Adirondack Breweries & Distilleries

Adirondack Pub & Brewery

Adirondack Pub & Brewery in Lake George brews more than 25 all-natural, non-pasteurized craft ales brewed and bottled on-site. Brewery tours are available throughout the year on Fridays at 4 pm and Saturdays at 11:30 am, and a special Tuesday tour is offered Memorial Day through Labor Day at 4 pm. Adirondack Pub & Brewery's beer is distributed by six New York State distributors, and can be found in 32 counties throughout the state.

Band Stand Brew Works

Indulge in a diverse array of handcrafted beers, cocktails, and seltzers at Bandstand Brew Works!

Located in Warrensburg, Bandstand combines a sense of community with a passion for craft brewing. Dig into their delicious menu, filled with dishes made with fresh, locally sourced ingredients. From sandwiches and burgers, to pasta and a wide assortment of pub classics. Belly up to the bar for a Paradise Bay IPA, a Three Brothers Red Rye, a Black Mountain Coffee Porter, a Sweetbriar Belgian White, or one of many other year-round or seasonal brews.

Cooper's Cave Ale Company

Cooper's Cave Ale Company in Glens Falls offers traditional English-style ales, porters, and stouts. A family-owned and operated company, sample brews made from some of the finest ingredients available, including specialty malted barley and enjoy a meal, ice-cream, hand-crafted beer or soda.

Davidson Brothers Brewing Company

Davidson Brothers Brewing Company in Glens Falls opened its doors in 1996, and continues to offer a variety of traditional IPAs, porters and English-style bitter brews. Owned and operated by the brothers, enjoy family-friendly dining and a variety of beers on tap.

Mean Max Brew Works

Mean Max Brew Works specializes in richly crafted handmade ales and lagers. Selections are prepared in small, three-barrel batches; filtered ales and lagers are fermented naturally without additives making each consistent and distinctive whether it's packed in growlers, bottles or draft kegs.Time is what goes into making every Mean Max Brew Works a delicious take on our variety of offerings.

Northway Brewing Co.

Northway Brewing Co. offers self-guided tours of our brewery production ~ a 50-barrel brew system, a 3.5-barrel pilot system, a bottling and canning line, and a 3,000 square-foot taproom. They offer tastings, pints, growler fills, bottled and canned beverages to take home as well as merchandise.

Spring Brook Hollow

Spring Brook Hollow in Queensbury is a quaint farm distillery located just south of the village of Lake George that specializes in making vodka, gin, and moonshine.

Lake George Distilling Company

Lake George Distilling Company in Fort Ann distills small batches of craft spirits using local ingredients from the Adirondack region. Their specialty moonshines, whiskeys, and ryes are well-loved and sought after by resorts, stores, and restaurants from the Adirondacks all the way to New York City.

Glens Falls Distillery

Enjoy fantastic craft spirits from this small distillery located in Glens Falls. These spirits are created by a three-generation family that includes pharmacists and a chemist. Through travels to other states and countries, they have found northeast corn to be the most flavorful, moist, tender, and sweet. Their moonshine, bourbon, and corn whiskey are made from Washington County organic corn and organic barley.

American Oak Distillery - Oak Room

American Oak Distillery is a unique, small-batch whiskey and bourbon producer located in Bolton Landing. The whiskey is produced from the finest grains available and influenced by Adirondack hardwoods and pristine waters. Stop inside for tours, bottle sales, tastings, and/or cocktails, like the Honey Bee or American Oak Mule! They also sell bourbon cigars that are infused with the Double Barrel Bourbon. The Oak Room location features a menu with beers, wines, and cocktails, as well as pub foods and charcuterie boards.

Nestled in the mountainous High Peaks area, the Lake Placid Region boasts micro-breweries, a distillery and several tasting rooms.

Big Slide Brewery & Public House

Big Slide Brewery & Public House opened in June 2016 in Lake Placid and will feature ten house beers along with a fresh, localvore menu boasting the freshest produce and meats from nearby farms in the Adirondacks. Not your typical pub grub, Executive Chef Greg Sherman sources most ingredients locally and will wow your palate.

Lake Placid Pub & Brewery

From the pub's flagship UBU Ale – a rich, dark ale named after a patron's friendly chocolate Labrador – to seasonal favorites such as Imperial Pumpkin, the Lake Placid Pub & Brewery's beers capture the aromas and flavors of the Adirondacks. The brewery's two locations pump out approximately 300,000 pints of beer every year, placing it in the top 7% of breweries in the United States. Brewery tours are offered at the Lake Placid location on Saturdays at 4:30 pm.

Lake Placid Spirits

Lake Placid Spirits' rare flavors are locally produced in Lake Placid. Available in stores and restaurants throughout New York State, don't miss these unique, top-shelf liquors such as P3 Placid Vodka, 46 Peaks Vodka, Alpenglow, and Blue Line Gin, their most recent product release.

Gristmill Distillers

Gristmill Distillers in Keene uses locally sourced ingredients, including barrels made by one of the only coopers in the North East, who also happens to be located within the blue line in the village of Wilmington. Gristmill Distillers creates a variety of whiskey spirits that are smooth to the taste and pay homage to the history of the Adirondacks.

Tasting Rooms

Lake Placid’s craft‑beer passport extends beyond the hometown taps: three satellite tasting rooms line Main Street, each pouring the best of another up‑state brewer. Drop into The Boat for river‑inspired ales from Clayton, slide next door to Prison City Brewing for Auburn’s famed hazy IPAs, and finish at Raquette River Brewing for Tupper Lake classics like Maple Porter—all within an easy stroll and all offering flights, pints, and cans to go.

War Cannon Spirits

War Cannon Spirits, located in Crown Point, is housed in a tasting room that is over 200 years old. Enjoy hand-crafted whiskey in the tasting room. Stay for lunch or dinner offering a pub-style menu with a twist. Enjoy the rich heritage and breathtaking beauty of the Champlain region at this historical landmark and be sure to sample the exceptional spirits offered.

Paradox Brewery

Paradox Brewery in North Hudson is an independent craft brewery founded in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains brewing innovative beer of the highest quality. This 25,000 square foot brewery can produce 50,000 barrels a year using a state of the art brewing systems. Utilizing the naturally-filtered water flowing through the granite below the brewery, the beers are clean, crisp, and smooth. The Brewery tasting room offers flights, food and special events.