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Chelsea Brewing Company
59 Chelsea Piers (At w20th)
Time: Saturdays
Price: Free tour and beer samples, $3 pints.

On most Saturdays, Chelsea Brewing Company, Manhattan’s only operating brewery, gives free tours. I recently took a tour led by Ian, whose position is, no joke, ‘Beer Ambassador.’ I’ve at different points in my life considered myself a whiskey ambassador, a boxed wine ambassador, and once when I was a young lad even a Smirnoff ice ambassador. But I had no idea that you could get paid for this. (Wheels turning/ reassessing my career path.) On the tour you learn all sorts of useful information, how beer is made, ales vs. lagers, blah blah blah. More importantly, you learn what it is like to taste freshly brewed beer, which is pretty amazing. Also at the end the tour, you get a stack of tickets for half-off all pints (which come to $3). They have an outdoor deck right on the water, which is spectacular during the summer. Apparently their lease is up in the next couple years, so go enjoy the only beer brewed on this little island of ours while you can!