Governor Cuomo is announcing the launch of the "Taste NY Inaugural Craft Beer Challenge."
New Yorkers are invited to vote for their favorite New York State brewery in celebration of the diversity, range, and quality of the state's craft beer industry.
Nearly 70 breweries are participating in the challenge.
•42 North Brewing- East Aurora, NY
•Adirondack Brewery- Lake George, NY
•Aurora Ale & Lager Co- King Ferry, NY
•Barrage Brewing Company LLC- Farmingdale, NY
•Big aLICe Brewing Company- Long Island City, NY
•Big Ditch Brewing Company- Buffalo, NY
•Big Slide Brewery & Public House- Lake Placid, NY
•Binghamton Brewing Co.- Johnson City, NY
•Brewery Ommegang- Cooperstown, NY
•Broken Bow Brewery- Tuckahoe, NY
•Brooklyn Brewery- Brooklyn, NY
•Brown's Brewing Company- Troy and North Hoosick, NY
•C.H. Evans Brewing Co- Albany, NY
•Captain Lawrence Brewing Co- Elmsford, NY
•Catskill Brewery- Livingston Manor, NY
•Chatham Brewing- Chatham, NY
•Clemson Bros. Brewery- Middletown, NY
•Community Beer Works- Buffalo, NY
•Coney Island Brewery- Brooklyn, NY
•Cooperstown Brewing Company- Cooperstown, NY
•Diversion Brewing Co.- Chemung, NY
•Dublin Corners Farm Brewery- Linwood, NY
•Empire Brewing Co- Syracuse and Cazenovia, NY
•Fairport Brewing Co.- Fairport, NY
•Genesee Brewing Company- Rochester, NY
•Great Adirondack Brewing Company- Lake Placid, NY
•Grist Iron Brewing Company- Burdett, NY
•Great South Bay Brewery- Bay Shore, NY
•Gun Hill Brewing Company- Bronx, NY
•Hopshire Farm & Brewery- Freeville, NY
•Knucklehead Craft Brewing- Webster, NY
•Lake Drum Brewing- Geneva, NY
•Lake Placid Pub & Brewery- Lake Placid, NY
•Lithology Brewing- Farmingdale, NY
•Mill House Brewing Company- Poughkeepsie, NY
•Montauk Brewing Co. – Montauk, NY
•Moustache Brewing Co.- Riverhead, NY
•Naked Dove Brewing Company- Canandaigua, NY
•Nedloh Brewing Company- Bloomfield, NY
•New Paltz Brewing Co. (Pfälzerbräu)- Wawarsing, NY
•Newburgh Brewing Company- Newburgh, NY
•Oval Craft Brewing- Plattsburgh, NY
•Oyster Bay Brewing Company- Oyster Bay, NY
•Paradox Brewery- Schroon Lake, NY
•Pine Island Brewery- Pine Island, NY
•Prison City Pub & Brewery- Auburn, NY
•Red Shed Brewery- Cherry Valley, NY
•Reinvention Brewing Co- Manchester, NY
•Rip Van Winkle Brewing Co.- Catskill, NY
•Roc Brewing Co., LLC- Rochester, NY
•Rohrbach Brewing Company- Rochester, NY
•Rushing Duck Brewing- Chester, NY
•S&S Farm Brewery- Nassau, NY
•Saranac Brewery- Utica, NY
•Seneca Street Brew Pub- Manlius, NY
•Shmaltz Brewing Company- Clifton Park, NY
•Shrewd Fox Brewery- Eldred, NY
•Sixpoint Brewery- Brooklyn, NY
•Southern Tier Brewing Company- Lakewood, NY
•The Beer Diviner- Troy and Petersburg, NY
•The Flagship Brewery- Staten Island, NY
•The Roscoe NY Beer Co- Roscoe, NY
•Transmitter Brewing- Long Island City, NY
•War Horse Brewing Company- Geneva, NY
•Willow Rock Brewing Company- Syracuse, NY
•Wolf Hollow Brewing Company- Schenectady, NY
•WT Brews- Baldwinsville, NY
Voting is now open. Click here for the link.
Cuomo will host a final tasting event for the five breweries with the most online votes on May 17th in New York City, coinciding with American Craft Beer Week, which runs from May 15th through the 21st.