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Happy Birthday Sid Brown!

Some things we LOVE about Brown's Taproom:
Brown's Deck Dining overlooking the Mighty Hudson River.
Brown's New Spring & Summer Menu.
Brown's Handcrafted Ales & Lagers now over a dozen on Tap.
Brown's Chef, Tina Clements "Troy Chowder Fest. Champion"
Brown's Beer Garden Outside Bar, open every Friday & Saturday (Check out our Hop plants as they climb our pergola).
Brown's Live Music - Weather permitting on our Deck Friday Nights.
Brown's Deck Flowers coming soon...we have a greenhouse so this years display is gonna be great.
"CHEERS"

Brown's Wins Top Honors @TAP NY

April 26th, 2008-Brown's brought home the silver- no, not just at the World Beer Cup but at TAP NY too! We had the honor of being awarded "Best Craft Beer Brewery in the Hudson Valley" and were presented with the prestigious Matthew Vassar Brewers Cup. The award is named in honor of the famous Hudson Valley brewer and philanthropist who is known in the Hudson Valley and beyond as an innovator in the art of brewing. Thanks to all our friends out there who came to TAP NY and celebrated with us and all the other top notch brewers in New York State. Check out more photos from TAP NY in our gallery. "CHEERS!"

Brown's Whiskey Porter wins Silver at World Beer Cup!

The Brewers Association just released the World Beer Cup 2008 Winners and Brown's took home the Silver in Wood and Barrel aged Beer. For those of you not familiar with the World Beer Cup it is the "Olympics" of the Beer Judging World. Brewer Peter Martin says of the award, "It is a honor to have Brown's Whiskey Porter recognized in this way." Brown's Oatmeal Stout took the Gold home in the World Beer Cup 2004 competition.

Planting Hops in Hoosick

Did you hear about the world wide hop shortage? Not to worry...over 800 hop rhizomes went into the good earth in Hoosick Falls. We will be giving these hops a lot of T.L.C. and in three years time we hope for a bountiful harvest along with a hop picking party.
Mark your calendar for our Five Course Beer Dinner. Meet our head brewer, Peter Martin and feast on specialties from our award winning Chef, Tina Clements. Cost is $40. per person. Call in your reservation early 518.273.BEER(2337).
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Beer Dinner

Brown's First Beer Dinner in 2008 was a hit. Our April 3rd Beer & Food pairing included Peppered Salmon over Fettuccine, Steak Tip Medallions, International Cheeses, Spinach Salad, Belgian Mussels plus a decadent dessert table. All the delicious menu items were paired with Brown's Ales & Lagers. Thanks to all who came and if you missed this one we have two more dates scheduled - July 17th and October 9th.

Irish Ravioli? You Bet...check out our St. Paddy's Day Photo Gallery

Taproom @ Brown's Brewing Company 3.17.08-
Hope you didn't miss it...thanks to everyone for a great St. Patrick's Day! Our annual Blessing of the Bar (15th Year), thanks Ed from Terra Nova. Schenectady Pipe Band, as always-you rock and special thanks to Brown's awesome staff for "dishing out the best corn beef and cabbage this side of the pond."

Brown's Featured on Times Union Night Cam

Brown's Brewing Company's Garrett Brown goes into the brewhouse with T.U. reporter Kristi Gustafson. Check out the video from T.U. Night Cam. Be warned watching this video is guaranteed to make you thirsty. "Cheers!"
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Trivia Wednesdays!

Come on in to Brown's Taproom Wednesday Nights for Trivia Night. Host Ryan West shouts out the Trivia from 9pm to 11pm. You gotta be in it to win it - cash prizes and goodies from Brown's every week.

Brown's Wins Best Wings

Chef Tina's secret Cherry-Raspberry BBQ sauce can't be beat! Brown's brings home the BEST WINGS award at Clothe-a-Child benefit held at RPI on Saturday, March 1st. For more photos from the day see our Gallery.

Fat Saturday For The Arts

CHEERS, To Everyone who helped party with us at Revolution Hall to benefit the Arts Center of the Capital Region.  Check out our gallery-photos courtesy of Julia Zave Photography.

Brown's & Spamalot

A Knight in shining armor enjoying a Brown's Oatmeal Stout? Absolutely! Brown's brewer, Michael Beauchea (pictured next to knight) enjoys a laugh as "Spamalot" opened at Proctors Theatre January 9th. Brown's Brewing Company was invited to join in the festivities. We took our beer on road for an enjoyable Brown's Beer sampling and Round Table dinner. Thank you to our friends at Proctors- we are happy to report we returned to the brewery with some not too expensive shrubbery.

Troy brewer opens own bottling operation

Albany Business Review Reports on Our New Toys By Michael DeMasi The Business Review Excerpts from the Article: _There was a lot of broken glass on the floor when Garrett Brown fired up his new beer-bottling machine in Troy earlier this month. But that's understandable. It was the first time the brewpub owner and his head brewer, Peter Martin, pushed the buttons on the machine in the basement of Brown's Brewing Co. "We're very much a hands-on group of brewer's,"Brown said. "You put in a foreign piece of equipment and we...

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