Alewife Brewing Company

Brewpub in Queens, New York City, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2018

Closed in 2025

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41-11 39th Street, Sunnyside, New York City, NY, 11104, United States
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8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Canned 8/28/25, drunk 4/6/26.
Malty with light honey, cookies and bread. Good and round with obvious proper lagering giving a clean, crisp finish. Hops are low, but this is also 8 months old. Some mild, dried herb lingers.
Crisp, with ample bitterness and lots of breadiness, carbonation and texture, though it's still on the dry side. Doesn't have the rich, deep, honey-like malt you see in a lot of American examples; rather a more dry, breadier character. But equally satisfying and the peppery herbal hop character is very well-done. Balanced and flavorful. A shame I never made it to their brewpub.
Tried from Can from Half Time on 06 Apr 2026 at 20:43

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Draught @ Lily's, New York (April 2025). Hazy dark yellow with a very small frothy off-white head, faint citrus aroma, adeuate carbonation, medium bitter citrus peel, peach taste, thin body, long finish. Interesting flavors.
Tried from Draft on 06 Feb 2026 at 19:48

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
From tap at Fools Gold, New York. Fruity hop aroma with citrus, orange, some apricot, citrus peel. Flavour is mildly sweetish with a medium bitterness. Fruity and citrussy, bittersweetish, gentle and aromatic.
Tried from Draft on 03 Feb 2025 at 14:30

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
From tap at Alewife, New York. Nicely hoppy Pilsener with grainy malt, soft herbal and floral notes. Bit sweetish, light to moderate bitter. Not your typical Pils, good!
Tried from Draft on 03 Feb 2025 at 14:30

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
From tap at Alewife, New York. Soft hoppy aroma with citrus, tropical fruits, mango, passion fruit, lupulin powder, dextrose, some malts providing backbone. Sweetish, medium bitter. Soft and gentle IPA, plenty of fruits in the aroma.
Tried from Draft on 03 Feb 2025 at 14:30

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
From tap at Alewife, New York. Sweet and malty with an aroma of resinous hops, caramel, ripe grapefruit, resin, almost a bit buttery. Moderate to medium sweet flavour with a long medium bitter finish. Sweeter than I expected, malty, resinous hop, not very fruity.
Tried from Draft on 03 Feb 2025 at 14:30

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
From tap at Alewife, New York. Aroma is fruity hops with citrus, orange, tropical fruits, some malt and pine, some dextrose, light herbal dankness. Moderate sweet, medium bitter. Body is medium. Gentle and smooth.
Tried from Draft on 03 Feb 2025 at 14:30

2.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 2 Texture 2 Overall 1.5
On tap at Craft & Carry UWS, pours a clear pale golden with a small white head. Aroma is all messed up, with perhaps some diacetyl, estery notes, and fuzzy peaches. Flavour is fucked � tons of diacetyl, estery notes, and fuzzy peaches. All sorts of things wrong here.
Tried from Draft on 27 Dec 2024 at 08:47

4.8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
Old rating from notes. Purple beer, not really an IPA but OK. Some sweet malt, then milk sugar and vanilla.
Tried on 23 Dec 2024 at 21:05

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Sample (thanks fonefan!). Hazy yellow colour, small white head. Aroma is nectary, oaty, some floral and mild wooden tones with some oats and vanilla. Flavour is floral, fruity, some herbal, earthy and mild oaty tones with a slight spiciness as well.
Tried on 20 Nov 2024 at 21:33