Heading to Ithaca mid-July, looking for some assistance around top spots for brewpubs, breweries, bottles. Cheers!!
Ithaca Brewery Ithaca Ale House-Solid tap selection and good pub food Bandwagon Brewpub-Decent beers, friendly staff and just a couple blocks from Ithaca Ale House. Fingerlakes Beverages-Probably the best beer store in the area.
I agree with Finger Lakes Beverage and Ithaca Beer Co. I wouldn't bother with Hopshire or Bandwagon. Northstar can be a good spot for dinner and beer. Out of town a ways, Two Goats is a great locale perched above the shore of Seneca Lake.
I'll be in the Ithaca area soon. Do any of the NE breweries distro there like Maine or Tree house? Thanks
I just picked up a Lunch at Finger Lakes Beverage. One left... get down here! We had NEBCO for a short while, but then it dried up. Tree House you have to go get right at the source. Yeah, not a whole lot from the best of the best from New England. But we have lots of stuff that you don't get down in FL, for sure.
I only went once after they opened, so my opinion may not be valid. I really can't say what's up, it's just that it tasted to me like generic new brewery: beers didn't necessarily taste to style. Really nice folks, and I'm sure they're constantly working on their product.
The one beer I had from them was BA Stout that someone picked up a growler of for me. I thought it was well made and enjoyable. For all I know everything else could be terrible (or great) though.
Good to know. I'll definitely be on the lookout for it. I'm a little jaded, as we have about 20 new breweries that opened in the region in the last few years, and very few sips have been splendid.
Thanks for the insight. I won't be there until next week, so I'm sure that last Lunch will be gone...
Yeah, I was just funnin'. I'll be out of town... enjoy your visit. Don't forget to hike some of the gorges.
If you go past Binghamton, NY on your way there are 4 breweries within 15 minutes of each other (Waterstreet, Galaxy, Binghamton, and North)
