The number of breweries in New York State continues to grow. New York now ranks fifth in the nation in number of breweries, according to the Brewers Association. But what’s noteworthy is there’s plenty of room for more: while New York is fifth in number of breweries, it’s 22nd in beer produced per person. That means we’re making a little more than two and a half gallons of craft beer for every person of drinking age in the state. So naturally, there’s more work to do. And damn, are the state’s fledgling brewers doing it. By our count today, there are 408 brewing licensed facilities in New York state, including brewpubs. That’s up from 337 last summer, when we last updated this map. Close to 40 more have pending licenses, meaning they should be open soon.

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Canadian brewery Collective Arts Brewing kicks off a week of events in NYC to celebrate their launch on Friday. The launch comes ahead of their plans to open a brewery and taproom in Brooklyn next year. Things kick off with a party at The Well all day on Friday, featuring live-painted murals from eight local artists, a performance by Budos Band, and 10 beers on tap from the well-regarded brewery, which was founded in 2013 in Hamilton, Ontario.

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We’re back from our annual late summer vacation to deliver you some very important beer news: there are A LOT of beer events this month. Like, almost too many. But never fear: amidst a very cluttered calendar are some excellent events, so we’ll sort out the noteworthy ones.

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A whole lot of Threes Vliet (Photo: Chris O’Leary)

This month, we’re bringing back an feature where we ask some of our favorite beer people a simple question: what are you drinking? We’re entering the Dog Days of Summer, so what are these folks enjoying as those final summer days slip away? There are hundreds of different beers out there on tap at New York bars at any given time, so we’ve asked these folks to tell us the beer they’re enjoying right now. To top it off, we’ll tell you where to find it. Enjoy!

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Several New York City breweries won honors in the second annual New York State Craft Beer Competition, the state’s first professionally-judged state-sponsored competition, including one city brewery that took home the top honor. A panel of 43 judges tasted a lineup of beers from across the state in Rochester last weekend and announced the winners today. The Passing Time Grisette from Threes Brewing won the Governor’s Excelsior Cup, the top honor in the competition, which featured over 600 entries exclusively from New York breweries in 24 different beer style categories. In all, brewers from New York City took home 6 of the 72 awards in the competition.

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The hype is heading Upstate. Brooklyn’s Other Half Brewing announced that they will be opening a second production brewery and tasting room in East Bloomfield in Ontario County, about 20 miles southeast of Rochester, as first reported by the Democrat + Chronicle. With the help of up to $400,000 in tax credits from Empire State Development, Other Half acquired the 3,500-square foot facility that previously housed Nedloh Brewing, which closed last fall. They plan to renovate the four-year old space over the next few months and utilize Nedloh’s former 10-barrel brewhouse when they open.

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