Thursday, August 30, 2012

Five great domestic beers, new at City Swiggers

Long Trail American Pale Ale, Flying Dog Pearl Necklace Oyster Stout, Lakefront Organic ESB,Tommy Knocker Vienna (amber) Lager, and Magic Hat Hex (Octoberfest). That last one got into the picture by mistake. We're fast compiling a massive list of Octoberfest beers. A big crowded picture of all of them to come within days. These five, all new for City Swiggers. Click image for larger view. City Swiggers, 320 East 86th Street, btwn. 1st & 2nd avenues.

Five domestic IPAs, new at City Swiggers

Pretty Things Meadowlark IPA, Ballast Point, Dorado IPA, William Bros. Scottish Joker IPA, Magic Hat Hi.P.A., IPA on Tour, and Saranac IPA, all new at City Swiggers. Click image for larger view. All five find now at City Swiggers, 320 East 86th Street, btwn. 1st & 2nd avenues.

Five imports, new at City Swiggers

Menabrea (a pale lager from Italy), Schofferhofer Hefe-Weizen (German wheat), Newcastle Brown Ale (England), Tyskie (from Poland), and Erdinger Hefe-Weizen Dark (German), all new at City Swiggers. Click image for larger view. All five find now at City Swiggers, 320 East 86th Street, btwn. 1st & 2nd avenues.

Five nifty ones, new at City Swiggers

Oliver's Classic Perry, with perry pears from the Orchards of Herefordshire, cold fermented by wild yeasts, Ramstein Hefe-Weizen Blonde, Eel River Acai Berry Wheat, Churchkey Pilsner (open with a can opener, great at your next hipster bash), and Long Trail Blackbeary Wheat (someone explain the spelling, here), all new at City Swiggers. Click image for larger view. All five find now at City Swiggers, 320 East 86th Street, btwn. 1st & 2nd avenues.

St. Pauli non-alcohol beer, new at City Swiggers

St. Pauli non-alcohol beer, new at City Swiggers. Click image for larger view. City Swiggers, 320 East 86th Street, btwn. 1st & 2nd avenues.

Monday, August 13, 2012

Three special sours, new at City Swiggers

Uinta Crooked Line Birthday Suit (a sour wild ale), The Bruery Tart Of Darkness (an American wild ale), and Lindemans Gueuze Cuvée René. Three sour beers, new at City Swiggers. Click image for larger view. All threee are new at City Swiggers, 320 East 86th Street, btwn. 1st & 2nd avenues.

Two aged in oak barrels, oh so good.

Cisco Brewers Nantucket, the Woods, ale aged in oak barrels: Lady of the Woods they call it. And Abbaye De Saint Bon-Chien, of the BFM Brasserie Des Franches-Montagnes, a Biere de Garde, a wine-like, exceptional beer, aged in oak barrels. Click image for larger view. Both are new at City Swiggers, 320 East 86th Street, btwn. 1st & 2nd avenues.