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SCHATZI’S PUB – NEW PALTZ

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Schatzi's Pub & Bier Garden of New Paltz - Restaurant | 36 Main St, New Paltz, NY 12561, USA

NEW PALTZ, NEW YORK

Practically across the street from Clemson Brothers’ Gilded Otter in the arty town of New Paltz, SCHATZI’S PUB expanded from its original Poughkeepsie location in 2020 to include this cozy red brick-based, wood-shingled, Bavarian-styled gastropub.

Providing a German beer hall experience, Schatzi’s mixes Bavarian food and drink with contemporary American fare. The moosehead-adorned brick-walled interior includes eight wood tables with a beautiful right side mahogany bar, twelve-plus tap handles, three TV’s and Old World charm.

The narrow yellow walled alleyway bier garden features black steel tables and chairs atop red pavers. My wife and I and dog Roscoe grab one of the outside tables to try a variety of elixirs from Zeus Queen City Pils to KBCB Nightmare On Troutman Street Red IPA to Pipeworks Round Of Mango Marg Sour to Hubbard’s Cave Hazelnut Pot De Creme Stout (reviewed in Beer Index) while piggin’ out on perogies, sausage, knockwurst and caramelized onions.

CLEMSON BROTHERS BREWERY @ GILDED OTTER

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Clemson Bros. Brewery Announces Acquisition of The Gilded Otter   Clemson Bros. Brewery purchases Gilded Otter in New Paltz

NEW PALTZ, NEW YORK

The former home of Gilded Otter was bought out by CLEMSON BROTHERS BREWERY in 2018. Retaining Gilded Otter’s beautiful wood designed stone interior, this New Paltz landmark provides a casual lodge feel that’s essential to the bucolic forest-laden Catskills surroundings. Central brew tanks service the front bar, side-walled tables, bronze-tanked serving station, mezzanine seating and outside deck.

Upon September ’20 visit, tried two rangy dessert beers after one bold morning time eye-opener.

Black patent malted-dark chocolate bittering gained an espresso-nipped cocoa nibs resilience and walnut-burnt hop char above the molasses oats base of Monday Morning Breakfast Stout, leaving latent anise-dried bourbon wisps when warmed.

Almost re-creating a blueberry muffin, Blueberry Gunx Pale Ale lacquered its honeyed wheat pancake batter with blueberry puree tartness above mild dewy hop earthiness.

Pina Colada-like cocktail, I Dream Of Coconuts Cream Ale, regaled coconut-toasted pineapple tanginess and cotton-candied marshmallow goodness with mild lime-rimmed Margarita salting underlined by nearly cloy sponge cake, vanilla cake, overripe cantaloupe, confectionary butterscotch and buttery toffee sweetness.

 

GILDED OTTER

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Clemson Bros. Brewery plans major expansion into New Paltz, Pine Island - News - recordonline.com - Middletown, NY

HUDSON VALLEY, NEW YORK

Across Hudson River ten miles West, New Paltz-based GILDED OTTER came to prominence in the ’90s before being sold to Clemson Brothers in 2018. On my initial visit, Gilded Otter served several premier brews October ‘04. Its exquisite cultured stone exterior, interior lodge-styled wood design, and covered side deck perfectly fit the hilly terrain, as additional dining, arcade games, and a pool table reside upstairs.

Vast beer menu changes frequently, but standard fare included delicately-hopped straw wheat light-body Huguenot Street American Lager, tea-like mocha-smoked soft-spiced New Paltz Crimson Lager, malt-sweet hop-spiced orange-lemon peel-embittered Rail Trail Pale Ale, and sharply-spiced fruited-hopped Three Pines India Pale Ale. Expressive dry-roasted coffee-burnt maple-nutty Chief Mat SaySay Porter and milky-sweet hazelnut-coffee-bitter wood-chafed Stone House Oatmeal Stout reach perfection.

Variegated autumnal seasonals include light-bodied pumpkin-cinnamon-clove-fringed mash tun-soured Ottertoberfest, pumpkin pie-encrusted cinnamon-nutmeg-allspice-spiced Clove Valley Pumpkin Ale, and bolder herbal-pumpkin-fronted creamy stout-backed Stumpkin Ale.

On September ’08 revisit, met long-time brewer Darren Currier with beer pal Al Gutierrez and sucked down soft-bodied lemony banana-clove-centered sour-candied popcorn-buttered herbal-tinged Hefeweizen and strangely illuminating aluminum-hued Back Porch Summer Lager, with its washed-out blueberry frontage, club soda fizz, and dry husked wheat backend.

Better yet were bittersweet molasses-glazed malt-smoked chocolate-roasted fig-soured twig-teased dry-bodied Dusseldorf Altbier and lactic black chocolate-y espresso-creamed coffee-burnt sarsaparilla-tinged wood-smoked Stone House Export Stout.

Currier then brought out 12-ounce bottle of private stocked Centennial Barleywine, a heady top-shelfer with creamy cognac urgency serenading red apple-ripened apricot-cherry-pear fruiting, subtle brandy-burgundy boozing, and bruised banana-orange swirl over buttery caramel-toffee malts.

Driving one-hour South from Albany, October ’10, I quaffed a few more libations before a late-afternoon Yankees-Rangers playoff showdown came on. Discovered two OK brews that might not have reached the glorious heights set by Dusseldorf Altbier and Stone House Export Stout, but were gratifying nonetheless.

Though it’ll sound adverse, dry-fruited cocoa-dusted caramel-toasted Dunkelweizen convincingly layered banana-breaded grape-skinned raisin-fig souring atop musty earthen dinginess. Next up, cascade-headed mahogany-bodied Stone House Cream Stout may’ve lacked expected creaminess, but its lactic milk-sugared entry and cocoa-dried chocolate caking accrued cherry-pied grape-stemmed dried fruiting above dinky vegetal nuances to good affect.

www.gildedotter.com