PDX in NYC: One Night Only!

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Calling all Paradox Brewery fans, craf beer aficionados,  North Country folk and  Schroon Lakers in the Flatlands and beyond!  Make your way directly to New York City’s Pony Bar Friday night, where you will be able to sample five PDX beers at an event celebrating beers from within the Adirondack Park.

The event, at the Pony Bar’s Hell’s Kitchen location, kicks off  at 3pm, (Friday, February 28) when the doors open.  Come and say G’day to Brewery Founder Paul Mrocka and the Schroon Laker.com crew.

PDX will have five  kegs. Their Winter Ale, the Red, The Pilsner, and their two new showcase beers: The Belgium Style Triple IPA and Dark Bay Stout.

For Down Staters, who may not have been to the brewery since the summer, we encourage you to try the PDX Winter Ale, the new Triple and the Stout – three  spectacular beers that will leave you full, satisfied and happy.

The Triple recipe is from Paul’s days as a home brewer on Paradox Lake “with modifications from Brew Master Adam," according to Paul.

“It has dried orange peel and crushed coriander. The ABV is 10.5 % . Our Dark Bay Stout is 8.5%  ABV with notes of dark chocolate and coffee undertones”.

PDX continues going from strength to strength. Their distributor, Saratoga Eagle now has more than 40 plus customers and the brewery recently hit a milestone by selling over 100 kegs in a month.

“They said that’s a big deal for such a new brewery. It usually does not happen that fast…”

Congrats to Paul and the entire PDX team. If you are new to Schroon Laker.com – and want to learn more about the PDX crew and their brewery, click here and scan our Food and Drink Section for other stories on the brewery.

Catch Of The Day? Schroon's Annual Ice Fishing Derby This Weekend!

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Photo Courtesy Schroon Lake Fish & Game Club. 2013 Derby Contestant Stacy Pruesser with her winning 4.8 pound pickerel. Nice catch!

Photo Courtesy Schroon Lake Fish & Game Club. 2013 Derby Contestant Stacy Pruesser with her winning 4.8 pound pickerel. Nice catch!

With less than 48 hours to go, Schroon is preparing for the invasion of the Ice Fishing Derby Crowd – as the 22nd annual contest kicks off Saturday morning.

The Derby, hosted by the Schroon Lake Fish and Game Club – brings folks from all over to our neck of the woods, and this year conditions are almost perfect .

Our spies tell us that the lake has a good base of 20 inches of snow. The weekend weather while cold – calls for the possibility of just a few flurries. Driving vehicles on the lake IS NOT RECOMMENDED!!!

Typically this weekend is a boon for local bars, restaurants, pubs – in fact any place that sells adult beverages – as well as motels, inns and B&Bs.

For the first time in the event’s history, the club’s Joe Steiniger will be live blogging about the derby on the club’s new Facebook Page, which you can find by clicking here.

“I hope to keep a leader board running of sorts, letting folks know what the big catches are,” Joe told Schroon Laker today.

With fairly good cell service on the Lake, fisher folks should have no trouble using their smart phones to access the information.

Good luck to everyone in the contest. Got fish tales? Share them with us in our comments section!

Reaching For the Sky

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Reaching For the Sky

Not only is Schroon Laker Chris Palmatier known for his passion for smoked meats and barbecue, but he’s one of those folks who just loves climbing – in particular the 46 High Peaks. Chris has done various Peaks in all four season, and is thrilled to share his experiences with others.

We are sure many readers of Schroon Laker have tried at least one Peak -- or at least it’s on their bucket list -- so we get where Chris's enthusiasm is coming from. And as we learned from the recent showing of the bio-film about Grace Hudowalsli, "The Mountains Will Wait For You", there are a group of hard core  46ers out there, who live and breathe climbing those Peaks.

One such climber is Neil Luckhurst, who we learned from Chris over the weekend is embarking on a mission which has the High Peaks climbing world buzzing.

Neil is attempting to climb all of the 46 High Peaks in 10 or 12 days -- that adds up to around 70,000 feet of elevation and 200 miles of hiking. For a comparison: the ascent of Everest from base camp to the summit is a paltry 11,300 feet, which makes hiking the 46 High Peaks the rough equivalent of climbing Everest six times! (at a lower elevation, of course).

“There is a huge following on the forums. No one knows which order he is taking in climbing the Peaks. Some are betting, some are even inventing drinking games. It so  awesome, what he is attempting. Neil is doing the climbs in honor of his son Dominic. Read more Neil, after the jump:

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