Mid-Atlantic breweries in planning (2020)

Oh shit yeah, they're right in that area too. Gotta hit them for sure.

 

I rarely do 5, usually just 3-4 and:

1) Spread out over a full day with restaurants, bakeries, coffee shops, parks, historical sites, museums, etc interspersed between the places. Have a beer, go walk around the town or go somewhere for an hour or so, drive, hit the next brewery, rinse, repeat.

2) We don't drink much at any one place. Maybe split a flight or do a couple of half pours.

3) If it's a place we've been multiple times, we might just grab cans/growlers/etc instead of sitting down to drink.

4) If it's going to be more than that it's because it's an overnight/weekend trip and we're walking or ubering to the breweries.

It's really not difficult.

 

Oh good to know haha, because anything with coconut, literally anything, would be the first beer I'd grab.

Though, maybe it was a one-run issue and they've cleared it up since.

 

Yeah certainly understandable. 'One chance to make a good first impression' rings especially true in such an unbelievably bountiful and competitive beer market as the HV.

I'll still definitely check them out probably the end of this month and report back.

 

A tenfold expansion? SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESH.

 

Laurentide Brewing in Penn Yann, NY just opened like, three weeks ago? It's run on a basement/ground floor of an old Hotel there (or adjacent building) and it's a gorgeous space. Got the indoor-blending-with-outdoor thing going on and just a real enjoyable vibe.

Dug the beers, too. Their pale ale had a Maine Beer Co. feel to it and their kolsch had a hint of white grape (not sure if they used Nelson or what) that I dug the hell out of.

Very much worth a stop if you're on or around Keuka Lake.

 

Made it to Bound by Fate Brewing in Schuylerville (near Saratoga) last weekend and I don't remember the last time I've been so impressed by every facet of a brewery.

Incredibly, incredibly welcoming owner, beautiful space (indoor is gorgeous though currently unused, outdoor is a huge, covered patio) and the beer is dynamite. They had an English brown and a cream ale (the standout, TBH) to go with fruited sours, NEIPAs and a big imperial stout. Every beer (I tried eight) is something I would happily drink again.

Please go see these guys if you're near Saratoga, you will not regret it.

 

The latter.

I'm very, very fortunate to have a girlfriend (and a lot of buddies) that are into craft beer so I take a LOT of day trips and also a lot of long weekend trips. Hit up breweries, bakeries, museums, historical sites, parks, pizza spots, whatever is in the area.

I also have family in the Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo areas as well as a lot of friends in NYC/LI so any time I take a trip to those places, I make sure to work in breweries as well.

Like a couple weekends ago I was going out to the Canandaigua area, and made a side-trip down to the East Side of Seneca Lake (which I had never been to) and found some absolutely awesome places.

It's honestly been such a great way to explore NYS (and the Northeast in general) as a whole and find so much cool shit that I never would have known existed were it not for beer.

 

New place popping up in East Syracuse/Minoa called Underground Beer Lab. No real info available yet so more when I have it.

I can though say that their address is decidedly above-ground and in the exact type of building as the Industrial Way breweries in Portland, which given the name is a touch disappointing.