Mid-Atlantic Breweries in Planning (2025)

Y'all know the drill.

I'll flush this out when I have some more time but just to get things going here:

1) Lower Lake Brewing in Hamilton NY has opened. Spot looks gorgeous and its very close to Good Nature Brewing so I'll make a trip out there soon.

2) 6 Acres Farm Brewing in Mexico still in the works. Based on pics and updates I'd have thought a fall '24 opening but little news since.

3) Broke Goat in the Binghamton area still in the works. Sometime this year is all I've got.

4) Treehouse Saratoga open for cans, taproom still set for next month. Will check that out expeditiously when it happens.

5) Spotted Octopus opening their Rochester spot (where Roc Brewing was near the Strong Museum) I would guess by spring at the latest, the spot was pretty turnkey.

6) Monster Beach Brewing (and tiki bar?!) set to open tomorrow. Wild split concept idea but I love it.

7) Falls Brewing in the works for Niagra, NY. Looks like they're gonna have a two-lane bowling alley in addition to some arcade games so that's pretty dope.

More later!

 

- Oh fuck yes, we got a new spot in the works right in my neck of the woods. Ilium Brewing Co. coming to Troy in 2025, right downtown. Building out the taproom now, so if I'm broadly guessing maybe a summer opening? Will be there day one either way.

- Mountain Roads in Henrietta NY making progress, maybe a spring opening or sooner there.

 

That was my first assumption but there’s a dope vintage/thrift shop there right now. The brewery is going on Fulton across from The Whiskey Pickle.

 

Not official from TH themselves but the exact same source said back in like October that they’d open for can sales in December and was right on with that.

 

Stopped at RT’s spot in West Haverstraw last year and both me and my two buddies all left extremely impressed with their beer. FWIW.

 

Super cool spot actually. Tons of bar seating, huge taplist, they've got pinball, pints are only like $6-7. I usually go like once a month. The coconut cream ale is also a five-star banger.

 

Nothing further ATM but there is no way they are still hiring for positions like that a year (or more?) after announcing this spot was opening.

 

Unrelated:

- Illium Brewing in Troy moving WAY faster than anticipated. They want to be open by next month. Still building out the taproom but they've been brewing there already must have all their permits and hiring taken care of to have that sort of timeline.

- Fidens wants to open a spot in Saratoga County. Explains a lot of the (deeply fucking shitty) decisions they've made the last few weeks. Doesn't absolve, but explains.

- Mixed Breed in Guilderland re-upped their lease at the current spot for another year. They said they still are working on the golf course taproom so IDK if they plan to have two spots open at once or if the new place is just taking longer than anticipated.

- Big Ditch's Lockport location opening soon. Looks like a big, gorgeous beer hall. Really a great renovation of a historic space.

 

Mountain Roads (not to be confused with Mountain King, who also just opened) new up and running in Henrietta. Looked like they had 5-6 IPA/DIPA 4-packs to go.

Which as a reminder is their whole business model. All IPAs, all to go, no taproom. (I say that just as a matter of record, not shading them)