Food Karma Projects presents Pastrami on Rye, a featured event of New York’s Third Annual Rye Week! On October 16th, join us to sample the world of rye with rye whiskey, farm beers, breads, and more! Plus, as the producers of Pig Island and Brisket King NYC, when we think rye, we think pastrami!
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Pastrami on Rye Will be an All-Inclusive Food & Drink Tasting Featuring:
Welcome Rye Whiskey Cocktails for Every Guest!
Old Forester Old Fashioned Cocktails
Pastrami Tasting from Featured Chefs
East Village Meat Market & Happy Valley Meat
Morgan’s Brooklyn BBQ
Randall’s Barbecue
Nestor Laracuente da bklyn_pit_rat
Roni-Sue’s Chocolate-Covered Pastrami
Rye Whiskey from Featured Distilleries
New York Distilling, Brooklyn NY
Van Brunt Stillhouse, Brooklyn NY
Finger Lakes Distilling, Burdett NY
Honeoye Falls Distillery, Honeoye Falls NY
Hudson Whiskey, Tuthilltown Distillery, Gardiner, NY
Gunpowder Rye Whyskey, New England Distilling, Portland ME
Woodford Reserve, KY
Rye Bread, Grain Salad, and More!
Moonrise Bakehouse
She Wolf Bakery
River Valley Community Grains
Amy Halloran’s Cornmeal Rye Pancakes
Szechuan Black Vinegar Pickles Japanese Miso BBQ Slaw, Just Add Beer Sauce
Consider Bardwell Cheese
Cheese and Hot Sauce, Rocket Fuel
Craft Beer made with Local Grains and Malts
Empire Farm Brewery
Pastrami on Rye is proud to work with Grow NYC Grains, who will be featured at the event
Pastrami on Rye is Proud to Host:
Lew Bryson has been writing about beer and spirits full-time since 1995. He was the managing editor of Whisky Advocate from 1996 through 2015. He is currently a Senior Drinks Writer for the Daily Beast, and also writes for ScotchWhisky.com, Artisan Spirit, and Bourbon+. Bryson is also the author of Whiskey Master Class as well as Tasting Whiskey.
From Lew: “If you look at historical periods like the 1950s to the 1960s, or even the 1890s to the 1900s, rye was a much more prominent drink. We believe it can be once again. I do believe a new generation are that key demographic.”
Celebrate 500+ episodes of Beer Sessions Radio
Food Karma’s founder, Jimmy Carbone will also be celebrating 500 episodes of his podcast, Beer Sessions Radio at the event! Join us and the team at the event to raise a glass to 10 years of food radio!
More About Beer Sessions Radio:
Through discussions with beer industry insiders and knowledgeable beer fans from across the country, this audio ale salon explores every aspect of the brewer’s craft from grains to pint glass and tasting to toasting.
Listen here!
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All-inclusive Tickets: $55
Date: October 16, 2019
Time: 6:00pm-9:30pm
Location: Biba of Williamsburg, 110 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11249
21 and over event.
No Refunds.
More About NY Rye Week
“This ancient grain has an important place in New York’s history beginning with its cultivation in the both the Dutch and English colonial eras. Used for making rye flour, rye beer, and rye whiskey, the versatile grain thrived in New York’s glacial soil and northern climate. For hundreds of years it enjoyed a prominent place in New York agriculture.
In recent decades, its popularity waned. Consumer tastes shifted to lighter breads and beer. Bourbon became more fashionable than rye whiskey, and historic cocktails originally developed for rye whiskey began to be made with corn whiskey instead. New York farmers still grew rye as a winter cover crop but lacked a strong commercial market to sell into.
As consumer tastes shift once again, now toward spicier and more characterful products, rye is enjoying a renaissance.”
Learn more about New York Rye Week here.
Learn More about the Intersection of Rye Whiskey, Farm Beer, and Grains:
From the Experts on Beer Sessions Radio on Episode 409: NY State Grains & Rye
More About New York Rye Week
Re-Cap 8th Annual Brisket King NYC™ 2019
Photographs by Justin Aharoni @jaharoni
AWARDS
The 2019 Brisket King™: Juicy Lucy BBQ, featuring pitmaster Mauro Cheifari.
Juicy Lucy BBQ is opening soon in Staten Island.
Mauro Cheifaro was formerly the pitmaster at Franklin BBQ in Austin, Texas and is ready to show New Yorkers his skills!
2nd Place & People’s Choice Award: Kimchi Smoke featuring Rob Cho
Judges’ Prizes
Hometown Hero…#ForChefJeff Brisket Sandwich from Pig Beach featuring Matt Abdoo and Shane McBride
Best Creative Taco…Brisket Taco from Izzy’s Taqueria featuring Sruli Eidelman
Best Classic Texas BBQ…Brisket with Pickles from Hill Country Barbecue Market featuring Ash Fulk
Best BBQ Innovation…Brisket Tostada from Dinosaur Bar-B-Que featuring John Stage and Leland Avellino
If They Had Only Won the Revolutionary War…Brisket with Yorkshire Pudding and Horseraddish Cream from Quiet Waters Farm featuring John Gower and John Patterson
Next year, you can expect even more categories and prizes!
Judges with 2019 Brisket King Champion, Juicy Lucy BBQ
Photograph by Justin Aharoni @jaharoni
Made by Jaymee Sire in collaboration with Justin Aharoni
Keep Reading: From NYC BBQ “We were shocked by who won Brisket King NYC 2019”
Keep Watching: Check out this video from Nick Solares, Host of Meat Life
