44 places 29 towns $16 one-time
The Hudson Valley's brewing culture is rooted in agriculture. You'll find cideries in former apple orchards. Bad Seed Cider Company in Highland sprawls across a sixth-generation farm, and Brooklyn Cider House at Twin Star Orchards ferments fruit from the same 210 acres where visitors stand. Alongside them sit farm breweries like Arrowood Farms in Accord, which grows its own hops and grains on certified-organic land. Older establishments define the landscape too: Brotherhood Winery in Washingtonville has operated continuously since 1839, and Hudson Brewing Company claims the town's first post-Prohibition brewery. Across 29 towns from Kingston and Beacon to Catskill and Peekskill, the 44 places include cider houses, craft breweries, and tasting rooms, many with dog-friendly patios, live music, and kitchens serving wood-fired pizza to fried chicken sandwiches.
What we thought of each of these 44 places is in the guide. $16 for all 460 places.
A sixth-generation apple farm turned cidery, Bad Seed Cider Company in Highland pours bone-dry cider in New York's largest cider taproom.
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Brooklyn Cider House at Twin Star Orchards in New Paltz ferments heirloom apples into cider on 210 acres, with wood-fired pizza and live music.
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Drowned Lands Brewery in Warwick is a 1914 reform school now growing hops on black dirt farmland hand-dug in 1835, still used for the beer.
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Fruit-forward sours that taste closer to natural wine than beer, poured in a two-level Main Street tasting room with a patio out front and a kitchen turning out sandwiches to go with them.
Heads upClosed Tue–Wed. Dogs not allowed indoors, upper deck, or lower patio (service animals excepted). Parking in municipal lot on Churchill St (free). Tasting room is on the east side of Main St, opposite the production facility. Kitchen hours vary seasonally; check before visiting.
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Kingston brewery revived by Tommy Keegan in 2003, whose Mother's Milk stout made the New York Times' list of North America's top ten beers.
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Hudson estate grows apples and grapes for brandy and vermouth across 160 acres, with crêpes on the South Lawn or dinner by candlelight indoors.
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Left Bank Ciders in Catskill started with apples rescued from a farmers-market compost bin and pours bone-dry cider from hyperlocal apples.
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Milea Estate Cabernet Franc from Staatsburg earned Best in New York State and 92 points from Wine Enthusiast. Pour it on the 1799 farmhouse porch.
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The New York Times named Millbrook the Hudson Valley's flagship winery in 2024, topping local best-winery polls for thirty straight years.
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Nine Pin Cider Works in Albany was New York's first licensed farm cidery, opened in 2014, and presses only local apples without any concentrate.
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Warwick Valley makes Doc's Cider (1994 original), estate wines, and Black Dirt Bourbon, the first bourbon distilled in New York since Prohibition.
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The country's largest cider producer runs Walden's Innovation Orchard on 60 acres. Book the Treehouse Experience for a view from a 250-year-old oak.
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Arrowood Farms in Accord grows certified-organic hops and grains, turning them into beer and, since 2020, gin and whiskey on site.
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Benmarl in Marlboro: vines since the 1800s, holds NY Farm Winery License No. 1; hillside tasting with valley views, summer music, and wood-fired pizza.
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America's oldest continuously operating winery has been on this Washingtonville spot since 1839, making sacramental wine through Prohibition.
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Ben Feder planted Clinton Corners in 1976 chasing a European vineyard dream. The Cassis is the only American black currant wine to win international gold.
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Coppersea Distilling in New Paltz floor-malts its own grain and runs a direct-fire copper pot still by hand, tasting the difference at the source.
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Beacon's Denning's Point makes Beacon Bourbon aged four years in oak, apple brandy, and Everything Bagel vodka on-site in a 19th-century storefront.
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Two MIT engineers who built water filters for Haiti and Bangladesh now run Equilibrium in Middletown with twin smokers and a 200-person beer garden.
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Green Growler in Croton-on-Hudson is a craft-beer taproom with twelve taps and bottles, known for free Tuesday jazz hosted by Grammy-winner Paul Francis.
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Hillrock Estate Distillery in Ancram features a solera room where three tiers of barrels age whiskey by hand, with Berkshire views from the porch.
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Mill House Brewing Company in Poughkeepsie was born from Kold One, a homebrew from a birthday kit. Award-winning beers, farm menus, Sunday brunch.
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Naked Flock in Warwick takes its name from a Warwick legend about geese sleeping on poppies. The apples come from a farm operating since 1949.
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Nostrano Vineyards in Milton has been farmed by the Trapani family since 1943. Nicolas Bozzo pours wine tableside with views of the same vines.
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Return Brewing in Hudson: 4,000-square-foot taproom with barrel-aged Archive project, farmhouse ales, and sour tonics. Dog-friendly patio.
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Robibero Family Vineyards in New Paltz plants only three of 42 acres in vines, keeping batches handmade, with a 90-foot deck facing Shawangunk ridge.
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Rough Cut Brewing at the foot of the Shawangunk Ridge in Kerhonkson serves Oklahoma smash burgers and beer from a dog-friendly backyard patio.
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Sloop Brewing Co. in East Fishkill's former IBM semiconductor plant runs fourteen 120-barrel tanks. Juice Bomb IPA and peanut butter burger stand out.
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Suarez Family Brewery in Hudson makes unfiltered Palatine Pils and German lagers from a former lamp factory, with open-air tasting and pretzels only.
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Paul and Carol Ann Coughlin turned a 120-acre beef farm into this Stanfordville distillery, still pouring from the original stone barn.
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Tuthilltown Spirits in a restored 1788 grist mill in Gardiner makes Hudson Whiskey, New York's first bourbon since Prohibition.
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Two Way Brewing in Beacon, three blocks from the station, makes Confusion Saison with house yeast from wild raspberries; pool and trivia on site.
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Union Street Brewing Co. in Hudson: 1930s warehouse with brew crew visible below the bar. Hop-forward beers, beer garden with fire pits.
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Whitecliff Vineyard & Winery in Gardiner grows cold-hardy grapes and Cabernet Franc at the Shawangunk base, with seated tastings and cliff views.
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Zeus Brewing Company in Poughkeepsie pairs wood-fired pizza with rooftop views of the Hudson River, Mid Hudson Bridge, and Walkway Over the Hudson.
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Blue Duck Brewing in Kingston pairs Phoenicia Diner Canteen's fried chicken sandwiches and weekend pancakes with clean pilsners and lagers by fire pits.
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This Catskill taproom became Return Outpost in 2024 with house beers and bar-bites, a creekside beer garden with a view into the working brewhouse.
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Hudson's first post-Prohibition brewery names beers after local whaling-era characters: Shady Sadie, Firkin Merkin. Warehouse near Amtrak.
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Tim Dressel makes cider from apples his family has grown in New Paltz since 1923, on ground that still has the old Kettleborough schoolhouse standing.
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Newburgh's first craft brewery runs out of the old Paper Box factory with exposed brick, rosemary garlic fries, and live music through the weekend.
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Red Barn Cidery sits on Dr. Davies Farm in Congers, pressing apples since 2023 with fall-only flavors like cranberry and apple cider donut.
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River Outpost at Charles Point in Peekskill overlooks the Hudson with eight-plus house beers and pub fare alongside seasonal axe-throwing.
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Rushing Duck Brewing in Chester draws on a Hoboken post-Prohibition drinking game, featuring sours and barrel-aged beers on a 20-tap list.
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Rockland Cider Works operated in Orangeburg until a zoning dispute closed the location, reopening as Sunken City Cider in Gilboa.
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The names and the practical detail above are free. The guide adds what we thought of each place, how we rated it and what to watch out for, including the ones we'd tell you not to bother with. It does the same for the other 416 places in the other categories.
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