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A good brewery is no longer hard to find in New York City, if you're willing to leave Manhattan. Within the last decade, dozens of small and not-so-small breweries have popped up within city limits. Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx are rife with spots to drink the day away under the guise of your "craft beer hobby" or "beer tourism." In fact, there are so many breweries to choose from in NYC that it can be a little bit overwhelming deciding which ones to hit, and in what order, especially if you're in town for a limited time.

GuidesAlison GrassoJanuary 25, 2018beer, beer say, brooklyn, south brooklyn, brewery crawl, breweries, nyc, drink localComment

Beer Of The Year! 2017!

It's the first annual Beer Of The Year post! In which I share with you my favorite beer from 2017. It doesn't have to be a new beer, just the one I liked the best, which is to say, I ordered and drank it many times over. Which I don't usually do.

And now that you're on the edge of your seat waiting to find out what lucky brew is the recipient of the distinguished award I, a nobody, have just made up, without further ado, I present...

ReviewsAlison GrassoJanuary 19, 2018beer, craft beer, brooklyn, new york, beer life, beer say, brewery, nycComment

A Beer Lover's Gift Guide!

Christmas shopping is the worst. It's stressful and time-consuming, and the world wide web is completely overloaded with absolute trash, making finding the perfect gift a real goddamn challenge.

So I did you all a favor and waded through quite a lot of garbage to bring forth this Beer Lover's Gift Guide! Click on any of the items below to be re-directed to a place where you can buy it for your very lucky loved one (or in the case of an office Secret Santa, mortal enemy.)

GuidesAlison GrassoNovember 30, 2017beer, craft beer, gift guide, holidays, shopping, christmas, beer sayComment

A Farm Brewery Haven In The Hudson Valley

I stumbled upon Plan Bee Farm Brewery with a google search. We were looking for a good day-hike in the Hudson Valley region, and seeing as a cold, fresh beer is probably the best way to end a long day on the trail, the location for our trek would have to be near a brewery (naturally). I don't remember what hike we ended up doing, if we even did one at all, but I found Plan Bee in Poughkeepsie with that search, and reached out via the general email on their website, asking if I could come and do a video about them. A cold call, basically. Co-owner/co-founder Emily Watson responded quickly, quicker than many of my friends respond to my emails, to be honest, and we got a date on the calendar to go shoot.

Photos, Stories, VideoAlison GrassoAugust 31, 2017beer, beer say, new york, new york state, hudson valley, poughkeepsie, local adventure, craft beer, videoComment

Brewing "Beer for Breakfast" at Dogfish Head

Up until my visit to Dogfish Head in Delaware, my visits to breweries had been entirely observational. I got to see where the magic happened and the ingredients that would be turned into delicious beer, but that was where my involvement usually ended. When I found out I’d get to participate in a brew at Dogfish Head, I was pretty excited, and when I found out I’d be doing so alongside the brewery’s founder and president, Sam Calagione, I could hardly believe it.

Stories, VideoAlison GrassoNovember 2, 2016beer, beer say, dogfish head, sam calagione, brewing, brew day, delaware, rehoboth beach, drink it intern, world of beer, WOB, videoComment

A Craft Brewery Guide to Portland, Maine

Portland, Maine is by all accounts, barely a city. With a population of roughly 66,000 (people), it's really more of a large town by global standards, and yet it's managed to become something of a craft beer mecca in the American northeast. Depending on who you ask, craft brewing has eclipsed other longstanding Maine industries like seafood and timber as an economic superpower; providing local jobs, drawing in tourists, and boosting the state's income by millions.

Guides, Photos, ReviewsAlison GrassoSeptember 29, 2016beer, beer say, maine, portland, usa, east coast, craft beer, photography, sony a7sii, sony, mirrorless, full frameComment