NYACK, NEW YORK

Just across the Tappan Zee Bridge in the hilly village of Nyack, THE LOCAL TAPHOUSE OF NYACK has been pouring local craft beer and fine spirits for a decade. Visited June '25 on a hot, sticky Friday at noon, entrepreneurial owner Travis is running the cozy bronze tile-ceilinged Prohibition-styled saloon.

A 12-seat oak top bar with centralized liquor station and 10-plus tap handles saddle the left side pub while a front window booth, a few tabled chairs and backroom tables fill out the small interior. A right-side patio with a few benches provides outside seating. There are hot dogs onsite but outside food's also welcome.

Quality bourbons and whiskeys are featured alongside the ten draughts available during my initial two-hour perusal. I found five untried New York suds (reviewed in Beer Index): Kills Boro Killsner German Pilsner; Schilling Kvet 12 Czech Amber Lager; Round Table Encuentro Argentinian Lager; Industrial Arts Party Flavors NEIPA (with mango-blueberry); Tin Barn Pineapple Downside Up Cake Sour Ale.