Queens Beer Book BY LIC COURIER STAFF Queens Beer Book Brings Craft Beer Fans to Borough’s Bars and Breweries Beer drinkers of Queens, rejoice — the second annual Queens Beer Book, a book providing beer drinkers with free pints at 31 different beer halls, breweries, restaurants and beer shops in Queens, is now on sale on QNS.com. The Queens Beer Book, published jointly by QNS (parent company of BORO Magazine, LIC Magazine, Queens Courier, Ridgewood Times and QNS.com) and Brokelyn.com, a popular lifestyle blog based in Brooklyn, which created the original Brooklyn Beer Book, is a bar guide and beer passport that brings craft beer fans to a selection of the best beer purveyors in Queens. The book, curated by Cat Wolinski, freelance journalist and beer writer based in Brooklyn with family ties in Queens, is intended to introduce New York City locals to businesses in their area and support the burgeoning beer scene in Queens. Along with giving budget-friendly drinkers free brews in neighborhoods including Astoria, Bayside, Forest Hills, Long Island City, Sunnyside, Ridgewood and Woodside, the book is intended to encourage the craft beer-curious to discover new bars and breweries in their area, as well as to motivate Queens drinkers to get out and try new brews outside of their normal repertoire — many of which are brewed right here in Queens. “I’m very excited to be releasing our second annual Queens Beer Book,” said Wolinski, who is a regular contributor to Brokelyn, Civil Eats, Men’s Journal and Ale Street News, among other publications. “This book is a go-to guide to the many breweries, bars and beer-centric eateries that are creating a craft beer community in Queens. Additionally, it’s a way for locals to discover the incredible amount of beer styles that are being brewed in the borough, from straightforward pilsners to barrel-aged, farmhousestyle ales.” Breweries participating the 2016 Queens Beer Book include Bridge & Tunnel Brewery of Ridgewood; LIC Beer Project and Rockaway Brewing of Long Island City; and SingleCut Beersmiths, the first brewery to open post-prohibition in Queens, located in Astoria. Beer halls and beer bars include Beer Belly’s (Bayside), Bierleichen (Ridgewood), Bierocracy (Long Island City), Bohemian Hall (Astoria) and Jagerhaus (Rego Park), with several restaurants and beer-purveying hybrids also making the roster. “This book provides 31 opportunities for those who appreciate beer as both a beverage and a community to encounter new business or new beers they might like and didn’t know about before,” said Wolinski, who has also curated and edited the similar Brooklyn Beer Book, by Brokelyn, since 2010. “At the same time, businesses are rewarded for supporting the craft beer and brewing community in Queens by having hundreds of new customers cross their thresholds.” The Queens Beer Book will be on sale on QNS.com, Brokelyn. com, and at the LIC Flea.
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