6 craft beverages in Otsego County, New York.
A legendary craft brewery specializing in Belgian-style ales — founded in 1997 by Don Feinberg and Wendy Littlefield of beer importer Vanberg & DeWulf, on a 136-acre former hop farm in the Susquehanna River Valley four miles south of Cooperstown (technically in the town of Milford). Now owned by Belgian brewer Duvel Moortgat. Produces ~35,000 barrels annually of imaginative craft beers including the Three Philosophers Belgian Quadrupel, Hennepin Saison, Witte, Abbey Ale, and the famous Game of Thrones beer series. The on-site Café Ommegang offers a 100-seat menu of Belgian-inspired delights using local ingredients. Daily tours, brewery store with Game of Thrones souvenirs, Fire Pit Fridays, summer concert series, and the popular winter Snommegang festival.
A Main Street Cooperstown craft distillery producing award-winning small-batch vodka, rum, whiskey, and gin. The Main Street location functions as a retail space and tasting room by day and a gastropub by evening — also serving as a tasting and gathering space for the broader Otsego County beverage scene. Lineup includes the flagship Beanball Bourbon, Doubleday Baseball Vodka, Cooperstown Select Whiskey, and Glimmerglass Vodka, paying homage to the village's baseball heritage and James Fenimore Cooper's Glimmerglass Lake.
A craft brew facility neighboring Brewery Ommegang, producing a variety of beers made with 100% New York State ingredients and offering a strong line-up of guest taps from other NYS farm breweries — paired with a farm-to-table menu. Locals and visitors alike feel at home. A natural pairing with Ommegang and Red Shed for a full Otsego County beverage trail day.
The licensed New York State Farm Winery at the historic Fly Creek Cider Mill, producing hard ciders, apple wines, and spirits. Bottling cider-making traditions that predate refrigeration, when hard cider and apple wines were the safe, shelf-stable beverages of early New York pioneers. Original and Apple-Raspberry are the focused ciders, with seasonal limited productions throughout the year. The Tasting Room offers flights of ciders, wines, spirits, and craft beers overlooking the Millpond. A charter member of the Cooperstown Beverage Trail Association. Located on the grounds of Fly Creek Cider Mill & Orchard, voted Nation's Best Cidery 2024 by USA TODAY.
A farm brewery on a working hop farm along the Susquehanna River in Walton, producing beers made with hops grown on the property. The taproom features 8 taps mounted on a piece of Susquehanna driftwood — a fitting signature for a brewery that grows its own ingredients and draws character from the river it sits beside. Open weekends seasonally.
A craft farm brewery focused on traditional American craft beer styles using local NY hops and grains. Less than half a mile from Brewery Ommegang — a great second stop for a brewery tour day. The Cooperstown taproom features 20 beer taps from Red Shed and other local/regional craft brewers, indoor and outdoor seating, rotating food trucks, trivia on Thursdays, live music on Fridays and Saturdays, and games like giant Jenga. Main brewery is located in Cherry Valley with a farm-to-table kitchen. Best-known beers include Otsego Golden Ale and Jessica's Red Ale.