Editor’s note: We’re republishing this review from May 2003 because the old copy still gets so much reader traffic. We really liked this ale. It was a beer that grabbed the happy middle ground between thin, mass produced lagers that are served iceContinue readingSaranac Pale Ale
Oh, Central New York. I wanted to like this $18 wine more than I can say. I spent six years in CNY, including many a fall afternoon on the shores of the Finger Lakes, throwing Frisbees in stinging needle rainContinue readingVilla Bellangelo Pinot Noir 2012
Lucky us! A bottle of this was schlepped back to Washington, DC by a friend vacationing in Keuka Lake. It is rare to find a Rkatsiteli wine in the United States. The grape comes from Georgia—yes, the one on theContinue readingDr. Konstantin Frank Rkatsiteli 2011
Well, that bottle went quickly. The sweltering season is upon us—with the thermometer oozing over 90 degrees, and nary a breeze to be found. In such weather, sure, an icy, light-bodied beer can refresh. But our palates cried out forContinue readingGabrielle Sparkling Rose Wine
We happened upon this beer in East Hampton, New York. And when we say “happened” we mean it—there were four bottles left in a cupboard in the beach house we stayed in. The bottle’s label boasts, “Real town. Real beer.”Continue readingLake Placid Craft Brewing Company India Pale Ale
We have written many happy things about the whiskeys of Tuthilltown Spirits—see here, and here and here. Nobody denies that these folks make fine products. Here, though, there is a rudimentary question: why make corn whiskey? Is it as aContinue readingTuthilltown Spirits New York Corn Whiskey