It’s hard to miss Singlecut Beersmiths in Astoria, one of the 33 places where you can drink beer at its source in the five boroughs. (Photo: Chris O’Leary)

What greater feeling is there as a beer drinker than drinking fresh beer straight from the source? Given the explosion in craft breweries in New York City in the past few years, it’s becoming easier and easier to do. So, for your reference, we’ve put together a list of every single place in the five boroughs where you can drink beer brewed right on the premises, from brewpubs to taprooms, updated with the past year’s newest taproom openings. These are the places where fresh beer can hit your lips within feet of where it’s brewed. Our list is sorted by borough. Here we go!

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The Winter Garden (courtesy Brookfield Place)

It’s winter. There’s a Winter Garden. So let’s drink beer in the Winter Garden.

The Winter Garden at Brookfield Place in Battery Park City will be the site of the second annual Best Brews of New York competition that begins this Thursday and runs every Thursday through March 14th. Each week, different breweries will compete for the title from across the state, with food from Brookfield Place vendors paired with the beers, and 100% of beer sales going to Habitat for Humanity.

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Svendale Brewing Co., a New York farm brewery in Dutchess County, has planted new roots in Brooklyn in the form of a taproom. The small Carroll Gardens venue will end the need to hunt for their beer at bars in the city, and will feature over a dozen drafts from the brewery’s own 10-barrel brewhouse in Millerton, about 30 miles northeast of Poughkeepsie.The taproom is located at 486 Court Street near the corner of Luquer Street, just a short walk from both Folksbier and Other Half Brewing.

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It’s been a while since the folks at Beer Advocate put on a good ol’ beer festival in New York City. The beer publishers have been known for a string of lauded annual beer fests in Boston, including February’s Extreme Beer Fest. As recently as 2016, they worked with Sixpoint Brewery on the fantastic Beer for Beasts. But after a break from throwing a shindig in the five boroughs, they’ve announced that IPA Fest is coming to the Brooklyn Expo Center in Greenpoint on Saturday, September 14th.

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The small town of Decorah, Iowa (population 8,127) might not be known to most New Yorkers, but for uber beer geeks, the town is definitely on their map thanks to Toppling Goliath Brewing Co., which opened in 2009. For years, people trekked to Decorah to chase after their beers. Beer releases there increased the population of the town by 25% on a given weekend. Now, thanks to a large expansion of their brewery last year, you won’t have to make the trip to Iowa to drink Toppling Goliath; their beers are now available in New York City.

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A little less than three years ago, the NYC Brewers Guild hosted a party to kick off NYC Beer Week that pulled out all the stops: a sold-out event where a bevy of New York City breweries, New York State breweries, and their out-of-state friends all joined together to pour a plethora of amazing beer. For the third year, the Opening Bash returns – this time, with a second session to quench the thirsty masses.

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