Moose On The Loose In New York Again!

 

I was lucky enough to spend a few days in New York. Last year you may remember that I rushed round the city in one day! This blog will feature the various beer places I visited and what I drank, I’ll tell you my fave at the end! 

High Bar New York: 

I’m cheating a bit with this one as it it’s a roof bar at the hotel I stayed at! But look at the views:

Two beer bottles 

Better at night right?

The bar had a decent offering with beers from Dogfish and a strange Guinness in a bottle I’d never had before! 

Lillie’s Time Square: 

We found this place by chance, sometimes you just happen to wonder past a gem. This place had gone all out for Halloween! 

Spooky

Halloween starts earlier every year

Perhaps the scariest view of them all!

Mermaid IPA from local brewery Coney Island went down a treat! I also tried the house lager which was wet and cold. 

Tavern on The Green:

 A pub in the middle (sort of) of Central Park! Does London have anything like this?

It was fancy!

Fancy is just another way to say expensive! The Das Bronx Oktoberfest from Bronx Brewery was decent though. 

Beer Authority NYC: 

 Busy street! 

This place is on the same street as the hotel, which was very convenient! I made a couple of visits here throughout my visit. There was a large range of beers covering all styles. Highlights were Nightshine Black Lager from Catskill and Save The Robots by Radiant Pig. 

Yard House New York - Times Square:

More Bronx Brewery!

A huge bar! 

 This place is enormous and so is the beer range! I enjoyed a Bronx American Pale here.

The Three Monkeys:

It was hard to take a photo of…

I can’t wait to type the name of this beer out..

The Three Monkeys felt and looked like more of a ‘pub’ than anywhere else in NY. Really strong selection of beers and I really enjoyed my Inexplicable Use Of Umlaut (see that was fun to type). 

Craft + Carry - Hell’s Kitchen: 

Who’s the photo bomber?

Spooky

Another flight

Before you ask, Hell’s Kitchen is the name of the area and not some tribute to that sweaty chef bloke. This place was decent though. Nice venue with a large selection of both draught, bottles and cans. To be honest there wasn’t really anything on my flight that I’d rate above good but I also treated myself to some cans which are currently in my fridge. 

Beer Culture: 

Dark and spooky

This was the last venue of a long night and I fancied a stout. Black Gold by Rockaway was really nice!

Joyce Public House: 

Menu in the photo so I could tell the location, how smart am I?

This place was round the corner from the hotel and advertised itself as an Irish pub, it did have rugby shirts on the walls. Dales Pale from Oskar Blues was crisp and refreshing! 

The Keg Room: 

I really liked this place. It was fun busy and had a good range of beers. I started on the Mosaic and Amarillo IPA by Broken Bow which was of the beers of the trip. I then tried the beer pictured below.

The above is American Light by Samuel Adams. Light beers have always intrigued me as I’m not really sure what or who they’re for. At 4.2% it’s a lower ABV than most on the bar but it’s not exactly low. Unlike most light beers this one did actually taste of something. Wouldn’t have it again though. 

This is Black Duck Porter and it wasn’t very good. 

District Tap House: 

I remember not liking the atmosphere at this place. Beers from Twin Folk and Alternate Ending drank well though. 

Torch & Crown Brewing Company:

What’s the best thing to do when someone wants to look round a huge book shop? Leave and grab a beer? That’s the correct answer and happily Torch & Crown Brewing Company was right around the corner. Based in a building that is sort of outside yet inside at the same time and serving beers such as Cheat Code and Almost Famous a good decision was made. Cheat Code, a west coat style IPA was a real stand out of the trip. 

Cheat Code 

Old Town Bar:

Doesn’t look very old from the outside..

Looks can be deceiving 

A proper old school bar the aptly named Old Town Bar was quite the experience, in a good way of course. Local beers served from both tap and can made up a very decent line up. However there was a strange feature of the place:

The ancient toilets were interesting to see. The cubicles has curtains at the bottom of the door, I guess if you see that curtain dancing in the wind you shouldn’t go in there next. 

Now we reach my fave bar in New York! 

Valhalla: 

I honestly adored this place. Valhalla is the bar that we all dream about living near. The kind of place you spent an hour in or a whole evening. After being welcomed by the friendly bar staff you’ll find a range a beers to choose from, I managed to sample 15 different beers across my two visits! From wheat beers to amber beers, lagers and even a radler! 

Don’t worry I sampled most in flight form

As you can see I love a flight! 

New York is obviously a huge city and there’s so many bars to experience but I was so impressed with where I visited around The Hell’s Kitchen area of the city. I’d go as far as to say that it’s an incredible city of beer. Maybe one I’ll return, 

Thanks for reading!