Captain Lawrence Brewing Company

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name = Captain Lawrence


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location = 99 Castleton Street, Pleasantville, NY 10570 USA
owner = Scott Vaccaro
opened = 2005 [ [http://beerme.com/brewery.php?9409 Beer Me! — Captain Lawrence Brewing — Pleasantville, New York, United States ] ]
production = 1,000 bbl
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General

Captain Lawrence Brewing Company is an award-winning local microbrewery in Pleasantville, NY. The brewery is owned and run by head brewer Scott Vaccaro. Vaccaro, a homebrewer since 1995, trained in brewing science at UC Davis. Before founding Captain Lawrence in 2005, he worked at Sierra Nevada and Danbury, CT's short-lived Colorado Brewery.

Many of Captain Lawrence's offerings are strongly influenced by traditional Belgian styles of beer, although often with an American twist. Barrel-aging and brews with sourness or flavors contributed by wild yeasts and bacteria have also become part of their repertoire.

Like many small breweries, Captain Lawrence seeks to be environmentally sensitive, including donating spent grain to a local farmer for use as cattle feed ["Scott Vaccaro Opens Captain Lawrence Brewery" The Journal News article, January 19th 2006] . Their beers are fermented in stainless steel cylindro-conical vessels.

The brewery takes its name from Captain Lawrence Drive in South Salem, NY - the road on which Vaccaro's childhood home is located. The road itself is named after American naval hero James Lawrence.

The facility in Pleasantville is open for visits on Fridays and Saturdays and has a retail shop and brewery tap, with tastings available on-site and growlers available for take-out.

Awards and Recognition

In 2007, Beeradvocate magazine ranked Captain Lawrence #5 among its "Top 50 American Breweries", and the Cuvee De Castleton was awarded a Gold Medal in the American Sour Ale category at the Great American Beer Festival.

In 2006, Captain Lawrence was the winner of the Matthew Vassar Brewer's Cup, which recognizes the best Craft Beer Brewery in the Hudson Valley. The Captain’s Reserve Double IPA was named 2006 Gold Medal Best Craft Beer in New York State.

Beers

*"Pale Ale" (5.3% ABV)
*"Liquid Gold" (6.0% ABV)
*"Xtra Gold" (10.0% ABV) A strong golden ale in the Belgian Abbey Tripel style, but flavored with American hop varieties including Amarillo.
*"Smoke from the Oak" (ABV not listed) A strong Smoked Porter that has been released in several different barrel-aged versions.
*"Nor'easter" (11.0% ABV) A strong dark ale in the Belgian tradition, flavored with elderberries.
*"St. Vincent's Dubbel" (8.0% ABV) A richly-flavored ["Gourmet Beers for Labor Day Feasts", New York Daily News article by Rachel Wharton, Tuesday, September 4th 2007] malty brown ale in the Belgian Abbey Dubbel style.
*"Captain’s Reserve Double IPA" (8.0% ABV) A version of the contemporary American "double" or extra strong India Pale Ale style.
*"Cuvee De Castleton" (ABV not listed) An American "Wild Ale" fermented with muscat grapes and Brettanomyces.

References

External links

*en icon [http://www.captainlawrencebrewing.com/ Captain Lawrence official website]
*en icon [http://ratebeer.com/brewers/captain-lawrence/ Captain Lawrence listing on RateBeer]
*en icon [http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/12959 Captain Lawrence listing on BeerAdvocate]