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Jan 2010
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News 12 "The East End" Series at the Greenport Harbor Brewing Co.

Monday/25/January 2010 Filed in: Greenport Harbor Brewing Co.
"The East End" series on News12 Long Island ran a short, but thirst-enducing piece on the Greenport Harbor Brewing Company this weekend. It's available now online at the News12 site:



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"Tap That"
Visits the Blue Point Brewery

Friday/15/January 2010 Filed in: Blue Point Brewery
In their second YouTube episode, Tap That visits the Blue Point Brewery...


The Beer Babe:
"What it really means to go local"

Thursday/14/January 2010 Filed in: Local
Interesting piece by Carla, "The Beer Babe" on supporting your local beer scene, where ever you happen to be:

Everyone has a laundry list of resolutions, I’m sure. Lose weight, finish the novel, donate more to charity…

I made up a short list of my own as far as my own beer drinking was concerned, and one stuck out to me – “support local beer.” In the days of this economy, where each little business is hanging on the hopes of their customers, it seems more important than ever to me to take a step back and look back into our own neighborhoods. Let’s face it – national craft beer distibution is a wonderful thing, and there are some fabulous beers from “away” that I enjoy very often. But I started to wonder if this national distribution was keeping me from truly enjoying the local flavors around me.

Read more here...



NPR: "Recession-Proof Food Trends For 2010"

Thursday/07/January 2010 Filed in: Local | Trends
NPR:
"Doughnuts are the new cupcakes and beer is the new wine...
The focus on local, sustainable and simple will continue - just more so."

More at
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122190248