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Ryan F.

Made a stop into Back Barn on Sunday afternoon. An okay selection of beers, but little to make it stand out from other breweries. Quality: Ordered a Beer Flight including Peno On Parole, Mountain Fog IPA, Shenanigans Stout, and Amber KCA. Peno On Parole is definitely the standout, a pils with jalapeno flavor. A nice bite with heat, and very refreshing. I was not a fan of either the Mountain Fog IPA, I felt hazy was not a good descriptor for this one, or the Amber KCA. The Shenanigans Stout was good, needed more body to it, but imagine it would be a popular choice. Quantity: Flight comes with a four standard size samples. Value: $10 for a Beer Flight. Ambiance: Back Barn is a brewery located in Upstate New York, not far outside of Albany. They took over a large abandoned barn, and they have some cool renovation photos inside. The taproom is simple with a long bar and a few tables around it. They were running through a nothing but Adele playlist, which got old quickly. Crowd: Empty on Sunday afternoon. Service: Even though we were one of only two couples visiting, the bartender completely forgot about one of my pours, which needed time to settle. Parking: Large private parking area.

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Katie A.

So I'm glancing out the window while traveling on an otherwise picturesque yet remote rural section of RT 20 on a grey Saturday, and what do my wondering eyes should appear but the word "brewery" on a sign in front of a rather large barn. "Brewery...?" Needless to say, when I said this aloud to my travel companion/driver, we did the only imaginable thing: turned around and headed back for a closer look/taste. Once we pulled into the parking lot, which had a handful of cars parked at around 2:30 pm, we realized the our eyes weren't playing tricks on us: we had arrived at the Back Barn Brewery. When we walked in we were greeted with a large Schenectady Ale Trail sign, so even though we were a couple miles from home, we knew we were on familiar ground. Keep this stop in mind if you participate in the Schenectady Ale Trail passport program! I wish I had asked the bartender a little bit more about the history of the barn itself, because it did look and feel like we were inside a restored old country barn, not a piece of new construction, and I was as happy as a country mouse, about to take flight with some local brews. They have a pretty robust tap system for a nondescript country brewery/tap room, offering nine lines of freshly brewed goodness, in addition to some NYS Finger Lakes wine, and two types of GRAFT Cider cans (very tasty cider, indeed). Naturally, we opted for a flight to really get the most out of our time here. Five healthy 3 oz. pours came on a flight board, and within minutes we were ready for take off (with emergency exits noted ;) I flew with the following brews: 1. Newman's Brown (English-style Brown Ale) 2. Hessian Session IPA (Hessian, NY DH) 3. Tallis Witty Too (Belgian Wit Ale) 4. Peño Pils (Czech-style Pils, Jalapeño dry-hopped) 5. Bad Ass Berry Cider (house hard cider) I'm not a beer snob, yet, but I was definitely happy with my flight; I could definitely taste the heat in the Peño Pils, and being a hard cider connoisseur, the Bad Ass Berry Cider was, indeed, worthy of an ass kicking, nice and dry. Overall, I was super impressed with the variety of brews that were flowing, and the rustic character found in this little old barn that's living it's best life as a country brewery. Living in Schenectady, I head out this way every so often, whether I'm planning a trip to see the Beekman Boys in Sharon Springs, or just cruising the country roads with my Dad in his Corvette on a lazy summer day, so it's nice to have this 'lil spot on my radar and add it as a stop to my adventures out this way. You should totally do the same! Great little afternoon adventure/road trip!

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Staff was very pretentious, rude and the beer was unfortunately subpar at best.

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Northway Brewing - Inside, love the seasonal keg tree!

Northway Brewing

4.3(50 reviews)
46.6 mi
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Northway Brewing had been on my "must visit" list for some time. So when one of my out of town…read more"brewery crawl buddies" was visiting, we made a point to come here, especially after checking out the tap list in advance. There's typically about 20 beers on tap, and there's enough variety and familiarity - combined with flavored hard seltzer pours - to satisfy anyone's wish list for a flight. The space is comfortable, to allow conversation to flow freely among your own friends and everyone sitting near you. And don't forget about the dogs demanding your attention at this dog-friendly site. I appreciate the growing number of breweries in the Glens Falls-Lake George area, but honestly, if I'm coming to the area with friends, we'll come here first.

We frequent a lot of breweries and love to experience new ones. This, in my opinion, is what every…read morebrewery should strive to be. We arrived on a slow day, which made a perfect opportunity to strike up conversation with their brewers and staff. One thing led to another, and we ended up being offered a tour of their massive facility and talking beer and brewing. The facility is impressive! We learned the history of the brewery and were walked through their entire brewing process. We had numerous flights to sample their beers, and the staff were kind enough to curate them for us based on what they though we would like. The beers were excellent! We ended up remaining here for quite a while, sitting at their bar, and talking about the area, life, etc. It was the most pleasant interaction we had while away in Lake George. The tasting room is really cool, featuring lots of wood, galvanized metals, cool artwork, etc. It was an awesome atmosphere to be in to try some great beers. We will 100% return!

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Common Roots Brewing Company - Decisions, decisions. Which should we choose?  We tasted a lot!

Common Roots Brewing Company

4.1(100 reviews)
45.2 mi
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Super nice place. The beer is good, and the server was super nice…read more This place is nice with its outdoor sitting area.

Beer here is excellent. Always good but heavily weighted with IPA's, NEIPA's, and sours- I can't…read moreunderstand why they or anyone would have more sours than they have lagers and pilsners. Yuck. But their single lager and single pilsner are always good/consistent. And they have one meddle/award that they are proudly showing off, and they should but guess what kind of beer it is? A Pilsner. Take the hint you don't need 17 easy to make no effort IPAs that all taste the same. Food seems like an afterthought here. It's consistently average. They make a decent pizza here, but it's always soggy. The outside crust typically is perfect, often with a light char which is nice, but underneath the cheese and sauce, which they to put too much of on and undercook it, you wind up with a soggy slice of pizza that tastes OK. I also had their poutine recently. I can live with the vegetarian turkey gravy, which tasted pretty good, cheese curds were OK but what's going on with these fries? Soggy, brown. Are they brown because they're fry oil is disgusting? Are they just cooking the crap out of these things. I can't imagine that's the case because they're not crispy at all and taste awful. Waiting and bar staff seem to be wonderful people- they're attentive, food comes out relatively quickly. Service is not rushed. Atmosphere in this place is pretty good though I would like to have the music turned up a little bit louder so it's just not background noise and so you can actually hear the lyrics or discern what song is being played. Music done right can be part of the experience. Right now it's just a soft rumble in the background and it just becomes an annoyance. There's literally been extensive research on music in your restaurant and bar and how loud it's supposed to be and the music selection. Why places like this pay absolutely no attention to that research is beyond me. MUSIC IS IMPORTANT! Treat it that way please. Ultimately, even though the food is averaged to below average, and I can't hear the music, we continue to come back here because of the beer . Imagine if they put the same effort into their menu...

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Union Street Brewing - Where the beer is made

Union Street Brewing

4.3(21 reviews)
41.2 mi

I have enjoyed this place a half-dozen times. Decent beer, decent bar food. The atmosphere is clean…read moreand nice, a bit too generic maybe... No big desl. There is however just one thing about it which rankles, and makes me less likely to return. Namely: The staff seem to have been instructed to demand aggressively that you pay up front--or swipe your card before you've even been served. Even if you're sitting at the bar (not outside). Problem 1: Tips should be based on the service rendered. I can't know what the service was like until we're done. So that forces patrons to choose the "run a tab" option even if just dropping in for one beer. Problem 2: This policy feels needlessly suspicious and hostile, as if USB doesn't trust their (almost exclusively well-heeled) clientele to pay. And this isn't some busy NYC bar where people occasionally walk on tabs. And bowhere else I've been in Hudson does this. If Governor's or Padrona tried it, regulars would look at the server like an extraterrestrial. Management might want to take a chill pill and try trusting their patrons more; Hudson is still a small town. Take the order, do a good job, give us a bill when we're ready... After the drinks and food are finished.

What a great high quality brewery. We stumbled in here on a hot day after walking around Hudson…read moreNY. Very friendly bartender; helped us with tasting a few beers before committing. All were delicious and well executed. We ordered two small plates to share and wasn't disappointed. Mediterranean salad and burrata flatbread was yummy. The beers are excellent and the service top notch. The tasting room is lovely looking at the fermentation tanks and buzzing with patrons who enjoy some solid brews.

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