Sand City Brewing (2018)

Power of One is great, happy with that one. Second Wave is one of their best best beers and one that is easy to get.

 

Or Day Drifter!!! A hearty low ABV offering for those who can't handle the late push for 8-8.5ABV offerings!!

 

Assuming we are talking about "this is how we chill" I agree with guinness77, its not the best but its not bad. I didnt pick up Mad Fat Mofo (i like mofosaic, but not in love with even mo, plus i have way too many DIPAs from OH right now), but of the 3 it fell in the middle for me. I was very unimpressed with Mad Fat Fresh, and surprised by Fluid after my experience with fresh.

This is how we chill was pleasant, but probably wouldn't purchase if rebrewed.

 

As a rule of thumb people that comment on brewery Instagram posts are IQ-challenged. The dumb comments are definitely not unique to SC. Though I guess with their current issues, are possibly even more irritating

 

Had another can, respect others people's palates but for me this one is not good at all. 3.25 for me

 

https://www.hopculture.com/interview-kevin-sihler-sand-city-brewing-taproom-closed/

 

It's a great read. I disagree somewhat with the patrons are the problem and doing all the harm though since the town has stated that this never was supposed to he a bar let alone a popular bar is more of what's going on. Either way northport is dumb to shut down a tourist destination like that.

 

This is what confuses me, what did the town think was going to happen in a tap room? They were going to sell beer there and people were going to drink it there. When SC first opened up, were they only serving tastes or full pours?

Once the lines starting forming for can releases, I knew this was going to turn out to be a problem, there is no way that town was going to tolerate long lines smack dab in the middle of the town.

 

I first went to SC about 3 months after opening and they were doing full pours of about 4-5 beers.

 

Public meeting tomorrow night with the town, try to go people and support the brewery! And love the fact they are releasing a beer today called "It Takes A Village"!!!

 

I attended the hearing tonight, although the circumstances around it suck, it was a pretty awesome experience to see how many people showed up and voiced their support for the brewery. Here are some random thoughts/notes.

• There were about 125 people there, the room hearing was held in was packed and people were standing outside the room

• Person chairing the meeting did make note of drinking in line at can releases. We know compared to places like OH, it is a minor problem, but people need to stop being so selfish by drinking in line. The brewery is shut down in part to this and people whose livelihood depends on this brewery are suffering because of selfish behavior of people.
• Chairman actually complained about people smoking in the area of the brewery, I am against smoking in general, but is it illegal to smoke in the town of Northport? And why the hell is this breweries problem!?

• Chairman kept referring to "conditions" and the brewery can't be a bar. I still don't understand this, when the brewery opened were their conditions they could only do samples and not sell full pours?
• I would say about 20 people spoke, 19 in support of Sand City and all well stated in support of the brewery, all were applauded after they spoke. There was one crotchety old woman who complained about forklift driving down wrong side of road and smell from brewery. I guess one a-holes complaints can override a whole community. More people were waiting to speak, but they basically ended that part of the meeting with some people not getting a chance.
  
• The owner of the building spoke and stated he has been stone walled for 6 months by the town to fix the ramp. I am sure we all figured that, that was just an excuse to shut the tap room down. It is 2 weeks of work.
• They have 7 years left on their lease, not sure if it legally or financially feasible to get out of it, but if not, that really hurts their leverage.

My feeling is tap room may open, but since chairman stated it can't be a bar, the condition could be serving a very limited amount of beer, which still would essentially not make it a viable tap room.

Not sure who the zoning board is doing the bidding for, but it is preposterous to shut this place down, there are bars and alcohol served in Northport, why is this place being singled out?

 

I think the meeting went well for Sand City. The board seemed interested in when the final approval would be granted for the deck/walkway and seemed to indicate that a rolling compliance review would be put in place to make sure the brewery is honoring the conditions placed upon it. Both would indicate to me that a re-opening of the tasting room is forthcoming.

 

Agreed. My only fear is they let them open the tasting room, but they put a limit on serving size and # of samples. And I base this on the chairman saying multiples times the tasting room can't be a bar.

 

You can google Newsday + Sand City and read the article about yesterday's town hall meeting.

The town hall chairman, Andrew Cangemi, is a partner of Herman Katz Cangemi & Clyne law firm. Pretty sure that he'll find a way to screw Sand City. He doesn't really care what the majority of the town wants or whether Sand City drives up sales at other businesses.

 

Agreed. But who is he doing the bidding for? Thanks for pointing out that article, I am in the picture they show!

 

Who's the angry looking guy sitting in the front row?

 

LOL, not me! Not bad, between this picture of me and the article you found in the NY Post of me screaming "this is the golden age of beer" I have become quite ubiquitous in the local media !

 

More money for his firm...

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