Manhattan's Only Active Brewery Opens Its Doors for Free Tours
So what are you doing this weekend? Drinking beer? Yea, we thought so. Luckily for New Yorkers and tourists to the Big Apple, Manhattan's only active brewery has begun offering free tours to accompany their award-winning beers.
Perched on Pier 59 on the Hudson River, the Chelsea Brewing Company has been sitting calm and cool since 1996, slowly working its way onto the taps at bars around the city. To enjoy their full beer list, featuring a slew of seasonal brews which just became available on April 10, we spent last Saturday heading into the mouth of the brewery beast itself.
Led by craft beer aficionado (and former NBC page) Ian Phillips, the tour leads curious patrons through the steps of the beer making process, including some hops sniffing and picking anecdotes, and ends with a few pitchers of free beer to taste the results. On our visit, we downed some of their standard Checker Cab Blonde Ale, Sunset Red, and Flower and Shower Wheat and rounded out the eve by using the tour's discount beer coupons to sample some newly-released Imperial barleywine at 11.5% alcohol by volume.
Since Chelsea Brewing Company's beers are limited and often hard to find at bars owing to the fact that they are personally driven around to be delivered, we recommend taking the lazy route by just heading straight to the brewery itself. Its location is a selling point itself, as it's right on the river and cuddled up next to the Chelsea Piers Golf Club and bowling alley. And c'mon; in these times, are you going to say no to free alcohol?
Tours are hourly on Saturdays from 2-6pm and limited to 40 people, who may sign up at the hostess stand inside of the restaurant. More information on the brewery and its brews, and general beer chatter can be found at the brewery blog.
For more pictures of our Chelsea Brewery Tour, check out the Flickr set.
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· Chelsea Brewing Company [Official Blog]
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