Local man likes beer, friends report.
The Onion: great for break-room reading at work, oddly prescient social commentary (“I mean, seriously, what is that night crew doing??”), Chomsky-based puns, the occasional cross-dressing advice column and good-time, all-around distractions. But did you know the satirical vegetable also wants to get you drunk, for free? We just heard about The Onion Society for Beer Enjoyment, an occasional beer-fest hosted by the newspaper, featuring free brewskis from breweries around the country. This week, Brooklyn’s the lucky locale. Read the rest of this entry »
Miriam at the Brazen helps hide our cheapness. Photos by Eric Reichbaum.
Here’s something we learned in our conversations with bartenders during these long winter nights: The holiday season, with all its clove-spiced sweetness, is the best time of year to get away with serving cheap booze to your guests. How cheap? Think off-brand honorifics belonging to rums (Admiral Nelson, U.S. Beverage Corps, ret.) or bourbons (Kentucky Gentleman, from the 35th happiest state!).
So let’s say you have some family or coworkers dropping by and need to pass yourself off as slightly less impoverished than you really are. Follow this advice from a few of our favorite bartenders—Francesca and Jessica at Park Slope’s High Dive, and Miriam at the Brazen Head—on how to pass off the cheapest booze in the store. Read the rest of this entry »
This is the eighth in our series on the venues featured in the second Brooklyn Beer Book. This week we’re highlighting a returning favorite, The Brazen Head, where craft beers and cask brews get their due.
Cask festival at The Brazen Head. Photo by UltraClay
THE BRAZEN HEAD
228 Atlantic Ave. between Court Street & Boerum Place, Cobble Hill
What it is: Locals’ pub with a craft beer fetishism over 15 rotating taps and two casks.
Why we love it: Knowledgeable bartenders who won’t judge you if you decide to order a $2 PBR. Their station during Atlantic Antic is always one of the best too. Read the rest of this entry »
Local man likes beer, friends report.
The Onion: great for break-room reading at work, oddly prescient social commentary (“I mean, seriously, what is that night crew doing??”), Chomsky-based puns, the occasional cross-dressing advice column and good-time, all-around distractions. But did you know the satirical vegetable also wants to get you drunk, for free? We just heard about The Onion Society for Beer Enjoyment, an occasional beer-fest hosted by the newspaper, featuring free brewskis from breweries around the country. This week, Brooklyn’s the lucky locale. Read the rest of this entry »
Miriam at the Brazen helps hide our cheapness. Photos by Eric Reichbaum.
Here’s something we learned in our conversations with bartenders during these long winter nights: The holiday season, with all its clove-spiced sweetness, is the best time of year to get away with serving cheap booze to your guests. How cheap? Think off-brand honorifics belonging to rums (Admiral Nelson, U.S. Beverage Corps, ret.) or bourbons (Kentucky Gentleman, from the 35th happiest state!).
So let’s say you have some family or coworkers dropping by and need to pass yourself off as slightly less impoverished than you really are. Follow this advice from a few of our favorite bartenders—Francesca and Jessica at Park Slope’s High Dive, and Miriam at the Brazen Head—on how to pass off the cheapest booze in the store. Read the rest of this entry »
