June 2010
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Kingston Black Reviewed by our friend, Old Timey Dave
There is a group of cider fans throughout the world, and the West-Coast based Old Timey Dave is one of our favorites. On his Old Time Cider website he tracks current cider producers, reviews ciders, and generally supports apples and their fermentation. On June 10, 2010 he reviewed our Kingston Black Cider on the Old [...]
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Tuthilltown Spirits’ visit to PovCo
When Tuthilltown’s Hudson Whiskey was recently featured in Food & Wine Magazine, (with a terrific photo of their distillers on left, © Darryl Estrine) I sent a congratulatory email to the charming and capable Joel Elder from Tuthilltown Spirits, who had visited us in May. Not only did he write up a short guest blog [...]
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Governor’s Island BrewFest
If you’re a NY area fan of food, beer and cider, you might want to check out an event this Saturday on Governor’s Island. The 4th annual NY Brewfest, presented by Heartland Brewery, will be held on Saturday, June 19th, 2010 from 3:30PM until 8:00PM on New York City’s Governors Island. The festival is a [...]
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FH Ciders lead NH Beverages on to Capitol Hill
Noon, Thursday June 10th, Washington DC: Steve & Louisa roll a small family car, bearing 8 cases of NH-made adult beverages, under a Senate office building into a hot dark loading dock full of big trucks. We also have heavy boxes of come-hither literature from NH Travel & Tourism. S&L are used to scooting around [...]
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Farmhouse Cask in Burlington; Farmhouse Tap & Grill
Perhaps some of Farnum Hill fans out there know that we’ve been working on building our presence in the wild world of beer. Fortunately, our neighbors right across the Connecticut river — that is, Vermonters — have some of the best craft beers (and beer bars!) around. We have been working with Paul Sayler at [...]
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Growler Origins and June Cider Samplings
Well, the cider gnomes have been busy, and we’ve shipped out more than 150 cases (and 30 kegs too; those lucky New Yorkers!) this week, mostly of the delicious Summer Cider. We’re starting our weekend early as always with Thirsty Thursday here at Poverty Lane, with growler refills from noon to 6 PM. Not sure [...]
