Gothamist: Brooklyn Brew Triumphant

Tex

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:57:46 -0500

Shiner is the nectar of the gods!

Prince Rondavel

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:10:56 -0500

its a travesty that shiner bock did not win out. the only other thing thats more tragic is that shiner is not sold this far north. shiner bock crushes brooklyn lager shiner hefeweizen tops brooklyn weisse shiner blonde beats brooklyn pilsner make your way south, and figure this out.

Tom

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:07:26 -0500

Sam Adams Boston Lager is awful. I can't imagine why people like it. Their seasonal ales are fantastic though. Saranac makes a Caramel Porter as part of their Christmas 12-pack (and only in that, which drives me crazy) that is the 2nd best beer I've ever had, behind the Thomas Jefferson Ginger Honey Ale Sam Adams put out as one of their Patriot pack last year. Anyone who writes off beer that's sold in a supermarket, then drinks PBR to be ironic and hip is an idiot and not worthy of my time.

beer rules

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:35:39 -0500

I don't think Brooklyn Lager and Sam Adams taste alike at all. I love BL, but my favorite beer out of BB is their Weisse.

luke

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:32:27 -0500

I love Brooklyn Lager....and Heineken is kind of my go-to bar beer when there isn't anything interesting to drink. I don't think BK Lager is generally associated with a hipster image: it has to be one of the most readily available non-monstrous-company beers in NYC. I'd venture to say I see more Brooklyn Lager on tap than I do Sam Adams. On other note, I am a total sucker for Brooklyn Brewery's marketing and frequently enjoy their Pennant '55 Ale while watching Yankees games.

harbiney

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:27:59 -0500

I usually don't drink Tsing Tao but at BYOB place in chinatown we bought some cans at a market and it was very clean and fresh tasting. It really hit the spot. They were a little over a buck each. Maybe the cans were the thing. Worst beer lately? a six pack of St. Paulie girl bought at a Rite Aid.

Matt

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:09:14 -0500

Yeah, I gotta jump on the "Brooklyn Lager isn't actually a good beer" bandwagon here. I swear I've run into so many people who swear by it, and I think the only reason is the name. Only thing worse is Heineken.

id rather not say

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:39:40 -0500

db, bill bixby here. I'd rather not say but he thought Saranac is not obscure enough as it's being sold in supermarkets. It's too common. Or, maybe he knows his customers very well in that it would not sell in a microbrew pub. Anyway, I've found a new "cheap" beer, the High Falls Brewery J.W. Dundee line, $7 a 12 pack. From the makers of Genesee ale.

SP

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:37:55 -0500

eewwwww, six points tastes like bitter cat-piss. best beer EVAR is Tsing Tao. No questions, hand down.

Brouhaha

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:31:53 -0500

Huh. It's not even the best beer brewed in Brooklyn. That would be Six Points.

db

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:30:24 -0500

I call Bullshit, Hulk. How exactly did your hipster "friend" "piss on" Saranac for not being "hip enough"? I think you overextended your exaggeration a bit too far. I don't like hipsters either, but no one, particularly not a hipster, is going to say "yeah, your beer sucks, it's not cool enough". Sorry. PS- I'm just looking for a fight because the Phillies are terrible...again.

u make hulk angre

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:16:57 -0500

OH no, you make HULK, I mean, indie beer hipsters mad! We like microbrews. I remember telling my friend about my Saranac variety packs and he pissed on them being not indie hip enough. I can get 12 packs of Saranac on my way upstate at Hannaford for under $10, sometimes less when they are on sale. Same with the Sam Adams variety packs. $9 for 12 when on sale.

Howard Bannister

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:07:02 -0500

Yeah, the really ironic thing is that Brooklyn Lager and Sam Adams are the exact same recipe. How did one beat the other in a head-to-head match when they're the same exact beer? Simple. Brooklyn's cool. Sam Adams is corporate.

beer

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:02:29 -0500

Saranac should have been winner. The interesting thing is that Matt's Brewery in Utica actually brews both of the beers. Brooklyn contracts with the upstaters to make the beer.

DaveH

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:02:22 -0500

[2], you're absolutely right, but we figured we'd cut the WaPo some slack 'cause when one calls up the Bk. Brewery on mapquest, Greenpoint pops up as the nearest neighborhood label, only seven blocks away. That's less confusion many NYC residents would have displayed, and at least the paper got the borough right, even if it is printed on the bottle.

Spud Spudly

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:00:29 -0500

Saranac has been one of my favorite beers for years. It not only tastes great but it's also not expensive, going for around six bucks a six-pack, with 12-packs sometimes to be had for $10.

matty

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:58:25 -0500

the fact that rolling rock go to the third round shows that this survey is utter b.s.

SP

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:37:24 -0500

yuck, i hate all those beers, ESPECIALLY sam adams and brooklyn lager. give me a clean, crisp german beer any day over that over-hopped crap.

Anonymous

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:36:02 -0500

Brooklyn Brewery is in Williamsburg.

Guy

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:21:36 -0500

BL beat out Sam Adams? Whatever dude...