Greater Capital Region brewery list nears 50

The Greater Capital Region, and then some

Depending on how one draws the imaginary boundaries of the geographic area loosely known as the Greater Capital Region, the number of micro, nano and craft breweries inhabiting it ebbs and flows.

I keep the definition rather loose, given the propensity of people in this area to travel a bit to attend the many drinks and food shows and festivals with which it abounds. Thus, certain nearby parts of the Adirondacks, Catskills and Cooperstown area are included in my latest compilation of breweries, which includes at least one scheduled to open early this year, that is approaching the 50 mark.

1. Adirondack Pub & Brewery, 33 Canada Street, Lake George
2. Argyle Brewing, One Main Street, Greenwich
3. Artisinal Brew Works, 41 Geyser Road, Saratoga Springs 
4. Battle Hill Brewing Co., 4 Charles Street, Fort Ann
5. Beer Diviner, 461 Broadway, Troy, and 243 Bly Hollow Road, Petersburg
6. Big Slide Brewery & Public House, 5686 Cascade Road, Lake Placid 
7. Big Tupper Brewing, 12 Cliff Avenue, Tupper Lake
8. Brewery LaHoff, 50 Vedder Road, Coxsackie (to open in 2017)
9. Brewery Ommegang, 656 County Highway 33, Cooperstown
10. Brown's Brewing Co., 417 River Street, Troy, and 50 Factory Hill Road, North Hoosick
11. Cave Mountain Brewing Co., 5359 State Route 23, Windham
12. Chatham Brewing, 59 Main Street, Chatham
13. C.H. Evans Brewing/Albany Pump Station, 19 Quackenbush Square, Albany
14. Common Roots Brewing Co., 58 Saratoga Avenue, South Glens Falls
15. Cooper's Cave Ale Co., 2 Sagamore Street, Glens Falls
16. Cooperstown Brewing Co., 110 River Street, Milford  
17. Council Rock Brewery, 4861 State Highway 28, Cooperstown
18. Crossroads Brewing Co., 21 Second Street, Athens
19.  Davidson Brothers Brewing Co., 184 Glen Street, Glens Falls
20. Druthers, 381 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, and 1053 Broadway, Albany
21.  Dutch Ale House, 255 Main Street, Saugerties
22. Great Adirondack Brewing Co., 2442 Main Street, Lake Placid
23. Green Wolf Brewing, 315 Main Street, Middleburgh
24. Hank Hudson Brewing, The Fairways of Halfmoon, 17 Johnson Road, Mechanicville
25. Helderberg Brewery, Carey Institute for Global Good, 100 Pond Hill Road, Rensselaerville 
26. Helderberg Mountain Brewing Co., 141 Warners Lake Road, East Berne
27. Honey Hollow Brewing Co., 376 East Honey Hollow Road, Earlton
28. Hudson Brewing Co., 99 South 3rd Street, Hudson
29. Indian Ladder Farmstead Brewery and Cidery, 342 Altamont-Voorheesville Road, Altamont
30. Lake Placid Pub & Brewery, 813 Mirror Lake Drive, Lake Placid  
31. Mad Jack Brewing, The Van Dyck Lounge,237 Union Street, Schenectady
32. Mean Max Brew Works, 193 Glen Street, Glens Falls
33. Olde Saratoga Brewing Co., 131 Excelsior Avenue, Saratoga Springs 
34. Paradox Brewery, 154 Route 9, Schroon Lake 
35. Racquette River Brewing, 11 Balsam Street, Tupper Lake,
36. Rare Form Brewing Co., 90 Congress Street, Troy  
37. Real McCoy Beer Co., 20 Hallwood Road, Delmar
38. Red Shed Brewery, 817 Butterbowl Road, Cherry Valley
39. Rip Van Winkle Brewing, Angela's Italian Bistro & Brewery, 4545 NY Route 32, Catskill
40. R.S. Taylor & Sons Brewery, 3602 County Route 30, Salem
41. Serious Brewing Co., 116 Caverns Road, Howes Cave
42. Shmaltz Brewing Co., 6 Fairchild Square, Clifton Park
43. Sloop Brewing, 1065 County Route 19, Elizaville
44. S&S Farm Brewery, 174 Middle Road, Nassau
45. Steadfast Beer Co., 90 State Street, Albany
46. Suarez Family Brewery, 2278 Route 9, Livingston
47. Wolf Hollow Brewing Co., 6882 Amsterdam Road, Glenville

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