Landerpalooza 2007 or The Malt Assault Birthday Hop II

Saturday would have been the date of Landerpalooza 07, but it was bagged and replaced with The Malt Assault Birthday Hop II. Huh? Landerpalooza was once a time to celebrate all things Lander. The Malt Assault Birthday Hop II was a pub crawl through Brooklyn to celebrate all things Lander and DJ Gonzalez and anyone else whose birthday is around this time of year. Well, anyone who could make it out to Brooklyn. And who we knew.

It was a mega-crawl, starting at The Gutter for some beers and bowling in Greenpoint. We were there early enough to bowl, unlike last time, but I skipped it in favor of taking time to snap shots of the retro decor.

Second stop was The Diamond, a newish joint also in Brooklyn. For entertainment, these guys have indoor shuffleboard, which was good because we didn't have to start talking to each other until the third stop: The Brooklyn Brewery. Brooklyn Local One and homemade beef jerky (thanks Jon) - a perfect match!

The beef jerky put us in the mood for more meat, so it was a good thing the next stop was Fette Sau, the awesomest BBQ place in New York. I was happily stuffed with beef cheeks, sausages, pulled pork shoulder, baked beans and German potato salad. Fette Sau is built into an old garage and food is ordered by weight. Funky. Spuyten Duyvil, across the street, followed. Same owners, similar funkiness. SD has been a beer destination for years. A Williamsburg gem. With trucker hats and extremely rare beers.

The last stop for me was Barcade, also one of my favorite pubs. It's a cavernous bar with dozens of classic arcade games - games still cost a quarter. Unfortunately, Rampage was on the fritz, so I dropped a few into Dig Dug. The crawl continued to Wells Ales & Lagers, but I began the trek back to New Jersey. Thus ended a great Brooklyn Pub Walking Upright. Thanks Steve!

View it in stereoscope here.