Tørst

Meet Joe Swick
@ Tørst
Tuesday, October 22nd, 6 - 8 pm

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The answers to all these questions and many more this coming Tuesday @ Tørst! Plus a full spectrum of tasty Swick wines!

Cheers!

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ELOI HAS LEFT THE BUILDING

Poutine is tasting great, Dunham brews are flowing (with many more to be on offer tomorrow), and the fellas are en route from Quebec

Join us today for a sneak peek or come by tomorrow between 1 & 5 to hang w/ Eloi & friends

Santé!

Private Parties @ Tørst

Book our back room for up to 40 guests, or reserve the entire bar for larger gatherings. Custom menu options are available upon request. For rates and availability, contact Bart at [email protected]

Cheers!

Tørst Tørst offers world-class beers, a full food menu, natural wines, spirits & cocktails

Private Parties @ Tørst

Throw your next party at Tørst! Reserve the back room for up to 35 people or the entire bar for larger groups. Some menu customization is available, email Bart ([email protected]) for rates and availability

Cheers!

Brasserie Dunham @ Tørst

On Sunday, October 13th, we welcome Dominic & Eloi of Brasserie Dunham! We’re absolutely delighted they’ll be making the trip down from southern Quebec to share a full spectrum of their beautiful beverages with us. Come meet these lovely people & learn a bit about the various techniques they use—old-world & new—to coax characterful flavors from the most unlikely of places. Who knows, maybe we can even talk Jared into some poutine? Wouldn’t that be dreamy…

Save the date & stay tuned for complete list of offerings

Santé!

Cocktails & Mixed Drinks @ Tørst

From the ever popular Frozen Espresso Martini to the classic Negroni and so much in between, Tørst has your cocktail cravings covered. But we recently expanded our Mixed Drinks options, as well! Whether you’re in to clear or dark, boozy or sweet, we’re stocked & ready to serve.

Cheers! to “all I really want right now is a G&T”

Weaver Hollow “Meet the Maker” @ Tørst

Join us on Sunday, September 15th, as we welcome Luke Fuhrman of Weaver Hollow Brewery in Andes, NY. Luke is a longtime friend of Tørst and we always enjoy sharing his world-class beers from our extended bottle list, but on this special Sunday we’re excited to pour a couple kegs and several bottles by-the-glass, as well. Come meet Luke and imbibe in such deliciousness as only a mixed culture can provide!

Pouring from noon on Sunday the 15th:

Atto Terzo - Albariño (8% abv) ale aged in oak barrels with Albariño grapes

Atto Terzo - Barbera (8% abv) ale aged in oak barrels with Barbera grapes

Chelada (5% abv) ale brewed with lime and sea salt and aged in oak barrels

Oolong (6% abv) ale brewed with oolong tea and aged in oak barrels

Passionfruit (5% abv) ale aged in oak barrels with passionfruit

Salmagundi Vol. 6 (5% abv) Blend of barrel-aged ales, including a portion of Chelada

Sambucus - Reserve 2020 (7% abv) ale brewed with rye and elderflowers, aged in oak barrels
* From Luke: “The first in our Reserve series, comprised of barrels that are just too special to package under the “normal” Sambucus label and are instead held back for a minimum of 12 months to age in French oak.”

Plus! Chef Jared has a Peruvian-style tiradito in mind as a food pairing with these lovely brews, so do yourself a flavor & plan on dinner! You’ll be oh so glad you did

Cheers! to saison of mixed fermentation

BREWER’S BRUNCH @ TØRST
w/ special guest Chris Papallo of and pastries by

Join us at noon this Saturday, 8/17, for beer & pastry pairings!

Chris will be onsite to meet & greet (and might even have some special bottled treats to share!) from noon to 3 pm as we pour a full spectrum of his Connecticut brews alongside savory & sweet pastries from our north Greenpoint neighbors. We hope you’ll join us!

The Barn Owl (imperial stout w/ coffee, vanilla bean, & milk sugar)

Dry-Hopped Festbier (festbier)

Hoot! (ipa)

Just Be (helles lager)

Tact (ipa)

Zeal (dipa)

*pastry menu TBD according to availability*

BREWER’S BRUNCH @ TØRST
w/ special guest Chris Papallo of with pastries by

Join us at noon this Saturday, 8/17, for beer & pastry pairings!

Chris will be onsite to meet & greet (and might even have some special bottled treats to share!) from noon to 3 pm as we pour a full spectrum of his Connecticut brews alongside savory & sweet pastries from our north Greenpoint neighbors. We hope you’ll join us!

The Barn Owl (imperial stout w/ coffee, vanilla bean, & milk sugar)

Dry-Hopped Festbier (festbier)

Hoot! (ipa)

Just Be (helles lager)

Tact (ipa)

Zeal (dipa)

*pastry menu TBD according to availability*

OYSTER WEEKEND @ TØRST
8/9 - 8/11

“Dreams of Yesterday” by and recently dropped, and not a moment too soon

From Friday (8/9) noon to midnight Sunday (8/11) we’ll be offering $3 stanges of this crispy oyster shell lager along with Greenpoint’s finest oysters on the half shell from while they last

No better time of year to shoot back a dozen bivalves with this special saline pale lager, so join us!

A few words on the lager and the Billion Oyster Project from our pals :

“Dreams of Yesterday (is) a Pilsner brewed with oyster shells. If you haven’t tried this beer yet, don’t jump to conclusions—it may sound unusual, but there’s a method to the madness. To clarify, the beer doesn’t have a ‘fishy’ taste. We only use the oyster shells, which are thoroughly cleaned before being added to the boil. This process adds a touch of salinity and a refined minerality, enhancing the mouthfeel and drinkability, creating a bright, refreshing beer that’s truly unique.

Dreams is one of our brewers’ favorites to make, not just because it’s an intriguing concept lager, but also because we get to work with and the who has restored over 122 million oysters to New York Harbor, fostering biodiversity, filtering water, and serving as natural storm barriers. PS, proceeds from all sales of this beer go toward BOP for the fifth consecutive year.”

Cheers! to the pairing of our Dreams

Special thanks to our upstate pals & for hosting us earlier this summer! We had such a ball learning & tasting with y’all. It’s truly an honor to pour your beverages & share your stories.

Greenpoint friends & NYC visitors alike: come to Tørst this weekend for some upstate specials!

$5 cans of SFB Palatine Pils
$8 C. Cassis Spritz

Cheers! to the Hudson Valley

$5 UIVO AQUA NATs

Come crush piquette with us this sunny summer weekend

Open from 3 pm to midnight today (Thursday), from NOON to 1 am Friday & Saturday, NOON to midnight Sunday

Cheers! to the must of old vine Renegado Tinto

MAINE LOBSTER ROLL
w/ fines herbes mayo on a buttered bun, served with Old Bay potato chips

Cheers! to summer

KÖLSCH SUNDAY @ TØRST

Join us this Sunday the 14th for $3 stanges of Dovetail’s long-lagered pale beer

Cheers! to a summer Sunday session

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4th of July Extended Weekend Specials

$10 Baby Burgs
$5 Suarez Family Cans aplenty
$10 Frozen Daiquiris

Plus! Jared’s famous Mission Dogs (pictured) featuring a bacon-wrapped frank, salsa, garlic mayo & cotija cheese

Open normal hours, specials running from Thursday open (3 pm) to end of Sunday

Cheers! to independence

SLOW POUR SUNDAY

This Sunday afternoon (6/30) come to Tørst to meet brewers Ashleigh & Bill of Bierstadt Lagerhaus in Denver, Colorado as we pour a lineup of delicious lagers from their esteemed brewery:

Corn Lager (made with 40% Oaxacan blue corn via )

Dunkel

Helles

Slow Pour Pils

Vienna Lager

Cheers! to the Slow Pour (s/o )

TØRST HAPPY HOUR
from open to 6 pm weekdays
(starting today @ 3 pm!)

$5 select cans (including one rotating Suarez Family selection each week)
$8 glasses sparkling wine
$10 cocktails
$14 sandos
Half-Off Bottles (wine, beer, & cider) such as this lovely “Bright Sea Blonde” from Sante Adairius

Cheers! to calling it a day

TRAILING WEST

This Saturday (6/29) Tørst is proud to pour for you these legendary brews from three stalwart bastions of American brewing:

Bigfoot Barleywine (2015) by Sierra Nevada

Cask-Conditioned Pale Ale by Sierra Nevada

Daisy Cutter Pale Ale by Half Acre

Daisy Cutter “15” Pale Ale by Half Acre

Daisy Cutter Select DIPA by Half Acre & Sierra Nevada

Daisy’s Favorite (2022), a gin barrel-aged blonde barleywine by Firestone Walker

EH Taylor BA Bigfoot Barleywine (2022) by Sierra Nevada

Framboise (2024) by Firestone Walker

Pivo Pils by Firestone Walker

Reef Knot Summer Beer by Half Acre

Trailing West Pils by Firestone Walker & Half Acre

Union Jack IPA by Firestone Walker

Cheers! to trailing west, to cask pale ale, to 15 years of Daisy Cutter

SHRIMP CEVICHE TOSTADA
w/ salsa verde, crushed avocado, serrano, cilantro

Here til it ain’t, doors open from noon

Cheers! to Jared’s tostadas, the best tostadas

CHI -> BK

On Friday, June 28th, we’re proud to showcase three of Chicago’s finest breweries: Dovetail, Goldfinger, and Half Acre

Come meet brewers & reps as we pour an extensive lineup from all 3 breweries. Doors open from noon, offerings listed below

Cheers! to the Windy City

Pouring from Dovetail:

Grodziskie
Helles
Rauchbier
Strawberry Spon

Pouring from Goldfinger:

Mexican Lager
Original Lager
Pils
Vienna Lager

Pouring from Half Acre:

Daisy Cutter (pale ale)
Daisy Cutter 15 (pale ale featuring New Zealand hops)
Daisy Cutter Select (DIPA collab w/ )
Reef Knot (pale session beer)
Trailing West (pilsner collab w/ )


(note that these lists are tentative and subject to change)

OPEN FERMENTED

“…let it be noted that open fermentation is not without charm. Many brewers have found themselves enjoying the Zen-like collection of floating islands of yeast off the surface of a vat of beer, deftly using a specially made slotted paddle to lift the thick foam. For brewers, such ancient practices tend to make for pleasantly quiet moments in often hectic days.”
- Paul KA Buttrick & Garrett Oliver, from their definition of “Open Fermentation” in “The Oxford Companion to Beer”

Join us 6/21 - 6/23 for a weekend of many open fermented delights from the great Zillicoah Beer Company

Cheers! to quiet moments in hectic days

Zillicoah Weekend @ Tørst
6/21 - 6/23

Draft List:

Baby Brett (4% abv) Farmhouse-style session IPA hopped with Strata and then “dried to perfection” with Brettanomyces Anomalus

Bo Pils (4.9% abv) Czech-style pilsner

Citrine Dream (6.4% abv) Farmhouse-style ale fermented with Brettanomyces and hopped with Mosaic

Dark Oat Lager (5.5% abv) Dark lager brewed with oats and rested for an extended period in a horizontal lagering tank

Heirloom (5% abv) German-style pale lager brewed with a grist comprised 100% of the German heirloom varietal of barley named Isaria, and hopped with Hallertau and Spalter

North German Style Pils (5.5% abv) Pale lager brewed with pilsner malt and hopped with Perle and Hersbrucker from Seitz Farms in Germany

Extra Pale Ale (4.8% abv) American-style pale ale

Woodfin Lager (5.3% abv) Pale lager inspired by old world styles but uniquely designed around Woodfin, North Carolina water

(note that this list is tentative & subject to change)

Cheers! to open fermentation

100% spontaneously fermented
          no yeast cultures are added at any point in the process

Fermented and matured in oak barrels
          neutral oak imparts little flavor and allows the beer to breathe

Unfiltered, Unpasteurized, Unsweetened
          to sustain the beer's natural essence

Built for posterity
          bottles are capable of decades of aging

Acidic and complex
                                         (not basic)

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(pouring these bottles by-the-glass this weekend @ Tørst)

Cheers! to always remembering to forget

Oyster Specials @ Tørst
on the half shell this Friday & Saturday:

$2 Greenpoint Gems
$2.50 East Beach Blondes

~pair with~

$5 stanges of Maine Beer Company’s “Love Point Oyster Stout”

Cheers! to refreshing minerality

Memorial Monday @ Tørst
open from 1 pm to midnight

Beer Dogs!
Danish Dogs!
Texas Chili Dogs!

Plus! 50% off all bottles, from open to close

Cheers! to exclamation