Yes, the Super Bowl is an excuse to drink lots of beer.  But there’s no excuse for drinking bad, watered-down crap beer.  All you can drink specials are enticing, we know, but don’t fall for the ones that include only Coors Light or Bud Light.  We’re heading to Rattle ’N’ Hum bar (14 E. 33rd St) [...]

If you’re a lover of craft beers, then you should definitely make your way over to Rattle ‘N’ Hum (33rd b/t 5th and Mad) tonight for the kick-off of Tröegs Brewery Week. They started tapping some Tröegs kegs there last night and my friend Martin and I tried a flight of the Nugget Nectar (sick!), [...]

Beginning tomorrow, Sunday, March 22nd, our favorite new beer bar in the way E. Village is offering a brunch that it’s calling the “BackBeat Brunch.” For the inaugural brunch, East Village Tavern (Ave C @ 10th St) is giving away free brunch entrees, all drafts are $4 and all brunch cocktails are $4, including one [...]

“Hi, my name is Jill… and I am a NASCAR fan.”  There.  I did it.  In NYC, it is not easy to be a NASCAR fan and it is never easy to find a bar that will put on the race.  During football season, even when the Chase races are on, I’ve been laughed at, [...]

Now, we know Growlers aren’t anything new to all you serious beer fans out there, but with saving some cash in mind, we’ve started to take advantage of the growing list of NYC spots where we can stock up on some great beer by filling up a Growler.  Growlers are half gallon (64 oz.)  refillable glass jugs [...]

We just got news that Cooperstown, NY brewer Ommegang has unveiled a special Obama Beer to commemorate today’s inauguration. You can try Ommegang’s Obamagang tonight at NYC beer bars Hop Devil Grill and David Copperfield’s. According to BeerMenus you can also get your Obamagang (6.2% abv) fix at Puck Fair and Rattle ‘n’ Hum. Brooklyn-based brewer Sixpoint Craft Ales [...]

We had  a pretty nice (and very spontaneous) little Saturday…first we went to a free wine tasting of Long Island wines at Union Square Wines where we spoke with Kareem Massoud, Paumanok Vineyard’s winemaker, and tried Paumanok’s 2007 Sauvignon Blanc and Chenin Blanc, as well as its 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon and Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc (delicious [...]

Before there was the Spotted Pig and before the rise of the gastropub, there was Waterfront Ale House. You would never guess from the outside that this Murray Hill saloon (there’s a second location in Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill) serves up some amazing grub. A hand-painted sign on the wall self-depracatingly proclaims this pub to be the [...]

It may not be readily apparent given the name of our blog, but we also love BEER! Maybe our blog would be more aptly named ‘Wined & Dined & Chugged.’ In the past month we hit up the 2nd Annual NYBrewfest at South Street Seaport and then went with our friends Riki, Kristi and Joe to [...]