Endless Life Brewing proudly brews on the smallest brewhouse in the city. We hand craft rustic lagers, saisons, sours, and much more to serve directly to you in our cozy taproom.

Endless Life Brewing uses 100% New York State ingredients. What does this mean? Most beers are created using four basic ingredients: water, malt, hops, and yeast.

Rather than sourcing our raw ingredients via emails and websites, we have the privilege of garnering real relationships with the farmers, maltsters, and hop growers that craft the building blocks of our beers.

Using local ingredients is both a challenge and an opportunity. Instead of relying on hundreds of years of knowledge and tradition with clearly defined styles and proven recipes, those of us using local ingredients have only our own intuitions and experiences to build upon.

Using local ingredients is both a challenge and an opportunity. Instead of relying on hundreds of years of knowledge and tradition with clearly defined styles and proven recipes, those of us using local ingredients have only our own intuitions and experiences to build upon.

What can the New York soil and climate provide that is distinct from any other place in the world? How will these elements affect the raw ingredients? Where will these raw ingredients lead us to in terms of flavor exploration? What new styles of beer will coalesce around these new flavors? The possibilities seem endless. We can’t wait to find out where this journey leads us.

In Brooklyn, we are lucky to have beautifully clean water. More than one billion gallons of fresh water come into the city each day, directly from large, upstate reservoirs. There are nineteen of these reservoirs, as well as three controlled lakes, …

In Brooklyn, we are lucky to have beautifully clean water. More than one billion gallons of fresh water come into the city each day, directly from large, upstate reservoirs. There are nineteen of these reservoirs, as well as three controlled lakes, spread across a nearly 2,000-square-mile watershed. The watershed is located in portions of the Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains, some of which is as far as 125 miles north of the City.

Malting is a process of steeping, germinating, kilning and drying raw grain to convert it into malt. This prepares the grain to be used by the brewer to convert the starches into sugars. Various grains can be used for malting. The most common malts …

Malting is a process of steeping, germinating, kilning and drying raw grain to convert it into malt. This prepares the grain to be used by the brewer to convert the starches into sugars. Various grains can be used for malting. The most common malts used in brewing are barley and wheat.

There are currently nine malt houses in the State.

The hop industry in New York State has changed so radically over the past 8-10 years as to be all but unrecognizable. We have come from a few dozen farmers each growing anywhere from a few plants to an acre per year. Sometimes they knew what they had planted, sometimes not so much. But there are currently a handful or so growers in the State utilizing knowledge and techniques at the cutting edge of the industry, passing data and process tips back and forth through relationships worldwide.

One of those most responsible for establishing these relationships and the knowledge pipelines is Chris Holden. While still growing and harvesting beautiful hops from his own Crooked Creek hop farm, he has been the face and driving force behind the New York Hop Guild. NYHG has been instrumental in putting together some of the finest growers in the State, formalizing relationships, information sharing, and providing strategies for achieving quality and sustainability for all of the farmers involved.

The Bineyard is a small scale hop farm in Cazenovia, NY. Chad Meigs cultivates all of his hops using environmentally-friendly agricultural practices in order to produce quality hops for commercial and homebrewers alike, with a special spot in his heart for NYS farm breweries.Chad has been more than welcoming to us, allowing us not only onto his farm and into the processing barns, but into his home. Chad almost ended up at a Kruder & Dorfmeister concert with me a couple of hours after we initially met a few years ago. We could definitely talk music all night long.

The Bineyard is a small scale hop farm in Cazenovia, NY. Chad Meigs cultivates all of his hops using environmentally-friendly agricultural practices in order to produce quality hops for commercial and homebrewers alike, with a special spot in his heart for NYS farm breweries.

Chad has been more than welcoming to us, allowing us not only onto his farm and into the processing barns, but into his home. Chad almost ended up at a Kruder & Dorfmeister concert with me a couple of hours after we initially met a few years ago. We could definitely talk music all night long.

New York Craft Malt Batavia, New York Ted & Patricia HawleyTed is a fifth generation farmer, with the Hawley Farms first putting down roots in Batavia in 1908. New York Craft Malt began malting in 2012 and was the first new malt house in the state since Prohibition. Ted has been at the forefront of a budding industry, doing the hard work of pioneering the modern processes of an ancient tradition. He has worked tirelessly on honing his craft, constantly improving quality and consistency, all the while building bridges between farmers and brewers across the state.

New York Craft Malt
Batavia, New York
Ted & Patricia Hawley

Ted is a fifth generation farmer, with the Hawley Farms first putting down roots in Batavia in 1908. New York Craft Malt began malting in 2012 and was the first new malt house in the state since Prohibition. Ted has been at the forefront of a budding industry, doing the hard work of pioneering the modern processes of an ancient tradition. He has worked tirelessly on honing his craft, constantly improving quality and consistency, all the while building bridges between farmers and brewers across the state.

I first began using New York Craft Malts as a homebrewer while working at Brooklyn Homebrew. We started carrying Ted’s malt from the very beginning and I was eager to explore the flavor profiles of a unique and local malt. What may have seemed like …

I first began using New York Craft Malts as a homebrewer while working at Brooklyn Homebrew. We started carrying Ted’s malt from the very beginning and I was eager to explore the flavor profiles of a unique and local malt. What may have seemed like novelty in the early days sparked a curiosity into the possibilities of a truly regional terroir. 

Ted & I have spent many nights over many pints sharing memories of everything from farming and music to our respective passions for rugby and soccer. Ted has grown to be a reliable and cherished friend. I look equally forward to our continued re…

Ted & I have spent many nights over many pints sharing memories of everything from farming and music to our respective passions for rugby and soccer. Ted has grown to be a reliable and cherished friend. I look equally forward to our continued relationship in both beer and life in general.