beer

If you're a beer drinker, then you are familiar with the name Yuengling, a brewer of quality beers from Pottsville, Pennsylvania. And for six generations, Yuengling has been a famliy operation.

I was never good at math during my high school days at UFA, but here is a number I do understand: 312. That's the name of a wheat ale brewed by Goose Island Beer Company. Check out what it's all about.

I love old, classic packaging such as the 6 ounce Coca-Cola contour bottle, Quaker Oats in the cardboard cannister, you name it. So, when I saw this throwback Coors Banquet Beer bottle, it caught my attention.

On the shores of Lake Ontario in northern New York, Sackets Harbor Brewing Company brews a very fine craft beer, "War Of 1812 Amber Ale". If you like richer tasting brews that don't have a biting hop note, this is a perfect choice.

Recently in a local Utica area Tavern, Upstate Brewing Company of Elmira, New York was doing some product sampling. They brought along their "Common Sense Kentucky-Style Common Ale" (that's a mouthful, and it was) for taste-testing.

One nice thing about central New York is that we have our share of local breweries, and I found one last weekend! Check out our latest "Greg On The Go" video on location at Good Nature Brewing.

More summertime libation is here, even if summer isn't. Brooklyn Brewery has released it's Summer Ale.

If you've ever vacationed in New England or been to a Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park, you may be familiar with one of the signature beers of the region....Narragansett Beer. Here's the connection to New York, some of Narragansett beers are contract brewed in Rochester!

We salute the brewers of Budweiser for once again featuring their signature beer in patriotic packaging, and purchase of these patriotic buds will help military families through the Folds of Honor Foundation.

Brewery Ommegang in nearby Cooperstown are continues to make a name for itself with the HBO series, "Game Of Thrones." The newest addition to the "Game Of Thrones Series of Beer's is Brewery Ommegang's "Valor Morghulis Dubbel".

Over the years, Major League Baseball has thrived on those TV beer commercials. And many times, some pretty clever and funny ads ran between innings, like this one from Stroh's.

This is "American Craft Beer Week®", and the F.X. Matt Brewery is of many craft brewers nationwide participating in events as part of the celebration. Check out two special events happening this weekend.