# New York craft beer venues

> 20 craft beer bars, brewpubs and taprooms in New York on our self-guided crawl routes.

Source: https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/new-york/venues/ (The Craft Beer Crawl, 2026-10-21)

- [ABC Beer Co.](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/new-york/venues/new-york-abc-beer-co/): 96 Avenue C, New York, NY 10009 · Alphabet City Beer Co., open since May 2012: a bottle shop up front (350-plus beers, including lots of Grimm and other New York brewers) and a rustic bar in the back with 12 taps, 10 of them rotating, half pours on the menu, a big communal table, and coffee and pastries from 9am. Open 9am to midnight Sunday to Thursday and 9am to 2am Friday and Saturday.
- [Barcade Brooklyn](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/new-york/venues/new-york-barcade-brooklyn/): 388 Union Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211 · The original arcade bar, opened in October 2004 in a former industrial building: a long list of American craft beer on draft alongside rows of 1980s arcade cabinets and pinball machines that still take quarter tokens. It hosted many of the city's early tap takeovers and is still a beer bar first. Open 4pm to 2am Monday to Thursday, 4pm to 4am Friday, noon to 4am Saturday and noon to 2am Sunday.
- [Blind Tiger Ale House](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/new-york/venues/new-york-blind-tiger-ale-house/): 281 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10014 · Manhattan's best-known craft beer bar, at the corner of Bleecker and Jones: 28 rotating draughts, 3 cask ales and over 50 bottles, with a live online list (roughly a dozen New York State beers on any given day) and good bar food. Open 11:30am to 4am Monday to Friday and 10am to 4am Saturday and Sunday.
- [Burp Castle](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/new-york/venues/new-york-burp-castle/): 41 East 7th Street, New York, NY 10003 · The 'Temple of Beer Worship': a monastery-themed Belgian beer bar with murals of monks, lute music and one rule, whisper. Bartenders shush anyone too loud. Beer only (no wine or spirits), served in goblets: Chimay, Duvel, Rodenbach, La Chouffe and American-brewed Belgian styles. Opens 5pm Monday to Friday and 4pm Saturday and Sunday, until about midnight (2am Friday and Saturday).
- [d.b.a.](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/new-york/venues/new-york-dba-east-village/): 41 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10003 · East Village institution founded in 1994 by the late Ray Deter, a pioneer of good beer in New York: around 20 drafts (lots of local beer plus Belgian imports), a long bottle and can list sorted by style, serious bourbon, and a large heated back garden. Dogs welcome; order in food. Home of the annual Crown of New York brewery tournament. Open noon to 4am daily.
- [Eckhart Beer Co.](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/new-york/venues/new-york-eckhart-beer-co/): 545 Johnson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237 · 'NYC's lager brewery': a big Bushwick taproom focused on German and Czech brewing, from spritzy helles to a nutty Czech dark lager, served in traditional Czech pour styles, with an ambitious German kitchen (spätzle, roast chicken, pretzels). Open 4pm to 11pm Wednesday and Thursday, 2pm to midnight Friday, noon to midnight Saturday and noon to 10pm Sunday. Closed Monday and Tuesday.
- [Evil Twin Brewing NYC](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/new-york/venues/new-york-evil-twin-brewing-nyc-ridgewood/): 1616 George Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385 · Brewery and taproom of Evil Twin, the Danish 'gypsy' brand that settled in Ridgewood, Queens, in 2019: 20 rotating taps of smoothie-style sours, oak-aged lagers, hazy IPAs and barrel-aged stouts with famously long names, poured in a bright greenhouse-style room with a heated patio. Natural wine, cocktails, New York State ciders and a food pop-up too. Open 4pm to 9pm Monday to Thursday, noon to midnight Friday and Saturday and noon to 10pm Sunday.
- [Forever Brewing](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/new-york/venues/new-york-forever-brewing/): 574 President Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215 · New York's newest brewery (opened April 2026), and its only combined brewery, taproom and homebrew-supply shop, in the space Strong Rope occupied for ten years. A handful of its own beers (an Irish red, a farmhouse ale) on tap alongside beers from other New York City breweries, board games and big windows. Hours per a local guide (June 2026): 10am to 10pm Tuesday to Thursday, noon to 11pm Friday and Saturday and noon to 8pm Sunday; closed Monday.
- [Grimm Artisanal Ales](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/new-york/venues/new-york-grimm-artisanal-ales/): 990 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211 · Taproom inside the 7,000 sq ft production brewery and winery of Grimm, five times named New York State Brewery of the Year: 20 draft lines of double IPAs, imperial stouts, sours and lagers, with a view of the oak foeder and brewhouse. Upstairs, a rooftop bar and Lala's Apizza bake New Haven-style coal-fired pies. Taproom open 2pm to 10pm Monday to Thursday, noon to midnight Friday and Saturday and noon to 8pm Sunday; the rooftop and Lala's open Wednesday to Sunday.
- [KCBC](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/new-york/venues/new-york-kcbc/): 381 Troutman Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237 · Opened in 2016 as the first production brewery in Bushwick in more than 40 years, KCBC pours its colourful, comic-labelled IPAs, lagers and sours (plus taproom-only beers) in a laid-back room near the Jefferson Street murals. Snacks and rotating food pop-ups; outside food and dogs welcome. Open 4pm to 11pm Monday to Thursday, 3pm to midnight Friday, noon to midnight Saturday and 1pm to 10pm Sunday.
- [Other Half Brewing](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/new-york/venues/new-york-other-half-centre-street/): 195 Centre Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231 · Where Other Half began in 2014, at the meeting point of Carroll Gardens, Red Hook and Gowanus: the brewery that made New York synonymous with hazy, hoppy IPAs. Twenty draft beers (IPAs, lagers, wild ales, barrel-aged stouts) plus cider, wine and cans to go in a pleasantly sparse taproom. Light snacks only; bring your own food. Open noon to 10pm Monday to Thursday, noon to midnight Friday, 10am to midnight Saturday and 11am to 9pm Sunday.
- [Other Half Domino Park](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/new-york/venues/new-york-other-half-domino-park/): 34 River Street, Brooklyn, NY 11249 · Other Half's Williamsburg taproom, across the street from Domino Park and the East River, pouring the brewery's famous hazy IPAs (Green City, Broccoli and the 'All ___ Everything' series), lagers and barrel-aged stouts, plus draft cocktails and wine. There's no kitchen, but you can bring food in (Roberta's pizza is down the block), and leashed dogs are welcome. Open noon to 10pm Monday to Thursday, noon to 11pm Friday, 11am to 11pm Saturday and 11am to 9pm Sunday.
- [Pine Box Rock Shop](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/new-york/venues/new-york-pine-box-rock-shop/): 12 Grattan Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206 · Neighbourhood bar in a former casket factory, open since October 2010, with a long list of local craft beer on draft, creative cocktails, a music room and community events. Open daily from 4pm on weekdays and 2pm on Saturdays and Sundays.
- [TALEA Beer Co.](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/new-york/venues/new-york-talea-west-village/): 102 Christopher Street, New York, NY 10014 · Bright Manhattan taproom and cocktail bar of Brooklyn's TALEA, with lots of natural light, cosy nooks and a small patio: flights of its sours, hazy IPAs and lagers, plus wine, cocktails, coffee and snacks (pretzels, cheese plates). Open noon to 10pm Sunday to Thursday and noon to midnight Friday and Saturday.
- [TALEA Beer Co.](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/new-york/venues/new-york-talea-williamsburg/): 87 Richardson Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211 · Headquarters and brewery of TALEA, New York's first woman-founded brewery (Tara Hankinson and LeAnn Darland, 2020), known for bright, approachable beers, fruited sours and hazy IPAs. The taproom has a courtyard, Detroit-style sourdough pizza, pretzels and salads, and serves coffee in the mornings. Open 10am to 9pm Monday to Wednesday, 10am to 10pm Thursday to Saturday and 11am to 9pm Sunday.
- [The Owl Farm](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/new-york/venues/new-york-the-owl-farm/): 297 9th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215 · Park Slope's beer-and-cider bar, open since 2012, with 29 draft lines of beer, cider and wine, a cellar list of rare beers and ciders (including perry and imported cider) and a long spirits list. Open daily from 2pm until late.
- [Threes Brewing](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/new-york/venues/new-york-threes-brewing-gowanus/): 333 Douglass Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217 · Threes' flagship brewpub, open since 2014: a big bar with house beers poured from serving tanks (lagers are the strength), guest beers, wine and cocktails, a large gravel backyard and food from Grand Army. Open noon to midnight Monday to Saturday and noon to 11pm Sunday.
- [Threes Brewing](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/new-york/venues/new-york-threes-brewing-greenpoint/): 113 Franklin Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222 · The smaller, cosier North Brooklyn outpost of Gowanus brewery Threes, known for crisp lagers and hoppy ales: a marble-topped main bar under stained-glass transoms, a full food menu from Grand Army, and a bottle shop for cans to go. Open 4pm to midnight Monday to Friday, noon to midnight Saturday and noon to 11pm Sunday.
- [Tørst](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/new-york/venues/new-york-torst/): 615 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11222 · Greenpoint's serious beer bar, opened in 2013 by Evil Twin founder Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø and still one of the best lists in the city: 21 rotating draft lines from top breweries worldwide (the September 2026 list had four Hill Farmstead beers) and more than 200 bottles and cans, in a sleek, Scandinavian-style room with a full bar menu. Open 3pm to midnight Monday to Thursday, noon to 1am Friday and Saturday and noon to midnight Sunday.
- [Wild East Brewing Co.](https://thecraftbeercrawl.com/new-york/venues/new-york-wild-east-brewing/): 623 Sackett Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217 · Gowanus brewery specialising in crisp Czech-style lagers (its Hexenkessel schwarzbier won at the 2026 New York State Governor's Cup), plus farmhouse ales, IPAs and sours, poured from a big U-shaped bar in a wood-panelled taproom. Cask Marque accredited; dogs and outside food welcome, with pop-ups most weekends. Open 2pm to 10pm Monday to Thursday, 2pm to midnight Friday, noon to midnight Saturday and noon to 9pm Sunday.

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