Brooklyn for the weekend. Recommendations?

I wouldn't say it's a terrible thing to skip Brooklyn, as you would avoid the H-word hordes. Plenty of great craft options in manhattan.

 

Lol. Any more generalizations?

 

Burger joint? I would say DuMont Burger. Right across the street from Lucky Dog beer bar and around the corner from Breukelen Bier Merchants. Also just a short walk to Spuyten Duyvil

 

Was it behind the counter or something because I've never seen NEBCO stuff there. It's possible, the guy has a great selection but I would have got SeaHag if I saw it there. From the New England forum it's seems hard to find on the shelves up there.

 

Yea i know i was so shocked when i saw it...swear to god thats the one and only place ive tried either of those beers..they were in the fridge right next to the jacks abby stuff...i guess they stopped carrying it

 

How did I generalize? - craft options in manhattan?
/jk
Just saying it could be an overbearing scene for some and there are options.

 

You could say Manhattan is full of preppie/frat boy d-bags. However that would also be unfair. D-bags are universal. But I wouldn't discourage anyone from going to Brooklyn, or Manhattan (or any other borough) just for fear of running into d-bags of some type.

 

well of course - you forgot to mention tourists too but there are almost equal amounts in Brooklyn nowadays.
It seems to me that most true craft bars don't appeal to the preppie/frat d-bags.
This is coming from a former long time Williamsburg resident who finds the current adult playground aspect of the place alittle too much.

 

Maybe when I was at Blind Tiger a couple of Fridays ago, I just got unlucky then.

But either way, whatever someone may or may not feel about Williamsburg specifically, there are plenty of other neighborhoods in Brooklyn that have a different feel and still have great craft options