I nearly forgot to blog about this amazing event my husband and I went to last month called, “Cheers to Science: A Drinkable Feast of Beer, Biotechnology and Archaeology” hosted at Mario Batali’s, “Eataly” in NYC. What an amazing event! If you’re into the science of beer making, it was worth the hassle (and the coin) to go. The event was bilked as a a casual conversation between Sam Calagione and Professor Patrick McGovern about how they, together, developed Dogfish Head‘s “Ancient Ales” series of beer.
The event started out in their cooking demo room downstairs.
They gave us beer and cheese/chocolate pairings.
These were no 2 ounce pours, either.
Then we headed upstairs to the rooftop bar – yes! – and got a peek into the Dogfish Head brew room that they maintain at “Eataly.” By this time, most of the people at the event had moved on but a small, faithful bunch of us Dogfish groupies stayed on and I’m glad we did as we were given a sample of the wort of an Etruscan ale that’s not yet in production. What a treat! That’s Sam on the right doing the pour. And yes, it was delish!
Considering that we barely made it to the event because we nearly missed the train, it was such a treat to hang out on the rooftop bar with the retractable roof pulled back in full view of the Flatiron Building and just take in the good beer and company.
It was truly a memorable evening.
that looked like a great night..My husband would have loved it. Im glad you had a good time
@Lola It WAS a great night that almost never happened!
My husband goofed on the train times. He was supposed to meet me at the train station at 3:30. He thought we were catching the next train closer to 4:00pm. Then I got lost getting there for about 10 minutes and thought I’d blown it but figured it out. Then he definitely got lost and I had to give him turn by turn directions over the phone while reading Google maps. He got lucky to find a parking spot in the parking deck on one of the lower levels.
The next thing I knew, the train was departing and I’m on the train with my head out the door and I see him enter the platform all the way down on the other end of the track. I start YELLING to jump on. He can’t get on because all the doors are closed! He I told him to RUNNNnnn! I kept the door open while the conductor was yelling at me to close it. He hopped on and we both sank into the nearest seat. We were dumped out at Penn Station with about 15 minutes to get to Eataly. We started running down 7th Ave. and got lucky to score a cab along the way and wound up making it there with minutes to spare.
Glad you had a good time. Birra Etrusca is coming along nicely. Watch for it this fall. Cheers!
Thanks for commenting! I will certainly keep my eyes out for that one. Tasty, tasty goodness.