October 14, 2009
We were greeted by a very friendly cat when we walked into this quaint little brewery. The place is small, and in a word rustic (in a good way), but the gift shop/tasting room area is pretty crowded, and the brewer who was helping customers seemed pretty gosh darned busy when we got in. Once people cleared out though he was a very friendly guy who took time talking about each and every beer he served us, and there was not a stinker in the batch. You had to drink out of plastic water glasses... which was weird, but the conversation and the beer certainly made up for that, not to mention that you got 7 samples for $2. Where else can you drink beer and have your tasting interrupted by a phone call from the Yogi Berra estate?

February 7, 2008
On the BCTC weekend, Sudnay morning we went here on the way home. Sign says tour times but there was nobody there. We hung out in the giftshop for a while until an older gentleman appeared and poured us some 1/2 inch samples. Outdoors doesn’t look like much and the inside was pretty quiet. Didn’t take much of a tour but had some samples with no explanation of the beer and we were on our way. If you are nearby check it out but not sure if its worth a trip all on its own.

July 18, 2007
Well I can say that this was really a fun stop in our visit to Cooperstown. The brewery looks dumpy from the outside, just an old warehouse. The inside isn’t much better but they do have some very friendly staff and great prices. As others have noted, just $3 gets you a tour of the brewery and a sample of everything they brew. The beer isn’t great, but it is good and the guys there seem to be very interested in talking about beer. It’s neat to see a small operation like this trying to make it in a huge beer world. Worth the stop for the experience, maybe not the beer.

December 28, 2006
We walked in on a off day on our back east tour in 2004. The owner was there with his trusty sidekick "dog". Very friendly and let me taste some of his examples. I took a growler of his beer and enjoyed it on the rest of the trip. Beer isn’t a must have but was doable.

August 1, 2006
Nice guys getting ready for the BCTC fest. Friendly...they were sorta busy...I wasn’t impressed with their beers.

May 22, 2006
$3 for a 45 minute tour followed up with a tasting of all 7 of their beers, 6 of which are available on draught. When walking into the place, which looks like a hangar from the outside, you are immediately greeted by a dog and cat. On the day I was there, the owner of the brewery was there. He is very friendly and makes a lot of small talk. The tour is informative and really goes into detail about small scale brewing making it a great stop if up in the area. The gift shop has lots of cool breweriana as well.

June 18, 2005
Second brewery tour. Not the nicest place in the world, but they did have some cool tshirts. The kid who gave the tour knew what he was talking about and made it more interesting than expected. I would agree with the last reviewer - this definitely looked blue collar. The bottling machine was from the 1950s. Everything in the building looked like it was from an old high school except for a few vats. However, $3 gave a ~45 minute long tour and 7 samples. Pretty good deal. The beers aren’t anything special, but it was fun regardless. What better to do on a rainy Saturday?

March 19, 2005
The ambiance isn’t the greatest but this is a blue-collar shop designed to produce wonderful beers. I’m not sure abandoned autos and old equipment outside nearby helps. It looks like its near an old train line and old factories. It is typical of Upstate NY. The tour guide spoke really quickly and mechanically about the brewing that is done there. However, the beers they make are really good and you can tell they enjoy making them. I’ve spoken to a few of the other workers and they are really into what they do. The gift shop is nice-it has shirts, numerous books and you can sample their beers on tap. While the brewery up the road emphasizes art and culture, this is history. And you don’t want too much after spending a day at the Hall of Fame-information overdrive. There is also a bar in town that has beers on tap from the two local breweries and karoake to boot,