Getting the flavor of ... New York state’s brew tours

Tourists can visit New York's microbreweries while taking in the fall foliage.

New York state’s brew tours

Thanks to a batch of enterprising brewers, New York is “again relevant to beer drinkers,” said George Quraishi in National Geographic Traveler. In the late 1800s, “scores of small farms in upstate New York supplied more than 80 percent of the nation’s hops,” until they were “swallowed up” by Midwestern giants like Budweiser. Yet the area is now home to nearly 50 microbreweries, and the state’s tourism board has mapped out four pour tours, making it easier for tourists to taste local brews while taking in the fall foliage. Cooperstown Brewing serves up baseball-themed beers in honor of the city’s Baseball Hall of Fame. Brewery Ommegang is named after a festival in Brussels, celebrated here with quadruple ales and farmhouse saison in autumn and summer. “Raise a pint of Special Old Bitter and toast” Franklin Roosevelt at Hyde Park Brewing, which sits across from the president’s maple-lined estate. “You might want to thank him for ending Prohibition,” as well.

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