Brooklyn Brewery
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| Location | Brooklyn, New York United States |
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| Opened | 1987 |
| Annual production volume | 217,000 US beer barrels (255,000 hL) in 2013[1] |
Brooklyn Brewery is a brewery in Brooklyn, New York City, USA. It was started in 1987 by Steve Hindy and Tom Potter.
History
Hindy learned to brew beer during a six-year stay in various Middle Eastern nations such as Saudi Arabia and Syria. Upon his return to his home in Brooklyn in 1984, he and Potter, his downstairs neighbor from Park Slope, quit their jobs and founded the brewery.[2] The pair hired graphic designer Milton Glaser, best known as the creator of the logo for the I Love New York campaign, to create the company logo and identity.[3][4] Glaser received a share in the company in return.[5]
Originally all their beer was brewed by contract by Matt Brewing Company, and the pair started their own distribution company and personally transported and marketed their beer to bars and retailers around New York City.[6] In 1996, they acquired a former matzo factory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and converted it into a functional brewery.[2][7]
Although the brewery looked to expand its brewing capacity in the City, originally most of the production, including all Brooklyn Lager and all bottled products, were brewed by contract in the upstate New York city of Utica, due to the limited ability to meet demand at the Williamsburg brewery, its lack of a bottling line, and the cost benefits of contract brewing. The company later sought to expand its facilities in Brooklyn, but had difficulty finding a suitable site within the borough.[8] However, an economic recession allowed them to remain in Williamsburg and undertake a $6.5 million expansion of the brewery in 2009.[9]
Since 1994, Garrett Oliver has been the Brooklyn Brewery brewmaster. He had first been appointed brewmaster at the Manhattan Brewing Company of New York in 1993 where he began brewing professionally as an apprentice in 1989. In 2003 he published the book "The Brewmaster's Table: Discovering the Pleasures of Real Beer with Real Food". Garrett has also been a judge at the Great American Beer Festival for eleven years.[10]
Beer School
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| Author | Steve Hindy and Tom Potter |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Business |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
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Publication date
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September 21, 2005 |
| Pages | 304 |
| ISBN | 0471735124 |
In 2005 Hindy and Potter published Beer School: Bottling Success At The Brooklyn Brewery through John Wiley & Sons.[6] The book is both a guide to entrepreneurship and beer brewing as well as a memoir of the authors' time together while building the Brooklyn Brewery. Beer School goes over topics such as building teams as well as guerilla marketing and publicity, with each chapter being written around a theme in the brewery's history. The book is told through the perspectives of both Hindy and Potter, and received mostly positive reviews from critics.[11][12]
Honors
Esquire magazine selected the Brooklyn Lager 16 ounce as one of the "Best Canned Beers to Drink Now" in a February, 2012 article.[13]
Beers
Perennials (available year-round)
- Brooklyn Lager
- Brooklyn Brown Ale
- East India Pale Ale
- Brooklyn Pilsner
- Brooklyn Pennant Ale
- Brooklyn Blast!
- Brooklyner Weisse
- Brooklyn Radius
- Local 1
- Local 2
- Sorachi Ace
Seasonals (availability depends upon time of year)
- Black Chocolate Stout
- Brooklyn Winter Ale
- Monster Ale
- Brooklyn Dry Irish Stout
- Brooklyn Summer Ale
- Brooklyn Oktoberfest
- Post Road Pumpkin Ale
- Brooklyn Black Ops
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See also
References
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External links
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- Official website
- TheFoamingHead's Brooklyn Page
- "From the Assassination of Sadat to the Birth of Brooklyn’s Empire" An Interview with co-founder, Steve Hindy, by Masha Udensiva-Brenner, Construction Magazine, June 20, 2011.
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