2 craft beverages in Rensselaer County, New York.
A landmark Capital Region brewery in a converted warehouse on the Hudson River in downtown Troy — brewing in Troy since 1993, making it one of the oldest continuously-operating craft breweries in New York State. The Troy taproom features 15+ beers on tap, with new releases added regularly. Production has grown to include a separate farm brewery in Walloomsac (Hoosick), where most distribution-bottle beer is now brewed. Brand spans approachable American craft styles to heavy IPAs and stouts. The Troy taproom is especially popular for live music and waterfront views.
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.