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Brewmasters: Wild East Brewery founders Lindsay Steen,
Tyler March, and Brett Taylor expect to formally open the
taps at their new Gowanus brew space in October, but
you can get a sneak peek on Sept. 17. Photo by Trey Pentecost
Going Wild!
New farmhouse brewery to open in Gowanus
COURIER LIFE, SEPT. 13-19, 2019 37
By Aidan Graham Welcome to the wild, wild East.
A new brewery is hopping
into Gowanus! Wild East
Brewery plans to open its tap lines in early
October, when it will welcome Brooklyn
beer fans to its swanky new spot, said the
brewery’s co-founder.
“It’s going to be a really sleek,
streamlined, modern design,” said Tyler
March. “We’ll have a horseshoe shaped
bar coming off one of the side walls, and
there’s a back wall that’s mostly glass, so
you can look straight into the production
space.”
The taproom will boast seating for up
to 90 beer aficionados, and will have tap
lines for 20 brews — all of which will soon
flow with one of Wild East’s hazy hop
creations, said March.
“Our niche is farmhouse style beers.
We want to do a lot mixed fermentation,
and a lot of barrel aging stuff,” said March.
“You can call it more rustic style beers —
cloudy, hazy, fresh.”
March said that he and his two brewing
partners, who have already had some
success as homebrewers, will scour the
state for as many ingredients for their brew
as possible. The New York hops and grains
will provide drinkers with an unexpectedly
rich taste, according to March.
“You can get equally high quality hops
in New York, but they’ll have a slightly
different profile,” he said. “So there’s an
educational component involved with
consumers, because people might expect
ingredients to taste a certain way. These
ingredients are just as good, but have
slightly different flavor profiles.”
March settled on Gowanus as the
ideal location for the new brewery —
and not just because he also lives in the
neighborhood.
“There’s a lot of spaces that are zoned
properly for the type of business that we
are, and that also had enough room for a
tap room,” he said. “And, it’s at the nexus
of a lot of other neighborhoods that have a
great demographic for a business like this
— Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Boerum
Hill, Cobble Hill, etc.”
The brewhouse is still waiting
on approvals from city bureaucrats to
officially launch, but until then, the soonto
be beer barons are using the space for
various promotional events, said March.
“Leading up to our grand opening
we’ll have a series of events — media
night, friends and family night, industry
night for local industry professionals,” he
said. “And we’ll be doing a book event
with Josh Bernstein. He’s a pretty prolific
beer writer and author. So we’ll be doing
various things like that.”
Wild East Brewing (623 Sackett St.
between Third and Fourth avenues in
Gownaus, www.wildeastbrewing.com).
Opening soon. Josh Bernstein’s book
release party for “Drink Better Beer” at
Wild East Brewing. Sept. 17 at 7 p.m.
$25–$35.
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