On the morning of April 7, 1997, Kirby Shyer, the owner of the recently shuttered Zip City brewpub at Fifth Avenue and 18th Street in Manhattan, poured 3,100 gallons of Belgian tripel down a sewer drain. A New York Times reporter was there to witness the carnage. “Once it was over, it was over,” Shyer … Continue reading A Brewpub’s Collapse 20 Years Ago Sounds Familiar