As someone who's been in the Hudson Valley 24 out of their 24 years, I have a personal connection to the areas surrounding Beacon. The featured brewery for this month is in a special place for me, Newburgh Brewing Company. I'm super excited to be presenting them to you especially as one of the longest standing brewery this close to Beacon!
Newburgh Brewing has a ton of beers with super fun concepts like the Boss series or their banana fosters beer. Everything from them is truly amazing. A personal favorite is the Nano-Boss IPA.
CW— As one of the older breweries in the Hudson Valley how has the beer industry in the area changed over your time brewing?
CB— More breweries in the area, more competition for shelf space, brewers making different styles to differentiate themselves.
CW— I'm a huge fan of the Buffalo Cream Ale and was wondering if you or your brewers have a connection to Buffalo or is it just an interesting beer that you guys wanted to brew?
CB— No, no one from Buffalo. Wanted to make a beer that was indigenous to NYS, our home state.
CW— What's the creative process for choosing the flavors for the Litmus Test?
CB— Just trying to use different flavors/ food ideas so a pairing can come to reality.
CW— How do you guys get the names for your beer series like the boss series or litmus test?
CB— No scientific formula, just chatting and something pops into someone’s head here at the brewery.
CW— How did the Lagar Than Life series come to be and what can we expect to see from it?
CB— We always made lagers in the past, with the pandemic occurring, we had some more fermentation time on our hands, hence the lager. Now will do a quarterly one.
CW— Lastly I always like to ask, in your eyes/experience how can a brewery help the surrounding community and what are some of the processes you guys take for the community near you?
CB— Always try to have a welcoming public space/ area. We have been doing all kinds of charitable events since day one. Collaborations with breweries/farmers/local small businesses lets the neighborhood know that you're interested in the roots of the area.
I always love to hear about the processes of brewing from people in the industry and it was awesome to hear from Charlie. I feel that brewing and beer are amazing ways to create community projects in a neighborhood and seeing a level of accessibility is always refreshing, Newburgh Brewing in a lot of ways reflect that and I look forward to working more with them in the future.
Current offerings @ Homespun Foods
NanoBoss
GigaBoss
Cortado
Meet Hudson Hops
Checkpoint Charlie
Lager than Life Series: Bock
—Chaysen Wylde