Ithaca Beer Company

The Ithaca Beer Company in Ithaca, NY. Small, but excellent beers. Funny thing, I spent four years at Ithaca College, and a few weeks ago was the first time I'd visited the brewery. Guess that speaks to my beer renaissance not occurring until after college. Oh well. Ithaca Brewing offers free samples and free tours.



Another great thing about visiting the brewery is that they have a bunch of homebrew supplies for sale right there. This should be done at more breweries and if we ever open a brewpub, we'd love to be able to sell homebrew supplies as well.



On our tour we got to see the relatively small operation. True fact - Only 7 people are actually involved in every single bottle of Ithaca Beer that is out there. And 2 of those are the brewers!





This is their two-row silo. That's a lot of malt!

NY3 Collaboration Coming!

This. Sounds. Good.

To kick off NY Craft Beer Week, on 9/11 three bars in the city will be simultaneously tapping the brand-new NY3 from firkins. This beer will be a collaborative beer between Ithaca Beer Company, Southern Tier Brewing Company and Captain Lawrence Brewing Co. No word yet on the style, but it will be the OFFICIAL beer of NY Craft Beer Week. Here's the official word:

Please join us as a cask of NY3, the official beer of NY Craft Beer Week 2009, is tapped at 6pm at all three bars to officially open the Week. Servings of this beer will be limited to Passport holders only, who will each be presented with a complimentary 8 oz pour. Servings are first come, first serve and available as long as the firkin lasts.

Figures that I'll be out of town for this, but here's to hoping I can still somehow get some upon my return.