April 12, 2013
Saturday, April 13, Blue Point Brewing Company will host more than 40 breweries with 100+ casks for the 9th Annual Cask Ales Festival. Cask, or real, ale is essentially unfiltered, unpasteurized beer that is conditioned in and served directly from a cask (sometimes called a firkin), without the addition of nitrogen or carbon dioxide pressure.
We’re proud to have all of the local breweries and homebrewers side-by-side under the tent with some top names from around the country. Here’s the list of attending brewers and a sneak peek at some of what they’re tapping:
Anderson Valley – Hoppin’ Otis IPA
Barrage Brewing Company – Sweet Louis Coffee Hazelnut Cream Stout
Barrier Brewing – Bittersweet Pale Ale
Brewer’s East End Revival – Weizenbock, California Common, English Mild, Dry Irish Stout, Fünke Mint Blueberry Kolsch, Pub Style Ale, Pale Ale, Double Simcoe IPA
Black Forest Brewery – IPA, Smoked Porter, Imperial Pilsner
Blind Bat Brewery – Long Island Potato Stout, Sweet Potato Saison
Brewer’s Collective – Useful Idiot IPA, Klostermayr Hefeweizen, Intercontinental Ballistic Stout
Brick House Brewing – Beowulf IPA
Bronx Brewery – Belgian Pale Ale
Butternuts Beer & Ale – Imperial IPA
Captain Lawrence Brewing Co.
Cigar City Brewing – Chocolate Passion Fruit Porter with almonds
Defiant Brewing Co – Vanilla Bourbon Porter, Medusa IPA
Eataly – Urma – spiced amber ale, Wanda – chestnut mild ale
Empire Brewing – Local Grind Scotch Ale with local coffee, Empire Strikes
Bock (Mai-Bock)
Flying Dog – Raging Bitch with Mango Habanero
Great South Bay Brewery – Massive IPA, Blood Orange Pale Ale
Green Flash Brewing
Greenport Harbor – Otherside IPA
Harpoon – CA(S)K Summer Ale dry hopped with Citra and Amarillo
Ithaca Beer Company
John Harvard Brewing – Identity Crisis Black Rye Ale, 4 C’s Pale Ale
Keegan Ales – Mother’s Milk Stout with a whiskey oak spiral, Mother’s Milk Stout with Madagascar Vanilla Beans
Kelso – IPA
LIBME – Black IPA, Saison w/jalapeno, Braggot IPA w/honey, Roggenbock, Imperial Coffee Stout, White Russian Stout
Long Ireland Beer Co. – Black Friday Imperial Stout, Whisky Barrel-aged Celtic Ale, Pale Ale dry hopped with Condzella Cascade
Newburgh Brewing – Coffee Porter, Pale Ale
North American Breweries – Coffee Porter, Pale Ale
Peekskill Brewery – Eastern Standard IPA
Port Jeff Brewing – Birch Stout, Schooner dry hopped with Zythos, Ryes N Bok aged in oak, Sour Fresh Hop Ale
Shipyard Brewing – Monkey Fist IPA, Smashed Blueberry
Sixpoint Brewing – Spice of Life
Slyfox – Chester County Bitter
Smuttynose Brewing Co. – Finestkind IPA dry hopped with experimental German
#90210 hops
Southampton Brewing Co. – Burton IPA, Scotch Ale
Spider Bite –White Bite 50% Wheat Ale, Black Bite with Roasted Wheat
Squirrel Tail – Pony Boy ESB, Smoke Rye Ale
Tullycross Tavern – Topaz Pale Ale, Tully’s Irish Red
Two Roads Brewing – Road 2 Ruin, Worker’s Comp Saison
Weyerbacher – Last Chance IPA
And here’s just a taste (of the 20+ casks conditioning now) of what the Blue Point boys came up with:
Illusions & Dreams – Hoptical Illusion aggressively dry hopped with Mosaic hops
Pine Needle Pale Ale – Blue Point Pale Ale infused with pine needle tea from local Long Island pine trees
Wild Oats – Oatmeal Stout with a bacteria blend added to the cask during maturation
Bourbon Cherry Imperial Stout – Sour Cherry Imperial Stout Stout dry hopped with 2-oz of bourbon soaked oak chips
First Flight – White IPA aggressively dry hopped with Falconer’s Flight hops
Bourbon Sludge – Toxic Sludge Black IPA with 2-oz of bourbon soaked oak chips
RastafaRum Rye – RastafaRye Ale with 2-oz of American oak soaked in rum
05256 Experimental – Summer Ale dry hopped with top-secret #05256 hops
Not Sorry It’s Tart – No Apologies Double IPA dry hopped with grapefruit and orange peels
The festival takes place rain or shine from 2-6PM under the tents in the brewery parking lot. Be sure to stop by the Masters of None podcast for some swag and live sarcasm.
There will be NO tickets available at the door. The event also supports Long Island Cares – The Harry Chapin Food Bank with a can drop at the brewery on the day of the event and everyone is encouraged to bring any non-perishable food to donate. Only those 21 and over with valid photo ID will be admitted to the event. No children or pets will be permitted. There will be NO PARKING AT THE BREWERY. Please park in the train station, Municipal or County lots, or better yet, take the train.
This is gonna be firkin awesome…we’ll see you there!
April 1, 2013
We’ve reduced the alcohol, calories, and hops in Hoptical Illusion to make it a more sessionable ale.
Today we are proud to announce the official release of the newly revamped Hoptical Illusion. Inspired by the recent success of the Surge Protector Sandy Relief Ale as a session IPA and anticipating the trend toward brews that are less hop-forward and more accessible, we believe this updated version will appeal to a greater number of beer drinkers.
By eliminating the signature hop-back process and significantly reducing the malt bill, the improved Hoptical Illusion’s ABV has been reduced to 2.3% from 6.8% and boasts just 54 calories and 7 IBUs per 12-ounce serving.
“We think this is a real win for everyone. We’re sure our current Hoptical Illusion fans will enjoy this superior iteration and, ultimately, the shift away from the hoppy profile will help us attract a whole new crowd of drinkers who typically choose big beer brands,” – Brewmaster and Co-founder, Mark Burford.
“Excepting price, we’re reducing everything — hops, malt, alcohol content, calories – which, if you think about it, is really good for the environment. Less is more when it comes to sustainability.” – President, Pete Cotter
In order to avoid brand confusion among consumers, original Hoptical Illusion will no longer be available for purchase at retailers. Limited quantities are available until supplies run out in the Tasting Room, with a one-case per person limit.
Please hurry in Thursday to try the new and improved Hoptical Fifty Four and grab your last 6-packs of the old recipe.
Enjoy! — Mark & Pete
March 15, 2013
It’s always good to be the beer of the day.
March 9, 2013
What started out years ago as a gathering of some fellow brewers in the parking lot has become the largest cask ale event in the country. Or at least in this neck of the woods…
Saturday, April 13, Blue Point Brewing Company will host more than 30 breweries with 100+ casks for the 9th Annual Cask Ales Festival.
If you’re new to the scene, cask, or real, ale is essentially unfiltered, unpasteurized beer that is conditioned in and served directly from a cask (sometimes called a firkin), without the addition of nitrogen or carbon dioxide pressure. Festival attendees will be able to walk right up to casks and sample the freshest, highest quality beer they’ve ever tasted from some brewers that they may not even be familiar with. This event is so special to us because it gives craft beer fans the opportunity to sample beer in its most pure form and we’re able to raise a glass, or several, with fellow brewers from near and far!
The festival takes place rain or shine from 2-6PM under the tents in the brewery parking lot. Tickets are $50 ($15 for designated drivers) when you buy them in the tasting room or online here with an additional fee.
This event also supports Long Island Cares – The Harry Chapin Food Bank with a can drop at the brewery on the day of the event and everyone is encouraged to bring any non-perishable food to donate. Only those 21 and over with valid photo ID will be admitted to the event. No children or pets will be permitted. There will be no parking at the brewery. Please park in the train station, Municipal or County lots, or better yet, take the train.
Stay tuned for food and entertainment details, a list of breweries who will be attending and some of the specialty casks we’re preparing!
We hope to see you at the festival…cheers!
January 31, 2013
It’s been a long time coming, but our big bruiser of a Double IPA returns to the tasting room today. And it’s not for the faint of heart. Or tongue.
Just for the special tasting room debut, we’ve also put a Citra and Simcoe dry-hopped cask up. Stock up on some bombers for the Super Bowl and sample the cask and draft versions next to each other!
Since our very first batch, we set out to craft a big ale that would pack a punch but still leave folks coming back for more. Brewed only in small batches from the finest European malts and American hops, the huge, earthy dry hop aroma of No Apologies finishes with a pleasing caramel sweetness. Five hop varieties round out this fully balanced brew that will tantalize your taste buds and warm your soul.
If you happen to find a lot of bittering hops to be offensive, well, we offer No Apologies!
Availability: Very Limited (get it while you can)
1.091 OG (Original Gravity)
93 IBU (International Bitterness Unit)
10.0% ABV (Alcohol By Volume)
January 28, 2013
The Montaukett Indian Nation’s status as a New York Indian tribe was unconstitutionally revoked in 1910 by the New York Supreme Court. The Montauketts are seeking to overturn the ruling and create a procedure to restore the Montaukett as a historical New York Indian tribe in order to set up a cultural center on State land.
Please help this hugely significant regional tribe regain the status they deserve by signing their online petition here! For more information on the Montauketts, visit their website.
Here’s to seeing the next chapter of this important local culture come to life!
January 18, 2013
Eight Long Island breweries gathered at Blue Point Brewery on December 4th, 2012 to brew Surge Protector Sandy Relief Ale after Hurricane Sandy devastated Long Island and destroyed Barrier Brewing Company in Oceanside. Each brewery contributed ingredients to the special one-off batch to commemorate one of the largest collaborations in craft brewing history.
Surge Protector Sandy Relief Ale is a 5.0% ABV, session IPA, brewed to be enjoyed by everyone and appreciated by hop heads. Clare Rose Inc. funded the project and is handling all distribution. The proceeds of beer, t-shirt sales, tap handle auctions and public contributions will be donated to Long Island Cares for victims of Hurricane Sandy and the recovering brewery.
The much anticipated limited edition will be tapped in six bars on Tuesday, January 22. The beer will start flowing at 8PM in Suffolk and Nassau counties as well as in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and The Bronx!
Bars participating in the official release include:
Long Island:
The Tap Room
The Black Sheep Ale House
Brooklyn:
61 Local
Queens:
Alewife NYC
Manhattan:
The Pony Bar
The Bronx:
Bronx Alehouse
An extremely limited number of collectible 22-oz bottles will be available in the brewery tasting rooms and retailers and select bars will be pouring pints throughout Suffolk and Nassau counties on January 23rd. Click here for a full list of where this special relief beer can be found.
Participating breweries:
Blue Point Brewing Company
Blind Bat Brewery
Great South Bay Brewery
Greenport Harbor Brewing Company
Long Ireland Beer Company
Port Jefferson Brewing Company
Spider Bite Brewing Co.
The following companies donated goods and/or services to the effort:
DWS Printing
Heritage Tag and Label
Ad-Apparel
Thanks to everyone who has supported this cause…we’ll see you in the tasting room for a pint!
December 19, 2012
Tasting room holiday hours:
Christmas
Thursday, 12/20 – 3-7pm
Friday, 12/21 – 12-7pm
Saturday, 12/22 – 12-7pm
Sunday, 12/23 – 12-5pm
New Year’s
Thursday, 12/27 – 3-7pm
Friday, 12/28 – 12-7pm
Saturday, 12/29 – 12-7pm
Sunday, 12/30 – 12-5pm
In the tasting room this month:
Thursday, December 20th – Take your picture with Santa Brandon and also get 15% off the purchase of $20 or more of merchandise in the tasting room.
Friday, December 21st – Pictures with Santa Brandon and score $3 pints of Pale Ale and Pumpkin Ale for the End of the World!
Saturday, December 22nd – Last chance for pictures with Santa Brandon. Wear an ugly holiday sweater to the tasting room and get a free pint.
Sunday, December 23rd – Last minute shopper special – 20% off the purchase of $30 or more of merchandise in the tasting room.
We’ll see you at the brewery…cheers!
December 14, 2012
Whole Foods is the whole package folks!
December 13, 2012
Just in time for the holidays we have a record number of different beers on tap. Sample from the largest selection we’ve had at one time and do your Christmas shopping while you’re at it!
On tap:
Toasted Lager
Oktoberfest
ESB
Pale Ale
Pumpkin Ale
Winter Ale
Blueberry Ale
Oatmeal Stout
Wet Hops Ale
Lessing’s Local Cheer
White IPA
Hoptical Illusion
Croxley’s 20th Anniversary Red Ale
RastafaRye Ale
Entitlement Porter
Toxic Sludge
Old Howling Bastard
Sour Cherry Imperial Stout
On cask:
Bourbon Sour Cherry Imperial Stout
Holiday Hours
Thursday, 12/20 – 3-7pm
Friday, 12/21 – 12-7pm
Saturday, 12/22 – 12-7pm
Sunday, 12/23 – 12-5pm |
Thursday, 12/27 – 3-7pm
Friday, 12/28 – 12-7pm
Saturday, 12/29 – 12-7pm
Sunday, 12/30 – 12-5pm |
We’ll also have something special going on for the holidays every day in the tasting room this month.
Thursday, December 13th – 10% off the purchase of $20 or more of merchandise in the tasting room.
Friday, December 14th – Pale Ale BOGO! Buy one jug of Pale Ale and get one free.
Saturday, December 15th – Purchase a branded Blue Point gift box of $20 and over and get a free pint.
Cool new Blue Point stuff: Sour Cherry Imperial Stout long-sleeves and zippered hoodies for guys and gals. Pale Ale t-shirts, Blue Point stocking hats and 3-jug backseat growler holders.
The last day to order from the Blue Point online store in time for Christmas delivery is December 16th. Don’t wait until it’s too late!
