Finger Lakes region a "beer hub"- Rochester #2

[Matt Marcinkiewicz]

Before the weather gets bad/truly winter-like, I'm going to have to map out my own Rochester Beer Trail. I was planning on playing poker at Turning Stone next weekend; this could probably be accomplished as part of the same trip.

Wonder how many craft breweries are in my home county of Erie...15, maybe?

[Matt Marcinkiewicz]

Rohrbach Railroad Street IPA is one of my top 5 beers, btw. I miss the days when one of the corner stores I go to carried it in 4-packs. I have to settle for Bell's Two-Hearted and Arrogant Bastard when I go to that same store these days. The upside is that they sell those cans individually, so I can make my own de facto sampler pack

[Matt Marcinkiewicz]

Originally Posted by BeeHoyal

I tried a flight of the supposedly (cough-cough) least "hoppy" beers at one of the best known microbreweries in the Finger Lakes and four of the five tasted like utter crappola.

The one that didn't taste like total feces was still not so good either. A can or bottle of Miller or Coors Light from any grocery store would have been head and shoulders over the garbage I was subjected to.

So-called "craft" beers have turned into the naked emperors clothes of adult beverages.

Have some fun with THIS parody...
Magnificent Bastard - Craft Beer Name Generator

Lol. De gustibus non est disputandum.

[JWRocks]

Originally Posted by Matt Marcinkiewicz

Rohrbach Railroad Street IPA is one of my top 5 beers, btw. I miss the days when one of the corner stores I go to carried it in 4-packs. I have to settle for Bell's Two-Hearted and Arrogant Bastard when I go to that same store these days. The upside is that they sell those cans individually, so I can make my own de facto sampler pack

I believe Wegmans has Rohrback in growlers. Check out Rohrbacks on Buffalo Rd in Gates or better yet visit the ome on Railroad St. adjacent to the public market.


Looks like 3 more breweries are opening this month. One in Spencerport and I think 2 in Penfield.