March 1, 2009
Any place sporting a list of 400+ beers available is bound to have something good, and here Bacchus does not disappoint. I think the let down comes in the depth of good beers, which I find to be a little lacking. A quick perusal of their bottle list will come up with a large amount of well known brewers... often with 2-3 of their most bland and generic beers being offered. They do have good stuff there though, with a nice selection of Belgians, international stuff, and American. Prices are a bit steep... fresh bomber of Nugget Nectar - $16. Hitachino XH 12oz - 14. The taps are where you’ll get a better value, but there are only 4 rotating ’mystery’ taps, and they can be hit or miss (though some of the hits are quite good). Food is quite solid though.

February 5, 2008
Not a bad place to hang out with a bunch of people. I have gone for just one or two with dinner or a bunch with a lot of friends. The pool tables room is cool too because you can order form the same beer menu as you can in the bar room. The walk in refirgerator room is really cool and they have it well organized and always know where everything on the list is. The list doesn’t seem to change that much but they do have a couple hundred to choose from. The pub grub is usually pretty good and it is a cool looking place. They always have some draft special too.

October 31, 2006
This was pretty much my local hang place until I moved to the west coast. If you are into beer, it’s the best place in the Wallkill, New Paltz, Newburgh area. I think it’s beer selection is awesome. Price a little high but well worth it for the fun. Great food and desserts, service always sucks. There’s a couple great bar tenders and a couple horrible ones. But I can’t complain because I always have a great brew in my hands.

February 19, 2006
Looks like a bar, wooden tables, small area, pool table in the back. But it is a resturant as well. Menu is small but seems good. I only had a desert (banana fosters, i recommend it). Menu says 400 beers but my count was about 300 (the menu includeds N/A and Malt bevs, which i dont count). It was pretty busy but not packed. Waitress was ok, kept saying everyhting we picked was a good choose. They have 15 taps, fine selection of micros (avery, magic hat, southhampton) nothing too special. Everything on tap can be in a mug, pint or pitcher. The beer menu is extensive but again nothing too special. Lots and lots of micros from all over. Some belgians and german beer. Mix in a beer from lithuania and brazil and it turns out nice. Prices are fair (for the micros) the belgians are pricier. Overall, worth a visit to find some nice micros and check it out alongside the Gilded Otter which is a block north.

November 23, 2004
Stopped in here with Mkobes and another friend after a visit to The Otter to check this place out. For as many beers as they had, the bulk of them seemed to be pland pale lagers. Yes you can find plenty of decent things but I also thought the tap selection sucked, having to settle for a mediocre Cooperstown brew, that being the best thing on tap. The food is rumored to be good here, but we did not go for any. OK to stop by, but don’t expect too much and you will be OK.

August 27, 2004
great selection of beers over 350 from around the globe/macros/ micros. they have a &quo;passport&quo; you can buy and you get checked off for every country you drink a beer from. food was good our waitress was a BITCH. a little pricey but you dont find all those beers under one roof just anywhere.

August 17, 2004
Practically right next door to the Gilded Otter. For some reason I never went hear and now I’m very disappointed. Sign outside claims over 300 beers. Inside looks like a nice middle class pub. Once I saw the beer menu I was completely blown away. Over 350 bottle beers!! Over 15 beers on tap, including Harpoon IPA. Any beer that you think wouldn’t be in a bar, is in Bacchus. Stone IPA, Ruination, Arrogant Bastard, Smoked Porter. Four or Five Anchor and Unibroue beers. Just amazing. I don’t think I need to say much more. Rater should visit soon.