Below, you’ll find everything you need to know about the local scene, plus interviews with some of the most influential people in it.“Lock Yard A coworker recently opined that this bar is so far into Bay Ridge it’s basically in Staten Island, but she was just being joyless and maybe hateful. Its an exciting time for craft lovers in NYC and getting more robust.

Nice list of craft beer in Brooklyn. Best Craft Beer Places in Brooklyn, NY See what's available at Brooklyn's best craft beer bars, restaurants, breweries, taprooms, gastropubs, beer stores, and bottle shops.

Most recently I’ve been really impressed with some of the smaller brewers who are making small batch craft, my taste buds have been gravitating to these.

Since 2017, Christopher Gandsy has been hard at work feeding Brooklynites gluten-free, Southern-style biscuits and beer.

Some are beginning to recognize this.

This tour was amazing. Brooklyn Brewery Lest anyone fall prey to the misplaced elitism that can take hold in craft beer circles: Brooklyn Brewery is a local treasure not to be taken for granted. You can now order online, all your favourite dishes and many more delicious options, and have them delivered straight to your door in no time at all.
Brooklyn Brewery. Brooklyn exudes craftsmanship in both its beer and packaging. They recite examples such as bartenders making them feel unvalued as customers in taprooms, serving them last, or stopping to do administrative tasks before acknowledging them, along with the overarching trend of breweries opening in rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods without forging genuine connections with residents. CTRL + SPACE for auto-complete.The A-Z Guide to Craft Beer in Brooklyn (And Slightly Beyond) Being a lifelong resident of the borough I’m glad to see craft finding a niche not only in Brooklyn but the rest of NYC. His brewery-restaurant, DaleView Biscuits & Beer… With this program, Gandsy and Inniss are not only creating a space for Black beer drinkers in craft brewery taprooms and culture; they are creating space in the industry, too.Gandsy and Inniss, who are Black, met while attending Both brewers have experienced firsthand the ways that craft beer can fail to welcome people of color. We would love to take this tour again on our next visit to NYC.

Staff is friendly and food is good. Find craft beer in Brooklyn, NYC. But to improve equity in beer on a systemic level, similar initiatives must follow — and not only from Black-owned breweries.“Once again, it’s Black people coming up with solutions for problems we didn’t create,” says Teo Hunter, co-founder of In other words, the onus is on white-owned breweries to create opportunities for BIPOC. Locate craft beer bars, restaurants, gastropubs, breweries and more in Brooklyn.

Farmpammy. “DaleView is like my dinner parties,” says Gandsy, who says he and his wife love to entertain. Its the official bar my company uses (brooklynONE productions) for post show celebrations, the food is amazing, and the beers are delicious. Nice regular and rotating selection and occasional tasting events with pop restaurants.Very nice list of craft beers and places to to enjoy libations. Cheers!Left out 2 of the absolute best craft beer places in Bay Ridge – Windy City Ale House and The Owl’s Head.Windy City is owned and operated by two brothers from Chicago, featuring an outstanding taplist focused on Midwest brews (Goose Island, Two Brothers, etc), and great authentic Chicago-inspired food.The Owl’s Head is a wine bar with the best curated beer bottle list below Atlantic Avenue – funky, rare stuff from Italy, Japan, England, and Germany, and bottle releases of small local batches from Grimm.Also left out the relatively new BedStuy Beerworks at Willoughby & Walworth.A great little place to get craft bottles, growler fills, or even cases & kegs. So – while it may seem so un-trendy… the Verrazano bridge IS the Longest suspension bridge on the east, and super cool to see at night. “The evolution of our brand is that we realized it’s not about getting more Black patrons, it’s first getting more Black brewery owners.”In this way, Hunter and Ashburn feel DaleView’s program meets a core need: showing people how many possibilities there are working in beer.

Here at Brooklyn Craft, we are constantly striving to improve our service and quality in order to give our customers the very best experience. We are ground by people who are born and raised in Brooklyn, which is something that actually happens…we can’t all be out of state transplants… but we promise we don’t bite, and Lock Yard in particular is a TON of fun!

“Many careers live inside the business of beer that people aren’t privy to,” Ashburn says.

Brooklyn Magazine | All rights reserved Write CSS OR LESS and hit save. “We’re open to everyone to come into a place where you feel comfortable to speak your mind and be heard … and you can learn something from someone else.”Beer industry journalist, photographer, editor, and consultant DaleView’s internship program, Sharpton adds, is an example of the much-needed “Three E’s” in the beer community. Fifteen taps and a ton of outdoor space make it worth the trip. Brooklyn beers are brewed by the Brooklyn Brewery, located in Brooklyn, New York.

Enjoy tasting flights and pints, as well as growlers and crowlers to take home!

On July 6, “[D]iversity and inclusion cannot occur unless there’s racial equity,” Hunter says.


His brewery-restaurant, The internship is a four-week program, with each focusing on a different aspect of working in beer. The whole evening was great and the beer we tasted was excellent. Explore Brooklyn's most popular neighborhoods for craft beer, like Williamsburg , Boerum Hill , and Park Slope . Its not too often I get to enjoy my beer outside in a backyard.Mike Conklin is the Editorial Director of the Northside Media Group, publisher of Brooklyn Magazine and The L. 9221 Fifth Avenue, Bay Ridge.”Do we have to have such a low opinion of Bay Ridge all the time?