Fort Orange Brewing in Albany was one of the dozens of brewery openings in New York in 2017

The State of New York now has more breweries than at any other time in its history, the governor announced yesterday. The State Liquor Authority counts 400 breweries, with over half of them opening just in the past five years. And more than half of those — 202 — have received farm brewery licenses since Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Farm Brewery Law, which relaxes taproom restrictions for breweries that source 20% of their ingredients from New York State (that number jumps to 60% on January 1st of next year). That law has also helped grow beer-related agriculture in the state, where the number of malt houses and hop farms are at modern-day highs as well.

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Even before launching their beers over three years ago, Braven Brewing Company always planned to grow into a brick-and-mortar brewery in their home neighborhood of Bushwick. This summer, they will fulfill that promise when they open a brewery in the space occupied by beer bar Lantern Hall (52 Harrison Pl., at Morgan Ave.), which they will take over off the L Train’s Morgan Avenue stop.

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Sixpoint will celebrate the national release of their Resin Double IPA and its offshoots Hi-Res and Lo-Res on February 24th with a party at their brewery in Red Hook, Brooklyn. They’re calling it RESurrection Day, and the only way in is to buy one (or two! or all!) of their three special releases from their app to pick up at the brewery that day.

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Threes Brewing brought ALL THE CANS to last year’s Opening Bash

New York City Beer Week is quickly approaching, and tickets for its biggest event are going fast. The NYC Beer Week Opening Bash is Saturday, February 24th from 6-9:30pm at the Brooklyn Expo Center in Greenpoint. Last year’s Opening Bash was the best yet, and it returns to the same venue with the same concept: tons of locally-brewed beer alongside beer from guest breweries around New York State and around the country. 

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It’s hard to miss Singlecut Beersmiths in Astoria, one of the 32 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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Pomp and Circumstance

The numbers are in for 2017. Last year, nine breweries opened in the five boroughs, bringing the total in the city to 35. That’s only one off the modern-era high of 10 in 2014. Now, let’s welcome the New York City Brewery Class of 2017…

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