Our favorite glassware are back for their SECOND ANNUAL awards show, honoring Barcade’s finest new pours in 2019! After months of careful consideration, Barcade’s owners, managers, and beer buyers reported back to our beer-filled-buddies with the results. And yes, we included two of our own exclusive beers in this best-of list!
Feast your eyes on the very best 2019 had to offer:
“Brewed with rye, anise, lemon, and Peychaud’s Bitters to invoke the flavors of the famous Sazerac cocktail of New Orleans. This beer was brewed exclusively for Barcade.” 😉
“The first in an ongoing series of beers inspired by the poetry of Walt Whitman, this IPA was brewed exclusively with German malt and hops for an earthy, complex flavor.”
“Brown Ale brewed with cinnamon, nutmeg, all-spice, ginger, and vanilla. Perfect for cool autumn evenings and bitter winter nights. Gross name. Great beer!”
“Sporting one of the best names on the list, this sour Saison is aged in oak and brewed with coriander, grains of paradise, Michigan cherries, and limes.”
“Our first time tapping Kern River, with the opening of our Los Angeles location in 2019—this beer has flavors of citrus rind, herbs, guava, and pine.”
“Sip of Sunshine has a cult following within the Green Mountain state and contributes to the great “beer-muda” triangle of Vermont breweries. The overall balance of hops in combination with fresh fruit flavors, Sip of Sunshine is a great beer representation of Lawson’s and Vermont beer overall.”
“Surly has been making top notch brews for many years, and this was the first beer distributed to New York. Extremely well balanced malty, citrusy, and pine-y flavors in this IPA kept customers (and staff) coming back for more!”
“We scored high with the first batch, so we brought it back! Aromas and flavors of rye, wheat, fresh bread, nuts, and banana. This beer was brewed exclusively for Barcade.” 😉
Pinty and Tenny worked tirelessly to put together their list of 2018’s BEST new beers at Barcade! They polled Barcade’s owners, GMs, beer managers, and various beer gods to put together the consummate catalog of sudsy splendor!
Without further ado, the winners:
🏆 Bell’s Uberon “This was Oberon aged in bourbon barrels. Weird!”
🏆 Brewery Techne Perkuno’s Hammer “Remake of one of Barcade’s original favorite beers: Heavyweight Perkuno’s Hammer which we poured extensively in Brooklyn back in 2004-2005”
🏆 Founders Barrel Runner “Imperial IPA aged in rum barrels “
🏆 Free Will Micromanager “Excellent session pale ale from Bucks County”
🏆 Hudson Valley Brewery Star Chamber “A ‘Sour IPA’ brewed w/ Coconut, Guava and Green Tea. It tastes like having Super Powers”
🏆 Kane Bierhalle Marzen “Give me more Marzen!”
🏆 Logsdon Norsebier “Take a liking to a Viking!”
🏆 Rogue Cold Brew 2.0 “The most coffee-est beer yet”
🏆 Upland Crimson “Flanders red aged in bourbon barrels. Complex!”
🏆 Von Trapp Trosten Lager “Dunkel Lagers will be the Barcade beer trend in 2019”
NEW YORK — The Barcade experience has traditionally been built around “classic video games and American craft beer.” Now the company might need to add “in a green setting” to that tagline in order for it to be fully accurate.
Although the company has had an environmentally-friendly focus for years, including operating its locations on wind power, Barcade recently implemented 42 environmental steps at its location in the East Village of New York City to meet the Green Restaurant Association’s certification requirements, and is now rated a 3 Star Certified Green Restaurant by the Green Restaurant Association (“GRA”).
This certification is very much a point of pride for the owners of Barcade.
“We’re very proud of getting this rating from the Green Restaurant Association,” said Barcade CEO Paul Kermizian. “It required a lot of work in terms of overhauling multiple facets of our operations, from switching away from plastics and implementing a composting program, to making sure we have enough vegetarian food options on our menu. But at the end of the day, it was well worth it, as being environmentally friendly is a cause that we very much believe in. Going forward, our goal is to bring all of our other locations up to the GRA’s standards as well.”
The GRA determines how green a bar or restaurant is by ranking an establishment via a point system. Points are awarded in the following categories: disposables, energy, furnishing and building, food, chemical and pollution, waste, and water. Barcade St. Mark’s achieved the 3 Star rating by meeting the certification requirements in each of those categories, as well as by: maximizing water efficiency; not using any Styrofoam; and implementing a comprehensive recycling system, including a composting program (services provided by Reclaimed Organics).
The Green Restaurant Association is an international non-profit organization that has pioneered the Green Restaurant movement by encouraging restaurants to “green” their operations via science-based certification standards.
Operating in 41 states, the GRA works with restaurants, manufacturers, and distributors to fulfill its mission of greening the restaurant industry. The GRA has been recognized by such media outlets as Time Magazine, CNN, the New York Times, NPR, and more.
Barcade first opened in 2004 in a former metal shop in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with the St. Mark’s location opening in 2014. “The Original Arcade Bar” has since expanded to seven locations and will also be opening in Los Angeles and Detroit in the near future.
Hey everyone, we’ve got a special item on the menu as part of Thursday’s Winter Beer Night at Barcade Newark. And it’s the kind of dish that’ll help keep you warm during these chilly winter months.
Tonight only, we’ll be selling the “Barcade Hot Chicken Sandwich.” Served on a soft potato bun, our Hot Chicken sandwich is made of crispy fried chicken drizzled with our in-house chili oil. Everything is then topped off with our in-house pimento cheese spread, lettuce, and sweet pickles.
Stop by and try it with one of our special seasonal beers. We expect it to be a *hot* seller, even in the dead of winter.
