(12/11/17 – Great Beer Now) Beer tourism is on the move. With so many craft breweries dotting the American landscape, more and more individuals and families are organizing their vacation plans to include brewery visits, craft beer festivals, and other beer-related entertainment and education. One area of the nation that needs to be on the radar… Read More

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that Brooklyn’s Threes Brewing Company earned top honors at the first-ever New York State Craft Beer Competition, winning the Governor’s Excelsior Cup. Threes Brewing’s Pilsner “Vliet” earned gold in the Light Lager category and moved on to win Best in Show. Nineteen beers from breweries across the State earned… Read More

The Adirondack Distilling Company in Utica recently won two Gold medals and a Silver at the Los Angeles International Spirits Competition. They were awarded gold for their Adirondack 601 Bourbon and another gold for Adirondack 601 American Whiskey, while ADK Gin took home Silver. It marks the second medal won for bourbon and the first for American… Read More

Travelers and vacationers were already a big part of the Central New York Economy.  But now tourism officials say it’s a focus of state development efforts.  One area that’s booming is craft-beer tours. Tom Ireardi was making home-brew beer 25 years ago…but craft brewing didn’t quite take off…He opened Finger Lakes on Tap to bring his… Read More

(Utica, NY) Woodland Farm Brewery is excited to announce the release of limited bottles of barrel-aged beers on May 27 at 11:00am at our 6002 Trenton Rd location in Utica. The time has finally come for our second barrel-aged bottle release! This time around, we aged our 1st Anniversary beer, Batch 2, in oak and… Read More

(05/05/17 – Syracuse.com)  Two of New York state’s newest breweries are opening this weekend in a couple of Central New York’s smallest towns. Bullthistle Brewing Co. opens today (May 5) in Sherburne in northern Chenango County. Humble Harvest Brewing Co. opens Saturday (May 6) in Nelson, east of Cazenovia in Madision County. Humble Harvest Brewery is taking… Read More

Charlotteville, New York (March 20, 2017) – KyMar Farm Distillery has added another medal to its portfolio of spirits. Their Malt Whiskey, bottled for the first time in November of 2016 was awarded a Gold Medal in the 2017 Denver International Spirit Competition. The double-blind competition took place on March 4-5, 2017 at the Omni… Read More

(03/07/17 – MyStatesman) Food & Wine had a great idea. I’m borrowing it. Last month, the magazine asked 21 beer industry luminaries to rank the most important craft beers of all time. Not the best, which would have been a ridiculous and impossible undertaking. The most important. As you might expect from a pack of… Read More

The FX Matt Brewing Co. will be returning to the classic gold packaging on their famous Utica Club line of beers.  The transition back to the gold cans will be gradual, so a mixture of “retro” white cans and gold cans will be in the market temporarily.  The return to the gold cans will correspond… Read More

(03/02/17 – SWAAY) While craft breweries are hot to trot these days, the distillery or winery has been around since a bygone era. Making your own alcohol and bringing joy to visitors (and people who buy your booze, far and wide) is as time-honored as drinking itself is, but we’re kind of loving that ladies… Read More

By Lauren Itzla The Queens Kickshaw (1/26/17 – Best of New York) There’s something magical about local coffee shops, and it’s not just the power of caffeine. Sipping a cup of joe in a hip café will put you in just the right place, whether you’re meeting up with a friend or colleague, hunkering down… Read More