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NEW BREWING IN 2020
BY BERNIE KILKELLY
Last year, New York State passed
Colorado and Washington to have the
second most craft breweries nationwide
after California. Of more than
450 statewide, Suffolk County has the
most breweries of any county in the
state — more than 40.
Nine breweries on Long Island
opened new taprooms in 2019, the
latest being Bay Shore’s Ghost Brewing
Co., bringing the region’s total to
46. And more expansion is coming
in 2020, both from new breweries
opening taprooms for the first time
and older breweries setting up new
locations.
"We're excited for Saint James Brewery
to be opening a tasting room in
St. James to share our beers and also
products from the local farmers and
producers where we source our ingredients,”
says Rachel Adams, who
founded the brewery a decade ago
with her husband, Jamie. The new
taproom will have 12 taps, including
nitro lines, and will also serve New
York wines and spirits.
Another expanding local craft
brewery is Sand City Brewing, which
opened in Northport in 2015. After a
long search for a property to build
a second location, Sand City settled
on a 10,000-square-foot building on
Wellwood Avenue in Lindenhurst
that formerly housed a CVS pharmacy.
The new location, slated to open
this spring, will have a 20-barrel brewhouse
along with a large taproom
and beer garden.
“The new brewery is double the size
of our Northport brewery and will
allow us to experiment with new
beer styles and barrel-aged beers,”
co-founder Bill Kiernan says.
Several breweries are expected to
open their first taprooms early in
2020. They include HopWin’s Brewery
in Bay Shore, founded in 2015
by brothers-in-law William Hoppe
and Steve Winn, which took over a
building near The Brewers Collective
Beer Company. Also close to opening
is Bright Eye Beer Company, located
in a 5,000-square-foot space on Park
Avenue in Long Beach.
Other breweries planning to open
their first taprooms later in 2020 including
Motion Craft Brewed in Massapequa
Park, Moriches Field Brewing
Company in Center Moriches, Long
Beach Brewing Company and Flying
Belgian Brewery in Oceanside, Twin
Fork Beer Company in Riverhead,
and Root + Branch Brewing Company
in Copiague.
Now that’s a lot to raise a glass to!
For a complete list of Long Island
brewery taprooms and brewpubs,
check out libeergude.com/brewerytap
rooms-brewpubs. Bernie Kilkelly
is the editor and publisher of
LIBeerGuide.com.
Ghost Brewing Co. Brewmaster
Paul Komsic.
The gift of warmth: Volunteer’s yarn drive benefits Parker on Madison
Hempstead, New York, January
9, 2020 – An abundance of colorful
hand-knit scarves are on display at
Parker on Madison, a unique respite
program through Parker Jewish
Institute. The winter scarves are
all thanks to the initiative of Jackie
Belfiore, a volunteer who donated
bundles of yarn so that Parker on
Madison participants could engage
in knitting, a rewarding activity.
Ms. Belfiore started the yarn drive
last year after seeing a social media
post of a yarn bouquet, made of
skeins of yarn artfully presented as
an arrangement of flowers. Knitting
is meaningful to Ms. Belfiore. Her
mother knitted keepsakes for the
family. Seeking a worthy place
to donate the yarn, Ms. Belfiore
conducted research and selected
Parker on Madison.
This homelike venue in Hempstead
provides a safe and stimulating
environment for the memoryimpaired,
while also offering
relief and support to caregivers
and families. The program,
which includes door-to-door
transportation, enhances quality
of life through stimulating physical,
cultural and social activities that
engage participants. And now, thanks
to Ms. Belfiore, knitting is part of
that activity mix.
Ms. Belfiore encouraged her
coworkers at Northwell Health to
take part in the drive. Colleagues
began buying and donating yarn, and
Ms. Belfiore held contests, providing
a bagel breakfast to the team that
collected the most yarn. With the
help of her colleagues, she donated
14 bundles and 8 skeins of yarn to
Parker on Madison.
“We are grateful for the thoughtful
generosity of Jackie Belfiore, whose
gift of yarn enables us to offer
yet another social activity, which
people look forward to at Parker on
Madison,” said Michael N. Rosenblut,
Parker Jewish Institute’s
President and CEO.
Once the yarn was donated to
Parker on Madison, aides who
work at the venue brushed up on
knitting skills and then helped the
project get started.
Studies show that knitting and
crocheting, a cognitive exercise, may
help delay memory loss. The hobby
can be social and fun, and provides
a sense of accomplishment once a
scarf is completed.
“The workmanship on the scarves is
absolutely beautiful,” Ms. Belfiore said.
And the yarn donation is proving
to be a gift that keeps giving.
“Each participant will receive a
scarf for the holidays,” said Trishanne
Denhart, the Operations Manager at
Parker on Madison.
Contact: Lina Scacco, (718) 289-
2212 or lscacco@parkerinstitute.org
About Parker Jewish Institute for
Health Care and Rehabilitation
Parker Jewish Institute for Health
Care and Rehabilitation, which is
headquartered in New Hyde Park,
New York, is a leading provider
of Short Term Rehabilitation and
Long Term Care. At the forefront of
innovation in patient-centered health
care and technology, the Institute is
a leader in teaching and geriatric
research. Parker Jewish Institute
features its own medical department,
and is nationally renowned as a
skilled nursing facility, as well as
a provider of community-based
health care, encompassing Social
Adult Day Care, Home Health Care,
Medical House Calls, Palliative Care
and Hospice.
Jackie Belfiore (third from right) created a yarn drive for Parker on Madison. She stands
with, from left, Amy Hsu, Rafeena Rahmaan-Ally, Trishanne Denhart and Gwak Eun
Kyuns, from Parker on Madison, and Lina Scacco, from Parker Jewish Institute.
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