We don't know! Please don't ask us. 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.
Whole Foods Beer Store corner of Houston and Chrystie
212-420-1320
(Other locations too? Does anyone know?)
Breukelen Bier Merchants 182 Grand Street (Bedford - Driggs)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
347-457-6350
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)
City Swiggers 320 East 86th Street
212-570-2000
Open Mon-Thu until 10, Fri-Sat until 11, Sun until 9
Eastern District 1053 Manhattan Avenue (btw Freeman & Eagle)
Greenpoint, Brooklyn
open Tue-Sat: 11-8; Sun 12-6; closed Mon.
718-349-1432
A gourmet deli/grocery with an accent on beer and cheese (growlers available)
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.
Good Beer 422 East 9th Street (btw 1st and A)
A good beer and fancy nosh store in the heart of the East Village.
Open daily 11am to 10pm except noon to 8pm Sundays.
212-677-4636
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 (see above): Breukelen Bier Merchants, Brouwerij Lane, Eastern District,
the Pony Bar in Hell's Kitchen,
Good Beer in the E.V.,
Beer Table in Park Slope,
One Stop Beer Shop (Greenpoint/E. Williamsburg),
and at "Brew York City" inside the Duane-Reade stores on Bedford in Williamsburg (btw N. 3rd and 4th, open 24hrs)
and at 2069 Broadway (72nd St) in Manhattan.
