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Birdsall House Opening
This past weekend the Birdsall House officially opened in Peekskill, New York. With a focus on local beer and food, Birdsall House is a great addition to Westchester County’s beer scene. On opening day, they were pouring beer from neighbors Captain Lawrence Brewing Company and serving food from their neighbors at Hemlock Hill Farms. From the BH blog: “In our quest to keep our food as local as possible, we visited Hemlock Hill Farms today to check out some local beef and discovered that all the cattle at Hemlock Hill is fed with the spent grain from Capatain Lawrence! Laura de Maria, who’s family has farmed at this location since 1939, informed us that ‘as Scott grows, we grow.’ Meaning, the more beer CL produces affects the number of cattle that can be fed at Hemlock Hill. Cool, huh? Luckily, Scott is brewing at capacity and expanding.” Now that, is awesome. While there I ordered the burger (photo below) with beef sourced from Hemlock Hills and this burger was reason enough to make the journey north and reason enough to give up being a vegetarian. In addition to their focus on local food and beer, the Birdsall House shows that they pay close attention to their draft system as documented in the blog. Below are a few photos from Saturday, a rainy day with a special visit from some bag pipers to celebrate St. Pat’s. Oh yeah, and of course check out the beer menu Photos courtesy of Brendan McNamara
