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Especially popular and always available: MotherвЂ™s Milk, a roasty, chocolaty stout produced by Keegan Ales of Kingston. вЂњWe want there to be something for everyone,вЂќ says Schalle.

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вЂњUp until now, everyone was really concerned with pairing wine with food, so now that theyвЂ™re into craft beer they want to pair it with cuisine, and the entry point is German cuisine because theyвЂ™ve been doing it for so many eons.вЂќДЄccordingly, Gunk Haus offers a gamut of microbrews - both domestic and German - on tap behind its imposing wood bar, from full bodied and richly malted to smooth and subtle. Why the seemingly sudden interest not just in pretzels, but in German food in general? Steckel traces it to the huge popularity of craft beer over the last decade. вЂњBut now pretzel bread is huge.вЂќ ( See more on the pretzel explosion here.) вЂњWhen we first opened, everyone thought the pretzel only came in that twisty shape and they were baffled by our pretzel breads,вЂќ says Steckel. Burger on a haus-made pretzel bun and hot dog on a pretzel roll please kids and adults alike. But you can also hold off for the dessert strudel: local Empire apples wrapped in a flaky packet and topped with espresso-caramel sauce and fresh whipped cream. A vegetarian sweet potato and goat cheese version with local mesclun greens is a fall classic. And donвЂ™t miss the strudels, both savory and sweet. Try the Wurst Platter - fresh, all-pork, freshly ground sausages made by local meat artisan Mark Elia.

Instead of serving kasha varnishkes (buckwheat groats) with traditional bow-tie pasta, Steckel substitutes rye spaetzle (a noodle) with hazelnuts for richer flavor. Ever since Chef Elizabeth Steckel and Dirk Schalle, her Bavarian-born husband, quietly opened their 76-seat restaurant over Memorial Day weekend of 2010, locals have been storming through the doors and rhapsodizing about the food.ДЄlthough authentically Old World Bavarian, the menu is tweaked for modern tastes: A very peppery Hungarian goulash has been вЂњcrazy popular,вЂќ says Steckel.

With its magically charged Brothers Grimm atmosphere, itвЂ™s the kind of place where you might have a romantic date or even get engaged.Д«ut itвЂ™s not all about location. Instead, the quietly charming 19th-century building painted a luminous mustard yellow and woodsy green seems lost in time.

#The gunk haus tv#

Though the brew flows plentifully, there are no brightly lit beer signs or promotional banners and definitely no TV tuned to the sports channel. The Gunk Haus is actually nestled in the middle of apple orchards in Clintondale, on a winding Ulster County country road with drop-dead views of the Shawangunks. DonвЂ™t be fooled by the Highland address - thatвЂ™s just the post office talking.