Photos from first day of Flea! And a bit of press from Offmanhattan and Dirty Hands NY

Sorry for the delay!  Here are photos from our first day at the Flea:

happy & colourful customers

After running around all morning lugging around heavy kegs and coolers, we finally got our booth set up around 10:30am (must remember to get a good hand truck this week)

Wonderful roving band that appeared from seemingly nowhere

this is what happens with the dregs of the soda from the bottom of the keg - we drink it. from our measuring cup apparently.

And thanks to Chermelle from Offmanhattan.com for stopping by and taking a couple of photos for her photo essay on the Flea (you can see her story here)

Special thanks to Liza from dirtyhandsny.com, a multimedia project that focuses on creative, DIY New Yorkers, for profiling us. Her photo-essay which covers all steps from our experiments in the kitchen to our tasting party with friends, is up here: http://dirtyhandsny.com/2010/04/15/brooklyn-soda-works/

Success!

Our first Saturday at the Brooklyn Flea was a wonderful success!  The weather was breezy but sunny, and the turnout was great.  I guess people were thirsty because we completely sold out of 5 kegs by 4pm!

More photos to come later...

Debuting at the Flea- our 3 flavors

Insanely busy past couple of days! Was at the Palo Santo kitchen preparing the sodas till 4am last night, and just finished carbonating them. And I just finished making my blackboard sign in the shape of a bottle.

Our 3 flavours we will be debuting at the Brooklyn Flea tomorrow, in the outdoor location at Fort Greene:

- lemon ginger beer

- grapefruit, jalapeno & honey

- cucumber, lime & sea salt

Looking forward to meeting some of our fellow food vendors, including People's Pops who checked out our ginger beer as a potential flavor for use in their rhubarb ginger-beer pop.  

Crossing our fingers for a sunny Saturday!

Our first bit of press! NY Times food blog

Eric from the Brooklyn Flea sent this little bit of press over last night - woo hoo!  Thanks for mentioning us! And we're in such delectable company too (Porchetta has ridiculously delicious pork sandwiches; Good Fork is one of our favorite Brooklyn restaurants)

Brooklyn Flea this coming spring and summer!

Had a productive meeting with the Brooklyn Flea Market yesterday, and if all goes well, it looks like we'll be at Brooklyn Flea Market this coming spring and summer, hopefully every Saturday!

The Brooklyn Flea is a wonderfully-curated market that's one of our favorite places to check out new food stalls and snacks, and since its about 5 blocks away from our apartment has been a regular weekend stop ever since they opened. It's pretty wonderful to be in such tasty company, such as the Red Hook Food Vendors, Rick's Picks, Blue Marble Ice Cream and Asia Dog (Robert Sietsema of the Village Voice called the Flea 'the best food court in the city' - so the pressure is on!). For a full list of current participating vendors, click here.

Our CO2 tank and kegs are on the way... we just bought 2 new soda siphons to replace our old one... and Tony just bought a few pounds of vanilla beans and herbs to try making our own root beer!