Finback Brewery

Microbrewery in Queens, New York City, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 2011

Contact
7801 77th Ave, New York City, NY, 11385, United States
Description
Founded in 2011, Finback Brewery is born from a passion for brewing and experimentation. After a long search combing through back streets, along canals, under bridges and industrial no-mans lands, braving collapsing roofs and cardboard box jungles the brewery found a space in Queens in 2013. Armed with a 20 barrel brewhouse, Finback released its first beers brewed in Queens in January 2014. The brewery is proud to call Queens home and become a part of the diverse and rich culture of the borough. We’re excited to be one of NYC’s newest breweries and to make NYC culture even better.

Our aim is to make great beer following our passion for flavor and complexity from quality ingredients and small batch artisanal brewing. We brew fun, unique beers made for enjoyment. We like it hoppy and complex, roasty and smoky, strong and sippable to sessionable and gulpable. Most importantly it’s something to drink with friends, in the backyard, at the beach and at the bar. We make beer because we like to drink it delicious and fresh and because we like to smile.

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8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Thanks Spence!
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: orange juice looking haziness with a three finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: mixed citrusy to pineapple-y to grapefruity to mango-like hoppiness with a super light clean malt backbone
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to sweet juicy to bittersweet juicy quality; finishes juicy through the citrusy and pineapple notes
Texture: medium bodied, sessionable; very smooth along the tongue
Overall: a very nicely done NEIPA worth coming back to.
Tried from Can on 14 Mar 2026 at 21:52

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: golden yellow color with some transparency; white foamy head which settled too quickly to notice how big it was, no lace
Aroma: peppercorn, ginger and clove with a light bubblegum then some honey, chamomile/herbal tone
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a fair sweet to spicy and herbal quality; finishes leaning into the peppercorn, ginger and a light note of chamomile
Texture: light to medium bodied, some kind of sessionability to this beer; light smoothness as the spices seem to provide a little bit of assertive vibe to the tongue - mostly non-offensive
Overall: interesting take on a witbier, I'd say very Americanized - I think I could come back to this.
Tried from Can on 11 Mar 2026 at 14:04

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: thick yellow opaque color with a finger and a half's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: some peppercorn, earthy tones, citrusy whiffs, subtle wheat & a little bit of the floral to slightly spicy side of rye
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a fair spicy to sweet quality; finishes in the same manner in a lingering sort of way
Texture: light to medium bodied, somewhat sessionable; light smoothness but also some sharp aspects from either the rye notes or the peppercorn or possibly a combination of both - but nothing overbearing
Overall: quite a nice saison well worthy of returning to.
Tried from Can on 11 Mar 2026 at 13:54

5.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Murky yellow with a large white head that left good lacing. Earthy and citric with a cactus undertone. Long finish. Medium body.
Tried from Draft from Vintage Estate Wine and Beer on 08 Mar 2026 at 23:49

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to weizen glass. Consumed 07/28/2018.
Appearance: hazy burnt orange color with a three finger white foamy head which took it's time to dissipate and once it did some light lace appeared along the glass sides
Aroma: light sweet wheat with a nice clove-like spicy tone and bready sweet note to it, some banana whiffs to it, light strawberries on the back end, uhmmm, alright then, interesting
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to lightly spicy quality and adds in a little bit of vanilla sweetness to round it out before finishing with the sweet wheat side and a touch of the clove
Texture: medium bodied, sessionable; good smoothness with a light aspect of the creaminess in there then a lighter kick from the wheat (not the bite I was looking for)
Overall: seems somewhat "modernized" with that strawberry note to it as well as there wasn't any "bubblegum" like notes to this. Hmmmmm...maybe again.
Tried from Can on 07 Mar 2026 at 15:26

8.3/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can web SB 2026-03-07 Göteborg
AR: fresh wee sour tropical fruity, pine, rich fizxy carbonation, dank, bitter
AP: hazy yellow frothy head
F: fresh wee sour tropical fruity, pine, rich fizxy carbonation, dank, bitter
Tried from Can from Systembolaget Webbeställning on 07 Mar 2026 at 14:39

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Hazy yellow colour with medium white head.Aroma is tropical fruity nice juicy with flavour of pineapple and pine nice bitterness and good note of hops and grain strong and large after taste.
Tried from Draft at The Bishops Arms Gustav Adolfs Torg (Malmö) on 06 Mar 2026 at 14:59

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to nonic glass.
Appearance: dark brown close to black color with a two finger khaki foamy head which dissipated nicely and left some light lace
Aroma: mild roasty coffee tones, milk chocolate, sweet coconut, cardamom seems extremely faint (which I liked it that way)
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine coconutty sweet to earthy herbal sweet quality; finishes chocolatey, coconutty and slightly coffee-ish
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, good smoothness with a light dry tone most likely from the cardamom
Overall: a very nicely done dessert stout I would welcome again.
Tried from Can on 04 Mar 2026 at 23:29

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: copper to orange color with a two finger white foamy head which died off fairly nice to leave some light lace
Aroma: piney, orangey and grapefruity & some citrus zest with some caramel malts
Flavor: melds the prior noted aromas to a fine bitter to bittersweet quality; finishes citrusy and piney
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, some smoothness but also slightly a higher carb on this? I think
Overall: great aromas and flavors but please lower the carb, thank you.
Tried from Can on 04 Mar 2026 at 00:01

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: hazy orange color with a finger and a half's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: orange, papaya & melon hop tones; light clean biscuity malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine bittersweet quality; finishes towards the papaya & oranges
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; good smoothness, some light hop assertiveness
Overall: a nicely done NEIPA worthy of coming back to.
Tried from Can on 02 Mar 2026 at 23:18