You already know Long Island’s North Fork for our wineries – but how about craft beer? Let the North Fork Craft Beer Festival – August 8th, 2015 – show you what we know about craft beer!
It may not have quite hit the national consciousness yet, but Long Island is the rapidly becoming an east coast, craft beer hot spot. Support for the local beer scene has gained real prominence over the last decade, with craft breweries springing up all up and down Long Island. Events like the North Fork Craft Beer Festival give you the opportunity to meet some of the Long Island brewing community’s new faces – as well as those from more established, regional and national brands.
Many people don’t realize it but Southold, New York, located on the North Fork of Long Island, has more lighthouses than any other town in the United States: eight, with seven offshore, including the Plum Island light, Orient Point, Latimer Reef, Little Gull, Race Rock, Horton Point, North Dumpling, and the iconic and oft-photographed Long Beach Bar Light – more commonly referred to as the Bug Light.