One of the Best Beer Bars in NYC is NOT a Beer Bar!

The photo above was taken at Brouwerij Lane in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. They started off as a quaint beer store with a few taps for growler fills. But now they have a full 19 taps, and as you can tell from the photo, there are some great choices. Now, this tap upgrade was primarily done for NY Craft Beer Week, but thankfully (and obviously) the taps are permanent!

In addition to the great bottle selection and 19 full taps, you can also DRINK BEER IN THE STORE! Yes, that's right. You can drink any of the beers on tap right there in the store. Now, realize that its still a somewhat small place, so you could very well end up standing, but its well worth it for the good brews. Also, the staff is very friendly and knowledgeable, willing to chat with anyone about beer.

Since the photo was taken, they had a few more events that rotated the tap list around. Check out their current (9/21) list:

1. Gaffel Kolsch
2. Gösser Austrian Lager
3. Jever Pilsener
4. Gruut Belgian Wit Beer
5. Stone Levitation Red Ale
6. Stone Arrogant Bastard
7. Stone Sublimely Self Righteous Black IPA
8. Stone Vertical Epic ‘09 Imperial Belgian Porter
9. Stone Ruination IPA
10. Keegan Old Capital
11. Victory Yakima Twilight
12. Keegan Mothers Milk
13. Keegan Joe Mama’s Imperial Coffee Milk
14. Sixpoint Apollo Wheat
15. Victory Wild Devil
16. Lagunitas Lucky 13 Imperial Red Ale
17. Boulder Flashback India Brown Ale
18. Victory Festbier Octoberfest
19. Victory Golden Monkey