It has come to our attention that we have a pair of tickets for today and tomorrow’s Yankee games. They’re both at 1pm. Anybody want’em? First come, first served. Come to the green door at 79 N 11th St and hit the buzzer.

Every year we get invited to stylish fashion events here in New York City. Why? ‘Cause we’ve got the beer that’s why. Read on for a particularly cool party below.

From Paper Mag

Fashion’s Night Out goodies keep coming out of the woodwork! Design duo Sam Shipley andJeff Halmos of Shipley & Halmos collaborated with Guerilla Ice Cream to create a flavor that will be sold exclusively on September 10th at Odin New York. Their concoction, called Amalgamated, mixes malty Brown Ale from Brooklyn Brewery with local honey and sweet cream. Sounds delicious, right? That’s not even the sweetest part: all of the proceeds from the evening’s ice cream sales will benefit the Street Vendor Project, which works to protect the rights of the 10,000+ street vendors in New York City, and there’s also talk of a surprise in store performance. If tasty treats, cold beer, and a pair of dreamy designers are in store, count us in.

The geeks over at Gizmodo are preaching the truth about the benefits that come along with canning craft beer. Check out the Cans 101 article here. Also of note, it looks like next Summer will feature Brooklyn Summer Ale cans. Here’s a sneak peak.

Known for having the best brunch in the known universe, Egg has been holding Farm Dinners for the past couple months. Farm Dinner = Several Course Meal Culled Mostly From Their Upstate Farm. And they let us pair our beers with each course. It’s always a super good, informal tasty time. After the jump see the “tentative” menu for Wed, August 25th at 7:30pm.

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When Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria wanted to celebrate his wedding engagement in 1810, he did what any good Bavarian prince would — he threw a beer festival. Both the festival and the special beer served there became known as Oktoberfest.

Ulysses, located on the anomalously car-free Stone Street in the Financial District, will be hosting a rambunctious Oktoberfest of its own on October 2nd from 3pm to 8pm. Complete with an Oompa Band and large stein-like pours, the bar will be featuring Brooklyn Oktoberfest along with standard German brews Paulaner, Spaten and Erdinger. Grab your liederhosen and brutalist design aesthetic and have some fun for a change. At Ulysses.

The Good Human did a lil’ piece on breweries that do their best to practice sustainable manufacturing. See below for the bit about us.

From The Good Human

Located in, well, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Brewery use wind power to get 100% of the electricity, making them the first New York City company to switch to 100% renewable energy. This saves the atmosphere from 335,000 pounds of carbon dioxide, 1,500 pounds of sulfur dioxide, and 500 pounds of nitrogen oxide that would otherwise be emitted. They also pay local farmers to pick up all their spent grain, the husks that are left over after brewing, that they can feed to their livestock.

Read about the other eco-friendly breweries here.

All photos by Eric Schwortz

We gathered at The Boathouse in Prospect Park with Ovenly and The Meathook to celebrate the arrival of Brooklyn Detonation Ale. Friends, family, the beer bloggeratti, all showed up for mirth and merriment.

All we can say is that Detonation worked. Not for free either. Tickets sold plus tips collected earned the inimitable Prospect Park Alliance $3,262.

Mad Hops over at BeerGoggins had this to say about the party:

Brooklyn Brewery’s Detonation Ale Explodes Onto The Scene

On Monday, August 16, the skies opened up and some heavy rains washed down over New York. Walking toward the Boathouse at the Audubon House in Prospect Park, a park official cut us off. “Can’t go this way,” he said. “It’s flooded down that way.”

The reason? Brooklyn Brewery’s newest creation blew a hole in the sky.

Damp and overlooking a pond rife with fallen leaves and paddling ducks, bloggers and beer lovers gathered under gray clouds to celebrate Garrett Oliver’s newest brewmaster’s reserve, aptly dubbed Detonation Ale.

Taking their BLAST! IPA and upping the ante, Detonation Ale features seven – count ‘em, seven – different kinds of hops. As my sudsy pseudonym suggests, this pleased me very much. This hop-heavy pale ale is a dark copper in color, heavy on the citric aromas and very, very easy to drink.

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More photos here.

As you may or may not know, big things are happening here in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Our humble little brewhouse is blowing up. We’re expanding capacity by 12 times and should be enjoying the fruits of our labors by February. To document this once -in-a-lifetime occurrence, we’ve tapped the unflappable Beer Friends. They come by every other week or so, take photos & videos and giddily ask questions of Bob the foreman. Below, check out what they’ve seen so far.

From The Beer Friends