7/23/2023 0 Comments Gif brewery 3 mute![]() Now only is that both cool and mind-boggling, but if you grab the handles of the object box which contains the circular text you just created, you can watch the text spin around and settle wherever you stop dragging the handle. Michael Malone hosts “Books & Beer” this Wednesday, 10 a.m., on WVOX/1460 AM/WVOX.It was only last night-or should I say about 2 AM, since I'm on steroids that give me insomnia, along with a boost of energy that keeps me up for 2-3 days at a shot, before I crash-I upgraded to version 3 of The Print Shop, and I played around with their Circular Text tool that allows you to spin text into a circle or a spiral. “It’s good to finally have a festival in our own backyard.” “It’s great to experience new beer, both local breweries and national,” Randy says. He’s been to oodles of beer fests, but says there’s something special about attending one so close to home. There is that, and hot dogs from Nathan’s, dairy delicacies from The Cow and the Curd, and spicy BBQ from the ladies of Handsome Devil.Ĭaptain Lawrence’s packaging manager, Randy Shull, takes it all in with a grin. “We said, we’re only a third of the way through,” says Don. “It was, that’s a lot of beer-where do I start?”Īfter they strolled one of the aisles, it was time to regroup. Don admits it was a bit overwhelming when he and his wife walked in. With so many breweries to digest, he’s got a novel strategy, snapping photos of the booths and beers he likes. Not all bosses are horrible-in fact, Don’s told him about the festival. Around the CL table, Don O’Neill of Stamford is making new friends. There is Dogfish Head, and Peak Organic, and Bronx Brewery Weyerbacher, Long Ireland and dozens others. Evan Watson talks up his own Plan Bee Brewery. Former CL brewer Matt Levy is giving an interview with WFAS radio, which is set up on the floor Matt departed CL to be the brewer in Peekskill. The Captain Lawrence diaspora is all over the arena. A police officer strolls the floor, smiling at the colorful surroundings. There are pretzel necklaces and funny beer t shirts and lots of beards. The mood is, as one might expect, jovial. “Love the One Your With” cranks from the house system. Terry says the beer fest has “opened my eyes to so many different breweries.” Indeed, if there’s a modest line at one booth, chances are there’s not at the guys’ next door. “I like the fact that there’s a lot of people, but you don’t have to wait in line for beer,” says Tony. ![]() The two have been to beer events in Newburgh and at Hunter Mountain, and find Big Brew NY more, well, boozer-friendly. Tony describes his pal as a “scavenger” for fun stuff to do, especially if there’s craft beer involved. Terry learned of the beer bash on Facebook, and was actually able to walk to the County Center. Hitting that milestone some time ago, Terry Flanagan of White Plains and Tony Desio of New Rochelle sport DeCicco’s t-shirts given out at the fest. Well said, lad, and welcome to the legal drinking age. “It’s f***ing fantastic, that’s what it is.” “It’s the promised land, it’s God land, it’s beer land,” he says. Nick is understandably at a loss to describe the scene around him. His favorites on the evening so far are Smoking Wood Rye from The Bruery out of Orange County, California, the Kelso Fuku from Brooklyn, and the Smoked Porter from Captain Lawrence. Nick Anderson of Dobbs Ferry goes for the high-gravity black beers, and sports a Frost Monster t-shirt as he hangs out near the Captain Lawrence booth. The guys of CL are pouring both a perennial favorite and a season-specific favorite: The Hop Commander IPA, made with West Coast hops, and the full bodied Smoked Porter that pairs so nicely with a frigid, unforgiving winter. They came from all over-far flung breweries such as Abita in Louisiana and Stone Brewing in San Diego, and closer to home operations such as Peekskill Brewery, Broken Bow and, of course, Captain Lawrence. It is home to reptile shows, the circus, Disney Live! and, for one blessed night each February, the Big Brew NY Beer Festival. It is home to the Westchester Knicks, a far more palatable version of the team than their varsity siblings down in the city.
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