Disco Inferno was fire
One of the biggest local bonfires ever (says...us), a possible shooting star, and a wild Bills win? Dancing Grain had quite a weekend.
Dancing Grain’s founder and maestro Rachel McDermott is still counting the donations (for the South Glens Falls Fire Company) from Saturday’s epic Disco Inferno, but she is beyond thrilled by the turnout.
“It was a great day of sledding for the kids, and a great afternoon around the bonfire,” she says of the brewery’s Annual Christmas Tree Bonfire that is exactly what it sounds like: a post-holiday burning of no-longer-needed Christmas trees. “I am so grateful to our sponsors — Casella Waste Management and All Star System TV — and the incredible number of people who came out.”
A record 280 Christmas trees were donated to the effort, and 200 were used in what has to be one of the biggest bonfires on record in this corner of Upstate New York. To add to the rather cathartic fun, Dancing Grain served its new beer, Crop Circles Disco Inferno, a double IPA with “juicy waves of mango, overripe orange and tropical candy” up top, “followed by a deep, resinous backbone of sticky pine.”
“Holy heck — THANK YOU,” the brewery captioned its social media posts; one fan wrote that he spotted a shooting star in the video.
“It was a great example of what Dancing Grain always does so well,” says Laura Tilton, who came to sled with her 13-year-old son, Declan. “It brought people together and created an awesome environment for family and friends across generations.”
On Sunday, McDermott kept the party going by playing the Buffalo Bills’ heart-pounding, end-of-game triumph over the Jaguars.