The 2026 New York Fall Beer Guide
Crisp air, colorful leaves, and fresh pours , fall is here! Discover the best seasonal brews across the state in The 2026 NY Fall Beer Guide.
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Western NY
Cinnammon Apple • Amber Ale • 6.5% ABV
Big Ditch Brewing Company – Buffalo, NY
Description: We use cider pressed from New York state apples and locally grown 2-row barley to create our fall seasonal. This beer also incorporates cinnamon, allspice, oatmeal and brown sugar.
Pumpkin Ale • Brown Ale • 6.0% ABV
Resurgence Brewing Co. – Buffalo, NY
Description: A smooth, inviting pumpkin spice brown ale brewed with real pumpkin, toasty malts, and layers of cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, star anise, and vanilla. Medium-bodied and perfectly balanced, it delivers all the warm, comforting flavors of fall in every sip.
Hopfenschlägen • Fresh Hopped IPA • 5.3% ABV
Britesmith Brewing – Buffalo, NY
Description: Harvest IPA brewed with 100lbs of fresh hops from our friends at Lupulin Fields in Fredonia, NY. Hops were used within 12 hours of harvest for tons of fresh, citrusy hop flavor!
Apple Fritter Amber Ale • American Amber • 4.7% ABV
Rusty Nickel Brewing – West Seneca, NY
Description: This American Amber Ale blends the rich notes of deep malts, red apples, and warm spices reminiscent of the seasonal flavors of freshly made sweet, apple fritters.
Farm Stand Pumpkin Ale • Ale • 5.8% ABV
Irondequoit Beer Company – Rochester, NY
Description: A hearty amber ale conditioned on pumpkin, cinnamon, vanilla beans.
Chocolate After Midnight • Chocolate Porter • 5.2% ABV
Stoneyard Brewing Company – Rochester, NY
Description: All the luxurious chocolate richness you crave, none of the heavy booze you dread. Our gold medal-winning Chocolate After Midnight is here to feed your midnight cravings.
Mother Gothel – Oktoberfest Maerzen • Maerzen • 5.2% ABV
Faircraft Brauhaus – Fairport, NY
Description: Our classic Oktoberfest lager delivers rich caramel flavors while remaining effortlessly drinkable, thanks to the traditional double-decoction mash. PROST!
Das Fest • Octoberfest • 6.1% ABV
Fairport Brewing Co – Fairport NY
Description: Das Fest – Oktoberfest | 6.1% ABV A rich, malty Märzen-style lager brewed with Munich, Vienna, and Biscuit malts for layers of toasted bread, fresh-baked crust, and smooth caramel. Hallertau and Nugget hops add a subtle herbal spice, while W34/70 yeast keeps the finish clean and crisp. Prost!
Trunk Sugar • Brown Ale • 7.9% ABV
Brazen Brewing – Lancaster, NY
Description: runk Sugar is a big brown ale conditioned on loads of apple pie spice and puree. Tastes like grandma made it herself!
Oktoberfest • Märzen Lager • 5.7% ABV
Hamburg Brewing Company – Hamburg, New York
Description: Nothing pairs better with crisp fall days than our German Style Märzen Lager, rooted in Bavarian tradition and bursting with bold Vienna style malt flavors. Perle hops deliver a clean, balanced bitterness for a full-flavored Oktoberfest experience.
Mistrial Marzen • Marzen • 5.8% ABV
Beer Justice Brewing Co. – Arcade, NY
Description: A festive autumn lager that proves a detour from the usual routine is always worth it. This brew is a verdict everyone can agree on.
Fallbock • German style dark lager • 5.5% ABV
42 North Brewing – East Aurora, NY
Description: 42 North’s FallBock, a traditional German-Style bock is a dark lager that features Munich, Vienna, and Pilsen Malts. It’s the ideal beer to enjoy the fall foliage and cooler nights on the 42nd parallel. Malty. German. Classic.
Pumpkinheimer • Pumpkin Spice Ale • 5.7% ABV
Buffalo Olde Brewery – Buffalo, NY
Description: Seasonal blend of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, and clove, with caramel and toffee notes.
Finger Lakes
Abandon Oktoberfest • German Style • 4.8% ABV
Abandon Brewing Co. – Penn Yan, NY
Description: This Amber German-style lager features a rich malt character derived from Munich and Vienna malts. Notes of bread, toast, figs and a slight malt sweetness are rounded out by a healthy dose of Hersbrucker hops.
Headless Horseman • Harvest Ale • 5.0% ABV
Sager Beer Works – Rochester, NY
Description: A light toasty amber ale with hints of pumpkin and apple. Collab with Drumlins Brewing.
Old Bass Turd • Brown Ale • 5.7% ABV
Little Lake Brewing, LLC – Lakeville, NY
Description: This brown ale is a year-round staple. Old Bass Turd is a solid brown ale, yet not as stubborn as a stereotypical winter dark beer. This medium-bodied ale offers rich notes of toasted malt, caramel, and a clean finish without feeling heavy. It’s a must-try!
The Great Pumpkin • Imperial Pumpkin Ale • 8.4% ABV
Rohrbach Brewing Company – Rochester, NY
Description: Brewed with pumpkin, lactose sugar, brown sugar, and a blend of ginger, cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg to create a rich, tantalizing pumpkin pie brew. With an amber hue and whipped cream head, it finishes with a warming sensation brought on by the spices and higher ABV.
Pumpkin Escobar • Porter with Pumpkin & Coffee • 7.0% ABV
Prison City Brewing – Auburn, NY
Description: Porter with additions of pumpkin, spices and Columbian Coffee from our friends at Simple Roast. “Gimmie the map, Scott!”
#Octothorpe Oktoberfest • German Märzen Lager • 5.5% ABV
Reinvention Brewing – Manchester, NY
Description: An Oktoberfest German lager, this classic seasonal style is smooth, clean, and rather rich. A depth of malt character provides a light raisin sweetness with a crisp dry finish.
Oktoberfest • Marzen • 6.1% ABV
Runaway Blue Brewing – Newark, NY
Description: This beer is extremely clean and crisp. Showcasing Munich malt, it has toasty maltiness and light caramel notes.
Black Lantern • Porter • 6.5% ABV
Twisted Rail Brewing Co – Geneva, Canandaigua, Manchester, NY
Description: Harvest Porter featuring Pumpkin, Vanilla and Bourbon flavors.
Ritual Consumption • Festbier • 5.8% ABV
Personal Best Brewing – Ithaca, NY
Description: A clean, richly malty tribute to the classic German lagers that define the season.
Hectoberfest • Festbier • 5.7% ABV
Scale House Brewery – Hector, NY
Description: Hectoberfest is a smooth, Festbier brewed to celebrate the spirit of autumn in Hector, NY, featuring a rich malt backbone, subtle honeyed sweetness, and a crisp, refreshing finish. Balanced and highly drinkable, it pairs traditional Oktoberfest character with a local twist, making it the perfect beer for gathering with friends and raising a toast to the season.
Festbier • German style lager • 6.0% ABV
The Brewery of Broken Dreams – Hammondsport, NY
Description: Our interpretation of the contemporary German fest style. A highly drinkable smooth, 100% NYS malt-forward profile with restrained NYS hop bitterness.
Senescence • Pumpkin Bock • 7.7% ABV
Wagner Valley Brewing Co. – Lodi, NY
Description: Fall is upon us and that means the leaves are changing, the air is crisper, and all your favorite festive flavors return. This autumnally inspired Dopplebock combines the richness of the style with delightful notes of pecans, pumpkin spice and vanilla.
Oktoberfest • Marzen Lager • 5.8% ABV
Solitude Brewing Company – Lakeville, NY
Description: Our Märzen honors the fall heritage with a rich yet remarkably smooth malt profile featuring notes of fresh-baked bread, toasted biscuit, and a touch of honey-like sweetness, balanced by a clean, crisp finish. Deep golden-amber in color and endlessly drinkable, it’s a beer built for cool evenings, campfires, and gathering with friends.
Fall Farm Ale • Saison • 5.9% ABV
Brewery Ardennes – Geneva, NY
Description: This amber farmhouse ale is was traditionally released in Europe to celebrate the coming of Fall. A unique yeast strain and warm fermentation create fruity aromas of bananas and orange and light spice notes of coriander – perfect to enjoy as you slip into your favorite sweater!
Viewfields • Amber Ale • 5.5% ABV
Watershed Brewing – Geneva, NY
Description: Whether you are on the deck overlooking Seneca Lake or sitting around your backyard fire, Viewfields is sure to hit the spot; Viewfields pays homage to name of the farm in the early 1800s, the owner of the farm being John Johnston, known as the “Father of Drain Tile” in the U.S.
Hourglass Oktoberfest • Marzen • 5.8% ABV
Peacemaker Brewing Company – Canandaigua, NY
Central NY
Oh My Apple Pie • Fruited Sour • 5.5% ABV
Heritage Hill Brewery – Pompey, NY
Description: Apple pie inspired sour beer that will remind you of Mom’s homemade apple pie in a glass. A perfect treat for the fall weather! Get it with or without a cinnamon sugar rimmed glass. 2025 NYS Gold Medal Sour.
Peak Color • Festbier Lager • 6.5% ABV
Grow Brewing Co. – New Hartford, NY
Description: Our celebration-of-harvest festbier with floor malted pilsner malt, dark Munich malt, and a touch of brumalt for an array of copper and amber hues offering a malty caramel and wildflower honey base in this double decocted lager. The beer is then hopped with Saaz and Krush, offering the first Grow twist on a classic. Then co-fermented cool with our terpene blend to give an aroma of herbs, spice, and intense fall foliage. After cold conditioning for 7 weeks to a brilliantly clarity we are able to offer our take on a yearly tradition. Prost!
Mashing Pumpkins • Pumpkin Ale • 5.6% ABV
Beer Tree Brew Co – Port Crane / Johnson City, NY
Description: Mashing Pumpkins is a smooth, malt-forward pumpkin ale brewed with real pumpkin and warm fall spices, delivering notes of pumpkin pie, toasted malt, and a subtle hint of clove. At 5.6% ABV, it’s an easy-drinking seasonal release that captures the flavors of autumn in every sip.
Hoi Hoi Hoi • Oktoberfest – Marzen • 6.4% ABV
Willow Rock Brewing Company – Syracuse / Cicero, NY
Description: Fall y’all. Raise your mug to warm days and cool nights. Celebrate the season with a brew that boosts your spirits, with deep malt aromas and traditional lager flavors. Like a maple leaf in peak color, this reddish beauty is biscuity, malty and so endlessly quaffable, you may start speaking fluent German. Wünderbar!
Oktoberfest • Oktoberfest • 7.0% ABV
Eastwood Brewing Company – Syracuse, NY
Description: We took our Märzen recipe and bumped it up for some extra abv’s and malty goodness. Cheers!
Autumn Calls • Oktoberfest • 5.7% ABV
Skaneateles Brewery – Skaneateles, NY
Description: Our version of an Oktoberfest beer – brewed with traditional German Munich malt which gives it a rich, amber hue that lets you know fall is coming! This malt-forward beer is balanced with a touch of Saaz hops to achieve the traditional flavor of fall in Germany.
Roasted Pumpkin Ale • Pumpkin Beer • 5.5% ABV
Critz Farms Brewing & Cider Co. – Cazenovia, NY
Description: Critz Farms’ pride and joy beer releases in autumn with our malty, pumpkin-forward Roasted Pumpkin Ale. We roast our farm-grown pumpkins along with our farm-made maple syrup, and proudly use exclusively New York grown malt from New York Craft Malt and New York Hops from the New York Hop Guild for this true farm-to-pint beer.
ONCtOberfest • Marzen • 6.0% ABV
ONCO Fermentations – Tully, NY
Description: Our annual Marzen is brewed with German malts (Pilsner, Pale, and Munich malts), German Noble hops, and fermented with yeast from a Bavarian Monastery. Brewed earlier this year and given a long lagering process, ONCtOberfest will be officially released September 13, ’25 at our 6th annual ONCtOberfest! This year for the first time we will have a cask of ONCtOberfest available the day of the event. The beer presents with a biscuity aroma (slight caramel note) that leads the way to a creamy, rich malty beer. Prost!
Oktoberfest • German Fest Bier • 6.2% ABV
Kent Beer Company LLC – Andover, NY
Description: This is our NY spin on a classic German style Fest Bier. The beer is nice and malty with a clean finish (our brewer’s favorite).
Apple Sauced • Spiced • 6.4% ABV
Homer Hops Brewing – Cortland, NY
Description: A crisp autumn ale brewed with loads of caramel malts, conditioned on apple puree and spiced with a touch of cinnamon then topped off with a carmel, cinnamon and sugar rim.
Mohawk Valley
Oktoberfest • Marzen • 6.0% ABV
Eisenadler Brauhaus – Palatine Bridge, NY
Description: Well balanced malty toffee with light citrus
Capital Region
Festbier + Oktoberfest • German Lager (Wiesn) & Marzen Lager • 4.2% & 5.8% ABV
Whitman Brewing Company – Saratoga Springs, NY
Description: Whitman Brewing Company celebrates Oktoberfest with two beers. A traditional German Lager (Wiesn) landing at a very drinkable ABV with notes of toasted breads & white cracker , and a modern Marzen Lager with a bit more malt character and notes of toasted biscuit & slightly darker breads – perfect for autumn drinking.
Measuring Stick Märzen • Märzen • 5.6% ABV
Artisanal Brew Works – Saratoga Springs, NY
Description: This German-Style Märzen is a highly drinkable Oktoberfest-Style beer. Amber in color, this beer is malty, complex, and crisp, with notes of honey, light caramel, and toasted biscuit. Best enjoyed on a crisp autumn day, we encourage you to don your lederhosen and join us in saying “Prost” with a hefty mug of Measuring Stick Märzen! Zigge Zagge, Zigge Zagge, hoi, hoi, hoi.
Pumpkin Ale • Ale brewed with pumpkins & spices • 6.5% ABV
Argyle Brewing Company – Greenwich, NY
Description: The real deal! Enjoy ingredients from the Earth, the trees, and the bees. Freshly roasted pumpkins with hints of maple syrup, honey, whole allspice, cinnamon, ginger and cloves.
Fritzi Oktoberfest Beer • Märzen Lager • 5.9% ABV
Common Roots Brewing Company – South Glens Falls, NY
Description: Fritzi is a German-style Märzen named after Elfriede “Fritzi” Weber, matriarch of the Common Roots family. This Oktoberfest beer pours deep amber, with toasted malt and caramel sweetness that carry through to a crisp, finish.
Fall Tree Oktoberfest • Marzen • 6.0% ABV
Wolf Hollow Brewing Company – Scotia/West Glenville, NY
Description: Fall Tree Oktoberfest is WHBC’s version of the classic German marzen style. It uses large amounts of Munich and Caramel malt for a deep, rich malt profile that highlights an intense caramel sweetness. A slight presence of alcohol accompanies the malt to generate a slight warming sensation with every sip and the yeast used allows for a clean finish amidst all the sweetness of the malt.
North Country
Pumpkin Ubu • Spiced Pumpkin Ale • 7.0% ABV
Lake Placid Pub & Brewery – Lake Placid, NY
Description: The taste of Ubu, you’ve come to know and love is enhanced with mashed pumpkins and a unique blend of Autumn spices.
Leaf Peeper Supreme • German-Style Fest Lager • 6.5% ABV
Paradox Brewery – North Hudson, NY
Description: Based on traditional fall time lagers from Bavaria, Leaf Peeper Supreme is anything but traditional. We designed this double decocted lager to have all of the complex, rich, malty tones of peak fall foliage in the Adirondack Mountains, but with the hoppy goodness we are known for. Grab an easy drinking Leaf Peeper Supreme, feel the fall breeze, peep the fall colors and celebrate this magical time of year with us. Prost!
Altbier • Altbier • 5.4% ABV
Ausable Brewing Company – Keeseville, NY
Description: Light brown in color, with some bicuity malt notes, our Altbier is crisp enough for sunny Fall days, yet hearty enough for cool Fall nights.
Hudson Valley
Tarrytown Dubbel • Belgian Strong Dark Ale • 8.0% ABV
Duncan’s Abbey – Tarrytown, NY
Description: A true New York take on a traditional Belgian beer style. This strong dark ale is made with 100% New York ingredients and is a sure hit during any trip up to Sleepy Hollow!
Best Fest • Oktoberfest • 6.2% ABV
Roe Jan Brewing Company – Hillsdale, NY
Description: Our nutty, toasty, festive Oktoberfest is named for Henry Best, the proprietor of our historic building in the 1890s.
Marzen • Marzen • 5.4% ABV
Kingston Standard Brewing Co. – Kingston, NY
Description: Brewed in March and lagered for 4 months, this classic turn-of-the-season beer is worth the wait. our Märzen is light amber, malty, and full-bodied — the kind of beer worth planning your afternoon around.
Oktoberfest • Festbier-style Oktoberfest • 5.1% ABV
Newburgh Brewing Company – Newburgh, NY
Description: Prosit! Our most popular seasonal beer, brewed in the traditional Festbier style meaning it is light bodied, crisp in finish, beautiful golden in color with delicate notes of biscuit and a light floral aroma. Perfectly pairs with pretzels, sausages, and Stein holding competitions!
Stocktoberfest Lager • Fest Lager • 6.5% ABV
Woodstock Brewing – Phoenicia, NY
Description: Grab your lederhosen and get ready for Stocktoberfest. A classic, crowd-pleasing fest lager crafted for autumn celebrations, balancing rich, toasted malt flavors with a clean, crisp finish.
Leaf Peepers • Oktoberfest Marzen Lager • 5.1% ABV
Lasting Joy Brewery – Tivoli, NY
Description: A Classic Marzen Lager made with Munich, Vienna, and Pilsner malts all grown in New York State. Fill your stein with this amber colored autumnal brew, raise a glass with a friend, and say “Prost!”
Soigne Saison • Belgian-style Saison • 6.4% ABV
Brewery at the Culinary Institute of America – Hyde Park, NY
Description: Robust. Bright. Fruity. Soigne Saison is our take on a classic Belgian-style Farmhouse ale. The complex flavors pair beautifully with a ribeye steak, pad thai or fresh crab cakes!
NYC
Harvest Zombie • Fruited Sour • 5.0% ABV
Kings County Brewers Collective – Brooklyn, NY
Description: Burgundy-maroon appearance, with fluffy pink foam. Completely clobbered with blueberry, blackberry, NY-grown tart cherries and a light layer of apple puree. Notes of jammy pie filling, tangy wine gummies & fresh-picked berries. Fruit-forward and refreshing. (Un)deadly delicious.
Lucky • Festbier • 5.6% ABV
Strong Rope Brewery – Brooklyn, NY
Description: Crafted with 100% NY grown malts and hops, Lucky is a lighter, more drinkable counterpart to the traditional, malty Märzen style lager. A flavorful balance of country bread and floral hop notes.
Hereafter • Oktoberfest • 5.5% ABV
Threes Brewing – Brooklyn, NY
Description: Hereafter has a deep orange hue, and German Vienna Malt enhances the body and provides subtle toasted cracker notes. Confidently standing up to the added malt, German Spalter Select Hops boast big noble spice notes, resulting in an extra smooth, balanced Lager that showcases spicy and citrusy hop character. We pride ourselves on our bars being gathering spaces for our community, and Oktoberfest is a beer style that is designed for drinking in celebration with friends. We love how Hereafter tastes, but we also love what it symbolizes. Crack open a can, pour it into a mug, and toast with your crew.
Czech-Style Amber Lager • Polotmavy • 5.4% ABV
Eckhart Beer Co – Brooklyn, NY
Description: A ruby colored lager that blends caramel and biscuit malt with notes of dark, dried fruits. Balanced by a modest bitterness and whole leaf hop spice, it’s the perfect pairing on a brisk Autumn evening!
Freedom Within Form • German Helles Lager • 5.0% ABV
Endless Life Brewing – Brooklyn, NY
Description: 100% NYS ingredients. Bready, bright maltiness, firm clean bitterness, classic German lager flavor with a New York twist.
Gretabräu • Festbier • 5.4% ABV
Wild East – Brookyln, NY
Description: Introducing a brand new variation of our annual Octoberfest release, brewed using a single decoction and all German ingredients. It was designed by Greta Hucek (hence the name), who worked with our production team earlier this year. Prost!
Long Island
The Carver • Pumpkin Ale • 6.0% ABV
Barrier Brewing Company – Oceanside, NY
Description: If you don’t come for the CARVER, the CARVER will come for you! …Pumpkin Ale brewed with pumpkin, allspice, nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger.
Festbier • Amber Lager • 5.4% ABV
Greenport Harbor Brewing Co. – Peconic, NY
Description: Brewed to celebrate one of our favorite times of year on the North Fork. Toasty and pleasantly malty but not sweet, with just enough balancing hop bitterness, will keep you coming back for another Maß stein. Prost.
Shoretoberfest • Märzen • 5.5% ABV
South Shore Craft Brewery – Oceanside, NY
Description: Shoretoberfest is our take on a classic German Oktoberfest is brewed with rich German-style malts and traditional hops, then lagered for six weeks for a smooth, crisp, malt forward finish. Raise a glass, find your shore, and celebrate the season the right way. Prost!
Long Live the Skelly King • Pumpkin Ale • 5.0% ABV
Lunchbox Brewing Company – Bellmore, NY
Description: A smooth, balanced Pumpkin Ale brewed with real pumpkin, locally sourced Hudson Valley Malt, and a light touch of cinnamon. Seasonal and sessionable, with a cinnamon-sugar rim that adds just the right hint of autumn mischief.
Anytime Porter • Porter • 6.0% ABV
Two Havens Brewing Company – Smithtown, NY
Description: We brewed a dry English-style porter built on Maris Otter barley, creating a toasted malt and gentle roast. Notes of biscuit crust, dark chocolate, and coffee carry through a balanced finish. Not sweet, just smooth and drinkable no matter the hour. Because they say it’s 5 o’clock somewhere. Sure, they probably mean PM, but we’ve got your AM covered too.
Munchin’ • German-Style Marzen • 5.8% ABV
Spider Bite Beer Co. – Holbrook, NY
Description: German-style Märzen brewed with traditional German Hallertau Mittelfrüh hops. Prost!
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