Due to creative differences with co-organizer, Bethel Woods, TAP® New York 2024 has been canceled.

We are excited to resume in 2025 at a new location.

Recognition

  • USA Today

    Top 10 Best Beer Festivals in America

    2019

  • USA Today

    Top 10 Best Beer Festivals in America

    2020

  • Eat This, Not That!

    Best Beer Festival in New York

    2022

We believe that NY State beer is the best beer in the world.

TAP® New York is the greatest celebration of craft beer made in New York State.

We're not talking about big-corporation beer that comes out of huge vats in a 300,000 sq. ft. production plant. We're talking about hand-made beer.... beer with enough personality and genuine taste to be called "craft-brewed.” This is beer made with pride by people who truly enjoy a quality, flavorful beer.

Started in 1998 and attended by over 100,000 beer lovers, Tap New York is one of the largest and longest running craft beer festivals in the country. It’s where brewers from all counties of the state and beer lovers from all over the world gather once a year to catch-up with friends, share their beers, and have a great time.

Celebrating craft beer for 25 years.

Founded by legendary craft brewers, TAP® New York started in 1998 as the Hudson Valley Beer and Food Festival.

It was originally hosted at the prestigious Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park in the Hudson Valley. After two years at the CIA, the event began to grow, and organizers realized the CIA did not have adequate space to support the festival's potential size.

In 2000, the event was moved to Hunter Mountain, still titled the Hudson Valley Beer and Food Festival.

From the start, the HVBFF included a brewer competition. The Matthew Vassar Cup was awarded to the Best Craft Beer Brewery in the Hudson Valley, recognizing the best overall mix of beer styles.

TAP® NY made the move to the beautiful Bethel Woods campus — the site of the original Woodstock Music Festival in 1969 — in 2022. Join us for an unforgettable experience of live music, craft beers, and great times.