Monday, September 26, 2011

Donny Vomit @ Freaktoberfest Video!

Article from Drink Me magazine!

http://drinkmemag.com/2011/09/freaktoberfest/

NY Craft Beer Week Begins: Freaktoberfest


NY Craft Beer Week kicked off this Friday with Freaktoberfest, a party hosted by Shmaltz Brewing Co. that featured representatives from over 20 breweries, a bevy of Coney Island freakshow performers, 2 floors of live music, and a mustachioed emcee named Donny Vomit who juggled knives and swallowed balloons between sets.  The third annual celebration went down at Southpaw, a raucous music venue in Park Slope, Brooklyn where beer geeks boogied and sipped unlimited tastings alongside soul singers, industry types, and burlesque dancers.

The spirit of the event was embodied by its highlighted beer and official drink of NY Craft Beer Week: Geektoberfest, a collaboration between Captain Lawrence, Ithaca Beer Co., and Shmaltz Brewing Company, is a blend of seven barrel-aged sour brown ales.  The beer, only available on draft during Craft Beer Week, is a spirited, tart ale with hints of raspberry, a kitchen-sink project that brings together sours with history all over the state.

We sampled the national launch of Genesis 15:15, Shmaltz’s new barrel-aged harvest barleywine ale with a whopping 13.4% ABV, brewed with pomegranate juice, fig juice, date & grape juice, aged in rye whiskey barrels – the perfect tipple for the Jewish New Year!


Shmaltz also celebrated the recent launch of the world’s tiniest craft brewery, Coney Island Brewing Company, who welcomed five of the guest brewers they had at their facility this summer (we especially liked The Horny RYEnocerous, a dry-hopped rye IPA, brewed by Fritz Fernow).  Other notable participants were Greenport Harbor, a two year old Long Island brewery who served up a double IPA; Ommegang with a palate-cleansing, summery Belgian pale ale; Speakeasy, who shared a two-month release from their Bootlegger Limited Series (Butchertown Black Ale, a roasted but light-bodied IPA-type brew); and Goose Island, a Chicago-based brewery who featured Matilda, a dark, fruity pale ale targeted at wine drinkers, and Sofie, a tart, Belgian-style farmhouse ale aged in wine barrels with orange peel.

Freaktoberfest had all attendees in high spirits, ready to embark on a week-long celebration of New York’s finest brews.

More Freaktoberfest Photos

from Metromix.com

Thanks guys for coming out!!!











All photos by Metromix.com!

Shout Out On Bloomberg News!

Beer Week

New York’s fourth Annual Craft Beer Week started Friday at Southpaw, a converted 99-cent discount store in Park Slope, Brooklyn, with the Freaktoberfest Boutique Beer and Music Festival. Some 20 breweries pour samples of their best beers, supplemented by burlesque dancers, sideshow performers and indie-rock bands.
Revelry continues at 110 bars and restaurants throughout the week. Avoid the “I’m Lost and I Can’t Find My Beer” syndrome by downloading the event’s smart phone application, with a GPS component. Information: http://www.nycbeerweek.com/.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-16/wall-street-drama-beer-week-pig-clown-class-de-kooning-n-y-weekend.html

Saturday, September 24, 2011

CIBC GUEST BREWERS @ FREAKTOBERFEST!!

We were so psyched that Coney Island Brewing Company's three most favorite guest brewers of the summer could make it out to Freaktoberfest to pour their delicious brews.

Andrew Said Thomas - Zomerfest
Fritz Fernow - The Horny Rynocerous
Ryan Ritter - S'WHEAT!

Thanks guys - wouldn't have been nearly as awesome without you there! Woot!!
Andrew Said Thomas, Fritz Fernow and Ryan Ritter

FREAKTOBERFEST PHOTOS & THANKS

























Photos courtesy of BeerUnion.net !!

Thursday, September 15, 2011

UPDATED BEER LIST

FEATURED BREWERIES

Shmaltz Brewing Company - Freaktoberfest, Geektoberfest (w/ Capt. Lawrence and Ithaca), Genesis 15:15, Reunion '11, Mermaid Pilsner, Genesis Ale, Messiah Bold, Origin, Coney Island Lager, Albino Python, Sword Swallower, Barrel-Aged Human Blockhead, Vertical Jewbelation

Smuttynose - Hommunculus, Farmhouse Saison, "Finestkind" IPA, Robust Porter, Pumpkin Ale

Goose Island - Matilda, Sofie

Stone - Ruination, 15th Anniversary

Founders - Old Curmudgeon

Cigar City - Humidor IPA

Bear Republic - Hop Rod Rye

Speakeasy - Butchertown Black

Kuhnhenn - Extraneous

Harpoon - Imperial Rye, Imperial IPA

Pretty Things - Baby Tree, American Darling

Redstone Meadery - Nectar of the Hops

Hoppin' Frog - Frog's Hollow Imperial Pumpkin

Mad River - Serious Black Madness

Captain Lawrence
Ithaca
Ommegang
Lagunitas
Victory
The Bruery
Allagash
Greenport Harbor
Oskar Blues
Left Hand
Ballast Point
Two Brothers
Sixpoint
Cape Ann
Sierra Nevada
Sly Fox
Southampton
Kelso
Empire
Brooklyn Brewery
Dogfish Head
Avery
Wandering Star
Barrier

CONEY ISLAND BREWING COMPANY GUEST BREWERS

The Horny RYEnocerous - Dry-Hopped Rye IPA, 6.5% (Brewer: Fritz Fernow)

Zoltar the Magnificent - Cardamom Porter, 4.6% (Brewer: Eby Harvey)

Zomerbier - German Export Ale with Rose Hips and Juniper Berries (Brewer: Andrew Said Thomas)

Korndog Kolsch - Kolsch, 4.35% (Brewer: Aidan Collins + Adam Jernejec)

S'Wheat - Wheat ale w/ Honey Kaffir Lime Leaves (Brewer: Ryan Ritter)

Marty Markowitz's The Big Cheese(cake) Ale - Cream Ale (Brewer: Phip Shelton)

Donny's English Strong Ale - English Brown (Brewer: Eby Harvey)

Friday, September 9, 2011

BANDS AND PERFORMERS

Along with all the amazing beer, we have the bands and performers lined up for the festival.

Performing up stairs on the big stage:
Plus Donny Vomit Your Humble Host and World Famous Human Blockhead
The Gorgeous Gams of Legs Malone
The Dirty Dancing of Nasty Canasta
The Sultry Sway of GoGo Amy

Performing Down South:
Donny & Friends