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What's New to the Guide
Long Island is certainly the focus for this guide, but I've been adding some destinations in Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Below is the new addition to the Long Island guide.
Great South Bay Brewing Company
Bay Shore, NY
web: www.greatsouthbaybrewery.com
Owners/Brewers: Rick Sobotka & Danny Scully
I met Rick Sobotka a year ago. He told me then that he was planning on opening a brewery in Bay Shore called Great South Bay Brewery. He's still in the planning stages and trying to find a location for his 15 barrel brewery, but things are coming together for him and we should have our first taste of Rick's "Conscious Sedation" IPA. Rick is also planning to brew what seems to be Long Island's favorite seasonal beer style: pumpkin ale.
Rick says he's been brewing beer since he was fifteen, learning to brew from his father (who still brews and makes wine). For a time Rick was a brewer's apprentice at the San Diego Brewery. Rick is a member of Brewers East End Revival, the Long Island homebrew club.
