I love Long Island craft beer from a number of distinct and different Long Island breweries. It’s great to try local culture and support local businesses.
There are just so many styles and tastes, with more and more coming out seemingly every day. There’s a Long Island craft beer wonderland out there, and it just keeps getting better!!
Long Island Craft Beer
The past decade has been very good for craft beer lovers on Long Island. There has been an explosion of great breweries, from a handful to over 50…with more coming in 2020 and 2021 already! From the very micro to the pretty large, there’s something for everyone today.
They are in just about any and all corners of the Island, too. This helps to make it easier for just about anyone curious to try them out! Trying as many beers as you can really gives you a great feel for what a brewery is all about and what types of beers you like and don’t like. Taking tours are great idea, too.
Top Beer List
Here are some of my favorite beers from some of the best breweries on Long Island in no particular order!
Barrier Brewing Co.
- Money
- Lomax
- Intellectual Violence
- Cryomax
- Woo Hah
- Imposter Pilsner
- Peach Gose
- 9 Meals Away
- 51631
- Icculus Kolsch
Greenport Harbor Brewing Company
- Leaf Pile Ale
- Tidal Lager
- Otherside IPA
- Harbor Ale
- Naturally Juiced (Mets or Yankees version)
- Summer Ale
1940’s Bewing Company
- Wicked Chowder
- 1940’s Lager
- Snap Crackle Porter
Blue Point Brewing Company
- Toasted Lager
- Pinstripe Pilsner
- Hoptical Illusion
- Imperial Sunshine
- Mother Pumpkin
- Shore Thing
- Naturally Juiced
- Hazy Bastard Variant #4
- Gose – Beach Plum, Blackberry, Peach
Great South Bay Brewery
- Blood Orange Pale Ale
- Massive IPA
- Sleigh Ryde Winter Ale
- Jetty Ale
- Velvet Hot Tub Milk Stout
- Field 5 Golden IPA
- Pretty In Pink IPA
Port Jefferson Brewing Company
- Beach Beer Ale
- Party Boat IPA
- Trippel H Belgian Style Trippel
Montauk Brewing Company
- Juicy IPA
- Driftwood Ale
- Watermelon Session IPA
- Pumpkin
- Pilsner
- Session IPA
Spider Bite Beer Company
- First Bite Pale Ale
- Straight A’s IPA
- Boris the Spider Russian Imperial Stout
Sand City Brewing Co.
- Oops I Hopped My Pants IPA
- Radical ONE Imperial IPA
- Second Wave Imperial IPA
- Two Imperial IPA
- Southdown Breakfast Stout
Destination Unknown Brewing Company (DUBCO)
- Science of Selling Mango Milkshakes
- Sour Science 1.0
- Waikiki Wheat
- Local to Locals #8: Milkshake IPA
- DUBCO IPA
Garvies Point Craft Brewery
- Sour Batch Tiki
- Tauktoberfest Märzen
- Off Road IPA
- Sour Batch Motueka
- Lil Bruin Cabernet Barrel Aged Sour
Six Harbors Brewing Company
- Pumpkin Lager
- Kaos IPA
- Barleys Berliner
Oyster Bay Brewing Company
- Alexa Imperial IPA
- Barn Rocker SessionAle
Long Ireland Beer Company
- Celtic Ale
- Breakfast Stout
- Chocolate Porter
- Black Friday imperial Stout
See For Yourself
There are many more that could be on this list, so be sure to get out there and try it all out for yourself.
Please note, since this is local and craft beer, some of these beers are limited releases and some are seasonal. Check with the brewery’s website and social to see what they currently have on tap.
More About the Beer
Check out my list of the Absolute Best Long Island Brewery Tours!
If you can’t make it out for a tour, be sure to look into beer delivery!
Check Out What’s New In Long Island Brewing for 2020 and 2021!!!
Read more about some of the best Long Island craft beer around!
More From The Long Island Local
The bounty of great food on Long Island seems endless! From great steakhouses on Long Island to great Greenport restaurants, there’s so much to enjoy. And how about all the wonderful restaurants on the water Long Island?! Or maybe check out some Long Island oyster farms!
Be sure to find out about more things to do on Long Island as well as more great spots to eat and drink and wonderful places to stay on Long Island!
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