51 craft beverages in Ulster County, New York.
Cider house and distillery of the Prospect Hill Orchards family, making hard cider, apple brandy and liqueurs from fruit grown on their farm. Its taproom at 340 Milton Turnpike serves cider, estate spirits, cocktails and food.
Trades as Accordion Wines, a small winery making low-intervention natural wines (skin-contact whites, red blends, pét-nats) from New York grapes. There is no tasting room; winery visits are by appointment, and wines are sold through the online shop and wine club.
A micro farm winery in Kingston, Ulster County, licensed by the New York State Liquor Authority. Check hours before visiting.
Small-batch brewery that distributes its beer to Hudson Valley bars, restaurants and beer stores. Sells canned beer at the brewery.
A micro-distillery in Ellenville, Ulster County, licensed by the New York State Liquor Authority. Check hours before visiting.
A terroir-driven farm brewery and distillery on a working farm in Accord, growing its own hops and rye on-site. At the vanguard of the Hudson Valley's farm-to-beer movement, producing authentic farmhouse ales, saisons, and spirits inspired by NY State agriculture. Home to The Apiary + Bar — an on-site farm-to-table restaurant with craft cocktails and farmhouse beers. Grounds feature Adirondack chairs, fire pits, live music, and a large yard space ideal for events and weddings. Child, pet, and group friendly with free Wi-Fi.
Restaurant and craft beer bar open since 1974, with a three-barrel brewery in the back and a list of over 400 beers. The menu covers steaks, seafood and southwest dishes, and there is a billiards room and live music.
A cidery in Highland, Ulster County, selling vegetables, cider, and crafts.
Hudson Valley dry hard cider crafted at Wilklow Orchards, the sixth-generation family farm of co-owner Albert Wilklow (founded 1855), and fermented by childhood friend and co-founder Devin Britton. Established in 2011, Bad Seed was the first American producer to put a genuinely dry cider in a can, and remains best known for its clean, apple-forward profile — cold-fermented to preserve real fresh-apple aroma using primarily Empire apples grown on the family farm. The Baileys Gap Road taproom and production facility hosts year-round Saturday and Sunday hours with an outdoor beer garden, food trucks, and rotating Hudson Valley craft beverages on tap. (The seasonal Bad Seed Farm Bar at 341 Pancake Hollow Road closed in 2025; cider production and the public taproom continue at Baileys Gap.) Voted best cidery in the Hudson Valley by Hudson Valley Magazine readers.
Set on 37 acres of vineyards overlooking the Hudson River, Benmarl is home to America's oldest vineyard — with continuously cultivated European-style vinifera dating to the 18th century. Holds NY State Farm Winery License #1, issued in 1976 under legislation that revitalized the state's wine industry. Produces an estate-grown Baco Noir alongside Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay, Riesling, and a popular Slate Hill Red. Tours, tastings, hiking trails, picnicking, and live music. Member of the Shawangunk Wine Trail.
Brewery on a 15-barrel system focused on lagers and pilsners, in the former Kingston Daily Freeman building. The taproom has indoor and outdoor seating with a beer-garden patio, and serves food made in partnership with the Phoenicia Diner.
A New York farm brewery in New Paltz, Ulster County, licensed by the New York State Liquor Authority. Check hours before visiting.
The Hudson Valley orchard home of Brooklyn Cider House — a Basque-inspired sidrería operating out of Twin Star Orchards in New Paltz. Produces Spanish-style natural ciders using a wide range of apple varieties grown on the 100-acre orchard. The barn-style cider house hosts seasonal "txotx" cider-pour events, farm-to-table dinners, weddings, and live music throughout the year. Sister to the original Brooklyn Cider House taproom in Bushwick.
Small farm winery on Kiernan Farm making estate and New York wines such as Chardonnay, Traminette and Vidal Blanc. The tasting room offers flights, wine by the glass and bottle, plus cider, beer and small bites; the farm also hosts weddings.
A small-batch craft distillery in Saugerties producing traditional unaged corn whiskey, flavored moonshines, and seasonal small-batch spirits. Operates as a NY State Farm Distillery using locally-sourced grains. Tasting room hours and exact address may shift — call ahead before visiting.
A New York farm cidery in Clintondale, Ulster County, licensed by the New York State Liquor Authority. Check hours before visiting.
A winery in Marlboro, Ulster County, licensed by the New York State Liquor Authority. Check hours before visiting.
Pick-your-own farm with strawberries, peaches, apples, grapes, pumpkins and vegetables, plus hayrides, a petting zoo and a corn maze. The on-site Tavern serves local wine, hard cider and craft beer, including the farm's own Kolsch.
The smallest legal winery in New York State, operated from a family farmstead in Clintondale, Ulster County. Produces unfiltered dry meads and botanical fruit wines in small batches — natural, artisanal, and deeply rooted in the farmstead tradition. A rare authentic farmstead mead and wine producer in the Hudson Valley.
Liquid Altitude makes Freefall Sangria, a 15% ABV red and white sangria that is gluten-free and vegan with no added sugar. The Wallkill production site has a tasting room; bottles are also sold at retailers and through online orders within New York.
A winery in Accord, Ulster County, licensed by the New York State Liquor Authority. Check hours before visiting.
Farm brewery run by the fifth generation of the Wright's Farm family, making seasonal beers with ingredients they grow and serving them in an old dairy barn. Hosts live music; leashed dogs are welcome.
Farm distillery making small-batch fruit brandies and Speakeasy Motors whiskey from Dressel Farms and other local fruit. In July 2026 it opened The Baldwin, a speakeasy in the former Baldwin Vineyards tasting room.
Makes Hetta Glögg, a Swedish-style mulled wine of port wine and brandy with cinnamon, cardamom, orange peel and raisin, served hot or over ice. The Rondout tasting room, co-branded as öl beer, is attached to the production space.
A small-batch craft brewery and kitchen in the hamlet of Highland, one mile from the iconic Walkway Over the Hudson State Park and the Hudson Valley Rail Trail, on the Empire State Trail corridor. Founded in 2013 by three local friends — brewers Neil and Adam Trapani with Josh Zimmerman — who renovated an old vacant manufacturing building into a brewery, dining room, and event venue (an adaptive reuse recognized by the Town of Lloyd Economic Development Committee). What started with four taps has grown to ten-plus rotating beer styles brewed in-house, alongside hard seltzers, cocktails, and a kitchen menu of gourmet burgers, beef chili nachos, and the signature giant Bavarian pretzel served with house-made beer cheese (vegan and gluten-free options too). Wide-ranging Hudson Valley distribution including The Falcon, Gardiner Liquid Mercantile, and Mill House Brewing.
Beverage business of Hurds Family Farm, an apple orchard, offering New York craft beverages including its own SnapDragon cider. Drinks are served at the farm's Bar in the Barn, and cider is sold online through Vinoshipper.
Distillery and cocktail bar, opened in November 2024, making unaged corn whiskey and flavored moonshines in copper pot stills. Bottles and Mason jars are sold on site, and a food truck serves the rear patio.
One of the oldest craft breweries in Ulster County, founded in 2003 in Midtown Kingston around the same time as Tuthilltown Spirits in Gardiner. Famous for Mother's Milk, a chocolate milk stout that became a Hudson Valley signature. Lineup also includes Old Capital (an Irish red ale), Hurricane Kitty IPA, and Joe Mama's Milk (a coffee-infused version of Mother's Milk). Taproom and restaurant with live music, trivia, and an annual oktoberfest. A neighborhood institution that helped put Kingston on the craft beer map.
A craft cidery in New Paltz producing dry, traditional-style hard ciders from estate-grown and locally-sourced heirloom apples. Tasting room offers cider flights, single-varietal pours, and seasonal releases. A favorite stop for visitors hiking the Shawangunks or biking the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail.
A craft brewery and taproom in uptown Kingston producing a rotating selection of ales, lagers, and seasonal releases. Cozy taproom with a community-focused vibe — frequent live music, trivia, and food truck events. Part of the wave of brewery openings that revitalized Kingston's craft beverage scene in the late 2010s.
Brewery and cidery at Locust Grove Fruit Farm with Hudson River views, pouring a rotating menu of its own beer and cider. Food trucks and events on weekends.
A family-owned farm winery, distillery, and Italian restaurant in Wallkill — a generations-old operation combining estate winemaking with a full Italian dinner experience. Best known for wines paired with home-style Italian food on weekends, plus weddings and events. Recently added a distillery operation. Member of the Shawangunk Wine Trail.
Family farm and orchard growing berries, stone fruit, more than 50 apple varieties, grapes and vegetables, and making sweet cider, hard cider and estate wines from its own grapes. Offers U-pick apples, pears and pumpkins; the farm stand is at 753 Broadway, Ulster Park.
Cidery on an 18-acre New Paltz farm with an orchard, making méthode champenoise ciders from untreated Hudson Valley apples. Has a tasting room and sells bottles online through Vinoshipper.
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.
A New York farm winery in Saugerties, Ulster County, licensed by the New York State Liquor Authority. Check hours before visiting.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 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 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.
The birthplace of New York's craft distilling movement — founded in 2003 by Ralph Erenzo, this was the first legal whiskey distillery to open in NY since Prohibition. Tuthilltown's persistent advocacy led to the 2007 NY State Farm Distillery Act that opened the door for craft spirits across the state. Located on a 36-acre property at the foot of the Shawangunk Mountains, adjacent to the historic 1788 Tuthilltown Gristmill (NRHP-listed). Produces the celebrated Hudson Whiskey line — Hudson Baby Bourbon, Manhattan Rye, Single Malt — plus gin and vodka, distilled from locally-grown grains. Visitor center offers tours, tastings, cocktail-making workshops, and a retail store. Now owned by William Grant & Sons but operations remain at the original Gardiner location.
A New York farm winery in Kingston, Ulster County, licensed by the New York State Liquor Authority. Check hours before visiting.
A craft beverage maker in Marlboro, Ulster County, making fruit, wine, and cider.
A certified organic orchard, cidery, and Italian-influenced farm kitchen in Accord, founded by photographer-turned-cidermaker Fabio Chizzola and his wife Laura. Produces award-winning hard ciders including Rosato (a rosé-style apple cider) using estate-grown organic apples. The farm restaurant serves Neapolitan-style wood-fired pizza, fresh pasta, and farm-to-table fare on weekends — a beloved Hudson Valley destination featured in numerous food publications.
A pioneering Hudson Valley winery in Gardiner with over 30 years of experience planting and experimenting with grape varieties. Best known for the award-winning Awosting White, a Seyval Blanc-based blend, and a Riesling that won Best of Show for white wines at the 2010 San Francisco International Wine Competition — beating 1,300 other white wines from 27 countries. Won the NY State Wine and Grape Foundation's Grower of the Year Award. Tasting room with sweeping views of the Shawangunk Ridge. Member of the Shawangunk Wine Trail.
Distillery tasting room in a former auto garage at Greenkill and Wilbur avenues, serving cocktails made with New York State spirits. Products include Karnavat vodka from New York-grown corn and Hudson House bourbons and ryes.
A craft brewery in Phoenicia in the heart of the Catskills, offering a taproom and beer garden in a converted industrial space. Known for hop-forward ales, IPAs, and seasonal releases that capture the spirit of the Catskill mountains. Family-friendly outdoor seating, bench-style tables, and a rotating tap list. A popular stop on Route 28 for visitors exploring the Catskill region.
A Belgian-focused craft brewery in Gardiner founded by James Walsh and Kristop Brown, specializing in Belgian-style ales — saisons, wits, dubbels, tripels — served in the taproom alongside traditionally pickled vegetables and other small bites. A destination for fans of European-influenced craft beer in the Hudson Valley.