So whether it’s one more hurrah to cap off summer travel, or a trip meant to dovetail with the Hudson Valley’s colorful peak fall foliage, here’s your guide to breweries near the Metro North train line from Westchester to Dutchess County. Numerous train lines radiate out from Penn Station and Grand Central Station in Manhattan, none more scenic or well suited for beer travel than the Hudson Line, which parallels its namesake river.īetween the cities of Yonkers and Poughkeepsie (the terminus), no less than a dozen breweries can be found in the small towns dotting this historic river valley, almost all of them a fairly short walk from the corresponding Metro North railroad station. The answer is regional rail, and New York City is the perfect example. But what if you want to visit breweries outside of an urban core? Fortunately, in quite a few cities now, companies like City Brew Tours, Brewvana and other small group beer tour operators make it easy to safely sample quite a few ales and lagers over the course of a leisurely afternoon. Brewery tourists, however, are faced with a persistent and pesky hurdle: driving.

Days are getting shorter, cool temperatures are on the way, and the clock is ticking on your unused vacation time. For many people across the country (beer drinkers or not), the end of summer is often accompanied by thoughts of one last long weekend, road trip, or spontaneous adventure.

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