Rocky Point Artisan Brewers

We had a great time last night with a full cast of characters coming in from the foggy evening for the event of the Smuttynose Shoals Pale Ale Cask, which was also covered by a NY Times photographer named Phil. As I arrived a little later from my visit with Dave from Bellport Soda, I walked into Deks and it was already full of people who were there for dinner and the bar. It was good to see the usual cast of characters and some new arrivals.

It was inevitable, with the cask emptying by 10pm, that we would visit and share other great ales such as the The Captain Lawrence Nor’easter, courtesy of Dave, the Sixpoint Groundskeeper Spilly Scotch Ale (my contribution), the Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier (complete with Thomas from Germany to assist us with the correct pronunciation..and we had to practice…), Brother Thelonious on tap (only place in Suffolk County), and the Delirium Tremens Belgian for added spice. What added to the fervor of the moment was that there were at least six other groups of people who had descended upon Deks and we mixed in with them with convivial ease as we shared tastes, bottles, and a lot of laughs.

Later in the evening, Dean (one of the owners of Deks and last night’s bartender) remarked that the new tap system had probably seen one of its biggest nights in recent memory with the crowds of both the dining room and the bar making the newest attractions of the Sixpoint Bengal Tiger IPA and the Brother Thelonious big hits.

For those of you who were unable to attend, I know there will be many nights like this again as we are spreading the good word about the Long Island Beer & Malt Enthusiasts, in whose name this production was made possible by the hard work of Donavan, Mike V., Dean, Kevin, and the cast of Dek’s American.

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