Tin Barn Brewing
62 Kings Hwy Bypass Chester, NY 10918

Tin Barn is a microbrewery along the west shore of Senaca lake.  
The venue reminds one of a resort; a very large building with a magnificent view of the lake.
The service bar is in a room with seating for about 50. There is a large adjacent room set up like a meeting room - a great table at the head, and several more great tables in tiers. There is another even larger overflow bar area beyond. The patio is perhaps 200 feet long,with many tables, facing the lake; as well as green space and a side patio.

Tin Barn has 12 taps of their beer in a rather eclectic selection; many styles but most are very high ABV, 8 - 10 - 12 %. They also have several coolers of their products.

Lucky Hare Brewing Company
6085 Beckhorn Rd. Hector, NY 14841
(607) 546-2036

Lucky Hare Brewing is a farm brewery on the East side of Seneca Lake in New York.
The bar room is rather small but there is a nice patio with a view of the lake.
They have about 8 of their own tasty beers on tap.
The tap room is located about 50 feet from the brewery, which is housed in a 100-year old barn.
Lucky Hare's 8 draft beers will usually include their 4 flagship brews; an IPA, saison, stout, and ESB.
The seasonals could be a brown ale, a gose, a wheat, a double IPA, or any of a number of others.
If consuming your beer has given you an appetite for food, the kitchen is open from Wednesday through Sunday and serves a limited menu of pub food.

Buried Acorn Brewing Company
881 Van Rensselaer Street
Syracuse, NY 13204
(315) 552-1499

The Buried Acorn is a microbrewery a block from Destiny Mall in Syracuse, NY.  The metal building fits in with the industrial neighborhood. 
There is a grassy patio to the left and a large gravel parking lot with a few picnic tables on the right.
Food trucks are often on hand. 
Thru the door, there is one large room, with the bar on the left half that seats about 10.  The rest of the area has tables and standing around room. 
Buried Acorn has 37 of their own beers on tap (the cider might be a guest). 
Many of their beers are available for take out from a cooler far to the right.  The cooler behind the bar has  bottles of local ciders and various distillates.

Willow Rock Brewing Company
115 Game Rd
Syracuse, NY 13210
(315) 928-6948

Willow Rock Brewing Company is a microbrewery just on the city limits of Syracuse, NY.
It's a kinda new, small warehouse-style building.
Just inside the warehouse door is a glass- enclosed, climate controlled bar room. The bar seats about 10 patrons, and there are several tables.
Half of the warehouse is brewing operation, housing the 1-barrel brewing system, and several one-barrel bright tanks.
The other half of the warehouse has several great tables as well has 8 church pews for seating.
They have six brews on tap with the promise of more to come.

Red Hawk Brewing
4504 Bussey Rd
Syracuse, NY 13215
Phone: (315) 491-5158

The Red Hawk Brewery is a micro brewery about 5 miles from Syracuse, NY.
The barnlike building has absolutely no signage of any sort to identify it as a commercial establishment.
Red Hawk specializes in Belgian style beers, with 6 full time taps and several seasonals, most of which have fairly high ABV's.
The taproom has one rather large room as well as an alcove with tables. There is room for ten or more to stand at the bar, and lots of standing around room.
The room is rather stark, and except for the lack of seats, could be a
Veterinarian's office.
We stayed until closing without seeing any other customers; the owner seemed embarrassed by this and said they are usually busier.

Climbing Bines Hop Farm
511 Hansen Point Rd
Penn Yan, NY
(607) 745-0221

Climbing Bines is a farm microbrewery that produces it's own hops which are prominently growing out front. The brewery also uses locally harvested barley.
To get to the tasting room, one walks down the drive from the parking lot to a large open room in the side of the barn. It's newly paneled, bright and cheery, but also plain and simple.
Available in the tasting room are samples, pints, 32-oz. grenades, and growlers.
Taps are on the back wall, and the bar separates the workers from the tasters.
Climbing Bines has a big lawn which can be set up with a band and picnic tents.
They have 6 of their own tasty beers on tap, among which are a blonde, pale ale, IPA, amber, and hefeweizen.

Finger Lakes Beer Company, LLC
8462 State Route 54
P.O. Box 356
Hammondsport, NY 14840
(607)569-3311

Finger Lakes Beer Company is a microbrewery near Hammondsport, NY, in a modern building just off the highway.
The visitor enters into a large room that has some brewery merchandise and a cash register.
Large windows to the side room offer views of the brewing operation.
In the back is the tasting room. By license they offer 3 oz. pours of your choice of 6 brews for $3.00.
Growlers can be filled, but they have none of their beer otherwise packaged.
They provide lists of retailers selling their beer.

Keuka Brewing Company
8572 Briglin Road  
Hammondsport, NY 14840
(607) 868-4648

Keuka Brewing is a microbrewery several miles from Hammondsport, NY. It's in a one-family house far into the country.
The owner has changed the front lawn into a parking area.
The brewing operation and tasting room are in the basement.
By license he is allowed to serve to tasters 3 oz. samples of each of his six beers. He charges $3.00 for a complete tasting.
One can buy 12 oz. bottles of the year- round beers and bombers of the seasonals, as well as fill growlers.
The beer is fairly tasty and seemed true to style.
Also available is beer paraphernalia and lists of retailers carrying Keuka products.

War Horse Brewing Company
623 Lerch Rd
Geneva, NY 14456
315-585-4432

The War Horse Brewery has it's tasting room at the rear of the Three Brothers Winery near Seneca Lake.  
It is not a brew pub.
The beer is contract brewed, and is for sale at the tasting room. 
They sell growlers and have one beer in bottles.  They can also sell a round of samples.  And they have a fair amount of samples. 
The draft was tasty and seemed true to style.  The bottled beer also contains a grape juice. 

Southern Tier Brewing Company
2051A Stoneman Circle
Lakewood, New York 14750
Telephone 716-763-5479

The Southern Tier brewery is a stand alone building about a mile from the highway in Lakewood, NY.
It's a pretty large building with lots of fermentation tanks out back.
The parking and public door are on the side near the back. One enters a vestibule that has seats, the restrooms, and a door to the bar area.
The 30 foot square bar area has rustic wood beams but otherwise of a modern decor. The walkup bar is on the entrance end, and there are about a dozen tables.
There is also a station where one can order from a very limited pub grub menu.
Southern Tier has about 15 of their own beers on tap, most available in growlers.
There is also a cooler with many of their products available for carry out.
At the opposite end, big wide doors reveal a partially covered patio larger than the bar room itself.
Also revealed is a very large lawn for picnicking with a bandstand perhaps 100 feet away.
On this summer weekend, even the lawn was crowded.