This week on Beer Sessions Radio, Jimmy Carbone is joined by several Long Island brewers. We've got Mark Burford of Blue Point Brewing Co., John Liegey and Greg Soroski and of Greenport Harbor Brewing Co., Paul Dlugokencky from Blind Bat Brewery, and beer blogger Niko Krommydas. Hear Mark's wild start in brewing- hiding from the "ice mob" and killing hundreds of Long Island trout. Hear about some famous Long Island beers, from Blue Point's Toasted Lager to Greenport Harbor's Maibock. Listen to these Long Islanders' local beer pride, and the difficulties starting a brewery of any size on Long Island. Tune in to hear about these different brewing companies deal with their brewing waste- spent grain and "gray water". This episode has been brought to you by GreatBrewers.com.

"So as soon as the shotgun goes off at ten thousand feet, I've got this ringing and explosion going around my head with the nitrous and everything...and I said to myself, 'I have to recreate this in a beer."

"Breweries are 'green' by nature...everything that goes in, goes out." -- Mark Burford on Beer Sessions Radio

"We're in a space now where we're able to make the beers we want, we're making them where we want to make them, and Long Island is the place we choose." --John Liegey on Beer Sessions Radio

Curious about the craft beer scene in Middle East? This week on Beer Sessions Radio, Jimmy Carbone is joined in the studio by Mazen Hajjar, the brewer behind Lebanon's 961 Beer. Hear what the typical Lebanese beer enthusiast drinks, and learn why Mazen decided to grow 961 Beer and distribute internationally. Jimmy is also talking with a wide variety of Long Island Brewers. Mike Philporick of Port Jeff, Greg Martin of Long Ireland, and Curt Potter of Blue Point Brewing Company are in the house talking about a Long Island collaboration beer, Surge Protector IPA. Surge Protector is a benefit beer for victims of Hurricane Sandy on Long Island, and for Barrier Brewing based in New York. Wendy Littlefield from Vanberg & DeWulf calls in to talk about New York's Coast to Coast Toast! Craig Flymark also calls in to talk about Barrier's brews post-Hurricane Sandy. The studio's packed on this week's Beer Sessions Radio; tune in! This program has been brought to you by GreatBrewers.com.

"Sometimes we get to the point where we try to push the IBUs and do all this crazy stuff, but we forget the basics. If we don't make drinkable beers, we're failing the consumer." [35:00]

"The more beers out there, good beers- the more converts we will get." [42:00]

-- Mazen Hajjar on Beer Sessions Radio

Sev speaks to Dan Machin of Lone Acre Farm, a farm in Long Island that is literally a lone acre!