| Foreword | ix |
| Acknowledgments | xi |
| Introduction | xiii |
| The Big Guys | 1 |
| Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.: Baldwinsville Brewery | 3 |
| High Falls Brewing Company | 8 |
| Matt Brewing Company | 13 |
| A word about ... Micros, Brewpubs, and Craft Brewers | 18 |
| Suburbia by the Sea: Long Island | 20 |
| Black Forest Brew Haus | 23 |
| John Harvard's Brew House | 27 |
| Blue Point Brewing Company | 30 |
| Brickhouse Brewery and Restaurant | 35 |
| Southampton Publick House | 37 |
| A word about ... Beer Traveling | 41 |
| The Big Hop: New York City | 43 |
| Yankee Brewing Company | 48 |
| Brooklyn Brewery | 51 |
| Chelsea Brewing Company | 55 |
| Heartland Brewery, Union Square | 59 |
| Heartland Brewery, Midtown | 61 |
| Heartland Brewery and Chophouse | 64 |
| Typhoon Brewery | 66 |
| A word about ... Brewing Beer | 68 |
| FDR Territory: The Hudson Valley | 71 |
| Ramapo Valley Brewery | 73 |
| Brotherhood Winery | 77 |
| Gentleman Jim's | 80 |
| Hyde Park Brewing Company | 83 |
| Gilded Otter Brewing Company | 87 |
| A word about ... Ales and Lagers | 92 |
| Dutch Country: Albany and the Capital District | 94 |
| Big House Brewing Company | 100 |
| Big House Grill | 102 |
| C. H. Evans Brewing Company at the Albany Pump Station | 104 |
| Malt River Brewing Company | 107 |
| Troy Pub and Brewery | 110 |
| Mendocino Brewing Company | 113 |
| Original Saratoga Springs Pub and Brewery | 117 |
| A word about ... Bars | 120 |
| Forever Wild: The Adirondacks | 123 |
| Cooper's Cave Ale Company, Ltd. | 126 |
| Davidson Brothers Restaurant and Brewery | 130 |
| Adirondack Pub and Brewery | 133 |
| Lake Placid Pub and Brewery | 137 |
| Great Adirondack Brewing Company | 141 |
| Bootleggers | 143 |
| Lake Placid Craft Brewing Company | 148 |
| Red Lion Brewing Company | 150 |
| A word about ... Regional Foods--Red Hots, Greek Sauce, and Fish Fries | 155 |
| Touched by a Glacier: The Finger Lakes | 158 |
| Brewery Ommegang | 160 |
| Cooperstown Brewing Company | 166 |
| Wagner Brewing Company | 169 |
| Ithaca Beer Company | 172 |
| Custom Brewcrafters, Inc. | 176 |
| Market Street Brewing Company and Restaurant | 179 |
| Ellicottville Brewing Company | 184 |
| A word about ... Regional Foods--Spiedies, Weck, and Wings | 188 |
| Lake Effect | 191 |
| Barker Brewing Company | 194 |
| Sackets Harbor Brewing Company | 198 |
| Empire Brewing Company, Syracuse | 202 |
| Middle Ages Brewing Company, Ltd. | 207 |
| Syracuse Suds Factory | 209 |
| Empire Brewing Company, Rochester | 211 |
| Rohrbach Brewing Company | 214 |
| The Distillery | 217 |
| Eddie's Brewery and Grill | 219 |
| Flying Bison Brewing Company | 222 |
| Buffalo Brewpub | 227 |
| Pearl Street Grill and Brewery | 230 |
| Beerwebs | 235 |
| Glossary | 237 |
| Index | 247 |