Fox New Business was onsite at Brooklyn Brewery last week discussing the craft beer business. Few talking points to throw out – Beer sales in the United States down 3% overall. Craft beer (Microbreweries) up 9%. Employ Continue Reading →
Yesterday (Feb 14) Mayor Michael Bloomberg official cut the ribbon on Brooklyn Brewing’s expansion. Bloomberg was joined by brewery president Steve Hnidy, and Brewmaster Garrett Oliver, plus business partners.
Brooklyn’s expansion will increase the capacity of the brewery from 12,000 barrels to 120,000 barrels a year. For those of you that aren’t aware, a lot of Brooklyn’s beer is currently contracted to Matt Brewery in Utica, NY. Between Brooklyn and Matt Brewing, Brooklyn’s production was 108,000 barrels of beer.
Facts About Brooklyn’s Expansion (Per the press release):
– Brooklyn grew by 20% despite capacity issues in 2010.
– Brooklyn expects major growth over the next 3 years (Sales expect to double)
– $800,000 grant from The Empire State Development Corp was given to Brooklyn. Purpose, to spur development & job creation in New York.
– The first beer brewed in the new expansion is “Main Engine Start” an abbey style single
Read on for the full press release
A few sources close to Brooklyn Brewing’s distributors are telling me that the brewery has promoted their recent Brewmaster’s Reserve Sorachi Ace to a year round offering.
Sorachi Ace is a farmhouse ale released early 2010 brewed with a rare unique hop Continue Reading →
This is exciting to find in your inbox this AM. A new beer from Brooklyn Brewing. “Main Engine Start”. This beer will be Trappist/Abbey style, with Belgian yeast strains etc. The name references the first beer brewed in the new brewhouse. Main engine is a part of Brooklyn’s “Brewmasters Reserve” series and will be draft only.
From Brooklyn:
We know what you’re thinking. You think we’ve lost our minds. “Main Engine Start”? That’s okay — no worries — but actually we haven’t lost anything at all. We just gained a new brewery here in Brooklyn. A few months ago, we busted through the brewhouse wall into another building and expanded our fermentation cellars. Now we’ve just finished installing a big shiny new set of German brewhouse equipment. Over the coming years, we’re going to brew you a lot of fun new beers on this baby.
It’s cold, making it a perfect time to drink a barleywine. Following on the heels on a non-existent beer “Black Ops” is Brooklyn Brewing’s “Monster Barleywine”.
Commercial Description:
Brooklyn Monster is a classic barleywine, a style of ale originally brewed by the Continue Reading →
It’s here. One of Brooklyn Brewing’s rarest beers- Black Ops. Take an imperial stout, age it in bourbon barrels, bottle it flat, then add a champagne yeast for bottle conditioning. It is a tasty no brainer.
Brooklyn Black Ops does not Continue Reading →
There is always mystery surrounding this beer. Only 2 people at Brooklyn Brewing know the recipe. No one knows when this beer arrives until it hits distributors. There are variances to each years release also. What you do need to Continue Reading →
