unique blend of spices with a kick! but it wasn’t spicy to me at all. LOVE the grains…. looking forward to finding them at Chelsea Market since they JUST started selling them outside of Brooklyn like a few days ago.
Tasty pretzels from Martin’s Pretzels
They saw me taking pictures of their stand and their pretzels so they asked to take a pic with me… haha.. usually I have to do the asking so I was caught a little off guard. They were cool guys tho.
Since there wasn’t much food to eat we ended up eating a TON of L’asso pizza and chips+salsa – but the pizza was cold :[ WAA… honestly I was surprised there wasn’t more food…. like burgers and sausage (stereotypical I know, but still…)
Yum yum yum, I think my favorite was the prosciutto ones…. and the sausage ones were really good as well…. there were also plain cheese pizzas
I was super excited to see the Brooklyn Salsa Company salsas because I just recently tried their super spicy salsa”THE HOT“, SO YUM!
I fell in love with ‘The Green‘ … sad the only thing they didn’t have was ‘The Burnt’
Here’s a list of most of the beers that we had a glass of…. we did our best in keeping track of them but of course by glass #-teen it was getting hard….
01. Otter Creek ‘Quercus Vitis Humulus’ 12.0% *VIP*
Style: Barleywine (hybrid)
From Middlebury, VT
Uniquely warm fermented with lager yeast, blended with French grape juice, refermented with Champangne yeast, then aged on French Oak
* Very creamy and delicious
02. RCH ‘Pitchfork’ 4.3% *VIP*
Style: English Pale Ale
From W. Hewish England
Golden, refreshing English session ale with notes of citrus on the palate
* Very toasty and oaky flavors.
03. RCH ‘Old SLug Porter’ 4.5% *VIP*
Style: English Porter
From W. Hewish, England
A full bodied, complex, dark brown beer with dark fruits, chocolate, coffee, roast malt and hops blending nicely
04. Löwenbräu ’Buttenheim Kellerbier’ 4.8% *VIP*
Style: Zwickler/Keller/Landbier
From: Buttenheim, Germany
Crisp, grassy, floral unfiltered lager from Bavaria
* Tastes like a jasmine/green tea
05. Günther-Bräu ‘Jubiläumsbier 550 Jahre Burgkunstadt’ 5.5% *VIP*
Style: Zwickel/Keller/Landbier
From Burgkunstadt Germany
Deep golden lager with mild hop nuances and a touch of caramel and grass.
* This was delicious. It had an amazing sweet honey aftertaste. Loved it.
06. Cheddar ‘Totty Pot Porter’ 4.5% *VIP*
Style: Engish Porter
From Cheddar, England
A rich, dark porter with hints of roasted coffee & a creamy malt finish. Named after a geological dip in the Mendip Hills near the brewery
07. Elland ‘Beyond the Pale’ 4.2% *VIP*
Style: English Pale Ale
From Elland, England
Golden and happy with hints of fruit, leading to a dry, citrusy finish. Delicious
08. Castle Rock ‘Harvest Pale’ 3.8% *VIP*
Style: English Pale Ale
From Nottingham, England
A very refreshing pale session ale, voted Supreme Champion Beer of Britain at CAMRA’s 2010 Great British Beer Festival
09. (The) Bruery ‘Autumn Maple’ 10.0% *VIP*
Style: Herb-Spice-Veg Beer
From Placentia, CA
A big Belgian-style brown ale made in the pumpkin beer tradition, except yams were used instead of pumpkin – and lots of them!
10. Bayer Theinheim ‘Ungespundetes Landbier’ 4.7% *VIP*
Style: Zwickel/Keller/Landbier
From Rauhenebracj-Theinhem, Germany
Hay, grass, and yeast notes balanced by hops make this slightly grainy lager with a touch of sulfer a pleasure to try.
11. Weissenohe ‘Weissenoher Annafestbier’ 5.0% *VIP*
Style: Märzen/Oktobefest
From Weissenoche, Germany
Otherwise known as ‘Eucharias Märzen’, this is a reddish-gold traditional German lager with some pleasant hop spiciness
* It was sour and we both didn’t like it at all.. I think this was the only one we poured out
12. Tipples ‘Brewer’s Progress’ 4.6% *VIP*
Style: English Best Bitter
From Acle, England
Copper colored ale with a fruity character with notes of plums and raisins complementing the malt and hops
13. Sauer Rossdorf ‘Rossdorfer Urbräu’ 4.6% *VIP*
Style: Zwickel/Keller/Landbier
From Rossdorf-Forst, Germany
A crisp, grassy herbal unfiltered lager from a small brewing operation situated in the forest surrounding Bamberg
14. Stone ‘Smoked Porter with Vanilla Beans’ 5.9%
Style: Robust Porter
From Escondido, CA
Dark brown, complex ale with vanilla and hop bitterness melding nicely
15. ‘Phival – An American Quad’ (2009) 13.5% *Homebrewed*
Style: Hybrid Strong Ale
Ben Granger & Carl Burger (Bierkraft)
American style strong ale brewed with root beer spices, fermented with sour cherries, honey and blackstrap molassesl tank-aged for one year, with a final conditioning for one month in it’s serving vessel, a Tuthilltown Baby Bourbon barrel, with honey, brettanomyces & bacteria. Brewed August 2009
* Tasted just like plum juice
16.Nebraska ‘Cardinal Pale Ale’ 6.1%
Style: American Pale Ale
From Papillion, NE
Deep golden in color and characterized by a floral, citrus-like aroma, with medium maltiness and low bitterness. Easy drinking
17. Left Hand ‘Twin Sisters’ 9.6% *VIP*
Style: Double/Imperial IPA
From Longmony, CO
“A mountainous testament to hops… for all that enjoy summiting ales with copious hops additions”
18. Left Hand ’400 Pound Monkey’ 6.8%
Style: English IPA
From Longmont, CO
A well-balanced IPA, named from a classic quote dismissing extreme beers: “Any monkey can put 400 pounds of hops in the kettle”
19. Cigar City ‘Marshal Zhukov’s Imperial Stout’ 11.0% *VIP*
Style: Russian Imperial Stout
From Tampa, FL
Black in color, the aroma has hints of blackstrap molasses. There’s a bitter chocolate character and notes of dark toffee sweetness
20. Flying Dog ‘Raging Bitch’ 8.4%
Style: Belgian IPA
From Frederick, MD
Hops with notes of banana & bubblegum from the Belgian yeast strain = dangerously drinkable
21. Firestorm Walker ‘Red Nectar Ale’ 5.4%
Style: American Amber/Red Ale
From Paso Robles, CA
Ruby ale with a floral aroma, this is a robust brew with distinctive accents of toasted malt, caramel, spice and residual sweetness
22. Flying Dog ‘Doggie Style Pale Ale’ 5.5%
Style: American Pale Ale
From Frederick, MD
Brilliant amber-copper colored ale, the pleasant malt flavor comes from the addition of Carastan malts.
23. Fuller’s ‘E.S.B.’ 5.5%
Style: Extra Special Bitter (E.S.B.)
From London, England
Mid-amber in color with caramel and a pleasant earthiness on the palate
24. Kelso ‘Kellerfest’ 5.7%
Style: Märzen/Oktoberfest
From Brooklyn, NY
A new seasonal lager from this local brewing operation in Fort Greene. Clean on the palate and very drinkable
25. Oskar Blues ‘Dale’s Pale Ale’ (Dry Hopped: Cascade) 6.5%
Style: American Pale Ale
From Lyons. CO
Hopped with Northern Brewer for bittering, Cascade and Columbus for flavor, and a big, post-boil addition of Centennial for aroma
26. Oskar Blues ‘ Mamas Little Spiced Yella Pils’ 5.3%
Style: Pilsner
From Lyons, CO
A very rare special cask version of the pils, notes of orange peel and a touch of spice complements the crispness of this tasty brew
We MAY or MAY NOT have had more… ;D
FUN TIMES!!!!!
I wished there was a little more food there, prevented us from drinking more i guess. I was surprised with the taste of the Phival, it was definitely something different. The vanilla bean beer was delicious, great infusion. Oh and the Landbiers were a new style to me that had the honey notes that were really tasty :). With so many choices this was the best way to start the beer week!