STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The brewing brass at Tompkinsville-based Flagship are calling their newest creation an “Irish innovation, brewed in New York.” With that, the company’s freshest style is born on Staten Island as Wolfhound, a nitrogen-infused Irish Dry Stout at 4.3 percent ABV. It is the outcome of co-owner Jay Sykes’ recent visit to Porterhouse Brew Co. in Dublin, Ireland.
“A lot of American craft brewers don’t know how to make a nitro beer. And we don’t have the machinery. So there’s a lot of secretive-type of science that goes into this that’s pretty tightly held over in Ireland. That’s why you just you don’t see them readily available from American craft brewers,” said Sykes.
He added, “It’s the first time I believe that it’s been done right here and the only reason it was is because they were gracious enough to have me over there as a guest and…
