Erin Wicks

Get Yr Brew On: Brooklyn Local Craft Beer Festival this Sunday!

On the hunt for locally-brewed beer?  Want to meet the innovative brewers who make it?  Get your tickets to Brooklyn...

Farm-to-Table Food Porn: Tasting Kevin Adey’s New Restaurant Faro

I made many visits to Chef Kevin Adey's former kitchen at neighborhood staple Northeast Kingdom, so when he opened Faro with his...

Bushwick Brews: Food and Beer Pairing Dinner

Bushwick Brews: Bushwick Beverages Festival Brought a Lot of Delish Beers to Troutman St.

Bushwick Brews: Our One Year Anniversary at The Sampler

We are fast approaching the one year mark of Bushwick Brews!  It's hard to believe that one year ago I...

The Coffee Shop: Bushwick’s Newest and Most Aptly Named Spot for a Cup O’ Joe

Pasta Comes to Bushwick and You Want to Eat It, Now!

Antonio Campanelli at Pasta Shop (All photos by Bart Koscinski for Bushwick Daily). “Here the menu is really, really simple,”...

Happy Birthday to Beer Gem, The Sampler. Get Ready for a Beer Bonanza This Weekend!

It's hard to believe that Bushwick's craft beer gem The Sampler opened one year ago this weekend

Bushwick Brews: Top 3 Beers to Taste at Finback Brewery

Inside Finback Brewery (All photos by Bart Koscinski for Bushwick Daily). New York summer madness seems to have gotten the...

Bushwick Brews: The 3 Best Beers for a Weekend Picnic

ALl photos by Bart Koscinski for Bushwick Daily. It may still be jacket weather in the shade for all but...

Bushwick Brews: Sailing Fieldtrip and Brooklyn Brewery Tasting

The Clipper City Tall Ship (All photos by Bart Koscinski for Bushwick Daily) We all know that summer is perhaps...

The Lost Lectures: Last Friday Night with Blood Orange, Amanda Lepore & More

Text by Erin Wicks & Maria Gotay

Bushwick Brews: Spring Beer Crawl

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Bushwick Brews: Coming Beer Attraction, The Well

The Well (Photos by Bart Koscinski for Bushwick Daily) This week we took a break from tasting beer to get...

Grimm Artisanal Ales Tasting, Saturday at Hops and Hocks

I love the small, Gowanus-based gypsy brewery, Grimm Artisanal Ales, which I wrote about last November for a Bushwick Brews...

Bushwick Has Its Own Vagina Monologues: This Weekend at The Knitting Factory

Ever heard if the penis game? You know, the one where two or more people take turns yelling “penis” getting...

Bushwick Brews: Barrier Brewing Co. Tap Takeover at Miles

All photos by Bart Koscinski for Bushwick Daily I’ve previously written about the love between Barrier Brewing Co. and Miles,...

Barrier Brewing Tap Takeover at Miles – One Week Only!

Miles - one of our favorite beer and eats joints - has always dedicated one tap to the wonderful Long...

Bushwick Brews: Field Trip to SingleCut Beersmiths

A few years ago Rich Buceta was a New York digital advertising executive with a homebrewing habit and a stellar...

Bushwick Brews: Bell’s Brewery New York Invasion

Bell's Hopslam (All photos by Bart Koscinski for Bushwick Daily). Back in Ohio, my summer afternoons were spent lounging in...

Bushwick Brews: Coffee Porter and Chocolate Milk Stout from Dear Bushwick

Dear Bushwick has been a neighborhood hit since they first opened their doors on Wilson Ave in the fall of...

Bushwick Brews: Field Trip to Bavaria Beer Hall, FiDi

This week I decided to push my comfort zone and not only leave Bushwick for the little traversed (at least...

Bushwick Brews: Sixpoint Launched Formidable IPA, Hi-Res at The Sampler

From the left: Sixpoint's Resin, Brunswick Mumme, The Brothers Quinn, and the Hi-Res From the left: Sixpoint's Resin, Brunswick Mumme,...

Bushwick Brews: Game Day at Pine Box Rock Shop

I’ve never been one to watch “the game” on Sundays

Bushwick Brews: Field Trip to JAFB Wooster Brewing

During the last six months of 2013 I discovered some rockin' brews being served up in our neighborhood, from local...

Bushwick Brews: Pizza and Beer Pairings: BYOB at Union Pizza Works

There’s been a lot of buzz going on in Bushwick about Union Pizza Works, the  pizzeria that opened its doors two...

Bushwick Brews: Allagash White from Lone Wolf

I don’t know if anyone else has noticed, but it’s been a bit chilly outside as of late

Bushwick Brews: Houseparty Edition: Sierra Nevada’s Celebration Ale

Holiday beers are not my thing

Bushwick Brews: Field Trip to J.L. Wicks Brewing Company, a Family Affair

This week I’m going to digress from my usual comments on the neighborhood brews to bring you to my small...

Bushwick Brews: Going Awry from Grimm Artisan Ales, Brooklyn’s New Gypsy Brewery

I’m a little bit terrified of Belgian beers

Bushwick Brews: Left Hand Milk Stout from Pearl’s

The first few truly wintery days this past week put me into full hibernation mode

Bushwick Brews: Voodoo Brewing Co’s Pilzilla from The Bodega

As cold season approaches and folks are lining up for flu shots, I’ve got a novel new way for you...

Bushwick Brews: X2 Steam from the New Hops and Hocks

“We’re trying to come up with a sign,” Blake Jordan told me yesterday afternoon inside the newly opened Hops &...

Bushwick Brews: IPAs from Bushwick’s own Braven Brewing Company

The good news about Bushwick’s new brewery Braven Brewing Company just got better

Bushwick Is Getting Its Own Brewery: Braven!

Remember my rant that Bushwick which once produced 10% of America's beer is shamefully lacking any local breweries today?  Well,...

Bushwick Brews: Barrier’s Copernicus Cream Ale from Miles

Batman and Robin

Bushwick Brews: McNeill’s Firehouse Amber Ale from The Rookery

Jamie Schmitz, owner of Bushwick’s new gastropub The Rookery, does not need to serve McNeill’s Firehouse Amber Ale on draught

Meet Nyssa Frank from The Living Gallery, Her Wardrobe, Livelihood and Cat

"Lady Gaga ruined my life!" Nyssa Frank giggles one afternoon in the backyard of the gallery and event space she...

Bushwick Brews: Baba Black Lager at Three Diamond Door

The term lager tends to get a bad rap because it brings to mind some of the worst of American...

Bushwick Brews: Flipside Red IPA from Pine Box Rock Shop

As I've previously confessed I have a hop obsession and this summer I've had delicious flirtations with some amazing IPAs

Vintage Fashion Lovers Have a New Place to Worship

Six months ago Brooklyn lost its garage-punk band the K-Holes when their bassist and singer ran off to South Carolina...

Bushwick Brews: Field Trip to Newburgh Brewing Company

Charlie Benedetti did not always work at a brewery

Bushwick Brews: Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ from Northeast Kingdom

Lagunitas’ Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ blows my mind a little bit

Bushwick Brews: Sixpoint Righteous Rye from Anchored Inn

All photos by Bart Koscinski for Bushwick Daily. Brooklyn manages to fulfill many of my young adult fantasies: bars open...

Bushwick Brews: Southern Tier IPA from Dear Bushwick

Confession: I am a hop fiend

Bushwick Brews: LA-31 Boucanee from Heavy Woods

Last Friday afternoon, with the heat wave broken and late-afternoon boozing on the brain, my friends and I were driven...

Bushwick Brews: Aces Wild Double Cream Ale

Welcome to Bushwick Brews, Bushwick Daily's brand spankin' new beer column