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Credit: Photos by Vera Chinese
More than 150 people held out tiny cups adorned with the Polish eagle to sample eastern Long island’s fine craft beer at the inaugural Summer Beer Tasting Festival in Riverhead on Saturday.
Todd Long of Long Island Beer and Malt Enthusiasts and Dan Burke of Long Ireland Beer Co.Donna Defiore of Smithtown, Kate McDonald of Centereach, Barbara Makowicz of Centerreach and Dan Deprospo of Bohemia.Matt Deerkoski, Joe Marshall and Angie Passantino of RiverheadSean Klamm of Coram, Steve Abatiello of Centereach and Michael Klamm of Coram.Jess Kelly of Yaphank and Rachel Wasil of Shirley.Stevie Czelatka and David Wirth of Crooked Ladder Brewing Co.Lori and Matt Spitz of Moustache Brewing Co.
Melissa Lamariana of Calverton and Heather Cereola of Rocky Point.Joyce Iovino, Jay Russo, Lori Miller, Scott Zoldak, Donna Graffeo and Chris Graffeo.
Tom Meehan, Jack Whalen, Todd Basile all of West Islip and “Boomer” of Rocky Point.Members of the Polish Town Civic Association.
Lori Miller
Vera Chinese has been the editor of northforker.com and northforker magazines since May 2014.
Prior to that she spent two and a half years as a staff reporter for the New York Daily News.
She joined the Riverhead News-Review as a staff writer in January 2010 and was named Associate Web Editor nine months later.
She previously worked for the Southampton Press Western Edition and was named the third place 2008 Rookie Reporter of the Year by the New York Press Association. She graduated from Wagner College in 2006 where she received a bachelor's degree in English. She earned a master's degree in English education from New York University in 2007.
She is a 2002 graduate of Eastport High School and has lived on the East End for more than 20 years.
