Captain Lawrence Brewing Company

Type: Brewery

Location: 99 Castleton Street

Pleasantville, NY 10570

United States

Phone: (914)741-BEER

Website: http://www.captainlawrencebrewing.com/

Tours: Friday 4-7, Saturday 12-6

Cost: It's free, make sure to tip the bartenders!

Visit Date: 12/03/2011

Beers:    Drew's Brew

              Family Meal

              Pale Ale

              Double IPA

              Espresso Stout

Nearby:  North County Rail Trail

Notes:  It'd been a couple of years since we stopped at Captain Lawrence. My parent's used to live in the North Bronx, so odds are when we crossed the Hudson we were heading straight there.  When we wanted a weekend adventure, we headed farther away, or otherwise avoided the toll.  I recently got a newer better bike and so we've been seeking out rail-trails more.  On this day we did ~40 miles round trip on North County Rail trail, conveniently finishing up an hour before tours ended.

We were pleased to discover not much has changed.  Great tour, you walk into the bar area, and samples are being handed out, then you are free to enter the brewery and peek around.  There are several "tours" throughout the day, where the group is walked around and the brewing process described.  We missed the actual tour this time, but enjoyed the opportunity to look around and sample some brews.

In no time, my sore quadriceps were loose again.  The stout was my favorite brew but they were all pretty solid.  We hoped to bring home a keg of the Stout, since they're close enough to return it when we're done, but it turns out you need to reserve online beforehand.  They didn't have any kegs of it in stock.  Major bummer, but I guess it means we'll have to be back.

I took a photo of some empty kegs, that's about as good as I could do.