Welcome to the 2018 Long Island Craft Beer Week!

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Long Island Craft Beer Week (LICBW) celebrates the local breweries from Nassau and Suffolk, building both brand awareness and strengthening the awareness of both beer enthusiasts and novices to the diversity of local brewers and the establishments that sell Long Island craft beer.

c. Greater Patchogue image of 2018 Craft Cares can with Long Island Craft Beer Week wristband and Pint Glass

In the run-up to Craft Beer Week, LICBW partners with local brewers to produce Craft Cares, a collaborative beer brewed especially for our “Can for a Can” food drive with proceeds going to Long Island Cares (LIC), which benefits the hungry and food insecure on Long Island. In 2016, LICBW raised over 2,300 pounds of food and over $2000 for LIC.

Through this and other events, including our free Pint Glass Pickup, starting May 11 and running to May 20, 2018, LICBW promotes the thriving culture of craft beer across Long Island. Check out our list of events on the side bar or our current event list page.

We are very excited to get the festivities for Long Island Craft Beer Week 2018 underway!!

Pint Glass Pickup 2018

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No need to try to hide these glasses in your bag…

We want you to take them home!

8 Great Pickup Locations

Sign up is closed! Glass pickup starts at 5pm on Monday, May 14. Check individual locations for special promotions.

*The Mill Roadhouse is closed on Mondays. Pickup for this location only will be Tuesday, May 15.

Interview with a Returning Fan of Craft Cares

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Some of the coolest things happen during Long Island Craft Beer Week. Last year, I had the pleasure of talking to Rob, during the Simulcask at Blue Point Brewery, a fan of Craft Cares. He had been looking forward to trying last years juicy IPA. We both ended up at Blue Point again, this year, for the Simulcask. I couldn’t resist getting to chat with Rob again, and, of course, get it on video.

Thanks Rob! Hope to see you again next year!

Brewery VR Throwdown

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Now this is a cool event during Long Island Craft Beer Week. On Thursday, May 16, Long Island Beer Bus is picking up people from Port Jeff Brewing, Spider Bite Beer, or Barrage Brewing, all going to Simplay where you can compete in sport simulators, like the home run derby or the longest golf drive.

Brewery VR Throwdown with Spider Bite Beer, Port Jeff Brewing, and Barrage Brewing. Tickets $65.

For tickets, visit LIBeerBus.com

The $65 ticket included 4 drinks from the breweries, roundtrip bus ride, and 2 hours admission to Simplay. For tickets, head over to LIBeerBus.

Long Island Craft Beer Week

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Long Island Craft Beer Week (LICBW) celebrates the local breweries from Nassau and Suffolk, building both brand awareness and strengthening the awareness of both beer enthusiasts and novices to the diversity of local brewers and the establishments that sell Long Island craft beer.

In the run-up to Craft Beer Week, LICBW partners with local brewers to produce Craft Cares, a collaborative beer brewed especially for our “Can for a Can” food drive with proceeds going to Long Island Cares (LIC), which benefits the hungry and food insecure on Long Island. In 2016, LICBW raised over 2,300 pounds of food and over $2000 for LIC.

Through this and other events, including our free Pint Glass Pickup, starting May 12 and running to May 21, 2017, LICBW promotes the thriving culture of craft beer across Long Island.

We are very excited to get the festivities for Long Island Craft Beer Week 2017 underway!

Brewing Craft Cares 2017 Red Ale

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I don’t know if I have authorization to tell everyone this year’s Craft Cares beer style. So let them fire me, because the people have a right to know! It’s going to be a malty, sweet red ale. Are red ales one of my favorite styles? Yes! But I had nothing to do with the choice, which was made by people much higher up the beer chain—the collaborating brewers themselves.

We took some behind-the-scenes pictures. Take a look and get yourself ready for this year’s brew!

Jim from Blue Point and Paul from BrickHouse Brewery chat over a morning beer
Lucky Craft Care brew attendees get to try a secret new brew from Blue Point Brewery. What’s in the can? WHAT’S IN THE CAAAAAN?
A group selfie over some beers during the brewing of Craft Cares 2017 Red Ale
The mash removed from the wort while brewing Craft Cares 2017 Red Ale
Jim from Blue Point Brewery checks the wort’s specific gravity with a hydrometer
…and Paul carefully adds the hop pellets to the weighing bucket
Dave from Bellport Cold Beer and Soda teases the crew during brew day
Larry from Spider Bite Beer and Steve from Barrage Brewery check the temperature while cooking the mash
9 AM beer doesn’t sound like a bad way to start Craft Cares brew day
Paul from BrickHouse Brewery gets ready to weigh some hops…
Brewers and the LICBW crew get ready to mash some wort.
Larry from Spider Bite Beer enjoys a laugh at Craft Cares 2017 brew day.
Jacki from Long Island Craft Beer Week uses all senses when trying her beer
Steve from Barrage Brewing adds some oats to the mash
Collaborators on this year’s Craft Cares brew. Yes, sometimes brewing beer can be fun.
A classic selfie from Steve of Barrage Brewing.
Steve from Barrage Brewing and Larry from Spider Bite Beer check the ingredient list for Craft Cares 2017 Red Ale
LICBW’s collaboration beer, Craft Cares Red Ale, now sits to let the yeast do its magic
In walks Bad Bad Leroy Br… oh wait, that’s Charlie from 1940’s Brewing!
Long Island brewers come together to brew Craft Cares 2017 Red Ale
Steve from Barrage Brewing takes a long snoot of a Blue Point Brewing beer
Jim from Blue Point Brewing uses some futuristic contraption to measure something? I don’t have a clue as to what he’s doing, but I bet it’ll make a better beer.
Jacki from Long Island Craft Beer Week gets interviewed
Brian from BrickHouse Brewery pours hops into the wort, brewing Craft Cares 2017 Red Ale
While we’re waiting for the mash to turn into a wort, let’s have another round!
LICBW maven and owner of Bellport Cold Beer and Soda, Dave, enjoys a breakfast pint
Dave from Bellport Cold Beer and Soda tries some of the fresh wort. Malty!
Dave from Bellport Cold Beer and Soda pours some grain into the tun for mashing
Cooking up some malty red ale.
Ingredient list for Craft Cares 2017 Red Ale
Dave from Bellport Cold Beer and Soda helps remove the spent mash
Jim from Blue Point Brewery does some calculations while brewing Craft Cares 2017 Red Ale

#LICBW17 at the Blue Point Cask Fest

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If you’re into Long Island craft beers, you know about one of the greatest events on Long Island, Blue Point Brewing Co.’s Cask Fest, this Saturday in Patchogue. It’s an amazing selection of one-off and maybe-brew-more casks from local and beyond breweries, and even some home brew clubs. It’s not a LICBW event, but we’re gonna be there anyway, since it’s the can’t miss event that begins the festival season. If you’re going, stop by our table to get more information about #LICBW17 and get a sticker! Everyone like stickers. And beer. Stickers and beer.