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Serving Catskills-brewed craft beer, wine, cocktails, and a full food menu, Cairo's Old Factory Brewing Company has what you need, whether you’re looking to bring all your friends to a ginormous sports bar or just want to sip a local beer on their breezy 95-foot porch. Plus, they've got a kids menu and brunch deal for early birds.
Subversive Malting and Brewing is joining the ranks of the best breweries in the Catskills and Hudson Valley. Subversive also brews with their own malt, lending a depth of flavor to their lagers, IPAs, saisons, and sours, along with my own malt-forward favorites — like Elemental Confluence, a crisp ale with the roasted caramel goodness of an English mild, and Dark Harvest, a stout with notes of chocolate and coffee. Plus, they’ve got great pizza.
A guide to breweries and bars with outdoor seating and breathtaking views in the Catskills and Hudson Valley
Hayley Shine, a head brewer with a bioengineering degree and a focus on well-balanced beers and cider-making, shares her expertise at Roe Jan Brewing Co. in Hillsdale, NY.
The Catskill Mountains are filled with hidden gems, but Moutain Brauhaus is more a secret doorway into a world of retro vacation vibes, breathtaking waterfalls, giant beers, piles of bratwust, and a live oom-pah band covering “Sweet Caroline.”
At this great-for-groups, family-friendly Athens, NY brewpub, the bar snacks are as serious and satisfying as the beers.
Great little breweries are popping up all across the Catskills. But if you’re looking for great beers with a breathtaking view, West Kill Brewing beats them all, hands down.
Looking to spend a summer weekend driving to breweries around Hudson, NY? Brooklyn Based featured our favorite spots in Hophead road trip: 6 Hudson Valley breweries for day-drinking or growlers to go, and we’ve got your road trip plan here.
Spoiler alert: If you’ve been dreaming of a playground that serves beer and snacks, Sloop’s about to manifest that dream for you.
While many brewers are crafting heavily hoppy, dank IPAs, Suarez is focusing on crisp, classic beers. Sample of the finest, freshest lager, pilsner, or kolsch at this Hudson brewery.
Crossroads Brewing Company's Catskill Taproom offers a new creek-side retreat from one of the area's long-loved brewers. Crossroads has operated its flagship brew pub out of Athens, NY since 2010, and their second location, opened in 2017, has a more modern and industrial feel.
The Cask and Rasher in Coxsackie has the home-away-from-home quality of a solid neighborhood sports bar, plus a really impressive beer selection and an pub food menu that beats our all favorite Brooklyn brew pubs, hands down.
At Hop Barn Brewing, Tom Vance is likely to strike up a conversation as you sip a beer in his tiny taproom, built off the side of his home. His daughter may pour your pint, you get introduced to his neighbor's cow, and there's a slim chance you could end up booking an aromatherapy massage with his wife, Irene, before the night is through.
Visit Plan Bee Farm Brewery in Poughkeepsie: If you're looking for a small detour between NYC and that Catskills, and you have a love for unique sour beers and farmhouse ales, be sure to plan a stop at at Plan Bee Farm Brewery.
If the snug, industrial Other Half tap room had an eccentric Italian uncle in the Catskills, it might look something like the tasting shed at Honey Hollow Brewing Co.
So Many Cans of Beer on the Wall: Cave Mountain Brewing Company in Windham, NY
