Root + Branch Brewing

At Haymaker now, Dead Men is super juicy and crushable, I look forward to picking some up when it’s distributed. The HVB collab is also fantastic. Well done.

 

Just left Haymaker....beer was incredibly good. HVB collab kicked before I could get seconds but it was my favorite sour IPA I’ve had by them. Folksbier collab may have been the best pale I’ve ever had. Tried all 5 beers and loved them all. These guys are going to be making great beer for a long time.

 

had the pale ale, iipa (dead man walking) and sour ipa. they were all top notch. so much good beer in the city.

i think the pale was my favorite.

 

It’s an homage to my former philosophy professor, Paul Mattick Jr.. In many ways he became a mentor of sorts, while I was a student. Before I landed my first brewing job, I was studying Soviet history and philosophy, and had planned on completing a PhD in the former. A great deal of my MA thesis (and would have been dissertation) focused on subject matter that I began studying as an undergrad student with Paul. After I finished undergrad and transitioned to Brooklyn College for my Masters program, I continued to study with Paul - all of my days off from grad school were spent attending his courses and various panel discussions. Root & Branch was a liberatarian-socialist literary journal/group that Paul started with some friends, while he was a graduate student at Harvard. For about 10 years, they published pamphlets, books and magazines.

Edible LI just put out a pretty informative article on my background, along with my partners. I’m sure it’ll answer a lot of questions some of you may have.

https://www.ediblelongisland.com/2018/02/07/root-and-branch-brewing-arrives-on-long-island/

 

Very interesting thank you! Been a while since I've read Kropotkin, Bakunin, Goldman, and of course, Chomsky, et al., but I've still retained some libertarian-socialist leanings myself, since college.

 

Had a great time at Haymaker last night. It was great to try everything in one place! As others have said, the Hudson Valley collab is the winner for sure, but the Sand City beer was right behind it. Will all future cans make it to the city?

 

“We want to make sure everything is right about the beer before anything else” – A careful approach entering the craft: thought-out, partnership development, location, time-sensitivity/compromising with gypsy brewing, current focus with refermentation in the foreseeable future…

…Now those SHB vertical(s)

 

The classics!

To those who came to Haymaker last night: thanks for the kind words. We're sincerely glad you guys enjoyed the beers and had a good time.

 

SHB?

 

I believe he meant SHPH. I have a couple of verticals and a hefty collection of old Southampton releases going back to 2001. I'm going to open all of them at the brewery's grand opening.

 

I know this is down the road but do you plan on distributing cans once the brewery is open?

 

Beers that I brew for Twelve Percent Beer Project will see limited distribution. Whatever we can at our brewery will be sold in our tasting room.

 

Everything still on tap at Haymaker except for the HV collab. Folksbier collab is the winner for me. Zippy little pale ale. Definitely my speed. Delicious stuff.

 

Went to Torst with a friend yesterday - everything was delicious. Powers, Roots, and Radicals had a unique candy flavor to it, and Dead Men On Holiday was juicy and supremely dank. An Outstanding Contribution was probably my favorite.

 

We're sincerely overwhelmed by the warm-welcome that we received over the past few days. Thanks to all that attended our release/events!

 

Had the powers and roots, and dead men on holiday yesterday at tap and barrel. Both were awesome, can't wait to try more.

 

As promised, a list of accounts that have received our cans. I’d contact ahead of time to confirm that they’re still in-stock, as we have been informed by Twelve Percent that some accounts have sold out already.

Arts and Crafts Beer Parlor
Astoria Bier - Broadway
Augers Well
Beer Street
Bellport Beer & Soda
Brouwerij Lane
City Swiggers
Coopers Craft and Kitchen
County Wide Beverage
District Tap House
Earl's Beer & Cheese
Good Beer
Hops Hill
Hoptron Brewtique
John Brown Smokehouse
Milk and Hops (UES)
One Mile House
Port Jeff Beverage
Proletariat
Threes Brewing
Top Hops
Torst

 

Are you sure it's the UES location that got it? I went there yesterday, and the workers didn't know what I was talking about. Plus, it wasn't in their system.

 

Strange. I received this list directly from Twelve Percent yesterday. I’ll check in with them. Thanks for the heads up!

 

FWIW, my experience with the UES Milk and Hops is that the workers never really know what is going on, and the beers go on the shelf a few days after most other places.