McBane’s Unfiltered Expo Pils: An Elusive and Rustic Pils in Rochester
By Mark Tichenor, Beer Correspondent American beer fans are fortunate; the best and most famous craft brews are available from coast to coast. Still, it's a pleasure to find excellent beers brewed and...
View ArticleNaked Dove Oktoberfest is Shoe-Slappin’ good
By Mark Tichenor, Rochester Beer Correspondent It’s still a bit confusing to everybody, even the Germans. Oktoberfest is named for October, but takes place in mid-September. And craft breweries usually...
View ArticleNaked Dove Brewing Company Helles
By Mark Tichenor, Rochester Beer Correspondent Color matters in the beer world. It’s a disappointing truth, but some people make snap judgments about, and shy away from, some styles just because of the...
View Article2011 Beer of the Year: CB’s Brewing Company Krysztoff Baltic Porter
Some breweries just don’t get a lot of respect. Then again, some breweries haven’t always taken the steps to earn it. For most of its history, Custom Brewcrafters subordinated the desire to make truly...
View Article3 Heads “The Common Man”
Craft breweries make their bones by marketing big, unique beers to big, unique individuals. High alcohol levels, forceful flavors and innovative ingredients put many great brews on the map, but remain...
View ArticleMassachusetts-Based Shelton Brothers Slams a Door on New York Breweries
Venerable import and distribution company Shelton Brothers, of of Belchertown, Massachusetts, has been invaluable to beer lovers across the United States. They have been visionary in their quest to...
View ArticleSpider Bite Brewing wins Tap NYs ‘Best New Brewery 2012′
On the way to his next-door neighbor’s house, Larry Goldstein felt a pinch . On his arm he saw a raised welt with two red marks characteristic of a spider’s fangs. Unfortunately, the bite didn’t endow...
View ArticleGenesee Brewing Company Tap House Now Open in Rochester
For most of its 234 year history, the Genesee Brewing Company remained a closed book to the people of Rochester, New York — an imposing, mostly corrugated metal structure on St. Paul Street from which...
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