Views and Brews
List Of New York State Brewpubs & Hikes
(Grayed out pubs are no longer brewing or closed, and unless you've already been there when they were brewing, no longer count)

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Brewpub Name
Pub Date
Hike 1
 Date 1
Hike 2
 Date 2
Comments
Clemson Brothers at The Gilded Otter
___/___/___ Gertrude's Nose
___/___/___ Wallkill Rail Trail
___/___/___ ___________
Black Forest Brew Haus (Farmingdale)
___/___/___ Fire Island ___/___/___ Jones Beach State Park ___/___/___ ___________
Common Roots in Albany (was The Albany Pump Station)  
___/___/___ Capitol Stroll ___/___/___ Berlin Mountain ___/___/___ ___________
Brown's Brewing Company (was Troy Pub and Brew)
___/___/___ Hike Bike Trail ___/___/___ Grafton Lakes State Park ___/___/___ ___________
Davidson Brothers (Glens Falls)
___/___/___ Moreau State Park ___/___/___ Buck Mountain ___/___/___ ___________
Adirondack Pub and Brewery ___/___/___ Lake George Battlefield Park ___/___/___ Prospect Mountain ___/___/___ ___________
Lake Placid Pub and Brewery
___/___/___ Mirror Lake ___/___/___ Copperas Pond ___/___/___ ___________
Big Slide Brewery (off shoot of Lake Placid) ___/___/___ Mirror Lake ___/___/___ Copperas Pond ___/___/___ ___________
Great Adirondack (Lake Placid)
___/___/___ Mt. Jo
___/___/___ Round Pond ___/___/___ ___________
Market Street Brewing  (Corning)
___/___/___ Finger Lakes Trail - Goundry Hill State Park ___/___/___ Watkins Glen ___/___/___ ___________
Ellicottville Brewing
___/___/___ Summit Fire Tower ___/___/___ Letchworth State Park ___/___/___ ___________
Sacket's Harbor Brewing
___/___/___ Chaumont Barrens Preserve ___/___/___ Inman Gulf Hiking and Nature Trails ___/___/___ ___________
Syracuse Suds Factory
___/___/___ Beaver Lake Nature Center ___/___/___ Onondaga Trail to Tinker Falls ___/___/___ ___________
Rohrbach Brewing  (Rochester)
___/___/___ Crescent Trail ___/___/___ Hojack Rail Trail ___/___/___ ___________
Buffalo Brewpub
___/___/___ Devil's Hole State Park ___/___/___ Niagra Gorge Trail ___/___/___ ___________
Pearl Street Pub and Brewery (Buffalo)
___/___/___ Reinstein Woods ___/___/___ Eternal Flame Falls ___/___/___ ___________
Roosterfish Brewing ___/___/___ Watkins Glen ___/___/___ Sugar Hill Sate Forest
___/___/___ ___________
Keegan Ales ___/___/___ Kingston Historic District
___/___/___ Tremper
___/___/___ ___________
Empire Brewing - Syracuse  ___/___/___ Clark Reservation State Park ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ ___________
Wagner's ___/___/___ Butcher Hill ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ ___________
Scale House Pub and Brewery ___/___/___ The Gorges ___/___/___ Robert H. Treman State Park ___/___/___ ___________
Cooper's Cave ___/___/___ French Mountain ___/___/___ Rail Trail ___/___/___
Band Wagon ___/___/___ Sagan Planet Walk ___/___/___ Cayuga Trail ___/___/___
Rogue's Harbor ___/___/___ Lansing Town Trail ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Ommegang ___/___/___ Hike their trails! ___/___/___ Glimmerglass State Park ___/___/___
Crossroads ___/___/___ Olana ___/___/___ Cohotate Preserve ___/___/___ Limited Menu
Southern Tier ___/___/___ Tbd ___/___/___ Tbd ___/___/___
Legends ___/___/___ Lyon Mountain ___/___/___ Poke-o-Moonshine ___/___/___
Buster's Brew Pub (Located inside Fort Drum, call ahead!) ___/___/___ See entry for Sackett's Harbor ___/___/___ See entry for Sackett's Harbor ___/___/___ Call ahead for permission!
Two Goats ___/___/___ Taughannock Falls ___/___/___ Finger Lakes National Forest ___/___/___ Limited Menu
Defiant ___/___/___ Hudson Palisades ___/___/___ tbd ___/___/___
CB's Brewing ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Birreria  ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Gordon Biersch ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Council Rock Brewery ___/___/___ Natty Bumpo's "Cave" ___/___/___ Star Field Trail ___/___/___
Druthers - Saratoga ___/___/___ Geyser Trail ___/___/___ Bog Meadow ___/___/___
Newburgh Brewing Company ___/___/___ Newburgh Beacon Bridge ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Nail Creek Pub  ___/___/___ Bald Mountain ___/___/___ Tassel Hill State Forest ___/___/___
Ithaca ___/___/___ Buttermilk Falls ___/___/___ Treman State Park ___/___/___
Gennessee ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Woodcock Brothers ___/___/___ Royalton Ravine ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Gordon Biersch ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Galaxy ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Bull and Barrel - Brewster ___/___/___ Ninham Fire Tower ___/___/___ Mountain Lakes Park ___/___/___
Roc Brewing  ___/___/___ tbd ___/___/___ tbd ___/___/___
Blue Line - Saranac ___/___/___ McKenzie ___/___/___ Baker ___/___/___
Blue Collar Brewery ___/___/___ Poughkeepsie Rail Trail Bridge ___/___/___ Burger Hill ___/___/___
Westtown Brew Works ___/___/___ Take a walk on the AT ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Prison City Brew Pub and Brewery ___/___/___ Filmore Glen Park ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Four Mile Brewing ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Druthers - Albany ___/___/___ Bloomingdale Falls ___/___/___ Pine Bush Preserve ___/___/___
Keg And Lantern ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Threes ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Livingoods  ___/___/___ Palmer Pond ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
2 Way Brewing ___/___/___ Mt. Beacon ___/___/___ Breakneck Ridge ___/___/___
Rough Cut ___/___/___ Lake Minnewaska ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Roscoe Beer Company ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Wolf Hollow ___/___/___ Sanders Preserve ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Au Sable Brewing ___/___/___ Rattlensake Mountain ___/___/___ Poke O Moonshine ___/___/___
Raquette River ___/___/___ Tupper Lake Triad  ___/___/___ Tupper Lake Triad ___/___/___
Rip Van Winkle Brewing Company
___/___/___ Olana ___/___/___ Artist's Rock ___/___/___
S&S ___/___/___ Hand Hollow ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Valcour (old Stone Barracks) ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Clemson Brewing ___/___/___ Sterling Forest Fire Tower ___/___/___ Graham Fire Tower ___/___/___
New Paltz Brewing Company ___/___/___ Vernooy Kill ___/___/___ Red Hill Fire Tower ___/___/___
Post Road Brew House (CIA) ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Chatham ___/___/___ Beebe Hill Fire Tower ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Big Ditch Brewing ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Circa Brewing ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Hudson Valley Brewery ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Bolton Landing Brewing Company ___/___/___ The Pinnacle ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Battle Hill Brewery  ___/___/___ Black ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
District 96 ___/___/___ High Tor State Park ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Gentle Giant ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Bronx Brewery ___/___/___ Randall's Island ___/___/___ Ward's Island ___/___/___
Woodstock Brewing (in Phoenicia) ___/___/___ Ashokan Rail Trail ___/___/___ Mt. Tremper ___/___/___
Wood Boat ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Captain Lawerence ___/___/___ TBD TBD ___/___/___
Gene McCarthy's ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___
Hydraulic Hearth ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___
Lafayette Brewing ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___
Resurgence Brewing ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___
Sato ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___
Thin Man Brewery ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___
Rusty Nickel ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___
12 Gates Brewing ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___
Live Edge Brewing ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___
42 North Brewing ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___
Steel Bound ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___
Hamburg Brewing ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___
Brickyard Brewing ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___
NY Beer Project ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___
Windy Brews ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___
Amber Lantern ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___
Five and Twenty ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___ Click for List ___/___/___
Community Beer Works___/___/___Click for List___/___/___Click for List___/___/___
Grist Iron ___/___/___ Watkins Glen Gorge ___/___/___ Cascadilla Gorge ___/___/___
River Outpost ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Indian Ladder Farms ___/___/___ Hang Glider Overlook ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Green Point Brewing ___/___/___ Williamsburg Bridge ___/___/___ McCarren Park ___/___/___
Iron Tug Brewing ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Fifth Frame Brewing ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Serious Brewing ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Sloop ___/___/___ Duchess Rail Trail ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Stout Beard ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Maple Brewing ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Racing City Brewing ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Bolton Brewing ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Hank Hudson ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Good Nature Farm Brewery ___/___/___ Lake Moraine ___/___/___ Chenango Canal Heritage Trail ___/___/___
Woodland Farm Brewery ___/___/___ Deerfield Wilderness Park ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Druthers - Schenectady ___/___/___ Thacher Park  ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Hudson Ale Works ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Liquid State Brewing ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Red Shed Brewery ___/___/___ Betty and Wilbur Davis Park ___/___/___ Owen Young Nature Trail ___/___/___
Muddy River Brewing (2 locations) ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Table 41 Brewing ___/___/___ Peebles Island State Park ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Ray Brook BrewHouse ___/___/___ Baker ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Hunter Mountain Brewery ___/___/___ TBD - need an easier one ___/___/___ Hunter Mountain!  ___/___/___
Upward Brewing ___/___/___ Red Hill Fire Tower ___/___/___ Balsam Lake Mountain Fire Tower ___/___/___
Hex and Hop Brewing ___/___/___ Moose Pond ___/___/___ Loon Lake Mountain Fire Tower ___/___/___
Kingston Standard Brewing ___/___/___ Onteora Lake ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Zeus Brewing ___/___/___ Walkway over the Hudson ___/___/___ James Baird State Park ___/___/___
Walt and Whitman ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___ TBD ___/___/___
Wood Boat Brewery___/___/___Watertown trails
___/___/___TBD___/___/___
The Ponds___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Bullthistle Brewing___/___/___Rogers Env. Educ. Center___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Fox and Hare___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Torch and Crown___/___/___The High Line ___/___/___The Brooklyn Bridge___/___/___
Yonkers Brewing ___/___/___Old Croton Aqueduct___/___/___Tibbetts Brook Park___/___/___
Arrowood Farms  ___/___/___Take a hike in the Gunks ___/___/___Walkill Valley Rail Trail ___/___/___
Hidden Springs Brewhouse ___/___/___Rogers Env. Educ. Center___/___/___FLT ___/___/___
Beer Tree Brew - Port Crane & Johnson City___/___/___IBM Glen ___/___/___Chenango Valley State Park
___/___/___
Old First Ward Brewing___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Sager Beer Works___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Common Roots Brewing___/___/___Warren County Bikeway___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Active Ingredient Brewing___/___/___Ballston Creek Preserve___/___/___Saratoga National Historic Park
___/___/___
Equilibrium Brewing___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Forged Brewing ___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Bovina Farm & Fermentory (extremely limited hours and very expensive)___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Gardiner Brewing___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Tin Barn Brewing ___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Old Factory Brewing ___/___/___Windham Path___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Northway Brewing___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Paradox Brewery___/___/___Hammond Pond___/___/___Moose Pond (near North Hudson)___/___/___
Meiers Creek Brewing___/___/___Chittenango Falls State Park ___/___/___Cazenovia Gorge___/___/___
Heroes Brewing  ___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Unified Beerworks___/___/___Saratoga National Historic Park___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Slate Town Brewing ___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Subversive Malting and Brewing___/___/___Ramshorn Livingston Sanctuary___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Heritage Hill Brewhouse ___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
West Kill Brewing ___/___/___Diamond Notch Falls___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Russian Mule Brewing Company___/___/___Red Hill Fire Tower ___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Roe Jan Brewing___/___/___Harlem Valley Rail Trail___/___/___Beebe Hill Fire Tower___/___/___
EBBS ___/___/___Stroll around the World's Fair Grounds___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Great Sacandaga Brewing Company___/___/___Willie Wildlife Marsh___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Crooked Mouth Brewing ___/___/___IBM Glen ___/___/___TBD
___/___/___
Genesee Brew House ___/___/___Genesee Riverway Trail
___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Westhampton Beach Brewing Company___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Frog Alley Brewing___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Po Boy Brewing___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Artisanal Brew Works___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Great South Bay Brewery___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Blue Point Brewing Company___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Bullfinch Brewing___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Alternative Medicine Brewing Company___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Peconic County Brewing___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Soul Brewing Company___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Decadent Ales Brewery___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Stony Point Brewing Company___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Old Klaverack Brewery___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Pressure Drop Brewing___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Destination Unknown Beer Company___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Talking Cursive Brewing Company___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Garland City Brew Works___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Seneca Lodge ___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Drowned Lands___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Randolph Beer___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Fulton Chain Craft Brewery___/___/___Bald Mountain___/___/___Any of the Fulton Chain Trifecta ___/___/___
Reinvention Brewing ___/___/___Grimes Glen___/___/___TBD___/___/___
War Horse Brewing  (at 3 Bros Winery)___/___/___Excelsior Glen ___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Plan Bee Fram Brewery___/___/___Stissing Mountain
___/___/___ FDR Mansion
___/___/___
Salt Point Brewing ___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Lucky Hare Brewing ___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Aurora Brewing___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Garretts Brewing  ___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
First Line Brewing___/___/___Click for List___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Speckled Pig Brewery ___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Knucklehead Craft Brewing ___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Watershed Brewing Company ___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
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Van Dyck's (Mad Jack's)
Hyde Park Brewing___/___/___Stissing Mountain
___/___/___ FDR Mansion
___/___/___

 Big Tupper Brewing - restaurant is closed ___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Roots___/___/___Greenway Walk___/___/___Emmons Bog___/___/___
Plattsburgh Brewing Company (site of Legends and Bootleggers)  ___/___/___Poke-O-Moonshine___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Mill House - PoughkeepsieNo longer brew on site
17 West Brewery ___/___/___TBD___/___/___TBD___/___/___
Peekskill Brewery ___/___/___Bear Mountain___/___/___Storm King___/___/___
Water Street___/___/___Binghamton River Trail___/___/___Chenango Valley State Park___/___/___
Brickhouse (Patchogue)
___/___/___Caumsett State Historic Park ___/___/___ Governor Alfred E. Smith/Sunken Meadow State Park ___/___/___ ___________

* Directions are usually the best effort we could come up with using Google from the hike (or near by) to the Brewpub.  If you are not sure about something, look at the web sites for the various hikes or Brewpubs.

If you can't find the exact hike we mention, or you're not up for the hike we list, that's ok! Just go for a walk of at least 1 mile. Then when you've worked up a good thirst, go and enjoy a great beer! One of the hikes is usually around 1-3 miles and more or less flat. The other hike is usually 3-8 miles and may have some altitude gain. Do whichever one you're more comfortable with. It also helps to call ahead to see if the Pub (and sometimes the park!) is open when you want to go there.

Thanks to Lew Bryson for his book New York Breweries. Our web page was originally based on his book's list of brew pubs. The NY beer scen has grown tremendously since then.

If you want to send us a few pictures of your hikes, or brewpubs you've visited, that would be great too!

If you discover a new Brewpub (a place that brews their own beer on premises and serves their own food) that we haven't listed yet, or you discover that one has gone out of business, or if you have any other questions,