Current Bottles Hanging Around NYC - April

You may luck into some Carton tapped somewhere in the city but not likely. Kane will require you going to NJ.

But don't sleep on anything you may find on tap from Rushing Duck, Barrier, and Peekskill though. Pretty decent chance of finding something by them on tap too.

@Kanger has a great guide to bars broken down by 'hood somewhere. I just can't find/link it on my phone. Enjoy your stay.

 

Other Half beers are worth the hype taproom is small, beers are great! Blind Tiger on Bleecker is a staple in NYC, Murrays Cheese and Carmine street are good places to find awesome bottles within a few blocks of Blind Tiger. Singlecut beers are good but a bit out of the way, you might be better finding a spot with some of their beers and trying them (and whole foods might have a few of their bottles). While in Brooklyn it is definetely worth checking out Torst in Williamsburgh, Brooklyn Brewery isn't too far away from there and mugs is a few blocks away as well. Its also worth checking to see who may have some Hill Farmstead as they've been distributing a bit more frequently to NYC lately. Enjoy NYC, Cheers!

 

Hidden gem: maybe a 10 minute walk from Torst in Brooklyn is Dirk the Norseman/Greenpoint Beer & Ale - it's a large German-style beer hall with killer, and I do mean killer sausage-based food. Cool spot for lunch and to sample a bunch of German-influenced brews too. Get the Dirk Sausage. Do NOT share it with anyone. Thank me on April 28th.

 

It will *never* haunt your intestines. It may haunt your dreams though.

 

Breweries - I think those three are a solid start - and two are very accessible from where you're staying

Bars - in fairly close proximity to Other Half / Threes (which are a 20 minute walk apart), you have Owl Farm, Bar Great Harry, 4th Avenue Pub, Double Windsor, Mission Dolores and a couple of others. Out of all of them my two favourites are Double Windsor (laid back, doesn't get rammed, doesn't attract solely beer nerds, great burger, and they regularly tap gems) and Owl Farm (similar positives as Double Windsor, but without the food. Plus it really feels like a bar, rather than a space that serves beer - a trap I find too many beer bars fall into. It serves liquor too). Outside the immediate area, there are tons of good places in NYC. Some highlights would include Torst (expensive, but you need to go if you haven't been), Proletariat and One Mile House.

Beers to get hold of and/or take back: I'd throw Singlecut, Grimm, Peekskill, Finback, Transmitter, Barrier and Rushing Duck in the mix too. Plus NYC gets fairly regular kegs of Hill Farmstead - so be on the look out.

 

Wholeheartedly endorse this.

And this. Get the schnitzel!

And of course I always agree with @rollom. I see he mentioned Grimm and Transmitter and those were too I was going to toss out as well.

One that hasn't been mentioned: Gunhill Brewing. Great IPA, good DIPA, great stout. They are around town a bit. The brewery is cool if you're up for a major trek. Probably harder to get to than Singlecut.

 

You won't be able to find Kane in NYC at all. You'll find Carton on tap at some places, but you won't find any of their cans for sale here.

Pretty much everything good has been mentioned.

Here's my NYC beer map:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=zwC6ezBHVgzI.kyMuRsydhsSU

 

I live in Atlantic Highlands (where Carton is) and am downtown in Manhattan weekdays. If you're going to be down by Tribeca for some reason I'd grab some Carton cans to swap for Oregon stuff. I'm sure there are others who would do the same if another part of the city is more convenient. Kane doesn't have anything out in cans or bottles at the moment since Morning Bell ran out last Saturday. Enjoy the trip.

 

Is there currently any HF on tap? I am coming up the 24th.

 

Convivial Suarez might be around at a couple places still, but won't last until then. We've already had a bunch of Edward and convivial here, so might be somewhat unlikely another shipment comes through in april, but its possible.

 

HF kegs kick in 24 hours (usually less) so anything tapped between now and the 23rd won't be available when you are here. Try following the shelf saisons on beer menus when you arrive so you can get updates when things are tapped...some bars will use social media to announce HF kegs but there's probably too many to follow.

 

Glad you enjoyed Proletariat. Always my favorite place to visit in the city for beer.

 

Please come back quickly and bring me some Hop Venom.

 

Agreed, it would be so much easier to bring it back from Portland haha.

Hop Venom is actually my profile pic, freshly poured at Henry's.