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Issue 16 November – December 2005

Mark, Sarah, and Chris of Chelsea Brewery raise a glass to celebrate their medal win for Black Hole XXX Stout at this year’s Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado. Photo: Alex Hall

IN THIS ISSUE Beer Calendar 4 Beer on the Pier 5 Volo Cask Days 6 Beerman & Firkin 9 City Beer Happenings 10 Why Can’t More Restaurants Do This? 12 Write a Caption 14

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Mission: The aim of The Gotham Imbiber is to promote awareness of microbrewed beers and where to obtain them in and around New York City, especially cask-conditioned ales which are sadly only available in a handful of outlets citywide. The Gotham Imbiber magazine originated as a sister publication to the U.K. beer magazine ‘The Independent Imbiber’. Be aware

that British spellings may crop up within these pages!

This is a magazine, unlike others, where lovers of microbrewed beers can submit articles for publication.

Intending writers please note that this magazine is about commercially-available beers, the microbreweries that produce them, and even the people who drink them. It is not intended to promote home-brewing in articles on these pages (sorry!), as that would be 'preaching to the converted' as such - and would reduce the space available for microbrewery-related material. Disclaimer: Although accuracy is checked as far as possible, no responsibility can be taken by The Gotham Imbiber for false, misleading, or inaccurate information. This magazine is entirely independent, and is not associated in any way with any organisation, brewery, or bar. All opinions expressed are those of the individual contributor concerned, and not those of The Gotham Imbiber. Any resemblance between real life characters and those appearing in fictional stories or cartoons in this magazine are purely coincidental. Deadline for issue 17 is Monday 19th December 2005 for publication in early January 2006. Acknowledgements: Thanks to Felice Wechsler, Warren Becker, and all who actively support craft beer and our efforts to promote it over mass-produced global tasteless swill.

NEW YORK CITY HAS FOUR CRAFT BEER BREWERIES. SUPPORT THEM OVER GLOBAL MASS-PRODUCING

CORPORATIONS WHO PUT PROFIT BEFORE QUALITY! The Gotham Imbiber would like to thank The Village Voice for us being awarded ‘Best Fanzine for Hop Fanatics’ in this year’s annual ‘Best of New York’ Awards. Our mischievous beer-loving mascot, Maudling, is seen here inspecting the award certificate. Cheers to The Village Voice!

Beer Calendar Recommended craft beer events over the next two months…

LOCAL EVENTS IN NEW YORK CITY

Friday 4th – Sunday 6th November 2005: 7th Tri-Annual ‘Cask Head’ Real Ale Festival. The Brazen Head, 228 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn. Free entry, prices lower than normal! 18 rare and delicious cask-conditioned ales and cask hard cider will flow through the weekend. Full details: 1 718 488 0430 or see http://www.brazenheadbrooklyn.com.

Saturday 5th November 2005, 1pm & 5pm: Williamsburg Winter Preview Beer Festival. POSTPONED.

Monday 7th November 2005, 7pm: Beer and Cheese Pairing Event #1. d.b.a., 41 1st Avenue, Manhattan. Featuring a number of US and UK beers paired up with tasty cheeses, the first in a series of these events. Hosted by Patrick Jones of Triumph Brewery. $35 for eight pairings. Details: http://www.drinkgoodstuff.com or phone 1 917 757 4309 (RSVP please).

Wednesday 9th November 2005, 7.30pm: Malted Barley Appreciation Society of NYC. Monthly meeting, Mugs Ale House, 125 Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The guest speaker is Joe Lipa of beer importer Merchant du Vin. Further details: http://hbd.org/mbas.

Saturday 12th November 2005, 12.30pm & 6pm: Brewtopia World Beer Festival. Pier 60, Chelsea Piers, Manhattan. Now in a new, even better indoor location than the previous Metropolitan Pavilion venue which hosted the initial two fests. A large number of beers (about 300) from craft breweries and importers will be available, including rare casks from Dark Star Brewery. Two four hour sessions. $32.51 ($30 plus taxes) in advance, or $40 on the door if available. See http://www.brewtopiafest.com

Thursday 1st – Saturday 3rd December 2005: New York City Cask Ale Festival. David Copperfield’s, 1394 York Avenue, Manhattan. About 12 cask-conditioned beers will be tapped, free entry. Details: http://www.davidcopperfields.com nearer the time.

Wednesday 14th December 2005, 7.30pm: Malted Barley Appreciation Society of NYC. Monthly meeting and Christmas party, Mugs Ale House, 125 Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The guest speaker will be Dan Shelton of importer Shelton Brothers. Further details: http://hbd.org/mbas.

EVERY TUESDAY, 7pm: Bierkraft, 191 Fifth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn (at Union Street). Weekly beer tasting and cheese pairing, sometimes featuring a guest speaker from the trade. Details: 1 718 230 7600; http://www.bierkraft.com.

EVENTS OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY

Wednesday 16th November 2005, 7pm: Brooklyn Brewery Beer Dinner. Cecil’s Jazz Club, 364 Valley Road, West Orange, NJ. Four courses and a dessert all paired with beers from Brooklyn Brewery. Eric Ottaway from the brewery will be guest speaker. $45 including complementary gifts. Details and reservations: 1 973 736 4800.

Please see http://beeradvocate.com/events/calendar.php for other events worldwide.

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Beer on the Pier Reviewed by Alex Hall

The second annual Beer on the Pier Festival took place on Saturday 8th October at Pier 54 on Manhattan’s West Side.

Both craft brewers and larger concerns were present offering samples of their products. Sadly, for the second year running, the weather couldn’t have been worse; we attended the first session where most of the attendees were taking shelter from the torrential rain showers

in the giant marquee that had thankfully been erected in the centre of the pier. Last year’s event drew some criticism for being overcrowded and under-facilitated, but I am glad to report that this year’s festival was organised very well apart from odd moans that there wasn’t any

booth labelling – however, there was a map being distributed at the entrance.

We enjoyed the event despite the soggy nature of the day, and hope the awful luck the organisers had with bad weather does not deter them from putting on future beer festivals.

Above left: The crowd ventures from the marquee during a welcome respite from the rain. Above: Jeremy Cowan of Shmaltz Brewing (HeBrew) serves his delicious 9th Anniversary Brew (Jewbelation 5766).

Photos by Alex Hall.

CORRUPT EMINENT DOMAIN ABUSE THREATENS BROOKLYN COMMUNITY BAR

Freddy’s Bar in Prospect Heights is up against the corrupt and taxpayer-money-wasting schemes of property development juggernaught Forest City Ratner, who want to raze the entire community to build a corporate concrete jungle – a small part of which is planned to be an arena for the New Jersey Nets basketball team. Don’t believe the lies, this scheme is unjust & corrupt!

Directions to Freddy’s: 2 or 3 train to Bergen Street station, then walk round the corner to 485 Dean Street to enjoy a fine pint of Harpoon UFO wheat beer (or another of your choice) in

friendly surroundings. Links to websites detailing the current situation: http://www.gotard.com/badd/ http://www.fansforfairplay.com http://www.nostadium.homestead.com http://nycbasketball.rivals.com

http://www.fairdevelopmentbrooklyn.net Freddy’s own website can be seen at http://www.freddysbackroom.com

MASS-MARKETED BEER IS FOR THE UNDISCERNING.

Volo Cask Days by Warren Becker

Café Volo hosted their inaugural cask ale event on October 22-23, 2005. Over a

wet weekend, Torontonians experienced their first cask ale event in the city. Though the weather was cool and wet, attendance was a full house at Café Volo. Ralph Morana, Volo’s proprietor, was a gracious and knowledgeable host to both fans and beer novices alike.

Volo is a cozy wood and brick one room café that has specialized in fine Italian cuisine for 18 years. Ralph’s love for craft beers is evident by his 1 hand pump and dozen drafts. In addition, they have a list of approximately 150 well-chosen bottles. This first-time event was originally billed as “13 Brewers, 13 Casks, 2 Days”, but due to an overwhelming response by the local breweries, Ralph changed this event to “15 Brewers, 23 Casks, 2 Days”. Truly an impressive number of real ales for any seasoned cask event, especially one that is a first-timer.

As the event was held from 12 noon until 6 PM on both Saturday and Sunday, Ralph closed his entire café in order to host this sensational event. I arrived there at noon on both days to find many real ale fans already there, studying and scoping out the various cask selections.

I was fortunate to have tried all the casks available, and here are my tasting notes.

1. Church Key ‘Holy Smoke Scotch Ale’, 6.25% – Smoked and malt dominant with pleasant flavors throughout. It lingered long on the palate. Holy Smoke was peat smoked, enhanced with smoked Scottish whisky malt.

2. Granite ‘Peculiar Scotch Ale’ (Whiskey Barrel-Aged), 5.5% – Wood-aged scotch ale with nice caramel flavors, and full body. Nice whisky notes in a well made scotch ale.

3. Wellington ‘Iron Duke’, 6.5% – Smooth well-made malty scotch ale with nice caramel notes. Full body with pleasant flavors.

4. Stratford Brewing (Saint Andre) ‘Doug’s Scotch Ale’, 7.0% – Big Scotch ale with smooth lingering flavors. Roasty, coffee notes with hints of vanilla.

5. Heritage ‘Blackcurrant Rye Lager’, 4.5% – An unusual pairing of vinous flavors with a malt and rye dominant lager.

6. Heritage ‘Traditional Dark Lager’, 4.5% – Medium bodied dark lager with some toasty biscuit flavors.

7. F & M ‘Stone Hammer Dry Hopped Pilsner’, 5.0% – Pale, clear pilsner with floral hop flavors. It finishes semi-dry.

8. Trafalgar ‘Abbey Belgian’, 6.5% – Belgian Dubbel with modest flavor and aroma. There are hints of raisons and spices in the finish.

9. Black Oak ‘Nut Brown Ale’ (Whiskey Barrel), 5.5% – Vanilla flavors from the barrel highlight rich, malt–driven ale. Smooth taste, with roast and chocolate malts.

10. F & M ‘Premium Dark Ale’, 5.0% – Malty, chewy session ale. Some chocolate notes. 11. Neustadt Springs ‘10W30 Brown Ale’, 5.0% - Smooth caramel, coffee flavors with nutty and caramel accents.

12. Wellington ‘Arkell Best Bitter’, 4.0% - Slight roast malt flavors with a hint nutmeg.

13. Granite ‘Best Bitter Special’ (Dry Hopped), 4.5% – Amber color hoppy bitter with floral nose and medium body.

14. Black Oak ‘Atomic Hop Bomb Pale Ale’, 5.0% – Big hopped American Style Pale Ale. Lots of big citric hop flavors dominate this pale ale.

15. Granite ‘Traditional IPA’ 4.5% – Hop- driven, fruity IPA.

16. Scotch Irish ‘Sergeant Major IPA’, 5.5% – Hoppy IPA with nice malt balance and citric hop bitterness.

17. Scotch Irish ‘Sergeant Major Double IPA’, 9.5% – Big alcohol and big hops throughout. Modeled after the Dogfish Head 120 IPA.

18. County Durham ‘Al’s Cask Pale Ale’, 6.0% – Smooth, hoppy ESB. Pleasant hoppy floral aroma and flavors with a frothy head.

19. F & M ‘MacLean’s Dry Hopped Pale Ale’, 5.0% – Hoppy, medium body pale ale.

20. Mill Street ‘Tankhouse Ale’, 5.2% – Amber color, session ale with some earthy hop flavors.

21. King ‘Dry-Hopped Pilsner’, 4.8% –Crisp, hoppy pils, with semi-dry finish.

22. Denison’s ‘Dunkel’, 5.0% – Clean malty lager with traditional German

ingredients. It was chewy, smooth with lots of red highlights to this very dark beer.

23. Cool Beer ‘Millennium

Buzz Hemp Amber Beer’, 5.0% – Spicy ale with semi-

dry finish. There is an herbal character to this red lager made with hemp, dark roasted malt and German hops.

Also… 24. County Cider ‘Ice Cider’ 11% (bottle) – Smooth, semi-sweet with lots of flavor. Pours bright golden and finishes with alcohol warmth.

25. Scotch Irish ‘Imperial Stout’ 9.0% (bottle) – This was a special preview of next week’s Volo’s premier of this ale. Brewer Perry Mason (yes, that’s his name!) made a very chocolaty imperial with some roasty notes and a big body.

Volo Cask Days was terrific event in a comfortable and friendly environment. There was an impressive diversity of real ale styles. Torontonians now have a fine annual cask ale tasting. Head to Yonge Street in Toronto for a pint of real ale!

Café Volo, 587 Yonge Street, Toronto, Canada. Tel. (416) 928 0008. Web: http://www.barvolo.com/

Photos: Warren Becker

Beerman and Firkin by Felice Wechsler

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City Beer Happenings Compiled by Alex Hall

Congratulations go to Chelsea Brewery for winning a bronze medal at the Great American Beer Festival (see cover photo). The award was for their Black Hole XXX Stout in the Foreign/Export Stout category. Well done to Chris Sheehan and the crew!

The Blind Tiger Ale House (518 Hudson Street, Manhattan) remains open for the moment, but as reported previously will be closing soon for major building renovations. Enjoy the Tiger while you have the chance, closure is said to be around the end of the year. The owners’ efforts to find a new space for a replacement beer bar in the same area have apparently been futile so far, but they are determined to keep searching. Popular Blind Tiger bartender Kate is depicted above serving a brace of craft bottles.

The Lighthouse Tavern (243 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn) is about to reinstate cask-conditioned ale following issues with the cooling and air-conditioning systems previously. Take the R train to Union Street (or the M weekday rush hours) and it’s a couple of minutes walk from there, also conveniently close to New York’s ultimate beer store – Bierkraft.

Not strictly in The Gotham Imbiber’s reporting area (but we’re flexible!), The

Barrow Street Bar (292 Barrow Street, Jersey City, NJ) is also about to install

cask-conditioned

beer. The plan is for one cask per week at

weekends. Catch the PATH train to Grove Street, and it’s just round the corner; open at 5pm daily.

dba (41 First Avenue,

Manhattan) is now serving cheese on Mondays to complement their great range of beers, plus they are launching occasional beer and cheese pairing nights – see the calendar section.

Brewed in NJ by Brooklyn’s own beer and dachshund expert Bill Coleman, Heavyweight Brewery’s 2005 Old Salty barleywine is about to be released. Yum…

A surprise appearance of Fuller’s Vintage Ale, cask-conditioned, was due at the time of writing. Apparently their importer Distinguished Brands International has

brought over six firkins of this delicious and rare London brew, two of which should be on during the first couple of weeks of November at Spuyten Duyvil (359 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn), and The Spotted Pig (314 West 11th Street). Note that

genuine cask-conditioned Fuller’s is very rare in the USA, not regularly exported, but their filtered keg beers can unfortunately be seen on fake beer engines in some outlets.

The Brazen Head (228 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn) has their 7th ‘Cask Head’ Cask Ale Festival is scheduled for 4th to 6th November, 18 different casks are promised. This tri-annual event is arranged in conjunction with The Gotham Imbiber.

Sixpoint Craft Ales of Red Hook, Brooklyn, is about to venture into promoting cask-conditioned beer in a big way. Their dry-hopped Bengali Tiger IPA is now available at The Spotted Pig (314 West 11th Street, Manhattan) in cask form. Oh my lords! That is certainly one deliciously hoppy brew! There are two cask versions, one dry-hopped with American hops and the other dry-hopped with British varieties.

Talking of The Spotted Pig, this popular gastropub has reopened following expansion, and extra cask beer engines have been added. That’s the way to go…

Brooklyn Brewery have recently had two delicious beers out with enterprising styles. First came Brooklyn Bitter, a good recreation of a British ‘quaffing’ cask ale. That was followed by the lip-smacking

Smoked Porter, with just the right amout of smoky notes and weighting in at 5.5% ABV. Cheers to Garrett Oliver and the crew for these superb winners. Both were available at the recent cask event at the Savoy Restaurant (see page 12).

Bavarian Black Lager and Smiling Pumpkin Ale are the current seasonal goodies from Heartland Brewery. In December, look out for Old Red Nose and Full Moon Barleywine in their Manhattan outlets.

Finally, a reminder that Mugs Ale House (125 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn) continues to host the monthly meetings of The Malted Barley Appreciation Society of NYC. This group, founded over a decade ago, is an ideal medium to meet brewers (both commercial and homebrewers) in person, try different beers, and learn about the finer qualities of beer. 7.30pm every second Wednesday of the month in the back room of Mugs. See the calendar on page 4 for details of the next two months’ guest speakers, or for more detailed information go to the group’s website at http://hbd.org/mbas.

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Why Can’t More Restaurants Do This? by Alex Hall

Gourmet restaurants are expected to serve top quality food. And they mostly do. But when it comes to matching that with top quality beer, how many actually go that far? So many times I’ve gone to a restaurant here in the city, only to be disappointed that their delicious food can only be paired with some run-of-the-mill mediocre (or worse) macro brand of beer.

Monday 24th October at The Savoy, 70 Prince Street, was the ultimate night for top quality in both fields. Their second annual evening of pairing cask-conditioned ale and top quality food paid off with a healthy attendance of eager diners. Three cask-conditioned beers, served via beer engines (handpumps), proved to be the ultimate experience in a restaurant – something which I hope will catch on elsewhere. It’s such a let-down to get a great

meal but a piss-poor beer to go with it; cask-conditioned craft beer can be the jewel in the crown of gourmet restaurants if only they would realise it – like The

Savoy have done. Brooklyn Brewery supplied the beers for the evening: Brooklyn Bitter, Brooklyn Brown Ale, and Brooklyn Smoked Porter. Garrett Oliver, Brooklyn’s head brewer and author of The Brewmaster’s Table – a highly informative book on beer and food pairing – was the special guest along with some of his team.

Look out for regular evenings featuring cask-conditioned ales at The Savoy – they have purchased two casks which will be filled by Brooklyn Brewery and other craft breweries for beer and food pairing events.

The Savoy, 70 Prince Street, New York NY 10012-3306.

Tel. (212) 219-8570.

Reigning villains SHOULD have fear. Because the market for industrial, mass-produced, mass-marketed swill is static – while the craft beer industry has enjoyed a 7% growth over the last two years. The Gotham Imbiber spreads the word. It’s all about quality, not quantity…

Mass-produced lagers, padded out with non-traditional adjuncts such as rice and corn, are produced for the lowest common denominator

and the highest profit margin. Have some self-respect.

Drink craft beer, reject common swill.

Write a Caption

This issue’s Write a Caption ‘victim’ is Phil Clarke Jr. of the NYC Homebrewers’ Guild, seen here on speaker phone conversation with Tom Baker of Heavyweight Brewery.

Please send in your wittiest quotes of what he could have been saying…

The winner gets a branded glass from Bierkraft, 191 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn (winner collects).

The best entries will be listed in issue 17. Please note that the deadline is 19th December 2005; contact details are on page 2.

SUPPORT CRAFT BEER, ENJOY CRAFT BEER!

Happy holidayS to a l l r e a d e r s o f T h e G o t h a m I m b i b e r !

FOR SALE: Cask beer engines and all related cask equipment including firkins and pins, taps, spiles etc. Also, pub and restaurant furnishings and items suited to traditional-style bars can be supplied. Contact Alex Hall at The Gotham Imbiber for further information (see details on page 2).

Bass – Beck's – Belle Vue – Boddingtons – Bohemia – Diebels – Dinkel Acker – Franziskaner – Hoegaarden – Labatt – Leffe –

Löwenbräu – Mackeson – Rolling Rock – St. Pauli Girl – Skol – Spaten – Staropramen – Stella Artois – Tennent's – Whitbread.

When you buy any of the above brands, you are funding the world’s biggest brewing corporation - InBev (formerly Interbrew). The Gotham Imbiber says

InBev’s greedy, voracious fat cat directors and investors are fat enough.

AN EMPTY PINT GLASS IS NO USE UNLESS IT IS REFILLED WITH CRAFT BEER. AN EMPTY PAGE THAT SHOULD HAVE CARRIED ADVERTISEMENTS IS NO USE FOR FUNDING THE GOTHAM IMBIBER’S EFFORTS TO PROMOTE CRAFT BEER AND THE PLACES THAT SERVE IT. THIS SPACE COULD HAVE BEEN YOUR ADVERT AND WOULD HAVE FUNDED HUNDREDS OF COPIES OF THE GOTHAM IMBIBER…

REAL CASK ALE – THE FULL NYC LIST

This is The Gotham Imbiber’s free listing of all NYC bars that serve cask-conditioned ale.

Barcade, 388 Union Avenue, Brooklyn. The Blind Tiger Ale House, 518 Hudson Street, Manhattan. The Brazen Head, 228 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn. David Copperfield’s, 1394 York Avenue, Manhattan. d.b.a., 41 First Avenue, Manhattan. George Keeley, 485 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan. The Ginger Man, 11 East 36th Street, Manhattan. Hop Devil Grill , 129 St. Marks Place, Manhattan. The Lighthouse Tavern,243 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn Mugs Ale House, 125 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn. The Spotted Pig, 314 West 11th Street, Manhattan. Spuyten Duyvil, 359 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn. Stout, 127-135 West 33rd Street, Manhattan. The Waterfront Ale House, 155 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn.

WARNING: There are now at least three bars in New York City dispensing keg beer from fake handpumps. If a bar you visit in NYC appears to have working handpumps and is not on the above list, it is either very new to selling cask ale or it is filtered keg beer on a dispense method that has been causing confusion. We suggest taking CAMRA’s initiative to “ask if it’s cask”… _________________________________________________________________________________

Breweries: Heather Ales, Orkney, Moorhouse’s, Daleside, Darwin.

Legends’ brands are now available in cases, casks, and kegs in New York City* via S.K.I. Beer Corporation, tel. (718) 821-7200.

*All NYC boroughs except The Bronx.

NYC stockis ts o f Legends imported cra f t beers A regular feature in The Gotham Imbiber is to list all known permanent outlets of Legends’ beers. This will be updated every issue, and is a free service to stockists. Note that few outlets carry the entire range, and some only carry one brand from the portfolio. Bars and restaurants are in bold, while shops and wholesalers are in italics (ordinary typeface). Bars which will be taking kegs or casks on a one-off or occasional basis are excluded from this list – sorry, it’s permanent outlets only.

Manhattan Swift’s Hibernian Lounge, 34 East 4th Street 10003 Hop Devil Grill, 129 St. Marks Place 10009 Alta Restaurant, 64 West 10th Street 10011 B & E Quality Beverage, 511 West 23rd Street 10011 Peculier Pub, 145 Bleecker Street 10012 Jekyll & Hyde, 91 7th Avenue South 10014 The Other Room, 143 Perry Street 10014 The Slaughtered Lamb, 182 West 4th Street 10014 Hercules Fancy Grocery, 27 Morton Street 10014 Stout, 127-135 West 33rd Street 10016 The Ginger Man, 11 East 36th Street 10016 Waterfront Ale House, 540 2nd Avenue 10016 House of Brews, 302 West 51st Street 10019 David Copperfield’s, 1394 York Avenue 10021 House of Brews, 363 West 46th Street 10036 St. Andrews, 120 West 44th Street 10036

Brooklyn The Brazen Head, 228 Atlantic Avenue 11201 Waterfront Ale House, 155 Atlantic Avenue 11201 The Levee, 212 Berry Street 11211 Spike Hill, 184 Bedford Avenue 11211 Eagle Provisions, 628 5th Avenue 11215 Total Wine Bar, 74 5th Avenue 11217 (soon) Bierkraft, 191 5th Avenue 11217 Slope Food Market, 475 Bergen Street 11217 The Garden, 921 Manhattan Avenue 11222 Rogers Beer Distributors, 1167 Rogers Avenue 11226 Thrifty Beverage Center, 2115 Coyle Street 11229 American Beer Distributors, 256 Court Street 11231 East Coast Beer Company, 316 37th Street 11232

Queens B & B Beverage, 215-45 Northern Boulevard 11361 69th Street Beer Distributors, 5513 69th Street 11378 Home Service Beer Corp., 71-31 73rd Place 11385 YMK Fruit & Veg., 118-18 Liberty Avenue 11419