Brooklyn Brewery
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| Brooklyn Brewery | |
|---|---|
| Location | Brooklyn, NY United States |
| Year opened | 1987 |
| Active beers | |
| Blanche De Brooklyn | Witbier |
| Breukelen Abbey Ale | Dubbel |
| Brooklyn Ale | Pale ale |
| Brooklyn Antwerper | |
| Brooklyn Bitter | Bitter |
| Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout | Double stout |
| Brooklyn Brooklynator | Doppelbock |
| Brooklyn Brown Ale | Brown ale |
| Brooklyn Dry Stout | Dry stout |
| Brooklyn East India Pale Ale | India Pale Ale |
| Brooklyn Heavy Scotch Ale | Scottish ale |
| Brooklyn Lager | All-malt lager |
| Brooklyn Manchester Star | Baltic porter |
| Brooklyn Monster Ale | Barley wine |
| Brooklyn Oktoberfest Beer | Märzen / oktoberfest |
| Brooklyn Pilsner | Pilsener |
| Brooklyn Saison De Brooklyn | Saison |
| Brooklyn Scorcher | Pale ale |
| Brooklyn Sustainable Porter | Porter |
| Brooklyn Triple | Tripel |
| Brooklyner Dunkel-Weisse | Dunkel weizen |
| Brooklyner Weisse | Hefe weizen |
| Brooklyner Weissebock | Weizenbock |
| Organic Porter | Porter |
| Post Road India Pale Ale | India Pale Ale |
| Post Road Light Dinner Ale | Brown ale |
| Post Road Pale Ale | Pale ale |
| Post Road Pumpkin Ale | Pumpkin ale |
| Post Road Snow Shoe Brown Ale | Brown ale |
Brooklyn Brewery was started in 1987 by former Associated Press correspondent Steve Hindy and former Chemical Bank lending officer Tom Potter. Hindy learned to brew beer during a six year stay in various Middle Eastern nations such as Saudi Arabia and Syria, where possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages were forbidden. Upon his return to his home to Brooklyn in 1984, he and Potter, his downstairs neighbor, quit their jobs and founded the brewery.
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. 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. Later, they acquired a former matzo ball factory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and converted it into a functional brewery. Although the brewery is looking to expand its brewing capacity in the City, at present most of the production, included all Brooklyn Lager and all bottled products, are brewed by contract in upstate New York, in 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.
At their Williamsburg location, they offer guided tours on Saturdays starting at noon and beer tastings on Friday nights from 6pm to 11pm.
Since 1994, Garrett Oliver has been the Brooklyn Brewery Brewmaster. 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. [1]
In 2005 John Wiley & Sons published the story of Steve Hindy's and Tom Potter's successful start up in the book Beer School: Bottling Success At The Brooklyn Brewery (ISBN 978-0-471-73512-0).
