Small Bites

Hit the Links While Enjoying Your Drinks The strange object appeared to have fallen from space, hurtling through the air before thrusting its staff into the earth like a Gold Rush speculator. It had chains and a basket and a silver pole, and someone had affixed a bunch of Captain… Read More →

I moved back to Westchester shortly before Mother’s Day last year.  Being that I had finally returned from a seven-year stint in New Jersey, and it was my first Mother’s day as a Mama,  my mom, sisters and I had a lot to toast to. Using my new-found pull as… Read More →

You’re sitting on your deck biting into a burger topped with grilled red onion and arugula you picked up at the farmer’s market. What’s missing? A cold beer, of course. Preferably a craft beer. Preferably local. Your glass just got a whole lot easier to fill. Four new Lower Hudson… Read More →

Owners: Barry Hansen, joined by eight friends and business partners. The space: Strictly wholesale to start (that means no tasting room), as long as they stay below the annual 60,000 barrel threshold. What’s on tap: Unalienable Rights, a pale ale made entirely from U.S. grown ingredients, is subtly hopped in… Read More →

Owner: Alireza Saifi, a meticulous quality-driven founder learning from his team of friends and trained brewers. “Everybody comes in here and tosses their egos aside,” says Saifi. “The product drives the passion, and the end goal is always the quality of the product.” The space: A 6,500-square-foot building complete with… Read More →

Owners: John Rubbo, a former city council candidate, and longtime friend and fellow Yonkers resident, Nick Califano. The space: While Rubbo and Califano search for a location in their downtown namesake, they are working out of the Thomas Hooker facilities in Bloomfield, Conn. They hope to have a home, with… Read More →

Owners: Michael LaMothe and his family: father Lyle LaMothe, mother Kathy LaMothe and sister Kristen Stone. They are all eagerly waiting for the youngest LaMothe, Kasey, to finish her degree in biological sciences so she can get to work in their labs.   The space: The brewery, near the Crestwood… Read More →

The Captain’s Log Captain Lawrence Brewing will see your imperial IPA and raise you one. Yes, a triple India Pale Ale is in the works in the brewery’s pilot system. The guys are slowly dry hopping the brew to get the maximum “hoppiness,” as owner Scott Vaccaro puts it, out… Read More →

An Appreciation For Great Beer, and ‘Dirty Water’ People always look forward to unwinding over locally brewed craft beers on the weekend at Captain Lawrence, but after last week’s horrors, visitors seemed a little more eager to kick back and relax with friends. And while it won’t last long, it’s… Read More →

Token of Appreciation A quick skip through world history suggests that most every revolution began because someone had to start paying for something that they used to get for free. So when Captain Lawrence Brewing introduced a new policy earlier this month—$5 for 5 sample tokens, $10 for 12, and… Read More →

In a ‘Sour’ Mood The announcement was a quiet one, just four quick lines. But it sparked an outsize amount of activity. The post hit Facebook at 1 p.m.: The Rosso E Marrone, Captain Lawrence’s brown ale fermented with grapes and aged in oak barrels, was available in the tasting… Read More →

If you haven’t heard the buzz about The Tapp, try reading the article that was posted on LoHud.com a few days ago. Better yet, stop in the new Tarrytown gastropub and check it out yourself. A far cry from it’s predecessor, Brute 9, The Tapp’s renovated look has also revitalized… Read More →

Putting the Sun in Sunday You never really need a reason to pop into Captain Lawrence Brewing, other than the tasty craft beer flowing freely, but Sunday did offer a few bonus ones. For starters, the 50 degree temps were making that surprise snowstorm a distant memory. And it was… Read More →

If you’ve ever walked the worn wooden floors of Rochambeau Wines & Liquors in Dobbs Ferry, you’ve met Jeffrey Wooddy. Wooddy is the charismatic manager of Rochambeau Wines & Liquors in Dobbs Ferry and has been serving as our wine expert-in-residence. For the last three months in Life&Style, Wooddy choose… Read More →

The Captain’s Log What happens when extreme weather meets extreme beer? Sadly, the weather wins. At least it did this time. Captain Lawrence had planned to make the schlep up I-95 to be represented at the Extreme Beer Fest in Boston this past weekend, but 2 1/2 feet of snow… Read More →

Even during a big snowstorm, I must say: I’m not a huge fan of hot toddies. Unless I’m super-sick, which, thank goodness, somehow, I’ve been able to avoid so far this winter. No, when it comes to winter cocktails I am a huge fan of two things: cognac and citrus…. Read More →

For the barrel-aged cocktail story I did a couple of weeks ago,  a few friends and I spent the evening getting to know Clark Moore, the self-proclaimed “barman” who makes terrific cocktails at Harper’s in Dobbs Ferry. While the menu at Harper’s is creative (and the drinks I’ve tried in the… Read More →

For 12 weeks, we feature a wine, and include tasting notes and suggestions for pairings. At the end of the 12 weeks, we’ll review our Mixed Case, and recap the choices. Each mixed case will be chosen by a local wine shop owner, who will also become our wine expert-in-residence… Read More →

Hardly Raven About the Big Game A little over 24 hours before kickoff in New Orleans, the Captain Lawrence tasting room was as jammed as Bourbon Street—the lines for growlers more typically seen on the eve of Thanksgiving and holiday weekends. Interest in filling jugs with Lombardi Trophy-worthy brews such… Read More →

For 12 weeks, we feature a wine, and include tasting notes and suggestions for pairings. At the end of the 12 weeks, we’ll review our Mixed Case, and recap the choices. Each mixed case will be chosen by a local wine shop owner, who will also become our wine expert-in-residence… Read More →

So we have come to the end of the road with this series. (Resisting…urge…to sing…Boyz To Men…)  When December 29th finally rolled around, I had had the date on the books for the bulk of the holiday season, menu planned for about as long, accumulated necessities over the course of… Read More →

For 12 weeks, we feature a wine, and include tasting notes and suggestions for pairings. At the end of the 12 weeks, we’ll review our Mixed Case, and recap the choices. Each mixed case will be chosen by a local wine shop owner, who will also become our wine expert-in-residence… Read More →

For 12 weeks, we feature a wine, and include tasting notes and suggestions for pairings. At the end of the 12 weeks, we’ll review our Mixed Case, and recap the choices. Each mixed case will be chosen by a local wine shop owner, who will also become our wine expert-in-residence… Read More →

For 12 weeks, we feature a wine, and include tasting notes and suggestions for pairings. At the end of the 12 weeks, we’ll review our Mixed Case, and recap the choices. Each mixed case will be chosen by a local wine shop owner, who will also become our wine expert-in-residence… Read More →

Even if you rarely buy a bottle of wine, chances are you’ll be looking for one for New Year’s Eve. And chances are even greater it will be the bubbly kind. True Champagne comes only from the Champagne region of France, about 85 miles northeast of Paris. There are plenty… Read More →

For 12 weeks, we feature a wine, and include tasting notes and suggestions for pairings. At the end of the 12 weeks, we’ll review our Mixed Case, and recap the choices. Each mixed case will be chosen by a local wine shop owner, who will also become our wine expert-in-residence… Read More →

For 12 weeks, we feature a wine, and include tasting notes and suggestions for pairings. At the end of the 12 weeks, we’ll review our Mixed Case, and recap the choices. Each mixed case will be chosen by a local wine shop owner, who will also become our wine expert-in-residence… Read More →

If you’ve ever walked the worn wooden floors of Rochambeau Wines & Liquors in Dobbs Ferry, you’ve met Jeffrey Wooddy. He’s the 6-foot-5 manager behind the counter who can find a perfect wine to pair with your dinner in five seconds flat, no matter whether you’re serving roast suckling pig… Read More →