Newburgh Brewing Company — Restaurant in City of Newburgh

Newburgh Brewing Company's space is awesome. Large sweeping views of the Hudson along the windows with a long ledge covering the whole wall, a ton of open ceiling space, lots of beer hall tables and a decent sized bar anchoring one end of the huge room. Ping pong and cornhole are as popular as ever, and they've added board games and arcade games (Donkey Kong Jr. and an old WWF game) that you can play for free. There is still live music, and while they are all guitar players for the most part, they've started booking more bearable acts. The bartenders are mostly people that have been with the company since the beginning, and they're always happy to let you try different things before ordering. There are tours of the brewery downstairs, but I haven't done one yet. Their lineup started very basic, but has grown quite diverse. For instance, they have starter beers like their cream ale and their brown ale, solid craft beers like Newburton IPA (english IPA) and Von Steuben's Gose (a light, tangy, rarely seen german style), and more intense stuff like their Aces Wild (double cream ale dry hopped with Sorachi Ace hops) and Roggensauer (a berliner-weisse sour brewed with all rye and brettanomyces). This is a significant evolution from their original English-leaning session beer concept, but it a sign of positive growth while catering to their customer base. They don't have everything on tap at once at this point, but they have 10-15 beers available at a time and are constantly rotating in old favorites along with the new. I love that you can check what's in their tanks on their website, and their Facebook page is very helpful in letting you know what's available as well. All beers are $5, and they range from pints to goblets to half pint glasses, with the pours generally being generous at the price point. I have tried every beer that they have released since they've opened, excluding the few most recent ones which I will be rectifying soon. Of the twenty I've had, 11 are at least solid choices on any bar menu, with 6 of those being really outstanding. This is pretty damn good for a new brewery considering that I'm comparing them to the larger craft beer landscape. Only 3 beers I didn't like outright, and those sounded iffy from the get-go (looking at you Old Tjikko). The food menu has expanded since they opened, and while it remains a bit shaky, it seems to have gotten better. They stuck to the numbered tables concept, which is fine but can be challenging for the servers, some who have to walk long distances while holding hot food! Their fries, grilled cheese, bratwurst, and pretzels stick out to me as good, while I don't care for their mussels. They got rid of their waffles which my family absolutely loved. It's also nice to know where your food is coming from, even if their local-vore rhetoric is tiresome at times. All said, this place has done Newburgh...

Maybe I should have stayed one more night in Newburgh. We went to the second floor of an old brick warehouse on Colden Street, home of the Newburgh Brewing Company. The tap was open for us. The bartender insisted on samples. I enjoyed a Kolsch and then an Irish Stout. Halted when offered a third. I had the Hudson to cross by ferry.

I stood before these open doors that provided a view of George Washington's headquarters, a replica of the stone mansion where he served as Commander of Chief for the final months of the war. Washington dismissed his troops from that home on a height. He enjoyed some normalcy too. Martha Washington paid him visits, taking a coach and horses over from Philadelphia.

The view made a perfect place to experience the party. People walked over to enjoy the view. I had a story to tell. We had good beer to drink. Colden Street has a wall of great limestone blocks that hold back the hill. A chain link fence holds back the vandals. A line of scrub has grown that obscures the view of the mansion. I asked for a bushman saw and the fill of a growler, ready to do my duty. We should see the mansion easily, all lit up.

A saleswoman from Moscow and her sales engineer from Vancouver joined me by the Washington window. The Washington Window. I just made that up. She flies home in a week. He returns on Monday to Vancouver, but wanted to go home shopping Sunday.

The two thought about a trip into New York. "So much to do in the city. It's overwhelming. Beacon has just enough to do. In Beacon, across the Hudson, the Dia awaits with contemporary art. And on the main street, keep on walking until you reach Beacon Falls. Then have your dinner". We exchanged business cards. And I ran for the ferry. I had missed two and the final one wasn't going to loiter for the likes of me. Thank goodness it wasn't far. I arrived as the...

Chose this location for my daughter’s bridal shower. I chose it mostly for the industrial charm of the building with the great views of the river and the fact that it had an elevator for guests who couldn’t climb stairs. I wish I could give it more stars. Melisa, the manager was very attentive to emails in making the arrangements, etc. we were able to get in early to set up. Happy we chose the opening time slot because I can’t imagine setting up with a venue full of people. The workers who were there early were very helpful with anything we asked and one little girl (Mary Kate?) worked her tail off the entire time. Bartender was friendly and helpful. The food was very good. We had salad greens, penne, and lemon (sage?) chicken. Guests especially liked the chicken. The greens were just iceberg and for the price I was expecting more of a spring mix. The bread was not great and a couple of pieces were moldy. The biggest complaint we had, however, was the air (or lack of it). It was 90 degrees and humid outside and the inside temperature felt about the same or WORSE. We were all dripping by the end of the 3 hours and some of our elderly guests were having trouble breathing. It was really bad. I don’t know if the air was just not working that day or if this was a regular occurrence, but I would NEVER book here again (at least not in the summer) for this reason. It’s a shame, because otherwise this would have been at least a four star review. This completely put a damper on the day. We had so much food leftover because no one felt like eating. Thank God they allowed us to bring in our own spa water, because that was the biggest hit of the day. All in all, we enjoyed showering our daughter... just could have been so much more enjoyable if not...