Good Beer & Good Music.

I am really excited about the event at Castaways this Saturday, May 14th for two very simple reasons - Good Beer & Good Music.

Three Heads is officially invading Ithaca. Please help them through an epic party. All of their beers will be live and we want to kick kegs like it is our job.

They are also bringing some of the best music from Rochester with them to help celebrate the occasion. The Beaumonts, Sisters of Murphy and RootsCollider. The doors open at 8 ($7) and the music hits at 9.

More about the Beer: Three Heads Brewing is dedicated to one thing and that is making great beer. With roots in home brewing, this Rochester based company opened in December of last year and is being distributed throughout all of Upstate NY. Currently there are 4 brands being brewed: The Kind IPA, The Skunk Black IPA, The Java Sutra Coffee Porter and The Blimey English Pale Ale. The brewery has been garnering great feedback and has been featured in some national publications. Dan, Todd and Geoff believe in putting the beer first and strive to convert people one sip at a time.

I had a moment with Geoff Dale and had to ask him some pressing questions.

This first being, what was his favorite beer?

This is a a tricky question, however I work at Ithaca Beer and can tell you my top three based on my personal tastes and food pairing. He responded,

Picking my favorite of the 3HB beers is like picking your favorite kid. I love them all just the same. That being said, The Kind got the best report card this last marking period, makes its bed every morning and does volunteer work on the weekends.

The answer he provided me with made me quite happy because I can relate to the concept of your business being similar to a family, product or service. The Castaway's family is small but we have numerous children through out the week, some are angry and loud, others are soft and mellow and most of the weekend children are rowdy and like to party.

I also wanted to know what Geoff's best story about the Brewery was. Since brewery's are great places to work, I figured he would have a good one. This was his response:

There are two that stand out. First was being contacted by BeerAdvocate because they wanted to review our beers. We got solid ones and they have since invited us to partake in their beer festival in Boston. This is pretty impressive since this all happened after only being open about two months. Add on to that the fact we are not even legal there. They have helped make it so we will be legal and we are heading up in June. The other one was when I went into a bar here and had a customer spend a few minutes explaining to me how good the Skunk was and why I should order it. The bartender who served me knew who I was laughed as they gave me the beer.

For More events and full music schedule visit us at www.castawaysithaca.com

This music line up for the event:

9:30 The Sisters of Murphy

10:45The Beautmonts

12 am Roots Collider

All that being said, See you Saturday!