{"id":3245,"date":"2021-02-25T09:44:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T14:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/?p=3245"},"modified":"2021-02-24T11:45:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T16:45:48","slug":"worried-about-the-new-citi-field-brewery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/2021\/02\/25\/worried-about-the-new-citi-field-brewery\/","title":{"rendered":"Worried About The New Citi Field Brewery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A refresher since most of us haven\u2019t been to Citi Field since 2019 at the most recent–Mikkeller NYC closed, and was replaced by Ebbs Brewery<\/a>, owned and operated by mostly all the same people. It\u2019s the same, but it\u2019s not. They\u2019re not serving all the interesting variety that Mikkeller did. There has been no word on the tasting room, or Citi Field distribution, things that are sneaking up on us fast. I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s wise to have fans at Citi Field as early as April, but the Mets are certainly selling tickets for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what are we going to get? I think it\u2019s interesting to point out how unresponsive Ebbs has been since the changeover. Maybe the one person that didn\u2019t stick around was the media person. It\u2019s possible that this group decided to branch out and open a second brewery, and always planned on being separate, or even abandoning, the Citi Field\/Mikkeller job. If that\u2019s the case, it\u2019s entirely possible that Ebbs is NOT associated with the Mets in any way, and that the lease expired with Mikkeller and now sits vacant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was hoping for Mets themed beers. That\u2019s always my hope. I loved Say Hey Sally and Henry Hops as baseball beers. I loved that Mikkeller brewed a \u2018United We Cheers\u2019 beer for the The7Line. What do we have in 2021? Will Ebbs be there? Even sticking to their naming scheme and getting like a #41 IPA and a #31 Stout and a #5 Saison would\u2019ve been at least a nod to the location. Ebbs brewery has submitted zero label requests since this news came out, their last label approval was for Stout No. 1 in August. There\u2019s a chance label approval is just delayed due to Covid, but you\u2019d expect something from a new brewery in that time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ebbs website is not rich with information, but it does claim that they were originally brewed at Citi Field and are now brewed in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. That is evidence on the second idea, that they\u2019re NOT associated with Citi Field any longer, or else why not continue brewing there? Did Bruce Wilpon kill the Mikkeller NYC deal himself, as a way to branch off to do Ebbs? This seems absurd, given that the Wilpon family owns the rights to develop the vacant lots across from Citi Field, which will theoretically be both boosted and a boost to a brewery nearby. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given what I\u2019m seeing from Ebbs, this could ultimately be a boon. I loved the Mikkeller spot, and the selection, but what Ebbs is offering us is a pale comparison. This opens up a spot for someone else more interesting to come in, presumably already setup for a brewery? Or did they cannibalize it and move it to Brooklyn? From a beer standpoint, It\u2019s certainly a difficult time to establish a presence, but I can\u2019t imagine dropping a huge name brand, moving from an up and running location to a new one, and no longer having any physical, or ownership, connection to Citi Field is going to help things. Never mind that they\u2019re only brewing nondescript beers. I get the idea between brewing stylistically pure beers is something that has some intrinsic value but I\u2019m not sure how cutting all these ties and then brewing specifically non instagrammable beers is something that\u2019s going to work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mikkeller NYC was at least reasonably active on social media, but they often wouldn\u2019t give details about their in-season schedule until almost the last minute, so it may be that we won\u2019t know until some fan that doesn\u2019t even remember it closed wanders around the building on Opening Day, and finds the answer. It\u2019s also possible that there are no fans Opening Day, due to the pandemic, or that a limited 10% crowd doesn\u2019t prompt whoever owns that space to open up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve reached out to Ebbs but their email doesn\u2019t work and so far they\u2019ve been non-responsive on social media, so we remain in the dark. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A refresher since most of us haven\u2019t been to Citi Field since 2019 at the most recent–Mikkeller NYC closed, and was replaced by Ebbs Brewery, owned and operated by mostly all the same people. It\u2019s the same, but it\u2019s not. They\u2019re not serving all the interesting variety that Mikkeller did. There has been no word … <\/p>\n

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