Growler & Gill Beer Blog

Here comes the Josh Show!! Fresh off his performance at the LHV Craft Beer Fest.  Come out and jam with Josh and his unique acoustic style.  

From the brewery that exemplifies the spirit of the Finger Lakes, we present:

Flower Power IPA

Apricot Wheat Ale

White Gold Belgian Pale Ale

Bring Dad by this Father’s Day weekend for lunch or dinner.  Treat him to a Summer/Fruit beer at our Free Tasting today. Enjoy local fruit brews including: Blue Point Blueberry Ale, Ramstein’s Honey Blonde, Defiant’s Orange Cream, KUKA’s Belgian Blonde, Doc’s Cider and more.

We’ve also got great gifts for Dad.

Italy’s craft beers are considered some of the best in Europe. Come sample some of the finest Italy has to offer including:

My Antonia
Birra Del Borgo and Dogfish Collaboration 

ReAle Extra IPA

Nouva Mattina Saison from Birrifico Del Ducato

Chimera
Strong Dark Ale 

Brooklyn Brewery has become a staple on the New York craft brew scene.  They have an incredible line up of styles of which we will be sampling the following:

Sorachi Ace Saison
Farmhouse Ale

Scorcher #366 Pale Ale

Blast Double IPA

Famous Lager

Stouts and other dark beers aren’t only for winter time.  These craft beers taste great any time of year! Come over to the dark side and sample the following:

Otter Creek Russian Imperial Stout

and more . . .

From the Southern Tier of Upstate New York comes one of the best breweries found in the state. You will be impressed by their lineup of craft beers incuding:

Phin and Matt’s Extrodinary Pale Ale

2XIPA Double IPA

2X Milk Stout

Oak-aged Backburner Barleywine

Ballast Point Brewing Co. will be in to sample us on these great West Coast beers:

Sculpin IPA

Dorado Double IPA

Sea Monster Imp Stout

Calico Copper Amber Ale on Nitrogen

If you haven’t tried barrel-aged beer, this is your opportunity to taste the difference oak aging can make. The all-star line- up of craft beers looks like this:

Capt. Lawrence Golden Delicious
Belgian golden ale aged on apple brandy barrels

Dogfish Head Burton Baton
Oak-aged IPA

Weyerbacher Insanity Oak-Aged Barleywine

Allagash Curieux
Bourbon Barrel Aged Belgian Triple

Blue Mountain Dark Hollow
Stout on Bourbon

and more . . .

This brewery truly does not make a bad beer! Don’t take my word for it. Check out Canada’s best craft brews including:

La Fin du Monde Belgian Triple

Maudite Strong Pale Ale

Terrible Strong Dark Ale

La Fin du Monde
aged in Chardonnay Barrels

Noonan Black IPA

Big A Double IPA

Baltic Porter

Really Old Brown Dog

and more  . . .  

Love local music? Well we’ve got it for you!! Tim O’Donahue will be hosting our Open Mic again today from 4-7. Check out the jam from the last time Tim came in:

While Amsterdam is partying, we will be celebrating by pouring beers from the only Trappist Brewery outside of Belgium: La Trappe, along with other regional brews. So join us and sample some of these heavenly monastic brews:

La Trappe Double

St Freuillien Triple

La Trappe Quadruple

Urthel Saison

Come sample some of the most exotic beers available.  Our own Brett will be pouring a variety of flavors including:

Evil Twin Femme Fatale Noir Black Ale

Du de Ciel Aphrodite – Stout with cocoa and Vanilla beans 

Southern Tier Oak Aged Back Burner Barleywine

Ommegang/Barrier Relief – Belgian IPA : A collaboration between the two breweries to help rebuild Barrier’s Long Island facility damaged during Hurricane Sandy.

Orange County’s Rushing Duck Brewing Co. is about to celebrate their one year anniversary. They have developed a strong lineup of beers that we will be sampling including:

Kroovy Imperial Red Ale

Beanhead Coffee Porter

Dogs Bollocks Barleywine aged in whiskey barrels

Dead Moroz Russian Imperial Stout

Join Brewer’s Cow (yes, the one from TV’s Shark Tank) as they pair up some of their stout infused black and tan ice cream with one of our stouts on tap and a special dessert from our kitchen!!  They also will be sampling us on their Bavarian Beer Brittle!!

Be at G & G for the release party of the newest brewery in the Hudson Valley, Rockland’s own KUKA! All their beers are made with macca root from the Andes Mountains. They will be pouring:

Belgian Blonde

Rye IPA

American Pale Ale

Belgian Golden Ale

and more . . .

80 years ago the 21st Amendment to the US Constitution, which repealed Prohibition, was ratified by the first state (Michigan).  In honor of that momentous occasion, we will be serving free samples from 2 breweries from San Francisco who get their name from this movement.  We will be pouring 21st Amendment’s refreshing Hell or High Watermelon Ale and their 11.5% ABV Lower da Boom Barleywine.  Speakeasy Ales will be serving Prohibition Amber Ale, Big Daddy IPA and more . . .