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MOTION CRAFT BREWED
MASSAPEQUA PARK’S NEW BREWERY
BY BERNIE KILKELLY
Motion Craft Brewed debuted on February
14 on Park Boulevard in Massapequa
Park, adding to the latest draw for craft
beer lovers in the village’s downtown that
is home to several popular gastropubs.
Aft er meeting at the Long Island Beer &
Malt Enthusiasts homebrew club, owners
Angel Santiago and Kris Constantelos
decided to open a brewery together. One
year aft er signing a lease, they opened
Motion in a storefront across the street
from The Good Life.
“We realized that the southeastern part
of Nassau County had untapped potential
with no other breweries in the area,”
Santiago says. “The village was very
receptive to having a brewery on Park
Boulevard and was very helpful in the
process. We were looking for a prime
location with lots of foot traffi c and this
defi nitely fi t the bill.”
Nassau now has 10 craft brewery taprooms,
more than double the number
just two years ago.
Constantelos was influenced by the
traditions of his Italian and Greek immigrant
family making wine at home,
and started out homebrewing mead, a
honey wine. Santiago’s homebrewing
eff orts focused on ciders, using a wide
variety of ingredients and fl avors,
which he carried over into his homebrewed
beer.
“We decided to brew a beer together,
a Belgian-style saison flavored with
honey and orange peel,” Constantelos
says. “And it turned out so good
that we continue to use the original
recipe.”
The beer, called My First Crush, was
on tap at the grand opening and will
continue to be a mainstay of Motion’s
beer menu.
The partners installed a one-barrel brewing
system with a two-barrel fermenting
tank, so they are brewing double batches
of their beer and ciders.
“We plan to upgrade our brewing system
over the next year to keep up with
demand,” said Constantelos.
Motion Craft Brewed’s taproom has 10
taps serving a diverse range of beer styles
along with several ciders. On the opening
weekend, the beers included Boulevard
Hefeweizen, Motion Vienna lager, and
Straight Outta Wonka, a rich chocolate
peanut butter porter. Also on tap
were three ciders: Peach Bellini, Le
Pasion made with passion fruit, and
Cider Colado, a pineapple coconut cider.
According to Constantelos, the name
of the brewery and its logo refers to a
boat propeller always in motion. Based
on the enthusiastic crowds who packed
the taproom on opening weekend, the
direction of this new craft brewery will
be full steam ahead.
Motion Craft Brewed is located at 1036B
Park Blvd. in Massapequa Park. For more
info visit www.brighteyebeerco.com.
Bernie Kilkelly is the editor and publisher
of LIBeerGuide.com.
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Owners Kris Constantelos and
Angel Santiago man the taps at
Motion Craft Brewed.
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