Finback Brewery

Large space in an unassuming residential neighborhood. Beer quality is obviously excellent, especially stouts and IPAs. Bit less cool of a space than their newer Brooklyn location, with the majority of decoratiion being the walls of barrels. Small pours available. Very glad to have finally made it to their original location, but will likely stick to the Brooklyn location since I can walk there...

Good luck finding this place if you are on foot - it took me a while, but I was glad once I arrived. And it is marked by a simple sign on a nondescript building. It looks like the converted garage/industrial space that it probably is, but the beer and the people make it worth a visit. There is a solid selection of their brews on tap and, surprisingly, it filled up on the Friday night that I was there. There are cans and growler fills available as well as a bar.

These guys are trying hard. nice space, some great beers. The sour and IS were surprisingly great. Top service.

Decent beers, OK service, bit boring place. Out in the Boonies. Would probably not revisit given the proliferation of their beers in NYC.

My favourite place in Queens.

In on a nice calm Wednesday late in May. Big open space with a lot of room and not a huge amount of people in there. Crowd of about 10 in a space that seems like it could easily accommodate 100 or so. Chill and mellow, lots of open space, barrels all around on the walls. Eleven out of the twelve taps were filled when I went, and beers were available in 4oz pours and up. 4 ouncers go for $2-3, large pours for 5-7. Lighting was a touch low, and I would have loved some wifi, but it’s still a nice low-key hangout style place with an abundance of conversation space. Beers are all solid, service was friendly, although at one point she got slammed by the register breaking down, and there was a good 20 minutes where no one got beer, and no one could close out while she was on the phone with management. Probably not an every day occurrence.. If you can get here without driving, definitely worth it. If you are driving, be prepared to circle a bunch of blocks and cross your fingers. Dog friendly if that matters to you.

Finally made it out here late in the fall / early winter of this past year. A nice, large brewery set-up. Room for plenty of people (though they could probably use additional seating). Had a really nice mix of their stuff on draft and in cans. Downsides would be location isn’t close to much of anything transit-wise and since you are probably driving, it would be nice if they had some parking. Otherwise, I really enjoyed my visit. I probably won’t be a regular since it isn’t too close to much else I frequent, and I can find a lot of their beers in more easily accessible NYC locations, but if it were I’d definitely be back. Good spot.

Cool brewery that is really stepping up its IPA game. Bigger than expected. Parking is a challenge.