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'GOOD BEER' Festival: Patrons Celebrate NY's Finest Offerings
Local beer brewers and chefs came together to show their best offerings at the annual 'GOOD BEER: Craft Beer & Food Festival'!
Last night the annual 'Good Beer: Craft Beer and Food Festival' took place at 28 Liberty Plaza in Lower Manhattan. This can't-miss summer event celebrates a wide variety of local beer brewers and chefs presenting their delicious recipes.
Take a look below as Daniela's Lens goes on a journey into the world of beer craftsmanship!
7:18 p.m.
I'm a native German. This is a beer festival. Any questions?
7:21 p.m.
But first, I need some food. German Bratwurst! It's a traditional German-style sausage with mustard. It tastes truly authentic.
"Where can I get these?"
"Our butcher shop is in Brooklyn and we also just started packaging the sausages and selling in stores."
Learn more about The Meat Hook Sausage Co.
7:25 p.m.
What goes well with sausages? Pretzels, of course!
Order some pretzels for your next sausage barbecue here:
7:41 p.m.
Now, some beer. Let's start with a Guinness. It's an Irish dry stout traditionally dark and strong, but they have a lighter version, too.
Make sure to check out their blonde lager here:
7:46 p.m.
"I love everything with ginger in it!"
"We have three flavors. Extra spicy, mango and lemon."
Brooklyn Crafted brews this great ginger beer!
8:02 p.m.
More sausages. French style this time made by Les Trois Petits Cochons.
"What's Cochons?" someone asks.
"Pigs!" I say and eat some more sausages. "The three little pigs. It's a popular European children's folk tale about three pigs defending themselves against a wolf."
"I guess these lost the fight..."
Find out more about the Les Trois Petits Cochons.
8:17 p.m.
Here is some French beer. Kronenbourg 1664 founded in, you guessed it, 1664.
This beer is from the so-called 'three country corner' where the countries France, Germany, and Switzerland meet and languages and culture blend together.
8:18 p.m.
"We are recycling forks!"
8:20 p.m.
Tasty pickles.
8:24 p.m.
I can't get enough of these! Best bacon ever.
Maison Pickle makes the pickles and the bacon.
8:31 p.m.
"All our ciders are made with 100% fruit and are gluten-free. We started with apple cider, and now we also have pear, cherry and raspberry ciders."
Doc's Draft Hard Ciders.
8:34 p.m.
"Hi there, can I take your photo?"
8:35 p.m.
"What's with us? Don't you want to take our photo, too?" these two say.
Click click.
8:41 p.m.
The last one for today. Lagunitas from Chicago brews a delicious IPA.
8:42 p.m.
But where is the German beer?
Editor's Note:
Daniela Kirsch is a renowned entertainment photographer and founder of NameFace — an event photo agency based in New York City. Through her creative expertise and unique visual style, Kirsch not only just knows more than just a thing or two about photographing A-list events, but is forever changing the way we interact with the entertainment industry. In June 2018, Kirsch teamed up with Patch to launch the exclusive photo series 'Daniela's Lens' offering weekly features from local events to red carpet magic.
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