Watkins Glen

Two Goats

 

Abandon

 

If you have time go to Ithaca or Abandon

 

Live music (Ithaca's finest) at Two Goats and usually a euphoric crowd.

 

I was up there last week. There are about 60 breweries in the general area. Google finger lakes beer trail . You get a map and other info.

 

Here is the link
http://fingerlakesbeertrail.com/content/

 

I thought a lot of the Finger Lake beers were weak, but def +1 to Abandon and Ithaca. Abandon was great, beer and location.

Also enjoyed Horsehead, but did not actually visit their brewery.

 

Downtown Watkins Glenn. - Roosterfish Brewing and Wildflower Cafe - http://www.roosterfishbrewing.com

Hammondsport, at the bottom of Keuka Lake - Village Tavern - http://www.villagetaverninn.com
Good food, wine, AND beer

 

heading up there next week, thinking about checking out two goats, climbing bines, Ithaca, roosterfish, and war horse for a start.

 

I advise against War Horse. That place is odd.

 

Odd is being nice about it. They're pretty terrible.

 

It's a really a shame for the finger lakes beer scene to have as many so so breweries as it does. God forbid anyone try to do wild ales without firing the head brewer after the fact...

 

I was up in the Finger Lakes/Ithaca area last week and can offer some advice. These were the places I visited:

Ithaca Brewing: Really solid stuff, great food, and nice outside seating area
Climbing Bines: Hop farm that had a really tasty IPA, really damn fresh. The rest of the beers weren't anything crazy, but worth a stop if you're nearby.
Abandon: must stop, the best brewery I stopped at. Awesome stuff, and a nice small outside area with a great view.
Wagner: stopped in mainly for the winery and checked out the brewery as well. Just terrible. Flight of 6 beers was 10 bucks and each beer sucked bigtime, with the IPA being close to undrinkable. Huge, huge pass.
Two Goats: Must stop! The beers I had were really solid, with a session IPA being the winner, the roast beef sandwich was incredible, and the deck view was my favorite view of the whole trip. Just a really great place.

I also stopped at the following places that may be of interest:

The Wienery - Seneca lake. A hot dog and burger spot with a small, but really good taplist. They also have some rare, rare bottles of beer for sale, but be prepared to drop some cash. The food was amazing.
Bellwether Cidery: Really tasty dry ciders. Worth a stop if you're nearby.

 

Thanks guys, this helps to plan the trip a bit.

war horse is a little far so maybe skip that one. the 3 wineries there looked interesting and the lady likes wine, but we wont have any trouble finding wine.

heard about the wienery and was thinking about stopping there on the way to or from climbing bines which has a disc golf course.

 

Prison City in Auburn has their own sours. And they're pretty danged good.

 

Awesome. How far are they from Ithaca and are they only doing growlers right now?