While not currently open to the public for tours, this brewery - open since 2005 - is the birthplace of off-the-wall, experimental beer that has made it one of the most-beloved breweries in New York.
Evan Klein and Craig Frymark, two Sixpoint alum, run this Long Island nanobrewery that puts out a mind-numbing number of beer varieties. Named Best Brewery in New York at the 2011 TAP NY Festival!
This Westchester-based brewery is known for its line of small-batch barrel-aged beers, released regularly here. They've outgrown their Pleasantville location and will move to Elmsford in late '11.
Out on the North Fork is this brewery in an old firehouse. The truck bays are where the magic happens, and the station house upstairs serves their delicious brews in a tasting room on weekends.
This Long Island brewery, open since 1998, serves free samples in their tasting room and holds great annual events, like a cask festival every April and an anniversary concert each August.
Patchogue isn't just about Blue Point - there's a brewpub in town, too, serving flavorful house-made beers brewed in an old general store. They cook their tasty pub grub with the beer, too.
The "world's smallest brewery," this spot brews specialty beers one gallon at a time. Here, you can taste them, buy commemorative bottles, or buy bottles of other Coney Island and Hebrew beers to-go.
Head north - just a stone's throw from Metro-North - for Westchester County's only brewpub. Solid house beers are on tap, plus "guest taps" from local breweries like Keegan Ales and Captain Lawrence.
Kelly Taylor and his team work hard here to churn out barrels upon barrels of beer under the Kelso of Brooklyn name, plus for all seven Heartland Brewery locations.
For most of the past decade, this was the only brewpub in New York. It's still the most scenic: go here in the evening and have a house-made brew while you watch the sun set over the Hudson.
The brewery is currently in the midst of a multi-million dollar expansion that will boost its capacity in the borough. Right now, much of their beer is brewed at F.X. Matt Brewing in Utica, NY.
The beers - brewed here by Brooks Carretta - are named for famous Italian women. Try the Gina, an American Pale Ale brewed with thyme, or the Wanda, their dark English Mild brewed with chestnuts.
New York's newest brewpub, this restaurant brews the beer they serve with a two-barrel system in their basement. They call it a "gastrobrewery" - with great food perfectly fit for pairing.
