awesome! i'm from utica, originally, and grew up around the corner from matt's brewery. have you ever tried utica club? the WORST beer i've ever had the displeasure of drinking. my grandfather used to be so into that stuff, he kept a keg in his bar in his basement. after i graduated from boot camp, he invited me to have a beer with him and i choked on it...failed that rite of passage, i suppose.

does anyone have the scoop on when the brooklyn brewery moved their facilities up there? i'm loving their black chocolate stout, and noticed that it's being brewed in utica.