Utica has brewed continuously since before Prohibition (they made near-beer and soda to survive it), and the modern scene spreads from Varick Street to farm breweries in the hills. These are the taprooms with real food or real history — most have both.
F.X. Matt has brewed on Varick Street since 1888 — Saranac and Utica Club, VIP tours with tastings, and the summer courtyard concert series.
About twenty house taps in Marcy with a lager-leaning brewmaster and a full kitchen — trivia Thursdays, live music Sundays.
A rotating dozen drafts and a weekly-changing scratch menu in the historic brewery district, open until midnight most of the week.
Boonville's two-century-old inn, reopened in late 2025 as a taproom and kitchen under local ownership.
Craft drafts and whiskeys with a burger-and-wings kitchen in downtown Herkimer.
Belgian-style ales on a former hop farm outside Cooperstown, with a 100-seat cafe, tours, and summer concerts — pair it with a Hall of Fame trip.
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