Empire Brewing Company is located on Walton Street in downtown Syracuse about a mile and a half from the Carrier Dome and just around the block from the amazing MOST science museum.  This portion of downtown Syracuse has gone through a renaissance and revitalization and is a great little college town neighborhood.  Surrounded by a sea of brick buildings and … Read more

Weyerbacher is a hidden gem in the micro brewing industry.  Hidden away in a somewhat residential neighborhood in Easton, Pennsylvania, Weyerbacher should be considered the king of the Belgian style beers and with labels like Insanity, Blasphemy, and Blithering Idiot, you know there is some fun to be had.  Additionally, Weyerbacher does more than serve great beer; they also … Read more

Florida is the land of spring break and beaches, tacky beachside decor and exclusive resorts.  Right in the middle of all of this, you will find the renowned Cigar City Brewing Company.  As the lists of the best breweries and best beers are compiled from sources like BeerAdvocate or USA Today, Cigar City often lands in the top five … Read more

The Genesee Brewing Company conjures images in people’s minds of Genny and Genny Light, Twelve Horse Ale, and of course the infamous “Genny Screamer”.  Frankly, most of these remind us of the days when we had no money and just wanted to buy some cheap beer.  That is, however, not what Genesee is about today.  Genesee Brewing Company of Rochester, … Read more

Amherst, Massachusetts is the home to three universities; UMASS Amherst, Amherst College, and Hampshire College and Holyoke is just around the corner.  The town is nearly overrun with students and their visiting families and one popular place for all of these folks to visit is High Horse Brewing.  This microbrewery is located on Pleasant Street in the downtown section of … Read more

Watkins Glen is a picturesque little town in the heart of the Finger Lakes Region in Upstate New York.  Positioned at the southern end of Seneca Lake, this town is known for its beautiful Watkins Glen State Park (named one of the top three “best state parks in the United States” by USA Today) and the historic Watkins Glen … Read more

Up in the hills on the west side of Keuka Lake you will find the Keuka Brewing Company.  This is a charming little place on the outside with wonderfully landscaped frontage.  You walk down the stone path under a lovely archway made from what appears to be vines and to your right is an attractive patio.  As you approach … Read more

Cooperstown, New York is a baseball town; the home of The Baseball Hall of Fame. It is also home to the Cooperstown Brewing Company, which has capitalized, in a brilliant way, on the baseball craze in Cooperstown.   Beer names like Old Slugger Pale Ale, Benchwarmer Porter, and The Bambino Amber top their list in their baseball themed beers. Everything about this … Read more

Horseheads, New York, is a small town on the Pennsylvania border nestled between Elmira and Corning.  The name conjures images of the Godfather in our minds and stuck fear in the hearts of our kids when they were small.  We have, however, never seen any horses, let alone disembodied ones anywhere near.  What we did see was Horseheads Brewing Company … Read more

The Finger Lakes region of New York and areas of Northern Pennsylvania are known for their wineries.  In a growing trend, these wineries are now, more and more, becoming breweries as well.  The Wagner Vineyards was one of the first and had some acclaim for their brews like Sled Dog.  Recently, the Nimble Hill Winery in Tunkhannock became the first … Read more

From the “We are Setting Up for Failure Before We Even Start” department, we bring you the Brewery of Broken Dreams. Just based on the name, we knew we needed to review this establishment. This tasting room is located in a beautiful old barn and takes full advantage of the antique building.  The beer is decent and the prices … Read more

Flamingo [fluh–ming-goh] noun  1. A type of wading bird in the family Phoenicopteridae. There are four flamingo species in the Americas and two species in Afro-Eurasia. Often, they are pink in color. Iron Flamingo [ahy-ern fluh–ming-goh] noun  1. A microbrewery in Corning New York.  Iron Flamingos do not wade nor are they pink. Iron Flamingos make a well brewed beer and run a … Read more

Susquehanna Brewing Company (SBC) is a monster of a brewing operation compared to most microbreweries in the Northeast.  While many, like Breaker Brewing Company, just up the road in Wilkes-Barre are brewing in a 5 barrel system, SBC is playing in the big leagues of the micro world running a 50 barrel process and fermenting 100 barrels at a time.  … Read more