🍻 Craft Beverages

Orange County's first brewery to open, located along the picturesque Hudson River in a beautifully renovated industrial building. Features a vast communal tasting hall, scratch-cooked comfort food kitchen, games, live music on Friday and Saturday nights, and an unpretentious atmosphere. Diverse beer lineup spanning sessionable ales to bold IPAs and limited releases. Family-friendly with happy hour specials. Color-coded can system for table service. Part of the Orange County Taste the Craft Beverage Trail and a foundational stop on the Hudson Valley brewery circuit.

New in 2024 at 21 Second Street in Athens — the former Crossroads Brewing brewpub space (Crossroads consolidated to its Catskill Taproom). Night School offers local and global beers and wines alongside pizza by the slice. A welcome addition to the Athens dining scene right on the Hudson River waterfront.

New York State's first farm cidery — founded by Alejandro del Peral in downtown Albany's Warehouse District. Crafts complex and refreshing ciders using 100% local New York apples and fruit sourced from Capital Region and Hudson Valley orchards. The flagship Signature cider (an off-dry sparkling cider made primarily from Samascott Orchards apples) anchors a rotating lineup that includes Ginger, Belgian, Rosé, and seasonal releases. Tasting room offers 18 taps featuring 9+ Nine Pin ciders plus local NY beers and cider cocktails, gourmet sourdough pizzas, and house-made charcuterie. Seasonal outdoor café in the unique warehouse setting.

Small vineyard and tasting room growing cold-hardy grapes (Marquette, Frontenac, St. Croix, La Crescent, La Crosse, Prairie Star) and making wine from them. Seated tastings, local art on display, and part of the Upper Hudson Wine Trail.

A craft brewery along Route 9 between Glens Falls and Lake George, named for the Adirondack Northway (I-87) that brings visitors to the region. Brews a rotating selection of approachable American craft styles in a casual taproom setting. A natural stop on the corridor between Saratoga and the southern Adirondacks.

Northway Brewing's Cooperstown branch, in the former Red Shed taproom less than half a mile from Brewery Ommegang. About 20 rotating taps of Northway beer plus New York wine, spirits and canned cocktails, an outdoor beer garden, a food truck, and events. Northway is the Glens Falls brewery owned by the company behind Cooperstown Brewing.

Family winery on a 65-acre farm growing wine grapes, table grapes and apples. The hilltop tasting room serves estate wine tastings, cheeseboards and wood-fired pizza, with indoor and patio seating; the farm also hosts weddings.

Korean rice-wine brewery and pub making unpasteurized makgeolli on site, sold by the glass and in bottles. The pub serves Korean food including grilled freshwater eel, chicken soup and bulgogi, with takeout and delivery ordering available.

A New York farm winery in Saugerties, Ulster County, licensed by the New York State Liquor Authority. Check hours before visiting.

A small craft brewery nestled within the certified organic Obercreek Farm in Wappingers Falls, producing hoppy IPAs, farmhouse ales, and sours made with fruits grown on the surrounding farm. Beer is occasionally available off-site but the small-batch nature means most production stays at the farm taproom. A working-farm beer destination in the Mid-Hudson Valley.

Small family-owned vineyard and winery, founded in 2014, making single-varietal and blended wines from its own grapes. Visitors can taste wine on the 100-acre property, which also hosts weddings and private events in a renovated 1850 barn; wine is sold online.

A gastropub in a renovated bottling plant in the valley region of the Great Northern Catskills. 17 beers on tap available in sampler flights, by the pint, and by the pitcher, plus fermented beverages from an on-premises distillery. Family-friendly menu including traditional wings, homemade mac and cheese, burgers, and a kids menu. Growlers available. Live entertainment regularly, $0.50 wings every Sunday.

The Town of Claverack's first brewery in over 100 years, founded in 2014 by a brewer who started growing his own hops on the Old Klaverack Brewery Hop Farm at 150 Thielman Road. The brewery uses 100% New York–grown and malted base grains and locally sourced ingredients (including hops from the on-site farm) to brew a wide range of styles — from the Klaverack Kream Ale, Spookrock IPA, and Dunbar Stout to a Baltic Porter that took home Bronze for Best Porter at the 2025 New York State Brewers Conference. A second taproom in downtown Hudson at 350 Fairview Avenue offers 22-ounce bottles, growler fills, and tap pours. Proceeds from the Baltic Porter help restore the Hudson/Athens Lighthouse.

Family farm that makes wine (since 2017) and spirits (since 2023), alongside a flower farm and thoroughbred breeding. The winery is visited by appointment; the distillery's Granary Tasting Room is at 152 County Rd 71, Stillwater, and the farm also runs the Tea House Flower Café.

A craft distillery and on-site cooperage in Claverack, also home to Cooper's Daughter Spirits. Produces small-batch whiskeys, gins, vodkas, and seasonal liqueurs using NY State grains and fruits. Distinctive for operating its own barrel-making cooperage on the property — one of the few in the eastern United States. Tasting room offers spirits flights, craft cocktails, and tours of the distillery and cooperage. A stop on the Hudson Berkshire Beverage Trail.

A farm brewery at Brown Barn Farms co-located with Orange County Distillery, run by John Glebocki and partner Bryan Ensall on land his great-great grandparents turned into a farm in the late 1800s. Launched in 2020 as a pandemic-era expansion of the distillery, introducing a Pilsner, Pale Ale, and IPA on March 18 of that year. Some brews are aged in bourbon barrels from the adjacent distillery operation. Located in the heart of the Black Dirt region.

A farm-to-bottle distillery at Brown Barn Farms in New Hampton, founded ~2014 by John Glebocki and partner Bryan Ensall. Grains are grown on Glebocki's family farm in the uncommonly fertile Black Dirt region — originally onion country, now converted to grain production for spirits. Distinctive for using sugar beets in their vodka and grain in their whiskey and gin. Tasting room located in a beautifully rustic post-and-beam barn ("Brown Barn") with an upstairs lounge under a gambrel roof. Live music, food trucks, and the adjacent Orange County Brewing Company round out the visitor experience.

Award-winning estate cidery at Soons Orchards (farming apples since 1910) in New Hampton, founded in 2013. Produces European-inspired hard ciders, pommeau, and apple brandy from estate-grown apples using minimal intervention and traditional techniques. NY Times praised their small lots of pure, brisk, refreshing ciders. Taproom with farm-to-table meals and cocktails, weekend brunch, cider club, live events, and private dining.

Small-batch brewery started by four neighbors, pouring traditional and new-style beers in a small taproom in the Glennpeter Plaza.

Family-run orchard over a century old with an open-air farm stand selling produce, apple cider, cider donuts, pies, honey, maple syrup and hard cider. In fall it offers apple and pumpkin picking, a corn maze and hayrides.

A craft beverage maker in Fly Creek, Otsego County, making wine.

Small cidery making barrel-aged hard cider and apple wine from fresh New York apples and local maple syrup. The on-site tasting room has closed permanently; the cider is sold at retail locations listed on its website and online through Vinoshipper.

A New York farm winery in Pine Bush, Orange County, licensed by the New York State Liquor Authority. Check hours before visiting.

Pazdar Winery makes wines infused with fruit, herbs, spices, chocolate and chili peppers. The winery is not open to visitors under town rules; wines are sold online and at farmers markets and festivals.

A New York farm distillery in Bloomingburg, Orange County, licensed by the New York State Liquor Authority. Check hours before visiting.

The cidery arm of the Pennings family operation in Warwick, established 2016 — a farm-to-glass hard cider producer crafting ciders from apples and other ingredients grown on Pennings Farm or sourced from local growers. Run by SJ and Tori Pennings. Taproom features 12 rotating taps with house ciders, plus apple vodka. Group flight tastings include six samples and a tour of the production facility, visible from inside the Taproom. Housed in a rustic Amish-built barn with panoramic views of the Warwick Valley, plus an outdoor lawn with Adirondack chairs, a beer garden, brick-oven Neapolitan-style pizza, and live music. Less than 90 minutes from NYC.

A cheery taproom on Main Street in Beacon, opened in 2023 with an eclectic array of refreshing IPAs with playful names. Also serves Neapolitan-style pizzas and a selection of light bites — a casual stop on the Beacon craft beer trail alongside Hudson Valley Brewery and Industrial Arts.

A farm brewery on a rural property in the town of Poughkeepsie founded in 2013 by Evan and Emily Watson — a husband-wife team selling beers made exclusively from New York ingredients. Specializes in wild and sour farmhouse ales starting from yeast made with honey harvested on the property. The tasting room is in a painstakingly restored 1830s wooden barn with a 10-barrel brewhouse and subterranean cooling cellar housing barrels for aged beers. Flagship Barn Beer is a wild ale, part tart and part funky. Reach the brewery by following Underhill Road off Innis Avenue until the pavement gives way to dirt — past rows of corn and a wandering chicken.

A micro-distillery in Woodridge, Sullivan County, licensed by the New York State Liquor Authority. Check hours before visiting.

Second wine label of South Dominion Vineyard, made from cold-hardy hybrid grapes. Tastings with cheese boards are held seasonally (about May–November) in the post-and-beam winery building, which also has a book loft and vinyl record lounge.

A craft distillery housed in a 1929 former firehouse and VFW hall in downtown Roscoe — the fly-fishing capital of New York. Originally founded in Gardiner in 2008, relocated to Roscoe in 2012. Produces the award-winning Bootlegger 21 line: New York Vodka, Gin, and Bourbon Whiskey, plus the Beaverkill brand and Do Good Spirits line. Bootlegger 21 NY Vodka is gluten-free, distilled from corn grain. Tours and tastings daily 11am to 6pm. Just two hours from NYC and a stone's throw from the Beaverkill and Willowemoc Creek.

Family-owned estate winery (formerly Glorie Farm Winery) making small-batch wines and ciders from more than twenty grape varieties grown on the farm. Tastings are held in a 1913 barn near the top of the mountain.

Veteran-owned nano farm brewery on Main Street in Ravena pouring American and English-style ales, plus New York cider and sangria. The taproom hosts live music and is a stop on the Capital Craft Beverage Trail.

Rockland County's first farm-to-glass hard cidery, opened in 2023 on the grounds of the historic Dr. Davies Farm in Congers. The fifth-generation Davies family ferments hard cider from their own orchard apples, serving it alongside New York State beer, wine, spirits, and non-alcoholic options in an outdoor taproom with live music Thursday through Sunday. Local food trucks rotate on weekends. The casual, family-friendly setting overlooks the farm's working orchard and draws visitors from across the region for seasonal events including Thanksgiving Eve celebrations and ticketed music nights.

Former dairy farm turned wedding and event venue making small-batch wine, cider, mead and beer, some with sap from its maple trees. Its RMV Cellars is open to the public on Wednesdays for farm-to-table food, house-made drinks and an open mic.

Red Shed Brewery's pub in the village of Cherry Valley, serving Red Shed beer and food.

Original Red Shed farm brewery and taproom on the family farm near Cherry Valley, brewing ales from New York hops and grains. Red Shed left its Cooperstown taproom; Cherry Valley is now its home.

Farm brewery in Valatie run by two brothers, brewing German styles along with IPAs, porters and stouts. The tasting room also pours New York wine and cider, allows outside food, and offers brewery tours by reservation.

Brewery in Hudson with a flagship taproom and beer garden in a converted warehouse, brewing beers with locally sourced and foraged ingredients. It also has a Catskill location.

A distillery in Jefferson, Schoharie County, selling honey, spirits, and crafts.

A 40-year-old restaurant and brewery in Catskill featuring an international variety of beers brewed on site — from an award-winning German Helles Lager and Mexican-style Lager to an American Stout "brewed to a deep dark pearl," a West Coast Pale Ale, Italian-style Pilsner, and more. Family-friendly menu includes appetizers, entrees, pizza, and homemade desserts with an Italian twist. Rip Van Winkle beers are sold throughout the Catskills.

A craft brewery in Peekskill along the Hudson River, featuring a taproom with rotating local craft beers. Located on John Walsh Boulevard near the Peekskill riverfront. Part of the Westchester Craft Beverage Trail with a dog-friendly taproom and frequent community events.

A New York farm winery in Valley Cottage, Rockland County, licensed by the New York State Liquor Authority. Check hours before visiting.

Farm brewery and taphouse in a restored 1880s schoolhouse on Route 20 in New Lebanon, pouring beer brewed on site.

A family-owned winery in New Paltz on the site of the former Rivendell Winery, with mountain views of the Shawangunks. Produces a range of estate and locally-sourced wines from traditional and hybrid grape varieties. Tasting room pairs wines with wood-fired pizza, charcuterie boards, and live music on weekends. Member of the Shawangunk Wine Trail.

A craft beverage maker in Long Eddy, Delaware County, making spirits.

Brewpub in a restored 1850s building in Hillsdale brewing ales, lagers, IPAs and sours. It serves a scratch-made wood-fired pub menu and has a patio and beer garden with live music.

Founded in 2012 in "Trout Town USA" by owners Phil and Donna Vallone, with brewmaster Josh Hughes producing the Trout Town line of hand-crafted beers. Operates from a former firehouse transformed into a 1,600-square-foot tasting room, bar, brewery, gift shop, and kitchen, plus a seasonal beer garden with live music. Flagship Trout Town American Amber Ale, Two Headed Stout (named for local trout legend), Streamside Pilsner, Eagle IPA, plus a rotating selection up to ten taps including their own root beer soda. Three-time People's Choice winner at the Bethel Woods Craft Beer Festival; tied first place out of 170 NY breweries in the Taste NY Craft Beer Challenge.

A low-intervention cidery and winery on the grounds of Rose Hill Farm, a historic Dutchess County orchard founded in 1798 and now stewarded by Bruce and Holly Brittain, who launched Rose Hill Ferments in 2018. The orchard grows 50+ cider-specific apple varieties on high-density trellis, and the ciders, wines, and fruit co-ferments are made from primarily estate-grown fruit using traditional methods and native yeast — nothing added, nothing removed. Signature releases include the Kitchen Sink everyday cider, Pearly Dewdrops stone-fruit co-ferment, and the Bird Bath and Lulie pét-nats. Taproom open Friday–Sunday with orchard seating; immersive 1.5-hour cidery tours available by reservation.

Estate vineyard with over 8,000 vines producing Pinot Noir, Cabernet Franc, Barbera, Syrah, Pinot Grigio, sparkling rosé and other wines. It is currently closed to the public while it builds a tasting room and event space.

A craft brewery in Kerhonkson along Route 209 producing a rotating selection of ales, lagers, and seasonal releases. Located in the southern Catskills near the Rondout Valley — a popular stop for visitors exploring Minnewaska State Park, the Shawangunks, and the Rondout Reservoir corridor.

Family-owned, Latino-led brewery in the Garner Arts Center that opened in 2023. Its tavern serves its beers alongside Argentine-inspired dishes, tavern bites and vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options.

A craft brewery in Chester producing a wide range of beer styles from hop-forward IPAs to Belgian-influenced ales. Part of the Hudson Valley brewery scene and a member of the Orange County Taste the Craft Beverage Trail. Taproom with rotating selections.

Brewery making Russian-style beers from pilsners to imperial stouts, with a restaurant and tasting room serving pelmeni, vareniki, burgers and wood-fired pizza. The tasting room looks onto the brewhouse.

A small farm brewery on a sixth-generation family farm in upstate Nassau, Rensselaer County — the farm has been in the family since the 1800s and was a dedicated dairy operation milking Holstein cows into the late 1990s. Now reborn as a NY State Farm Brewery using its own field-grown crops alongside ingredients from local farms, all grown organically. The original brewhouse was built in the farm's former milk house and has since expanded into the dairy barns for production and the taproom. Beers include Old 82 (a pre-Prohibition-style golden ale named after the family's combine harvester), Hive Jive Brown (honey brown ale), Mosaic IPA, Brown Chicken Brown Ale, plus a Pilsner brewed with NY-grown Cascade and Zeus hops. Open Friday evenings with extended summer hours, food trucks on-site, live music, and a playground for families.

Trades as Slate Point Meadery, a small-batch producer of modern-style blended meads from about 6% to 14% ABV. It has a tasting room on Main Street and sells bottles online through Vinoshipper.

Founded in 2013 by two local pharmacists who brought a meticulous attention to detail (and a scientist's eye for water chemistry) to small-batch craft distilling. Saratoga Courage uses an all-natural water supply drawn from a well on the property to create clean, high-quality spirits. Home to Pick Six Vodka — an award-winning vodka that has earned its own near-cult following in the Capital Region and beyond.

A family-owned farm-to-pint nano brewery on a hilltop 8-acre farm in Argyle — the previously-dry town of Washington County where Sarah and Matt Puhl made history opening the first brewery, after relocating from Boston for a quieter pace. The property features an on-site hopyard supplying many of the brewery's ingredients, a small Christmas tree farm, and seasonal camping; the taproom and outdoor pavilion overlook serene rolling countryside. Beers and hard seltzers span the spectrum from session ales to stouts, with collaborations including a Scottish Ale brewed jointly with Argyle Brewing Company down the road. The taproom is designed as a modern revival of the public tavern — a family-friendly community center where all are welcome. Open Thursday through Sunday.

An independently-run farm and cidery that grows and ferments European, heirloom, and modern cider apples in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains. Specializes in minimal-intervention cider — juice that is bright, clean, complex, tannic, and acidic. Each batch is made once a year from individually-picked NY State apples, never from concentrate. All ciders are unfiltered and ferment slowly in stainless steel barrels. The on-farm tasting room is connected to the production facility, with sheep (the namesake ewes) grazing the orchard. Ships to 37 states. Open Saturdays 1-5pm and Sundays 2-5pm, May through December.

A holistic apple and pear orchard and working cidery on the outskirts of Callicoon, established 2021 by Doug Doetsch (descended from a Callicoon family) and Susan Manning, with cidermaker Stuart Madany. Home to the world's first Passive House-certified cidery — a 4,000-square-foot space clad with larch wood reclaimed from the underwater pilings of the original Tappan Zee Bridge. Designed by James Hartford as a modern take on a classic bank barn built into the hillside. Cathedral-style ceiling, floor-to-ceiling windows, and a wrap-around patio with sweeping views of the orchard and Delaware River Valley. Delaware Dry and four other ciders made from estate-grown heirloom apples and pears. On-site restaurant serves orchard-to-table fare. Includes the Boarding House, a 17-room boutique hotel awarded a MICHELIN Key.

A family-run orchard and craft distillery in Millbrook, tapping into multi-generational family talents to craft signature apple brandy, pommeau (apple eau-de-vie blended with fresh apple cider), and whiskey. Spirits are produced from apples grown on the surrounding orchard property. Tasting room offers seasonal spirit flights paired with the apple-picking experience.

Family-owned farm distillery on a 220-acre former sheep farm (and original site of the Shaker Museum) in Old Chatham, making terroir-driven rye and American single malt whiskey from estate-grown grain. Tasting room opened June 2026: walk-in tastings ($10) and guided distillery tours, booked online.

A craft brewery in a historic Yonkers building with brewing equipment as a backdrop to the bar. Founded ~2018 with head brewer Kevin and co-owner Andy. Diverse beer selection including hazy New England IPAs, West Coast IPAs like Satori, Homespun Philosophy, Mirth Mischief, Mill Water Porter, and a clean pilsner. Spacious interior with ample parking, food trucks outside, individual pizzas in-house, plus wine and cocktails. Member of the Westchester Craft Beverage Trail and an emerging member of the Yonkers craft beer scene.

A NY State Farm Brewery in the heart of downtown Ossining, opened May 2018 by Eric Gearity with head brewer and co-owner Matt Curtin. Occupies a pair of storefronts that had been abandoned for over a decade — the renovation drew on local tradesmen, artists, and artisans, with most of the funding coming from Ossining community members. Committed to NY State agriculture, crafting beers using local ingredients with a focus on the lower Hudson Valley. Part of Westchester's Hudson River Brewery Trail, filling the gap between Yonkers, Tarrytown, and Peekskill. Grain-to-glass commitment.

A farm-to-glass microbrewery on Main Street in Granville (the historic "Colored Slate Capital of the World"), opened on Labor Day Weekend 2018 by owners Glenn Wetherell and Susan Knapp in a 1930s building. Pours eight beers on tap including the flagship Not Your Average Main Street Blonde Ale and the Hop Shed DIPA (malted oats with Galaxy and Centennial hops). The on-site brewery kitchen serves handmade 12" pizzas and jumbo wings — reservations recommended on busy weekends.

A veteran-owned and operated microbrewery in Fort Edward producing small-batch brews with a creative approach — every beer or seltzer is made with high-quality ingredients and careful attention. Don't miss the summer slushies, made with a rotating selection of hard seltzers brewed in-house. A community-focused taproom on the Champlain Canal corridor.

The original location of Sloop Brewing Co. — a farm-set brewery in a converted barn in Elizaville, Columbia County. Famous for the unfiltered hazy New England-style Juice Bomb IPA that drew customers from Boston and Philadelphia. Lineup spans rich stouts (Chocolate Stout, Half Baked), unfiltered IPAs, and seasonal releases. The Barn delivers an authentic farm-brewery experience — sip outside on the grass with a Juice Bomb. Production has expanded to a larger 26,000 sq ft facility in East Fishkill (separate listing), but The Barn remains the heart of the brand for longtime fans.

The production brewery and main taproom for Sloop Brewing Co. — a 26,000-square-foot brewing complex in East Fishkill that opened in 2018 to scale up production after the famous Juice Bomb IPA built a national following at the original Elizaville Barn (separate listing). Lineup includes the hazy New England-style Juice Bomb IPA, Chocolate Stout, Half Baked, and an ever-rotating cast of experimental releases. The Factory taproom features 30+ taps, food, and frequent can release events that draw long lines.

Farm brewery on 52 acres making house beers from local ingredients, alongside a farm store, a seasonal no-till vegetable operation, a pick-your-own flower field and Scottish Highland cattle. The tasting room pours beer, local wine and cocktails, with outdoor seating overlooking the garden and weekend food pop-ups.

An orchard-based farm cidery at Hicks Orchard — New York's oldest U-pick — producing award-winning hard ciders, ice ciders, and apple brandy from estate-grown American and English heritage apple varieties. Open since 2007 in a converted 1930s cold storage barn. Named for the centuries-old hamlet that is home to Hicks Orchard, where the first apple trees were planted in the 1880s. Slyboro re-introduces the lost craft of traditional American cider — fermented from estate-grown apples just as grapes are fermented into wine. Tasting room with cider and cheese pairings, located in the foothills of the Adirondacks near the Vermont border.

A craft brewery in downtown Pleasantville known for porters, stouts, witbiers, cream ales, and English-style extra special bitters. Snack menu includes pretzels, chips, and assorted local products; also hosts food trucks and independent local chefs in the taproom. Part of the Westchester Craft Beverage Trail.

Micro-winery inside Gossett Bros. Nursery making small-batch wine sold by the bottle and glass. Tastings run Thursday through Sunday (appointments recommended on weekends), and bottles can be bought any day at the nursery.

Farm brewery making ales with New York State malt and hops, served alongside wood-fired pizza. The taproom is upstairs, with an event space on the street-level floor.

A craft distillery in Newburgh's historic waterfront district, one of the Hudson Valley's newer distilleries. Combines tradition with innovation, using NY-grown grains and botanicals to produce a line of small-batch craft spirits and premium bottled cocktails. Tasting room with cocktail menu.

A small NY State Farm Distillery on 200 acres of farmland in Queensbury with views of French Mountain — produces unique, high-quality spirits using local NY grains and fruits through a natural and innovative process. Lineup includes Apple Moonshine, Maple Moonshine, the Two Sisters Vodka, Howl Moonshine (rye-based), Sly Fox Gin (juniper-forward and aromatic), Cowboy Coffee, Limoncello, Orangecello, and the Adirondack Straight Rye Whiskey. The modern tasting room is family-built and family-operated, open daytime hours throughout the week. Located off Route 149 — five minutes from Lake George.

A winery in Castleton, Rensselaer County, selling eggs, vegetables, herbs, maple syrup, honey, baked goods, and jams and preserves. Organic.

A small-batch cidery in Barryville along Route 97, established June 1, 2017. Casual, community-focused vibe with cider tastings, food, and a relaxed atmosphere. Part of the broader Stickett Inn property, which includes lodging and a café. Their signature ciders are featured on the Sullivan Catskills Good Taste Artisanal Beverage Trail.

A New York farm cidery in Hudson, Columbia County, licensed by the New York State Liquor Authority. Check hours before visiting.

A craft brewery in West Haverstraw founded by David Ludwig, producing beer from locally-sourced ingredients in a historic brick building on Railroad Avenue. The taproom — Bricktown Bierhaus — is German-themed and serves an Oktoberfest-inspired food menu alongside the brewery's craft beers. Free on-street parking available. Member of the Rockland County Beer Week collective, with regular collaborations with Gentle Giant Brewing and the former Two Ladders Brewing on joint releases like the Dos Piedras Gigantes Mexican-Style Lager.

Farm brewery making beer and cider in a stone castle building, with a tavern called the Fuggly Duckling. The site also has a gift shop and artisan market and hosts weddings and events.

A premium estate winery and distillery on a limestone ridge in Marlboro, built in the mid-1800s by Italian immigrants. The property has intermittently served as a winery, a bootleg-era distillery during Prohibition, and now both — a winery and distillery offering a wide range of natural wines and craft spirits. Owner Steve Osborn produces "untouched" wines using a gravity-flow system: no pumps, no filters, no additions, no removals — claiming to be the only U.S. winery producing wine entirely this way. White wines age for five years before release. Solar-powered tasting room with vineyard views. Member of the Shawangunk Wine Trail.

A working cider apple farm, artisan distillery, event space, and wedding venue built in the 1800s in the western Catskill Mountains — history dating to 1841. Owners Erica and Jerry Pellegrino produce apple brandies using traditional methods from the historic brandy-making region of Calvados, France, alongside ciders, beers, and wines. A satellite bottle shop and tasting room sits 10 minutes down the road on Main Street in Delhi, open Wednesday through Sunday, showcasing Strickland Hollow's own spirits plus a curated selection of NY State craft beverages.

A small craft brewery in downtown Gloversville (the historic "City of the Tanneries"), pouring a rotating lineup of approachable American craft styles in a casual taproom. Part of the Capital Craft Beverage Trail's expansion into Fulton, Montgomery, and Schoharie counties. A welcome stop on the way to the Sacandaga and southern Adirondack region.

A "mom and pop" production brewery in Livingston specializing in ales of mixed fermentation, unfiltered lagers, and "other crispy little beers" — founded by Dan Suarez (brewmaster) and his wife Taylor (business operations). Widely regarded as one of the best pilsner-focused breweries in the United States. While competitors during their founding era chased high ABVs and hop intensity, Suarez zagged: dialed-in pilsners, lagers, and country ales using local farm ingredients, occasionally branching into wild fermented beers with sumac, chamomile, thyme, and buckwheat. Brewer-owned and operated. Tasting room features simple long shared tables and ships beer within New York State.

A true farmhouse brewery crafting beers at the foot of the Catskill Mountains. Subversive sources all of its ingredients locally, brews exclusively with its own floor-malted grains, and draws inspiration from the seasonal bounty growing in the surrounding Hudson Valley — one of very few breweries in the Northeast operating its own malthouse. The kitchen offers Subversive's famous smash burgers, sandwiches, mac & cheese, salads, and a kids menu. Live music performances under the beer garden tent.

A cidery in Chatham, Columbia County, selling fruit, cider, and crafts.

A cidery, apple orchard, and live music venue on the banks of the Schoharie Creek with picturesque mountain views — established 2021 on a 70-acre property that began as a dairy farm in the late 1800s, later a cattle farm raising Black Angus beef. Partner-owner Elisabeth (Morkaut) Van Houten was born and raised on Stryker Road in Gilboa. Producing 100% NY State hard ciders that are naturally sugar-free and gluten-free. Tasting bar under an expansive pavilion, food trucks most weekends, and a strong music programming schedule. The name pays homage to the Village of Old Gilboa — submerged in 1926 under the Schoharie Reservoir. Formerly the upstate location of Rockland Cider Works.

A craft distillery on Rolling Hills Farm in Stanfordville, producing top-tier bourbons and whiskeys using natural spring water from the property and NY State ingredients. Rustic tasting room offers spirits flights — visitors who check in via the Dutchess Tourism Taste Finder craft beverage trail receive a free Glencairn whiskey glass. Best known for their Founders Rye, Dutchess Private Reserve Bourbon, and Cigar Bourbon.

Small distillery in a renovated dairy barn making gin, vodka and American single malt whisky from mostly New York ingredients, distilled on site. Visitors can have cocktails and spirits with food from Thai Baan; the Tenmile River Metro-North stop is across the street.

A craft distillery in Bethel founded in 2010, located directly across the road from the original site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival (now Bethel Woods Center for the Arts). One of the pioneers under New York's Farm Distillery Act, producing spirits from grains grown exclusively by NY State farmers. Flagship Peace Vodka pays homage to Woodstock; signature line also includes Curious Gin, Wicked White Whiskey, Most Righteous Bourbon, Catskill Straight Rye Whiskey, Fearless Wheat Whiskey, and the unique One & Only Buckwheat Spirit. Tasting room features an original art deco bar from the 1939 World's Fair in Queens. Adjacent Dancing Cat Saloon serves food and hosts live bands. Tours and tastings daily noon to 5pm.

A farm brewery in Petersburgh, Rensselaer County.

Downtown Albany farm meadery that makes its own mead and also pours New York spirits, craft beer and hard cider. The tasting room offers drinks by the glass and bottle sales, and meads are sold online.

Vineyard and winery on a historic horse farm north of Saratoga Springs with about seven acres of vines. Wine tastings are held in a timber-frame barn, which is also used as an event venue.

A craft distillery and restaurant in a historic Hudson River estate in West Park, producing small-batch spirits and craft cocktails with spectacular views over the river. Combines distilling operations with farm-to-table dining and event hosting in a restored 19th-century property.

A New York farm cidery in Red Hook, Dutchess County, licensed by the New York State Liquor Authority. Check hours before visiting.

Winery and tasting room offering wine flights along with local craft beer, spirits and cocktails. Serves lunch and dinner Thursday and Friday and brunch on weekends, with live music on Friday evenings; a wine barn and barrel room host private events.

The Still at Speckled Pig, a distillery and bar that opened in November 2025 next to Speckled Pig Brewing, makes vodka, gin, rum, whiskey and bourbon on site. It serves gastropub-style food and Sunday brunch and has an outdoor patio with fire pits.

A boutique vineyard and tasting room sitting on four acres at the base of Windham Mountain, producing fine wines on site as well as showcasing the best-rated wines that New York State has to offer — all under one roof. Pairs flights and full glasses with charcuterie and cheese plates in a charming Catskills setting.

Brewery and taproom on Delaware Avenue in Delmar pouring beer brewed on site, along with wine and cider.

Family-owned 18-acre vineyard, opened in 2025, that is also a wedding and event venue and vacation rental. Visitors can drink estate wine plus local cider and beer with wood-fired pizza, outdoor games and fire pits, and there is live music on weekends.