Torch & Crown Brewing Company

My wife and I hit up Torch & Crown while visiting NYC last month. A brewery right in Manhattan, can you believe it? It’s a neat space, not a night club really, but definitely with a younger crows. They’ve got a big metal bar and lots of wood and (faux) plant accents; there’s also a sizeable beer garden next to the main taproom. There are also numerous fermenters and other brewery equipment right there in the tap room, which I love to see. The bartenders were friendly and prompt.

On my visit they had about 10 beers on tap, including a pilsner, summer ale, three hazy IPAs, standard IPA, a hazy pale, maibock, and a guava / tangerine / passionfruit sour. The IPAs I had were solid, and while the pilsner isn’t perfect, it was perfectly cromulent for the style. I’m not certain they’re the only brewery in Manhattan, but I think they might be. Definitely worth checking out if you’re in the city.

 

I had the fortune to visit on a Thursday night when the place was jammed, filled with an after-dinner crowd. Group after group. Perhaps more lively than I was ready for, but that says as much about me as it does about the venue.
Beers were decent, with friendly service. (They had to juggle a lot of personalities.) Glad I had the experience.

Located right in Union Square park in lower Manhattan. Indoor/outdoor beer garden. Food available. Usually some street music going on near by, or other markets/vendors. Beer was good but pricey.

 

Very cool spot in Manhattan, a few stops up from the World Trade Center. It's a bar/restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating that has a very young and energetic vibe to it. We went for dinner on a Thursday night, probably should have gotten a reservation, but that's on us and great service finding us a seat immediately without one. The quality of this place is very good, everything from the food to the beer was fresh and very well done. They had a little bit of everything in terms of food and the beer selection was really great. I really enjoyed this spot, and the names of the tanks in the main bar was just icing on the cake there.