We don't know! If it's a good beer and it is available in New York, it will be found in one or more
of the good beer bars,
and in one or more of the good beer stores. When in doubt, ask the brewery.
Google is your friend!
Well, perhaps because we don't know it. Or because we feel it's
not up to our criteria. There are no hard rules, but in general we
weigh the positives (variety of good beers, good location, quiet or
interesting environment, knowledgeable and helpful staff) against the
negatives (number of bad beers, already saturated neighborhood, TV
screens, loud music, obnoxious customers, obnoxious staff.)
Brooklyn Homebrew 163 8th Street
(near 3rd Avenue)
Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY 11215
(4th Ave. 9th St. F/M/R)
718-369-0776
open Tuesday-Saturday, 12pm-7pm; Sunday, 12pm - 6pm.
Check their blog for further information.
Brouwerij Lane
78 Greenpoint Avenue (near Franklin);
Greenpoint, Brooklyn
open every day until 8 p.m.
347-529-6133
Ed Raven's new beer shop features already 150 local and imported bottled beers,
and 10 taps ($10 half-gallon growlers)
Flair Beverage
3857 Ninth Avenue (at 207th Street, Inwood)
212-569-8713
212-567-8509
One block from the #1 , 3 blocks from the A (at 207th St.) Easy
access off the Harlem River Drive and Henry Hudson Parkways at Dyckman
Street. Over 80,000 sq feet of beer and beverages.
The NY Daily News has an article on the subject (8/22/08), with many addresses. Check it out.
If the link
dies or the article becomes inaccessible, please tell us! in addition, Brouwerij Lane (see above) has 10 taps for growlers ($10/half gallon),
and Pony Bar in Hell's Kitchen (64 oz. growlers).
