Council Rock Brewery Cooperstown NY - good brews and good food too.
Right now they aren’t doing tours of the brewery, and unfortunately when I was visiting guided tastings were suspended while a “meeting was taking place”. All the people that I had conversations with seemed pretty knowledgeable about the beer which I appreciated. I was prepared to purchase some of the beers I wouldn’t likely find near home, although a decent selection is always available.I used to live an hour and a half, or maybe two hours, from Brewery Ommegang. Every fall about this time I'd go there for their Waffles and Puppets event. It was a great show and also a chance to sample and buy some of their rare beers and one-offs, like cave-aged Hennipen, aged for a couple years or more deep inside Howe Caverns. Not sure if they continued that event after the sale to Duval.
I hit all 3 of those breweries in your last few posts in a trip a couple years ago. It was still during covid restrictions, so couldn't drink at Ommegang, but did at the other 2 spots. I remember liking Council Rock, but didn't have a great experience at Red Shed. A friend of the bartender came in, and he seemed almost annoyed that there were paying customers there.Right now they aren’t doing tours of the brewery, and unfortunately when I was visiting guided tastings were suspended while a “meeting was taking place”. All the people that I had conversations with seemed pretty knowledgeable about the beer which I appreciated. I was prepared to purchase some of the beers I wouldn’t likely find near home, although a decent selection is always available.
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Red Shed was a stone’s throw from Ommegang so we stopped in for one. A pretty good Hefe would have been better in a proper glass with a nice head, but I’m not THAT much of a beer snob. They don’t brew at that location everyone was friendly and i brought a small growler of their smoked porter all the way home to enjoy, since I was over my self imposed limit already and there would be more beer with dinner.
The bartender that was at Red Shed was attentive and shook every drop of water left behind from rinsing the glass and growler. LOL could you imagine a customer yelling about you left too much water? “I’m paying for BEER NOT WATER!”I hit all 3 of those breweries in your last few posts in a trip a couple years ago. It was still during covid restrictions, so couldn't drink at Ommegang, but did at the other 2 spots. I remember liking Council Rock, but didn't have a great experience at Red Shed. A friend of the bartender came in, and he seemed almost annoyed that there were paying customers there.
I really like Cahaba.Woo! Spent the afternoon day drinking in Birmingham with wife, grandson and his girlfriend. Started at Good People (forgot to take pics!), District Brewing and Cahaba. Looking for a beer to add to my 12BOC23 mailing but nothing really jumped out at me. Guess I'll have to keep on trying!
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What did you think of this place? It's right down the road from me. I went when it first opened but they didn't have any of their own beer, just stuff from other breweries.Old 31 Brewing Co. in Spanish Fort, AL.View attachment 830403
The place looks totally empty and abandoned. I used to pass through Oxford frequently back in the day, and remember it as more of a Mint Julip and Bourbon town rather than beer. Maybe ‘dead’ before New Year’s Eve and Christmas Break at Ole Miss?Circle and Square Brewery in Oxford, MS. Glad to see they finally got one in this college town (although I'm only here about once a year). Pretty tasty beers, nice venue.
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While you were there you could have visited Redmont Distillery just across the parking lot. They make an all corn vodka that is unmatched for smoothness with a mellow flavor profile that hints of corn. I love making martinis with it. The honorable Charles Barkley is the owner.Cahaba Brewing, Birmingham, AL
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Wicked Weed is great, as is their beer. The whole beer scene is quite robust in Asheville. We spent a very enjoyable week there last summer at an AirB&B in the mountains just outside of town, away from the hustle and traffic of town.Visited Asheville, NC last summer. Wicked Weed has to be the coolest brew house I've been to. Upstairs room, downstairs, outdoor space. Well done design and great beer + food. Also hit Green Man, Highland, Burial, Archetype and Hi-Wire. I got pics on the phone. May wrangle them to the PC.
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The Beal St location. Well staffed friendly service I liked the whiskey aged the best all in all everything was tasty.
Very impressive looking place! Nice to see locations repurposed for a new life and what's better than beer?Long Island Fram Brewery aka Waterdrinker. This building was used for potato storage back in the days when it was a big cash crop, before vineyards over took the east end of the island’s north fork. It houses the brewery and rating room. Manorville NY. Large area for out door seating and many IPAs on tap. Good beer.
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