New York area breweries
The New York Times (free registration) gives some attention to many breweries in its region you might not have heard of, focuses on the importance of beer as a local products.
It was quite a different scene on a Friday night at the New England Brewing Company in Woodbridge, Conn., where a few dozen people — mostly in their 30s and 40s — gathered in the brewery’s warehouse, listening to a live band.
People paid $5 to drink from plastic cups, as their children ran around playing tag. It seemed like a college party a decade after graduation, except these party-goers were drinking exceptionally good beer.
“This is made by real men, made close to home,” said David Kane, a 39-year-old plumbing supply salesman from Naugatuck, Conn. “It’s not made by a corporation. Maybe it’s psychological, but I think this tastes better because it’s real.”
Can we define real? Maybe you just know it when you see - make that drink - it.
