tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282140921851003304.post4020878243897100943..comments2023-10-19T08:07:01.709-04:00Comments on drinkdrank: Albany Ale-lessCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129472719929268755noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282140921851003304.post-82221326668583227692012-11-06T17:18:28.655-05:002012-11-06T17:18:28.655-05:00I do have to add, by the time this menu came out, ...I do have to add, by the time this menu came out, the Ganesvoot's had packed it up and headed north. Delavan Peck was running the place by the 1880sCraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00374706510870731159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282140921851003304.post-49944263884253475542012-11-06T17:06:08.089-05:002012-11-06T17:06:08.089-05:00Oh, how I wish that Albany was the New Orleans of ...Oh, how I wish that Albany was the New Orleans of the North. Sadly, it is not.<br />Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00374706510870731159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282140921851003304.post-6360185810043343282012-11-06T16:08:17.030-05:002012-11-06T16:08:17.030-05:00Plus, remember Albany has that slight nod to New O...Plus, remember Albany has that slight nod to New Orleans multicultural nuttiness that not all other cities don't. It was likely a place the drinks were swankier as a harbour town and a capital city. Alanhttp://agoodbeerblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282140921851003304.post-17779222249685917822012-11-06T15:49:06.751-05:002012-11-06T15:49:06.751-05:00Excellent. And not only was it built on the site o...Excellent. And not only was it built on the site of the brewery but Gansevoorts ran it. Stanwix was the fort where Gen Gansevoort made his name in that Revolution of yours. <br /><br />And there is still a Gansevoort hotel chain: http://www.gansevoorthotelgroup.com/<br /><br />Which means the family is approaching its 400 year of offering hospitality in the western hemisphere which is, let's face it, the greatest hemisphere of them all.Alanhttp://agoodbeerblog.comnoreply@blogger.com