3,000 REVELLERS MASS AT OMMEGANG
AS ‘BELGIUM COMES TO COOPERSTOWN’
![Drew Hardin, above, pours a sample brewski from Community Beer Works of Buffalo this afternoon at Belgium Comes to Cooperstown, Ommegang's annual summer beer fest, was in full swing. The local brewery cuts off attendance at 3,000, and spokesperson Alison Capozza said, again, tickets were sold out a few minutes after they went up for sale on line. (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)](https://www.allotsego.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/bctc-crowd-.jpg)
![Three pals from Boston, Ryan McGill, Izzy Berdan and Daniel Monson, and Joe DuLude of Northhampton, Mass., show off their garlands which Izzy created in tribute to "The Game of Thrones," the HBO hit show that inspired a line of Ommegang beers.](https://www.allotsego.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/bctc-the-boys-.jpg)
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Cooperstown brewmaster teams up with Troy Aikman By Ted Potrikus Add one award-winning Master Brewer and one Football Hall-of-Famer to make eight — EIGHT beer, that is, a joint project of Cooperstown’s Phil Leinhart and former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman that jumps into the jam-packed craft beer market later this year. It’s a brew more than two years in the making, Mr. Leinhart said, made with no sugar and featuring Hallertau Taurus hops. “They’re a variety of Bavarian-growth hops that are heavy in antioxidants,” Mr. Leinhart said before traveling to New Orleans to supervise the first packaging of the…
Otsego County, Mohawk Valley group team up to go green Ommegang / OCCA set drive-through recycling event Otsego County Chamber of Commerce Director of Operations Kathryn Dailey introduces Steven Smith, Executive Director of the Mohawk Valley Economic Development District, at the April 11 clean-up rally Otsego County’s Chamber of Commerce joined Keep Mohawk Valley Beautiful this week to kick off Earth Day volunteer action aimed at registering individuals, businesses, organizations, and community groups to register cleanup or beautification events in the Mohawk Valley region. The Chamber, part of a six-county group comprising the KMVB coverage area, hopes to register at…
This week Coming up in this week’s print edition of The Freeman’s Journal / Hometown Oneonta (available this afternoon!) … the Baseball Hall of Fame brings back its popular ‘Classic’ festivities for Memorial Day Weekend … Cooperstown honors its very own Grace Kull … Oneonta Mayor Mark Drnek deputizes some very eager kids … Ommegang has concerts coming this summer … Richard DeRosa reflects on coming home … Babe Ruth’s grandson has some thoughts on uniform numbers … we take the short drive to Richfield Springs for a mighty lunch at the Co-op … Merl Reagle‘s crossword puzzle … and…