Beer

Empire Brewing Company is teaming up with Glazed and Confused donut shop to make a specialty beer with donuts and Fruity Pebbles.

Homemade Mosquito Repellents that works! One made with beer!

Frontier Town has been a work in progress.  Just last year, we posted about ground being broken for Frontier Town.  Now?  It's officially opening for the season and camping this weekend.
According to the official Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) site, …

Honestly, when I saw a recent news article I had to do a double-take.  I really didn’t know a town like this even existed in New York.  Other areas?  Sure.  But in 2019 New York, had no clue.
What I’m referring to is a WNYT article about A…

Will a Troy chef and pub-worker be the next Capital Region girl to become a top finalist in a national competition?
The 10th season of 'MasterChef', airing Wednesday 6/5/19 at 8 pm on Fox, is going to be including a competitor from the Capital Region...

Through Monday, a crackdown is in effect.  It's Memorial Day weekend, a time to celebrate, to remember and honor veterans past and present, and a time to enjoy.  But, not a time to drink and drive (well, really at no time should you be drinking and driving)...

It's Saratoga Brewfest this Saturday, which made us start to think of, well, beer, and all of the fun that goes with it.  Sure Brewfest maybe all about sampling, but we all remember the days of beer helmets and kegstands too.
I recently saw a post about the beerball- the nostalgic mini-keg in the sha…

Earlier in April, I posted about O'Learys in Troy losing their Liquor License due to underage drinkers.  Well, it looks like yet another Capital Region bar is in trouble.
The state is having a big crackdown on underage drinking, and Graney's Stout in North Albany is the next …

When I hear the term “Peep Show”, it really makes me think of only one thing.  So, hearing about a new “Peep Show” IPA from New York, I was clearly intrigued.  I mean come on, it sounds like a risque beer experience.  Except, it …

After a ridiculous number of underage drinkers were caught in a sting, one Troy bar is saying good-bye to it’s liquor license.
According to news 10 abc, O’Learys in Troy has been busted.  The State Liquor Authority suspended the license after 80 percent of th…

Hot Dogs, sausages, and burgers, oh my!
A new gourmet food restaurant is coming to Clifton Park, and seriously, the menu I scoped out online looks delicious.  I read at the Times Union that the Dog Haus Biergarten, a California-based restaurant, is going to be opening a locat…

It sounds like the title of a 1990s movie:  Four bartenders and a manager.
Well, actually more like four bartenders and managers are getting together to create a new spot in downtown Albany.  The experienced service staff are coming together to open a new restaurant, according to the T…