In the coming months, Alewife Brewing Company will start making beer in a 750 m2 1-story warehouse on 39th Street just off Skillman Avenue in the neighborhood—its first-ever brewery.

The new outpost is significantly larger than their original taproom in Long Island City, offering lots of seating to enjoy more than 12 draft beers with a wide variety of Big Alice’s brews, plus cider for the non-beer drinkers. The space will also give Big Alice an opportunity to expand their barrel aging program without taking up the precious space they have in their current Queens location.

Svendale Brewing Co. has planted new roots in Brooklyn in the form of a taproom. The small Carroll Gardens venue will end the need to hunt for their beer at bars in the city, and will feature over 12 drafts from the brewery’s own 10-barrel brewhouse in Millerton, 45km northeast of Poughkeepsie. The taproom is located at 486 Court Street near the corner of Luquer Street, just a short walk from both Folksbier and Other Half Brewing.

Evil Twin Brewing, Ridgewood, Queens.
Wild East Brewing Co., Gowanus, Brooklyn.
Torch & Crown Brewing Company, SoHo, Manhattan.
Greenpoint Beer & Ale Co., Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Transmitter Brewing, Navy Yard, Brooklyn.

After 5 years of wandering from host to host, peddling its award-winning and very beloved beers, local beer brand Grimm Artisanal Ales opens a brewery and taproom in East Williamsburg. In this new brewery at 990 Metropolitan Ave., between Morgan Avenue and Catherine Street, owners Lauren and Joe Grimm will serve more than 10 drafts, bottle-conditioned and oak-aged sour beers, and some local wine, cider, and soda. Alongside the popular beers will be Middle Eastern food from nearby Samesa, with dishes such as a chicken shawarma melt and pumpernickel pita with dip made with Grimm beer.

Beloved brewery Mikkeller is finally tapping into the New York City market, adding a large brewery attached to Citi Field in Queens come Sunday, March 25. The 1000 m2 space at 126th Street and 37th Avenue functions as a brewery, bar, and restaurant, with 60 rotating taps and a menu that pulls together food from various chefs.

Late last year, we hinted that Brooklyn’s Other Half would have a new, expanded taproom soon. Soon is now, as they opened their more spacious space in the adjoining building at 191 Centre Street in Gowanus. No more cramped dark rooms – the new space is well-lit, has tables, a long bar, and 20(!) draft lines.