THE BEERLORD Hard as it is to believe, The Beerlord was once a mere mortal.  Seven years from this very day, his first sip of  Schneider Weisse began his complex, and often unexplainable, period of fermentation.  The nurturing process began in Germany where he sipped small glasses of Früh Kölsch in Cölogne and gulped large mugs of Oktoberfest beer in the tents of Munich.  His insides screamed for more.  The ruins of Orval, the Guezze’s of Brussels and the Westvleteren 12s carefully crafted by the monks of St. Sixtus filled his veins with a fire that demanded both further stimulation and an immediate revocation of his driver’s license.  The Melting Cask of The World was his only option.  New York City overflows with Czech pilsners, Brittish IPAs, Irish Stouts, German Wheats, Trappist Ales and innovative American Micro-Brews.  Here The Beerlord came into his own.  Now his only goal is to bring the world of Beer, New York and Fun to his minions.  Join the Army and help him fulfill his purpose!
	THE Belgian queen That's right. It's good to be the queen.
	THE micro manager contemplated the life of a Trappist until she found out the nuns make face cream and candles instead of beer. She likes face cream and candles, but she likes beer best. Before becoming one of the Beerlord's minions, she appeared in the critically acclaimed, but rarely seen short film classic "The Beer Commercial." Her areas of interest include anything brewed within a ten-mile radius of New York City, anything that tastes good with steak tartare, and the Grimbergen served in Paris pubs. Her favorite New York beer haunts are Jimmy's No. 43, Vol de Nuit, and her own refrigerator. She lives in New York City.
	madam adams
	schneiderboy My lord, It would be a great pleasure to join your army and help you to protect our children by digesting all of this holy (German) beer on this planet. Maybe we can also convert some of those Bud and Coors lovers on our crusade, my lord. But on the other hand: the less real beer they drink, the more is left for us. Allaf!
	Primo Hopperini The story that Primo was a bud taken from a field in Freising and grafted on to an elm on Grand Concourse has been widely discredited. While beer can be a great accompaniment to high- and low-brow cuisines, Primo believes good beer is best served with conversation and laughter.
	marquise de Malt Although she considers herself to be a New Yorker, the marquise is actually of French nobility. Her family has lived in exile from France since 1664 after losing a hard-fought feud with maison de Kronenbourg and their supporters. They were run out of the village by a torch-bearing mob screaming off with their heads after the first marquise de Malt declared, "let them drink keg!" After bad investments and even worse relationships whittled down her fortune to a high six figures, the marquise came to terms with her champagne tastes on a beer budget. She replaced bottles of Dom with bottles of Dupont. A love of beer was born. The marquise hopes to return to France one day to reclaim her birthright.
	Hop-scotch
	Lady Porterlover The Viscountess of Vintage Brew may not have aged well but her beer has. From bottle-conditioned ales to high-ABV American microbrews, she sure knows what to collect. Lady Porterlover has been known to declare that the great pleasure of their well-developed flavors offsets the pain associated with parting with her collection. You might spy this oft be-vintage-beer-spectacled noblewoman eyeing gentlemen clutching snifters of 2005 Old Stock Ale or the like.
	SIR STOUT I find myself as an arrant knight; searching through the vast wasteland of commercial pilsners and naively contrived liquids from well intentioned micro-brewers. I anxiously await the moment when I can once again return to your isle and accompany you on your quest.
	BLACK VELVET GODDESS
	the count of monte casko
	sir mix-a-lot
	bitter victoria
	the serf of suds
	Sir Michael of Jersey

Who are the NYC Beer Nobility?  New York’s bar owners, brew-masters and beer personalities make up the Beer Nobility of this city.  Profiles of different personalities will be posted every few weeks and will slowly tell the full story of New York Beer Culture.  On the immediate horizon are:
            1.  Managing Partner of The Brazen Head
            2.  Part-owner of d.b.a.
            3.  Jimmy of Jimmy’s 43. 

What it's all about …

Bottom line, Beerlord.com is about New York Beer Culture.  It's here to tell you
about the best bars, upcoming events and to bring the beer lovers of New York
together.  If that sounds dull, might I recommend a visit to prohibitionists.org. 
Yes, it's real. 

Know that Beerlord isn't a directory of all New York Beer Bars; only the best have
been selected.  When you go into a Beerlord worthy bar, it has a nice atmosphere and
bleeds a love for great beer.  Whether it’s the row of bottles organized by country,
detailed descriptions of the aromas and flavors, proper glassware, well planned
Oktoberfest celebration or seeing the owner carefully sipping an Orval on the back
deck, you will know you’re in the right place to have a great beer and a great time.    

There are several types of spots that some might find conspicuously absent, so I feel
I need to describe my reasoning in omitting them.

1.  Restaurants that serve Great Beer.             

The focus of the spots placed on Beerlord must be the beer, not the food.  Which
isn’t to say that some of the bars listed here don’t have great food.  Good World
Bar and Jimmy’s 43 are teetering on the cusp of being more restaurant than bar,
but just barely hangs on to their spot on Beerlord. Whether food is served and the
quality of the food will be noted on the pages, but did not effect the selection. 

If you’re looking for a restaurant with great beer, try the following:         

The Spotted Pig (314 W 11th St, Manhattan):  This well known gastropub
has some cask beers made specifically for it.  A burger, garlic fries and a mug of
Spotted Pig Bitter could very well be the best meal in town.  It’s busy, busy,
busy though, so get there during off hours or be prepared to wait.          

Resto (111 E 29th St, Manhattan) :  An excellent sit-down restaurant with great
German and Belgian beers on tap.  Despite there being a bar to belly up to, it is
quite obviously placed there only for people waiting for their seat.  

Café Katja (79 Orchard St, Manhattan):  A cozy Austrian restaurant that serves
several tasty beers in the proper glassware.

2.  Irish Pubs.

Despite having more than a bit of Irish in his blood, The Beerlord is not a big fan of
pubs.  While I do enjoy the occasional Guinness, I can’t say it’s ever what I want
to drink all night long.  That and a smattering of InBev products are often times
your only choices at these omni-present haunts.  And despite varied ownership,
they all look exactly the same. 

However, if you are a Pub fan, might I recommend the following:

The Upper West Side’s Emerald Inn (205 Columbus Ave, Manhattan) has your
Guinness on tap, along with excellent Irish food.

The Ear Inn (326 Spring St, Manhattan) goes all the way back to the 1830s and
even has a ghost associated with it.  Unfortunately the ghost either doesn’t like
good beer or she hordes it all for herself, leaving the public with mediocre choices. 

McSorley’s (15 E 7th St, Manhattan) survived through prohibition and you
should check it out for the history alone.  However, they brew their own beer and
really shouldn’t.  Have a pair of mugs, look around and then walk down the street
to Jimmy’s 43 or Burp Castle

If it’s just a great pour of Guinness you’re looking for, Beerlord highly recommends
The Sixth Ward (191 Orchard St, Manhattan).  The owners brought in a
representative from Guinness to make sure everything was hooked up just right.
There is no denying the Guinness is delicious, but the other selections are not
so good.  

3.  Sports Bars.

With the exception of major soccer events, The Beerlord prefers any bar
flat-screens to remain mute.  There are people, however, that love watching
sports in bars and I’m not completely judging them.  If you're looking to watch
a game while having great beer, might I recommend 200 Fifth (200 5th,
Brooklyn).  It's a big place in Park Slope with excellent beers on tap.   

Finally, Beerlord is not and never will be finished adding bars to the site.  New spots
will always be checked out and a few currently in existence still need to be added. 
If you know of a bar you think we've missed, e-mail me at toby@beerlord.com and
I'll look into it.