Located at 499 Driggs Avenue (at N. 10^th Street) in Williamburg, Brooklyn, Isle of Skye is a Scottish whiskey and beer bar.  Located at the basement level of the building, Isle of Skye has lots of exposed dark wood and feels like it would be a great spot to visit during the winter.  Of course, if you’re in the mood for some whiskey, scotch or beer, than any season is fine for a visit!  Isle of Skye offers over 100 types of the amber-colored liquid and 12 tap beers and 18 bottled beers, so it does not quite make the cut for the Williamsburg NYC craft-beer pub crawl.  The spot also offers weekday happy hour specials, 4-7pm.  We look forward to returning here.

Located at 615 Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Torst  takes the meaning of hard-to-find beer bar to the next level.  This place serves 21 tap beers and another dozen by the bottle.  Nearly all of the breweries represented were not ones we were familiar with.  In addition, this place must be the only craft-beer bar in Brooklyn that did not carry at least one of the three Brooklyn-made beers (Brooklyn Brewery, Kelso or Six Point).  The space is comfortable, with seating in the front half and the bar in the back half.  Lots of exposed wood walls.  Definitely a spot for the Greenpoint NYC craft-beer bar crawl.  Just be ready to try something completely different!

Better than most of the dime-a-dozen after-work Irish Pubs, the Keg Room, located at 53 West 36^th Street, is spacious, offers better-than-normal craft beer for this type of place and a friendly staff.  A rectangular bar (another unusual sight for this type of establishment) greets patrons and a seating area is in back.  We look forward to returning here.

A beer hall right in Midtown Manhattan, located at 5 West 37^th Street.  It’s worth a look!

check out Amsterdam Tavern at 938 Amsterdam Avenue (near 106th Street) in Manhattan’s Morningside Heights.

located at 100 Third Avenue in Manhattan’s East Village.  A good spot to include on the East Village NYC sports bar crawl.