Desmond to Host Craft NY Beer Fest!

The Desmond Hotel and Conference Center will host the Craft New York Beer Festival on March 22. The evening event running from 5-8pm will offer a tasting room with more than 30 New York State Craft Breweries including C.H. Evans Brewery, Brewery Ommegang, and Druthers (which will soon have a venue in Downtown Albany).

Entry prices are as follows: Online: $40 Event Day (if available):$50 Designated Driver: $15. The pay-one-price admission includes a 5 oz. souvenir tasting glass and the freedom to enjoy 3 oz. samples from any exhibiting brewery. If you really love great beer, better yet, great New York State craft beer and food, then this is the festival for you!

The fun doesn't end there. Food pairings from a collective group of local restaurants and live music will be a part of the event as well. Click here to purchase tickets or find out the full list of attending breweries. The Desmond Hotel is located at 660 Albany Shaker Road, Albany, NY (12211).

NOTICE: This is a 21+ event. All attendees must show valid photo ID at the door. All attendees, including designated drivers, must be 21 or over to attend this event. No exceptions!

Harvest Fest Returns to the Desmond!

           The Desmond Hotel is the place for food and wine connoisseurs to be this weekend. Pride of New York Harvest Fest returns to the hotel on November 23rd and 24th. Harvest Fest offers the chance to taste the best food and wine products New York has to offer.
            Eat like royalty as you sample products from Sauces to Wine. Close to 100 vendors from around the state will be on hand to offer tastings. In addition, many of the products being presented for tasting will also be on sale to take home.
             A variety of passes and packages are being offered for access to the weekends events. The Weekend Pass going for $50 includes: 1 Sunday Tasting and 1 tasting Saturday, lunch is not included. You can recieve the Weekend Pass with lunch included for $100. For $375 you can receive the Weekend Celebration with Gala pass, which includes: Two Saturday tastings, Two Sunday tasting tickets, and two tickets to the Uncorked New York Gala! The final package offered is the Weekend Celebration with Gala (with Sat & Sun Lunches) at $425.
              A slew of tickets to individual events such as the tastings and gala will also be offered ranging from $30 a ticket to $75. As part of your ticket purchase, you receive also Free Admission to one Seminar of your choice. 
              The weekends tastings include: Wine & Chocolate: The Heart-Smart Marriage, Return of the Native with the Times Union's own Fred LeBrun, and Wine & Fish, Sarah Fish: The Hungry Fish Cafe.
              Harvest Fest will run both Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Desmond Hotel located at 660 Albany Shaker Rd. Tickets can be purchased for all events online at the Pride of New York: Harvest Fest website.