Years in the making, we have finally found a way to bring you the very-exciting new Sunnyside Beer Share! That’s right! Joan, our Special Products Coordinator, has been working overtime to bring more food options to our CSA. And, while she’s not done yet, she’s started a hopefully-long-lasting relationship with the good folks at Big Alice Brewing in Long Island City. They’re an exciting new nano-brewery specializing in really unique, limited-run batches that are currently only available in a few places- one of which is now through us!
HOW IT WORKS
Each share gets you one 750 ml bottle per pickup. We have 4 pickups (Jan. 9th, Jan. 30th, Feb. 20th, and Mar. 13th, from 5:00-8:00 pm at Sunnyside Community Services) and the cost is $65 for the four bottles (They retail for $18 each at the brewery.) These are the same pickup dates as our Winter Vegetable Share pickups.
The brewers need to taste test each batch before release, so it’s impossible to predict what we’re going to get, but they’ve promised to give us a good mix of flavors, colors, and styles. Here is a list of what’s scheduled to brew during that time:
Gunpowder Tea Rye Ale, Ginger Oatmeal Raisin Stout, Dandelion Fennel IPA, Birch Brown Ale, Sour Dark Beer w/ Hibiscus, Sour Ale w/ Bitter Orange Peel, Coffee White Stout, White Ash Aged Black Ale, Hickory Aged Super Saison, Hard Maple Aged Sour Rye Stout, Cherry Wood Aged Smoked Chocolate Stout, Yellow Birch Aged Barleywine, Rooibos Grand Cru, Purple Sweet Potato Farmhouse Ale. Wow!
We’re treating this as a test run. If things go well, we will continue the Beer Share throughout the summer CSA season (either weekly or bi-weekly, depending on how things go) so if beer is your passion, make sure you support this share or it might not continue!
READY TO SIGN UP? GREAT!
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You can pay with a check or via pay pal (which we prefer, but either is fine.) Just make sure you read and follow the payment directions! Please sign up as soon as possible so that we can gauge interest, but the official deadline is December 31, 2013!
AND DON’T FORGET…
You can still sign up for our Winter Fish Share, and order a variety of vegetables, meat, cheese, and more through our many food partners! Read more…
Please make sure to join the Sunnyside CSA Yahoo group, to stay informed of important news and updates! Just send an email to “sunnysidecsa-subscribe@yahoogroups.com” to join.
Questions? Contact Us!
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