BIERKRAFT’S BIWEEKLY NEWSLETTER – April 10^th, 2011

 

 

‘Micro is Beautiful’

 

 

 

Josh, Ben And Jenise - Some of the Bierkraft Gang

 

BIERKRAFT’S BIWEEKLY NEWSLETTER – April 10th, 2011
by Sev Ulitsky; photographs by Katje Hempel

As winter finally folds its algid wings, the team of Bierkraft announces warmer days with a vibrant vernal celebration: the First Annual Bierkraft Oyster Shuck and Cask Fest on Saturday April 16^th 2011 will inaugurate the store’s very own beer garden with a cornucopia of fresh ideas.

 

Enter Bierkraft, walk along the nave flanked with a myriad of bottles, past the bar and the beers-on-tap checkered chalkboard; squeezing through the store’s bottleneck, you emerge under the skies again, in a little backyard tucked away from the humming streets.

 

Adorned with wooden tables, a truncated telephone pole in guise of a bench, and a makeshift bar under a clambering ivy, Park Slope’s newest biergarten will appear as a little haven to revel in fine craft brews, wholesome gourmet food and congenial vibes in this greener side of Brooklyn. As spring turns into summer, this secluded garden promises to get more colorful and balmy still, with blooming flowers, fragrant herbs, climbing hop vines and other verdant ornaments.

 

Sheltered in a corner, you might get a peek at Bierkraft’s own homebrew machine, a testament to the staff’s true passion beyond the business itself: to experience and share the mystery of beer, from an idea, to the transmutation of its fundamental elements into an earthly nectar.

 

Set against the garden’s edge, ten different cask-conditioned beers (unfiltered and unpasteurized) will rival to pair the hops and roasted malts with the cooling, oceanic flavors of fresh oysters. Harking back to 19^th century England pubs and their tradition of serving the common snack food of oyster with stouts, Kelso of Brooklyn has delivered an exclusive Oyster Stout for the event, bringing a lingering touch of brine and slight minerality - a splendid blend with the roast bite in the dark ale. And to push the matching game even further, you can even experiment with oyster shooters…

  Of significance this month as well is Bierkraft co-owner Ben Granger’s first beer release, Grant. Inspired by the memory of a family ancestor notorious for his fiery temperament, the beer is a dry, toasty and flamboyant Belgian red ale, the result of a creative collaboration with a Belgium brewery. Be sure to taste this Bierkraft original.

 

Saturday April 16^th 2011, from noon till 10pm. The word is out. Come along!