Impressive 40 taps. Cozy and busy bar near the ESB. I was too tired to fully enjoy the offerings. A must for next trip to NYC.

Fun place, not too far from the Gingerman. Very different vibe, and thankfully less crowded. Nice service, decent prices. Seems like a lot of employees from the Gingerman came over after work. Bottle list was good, but out of date. Tap list had a few interesting things, but wasn’t unbelievable (a lot of California stuff, which I guess might be rare in NYC). Overall a worthy stop.

Appears much like a standard irish pub, but has a lot more going for it beer-wise. Suffers the same problem that many places in NYC tend to in running out of beer around an hour after it goes on, which is annoying, but the breadth of their offerings is sure to please. Fine service to boot.

Typical beer bar ambiance. Rather small, but most beer bars in NYC are. Selection was not bad on my visit, but not what I was hoping. But the cool thing about this place is that it’s so close to Gingerman. Worth a stop, but certainly not at the top of my list if I come back to NYC.

Oh man, this place was NOT me. This seems like the beefy, douchebag version of a beer bar. They really seemed to get into the hyped up macro-micros in a way that I just don’t enjoy. I honestly struggled to find something that I really wanted to drink here. The bartender was friendly enough, although the bar company was dickish at best. Very unlikely that I’ll be back here.

Visited on numerous occasions on my last visit to NYC. It’s a dimly-lit craft beer bar with a rock theme, which is chock-full of beer paraphernalia and people! The main draw is the ever-changing range of high quality draft beer from the U.S. It is nice to see the RateBeer overall and style scores on the beer menu to aid your choice. The bottle list is also really impressive (see chalk board at right of bar for updated list) and contains top quality American and world-wide craft beers. The only gripe I have is that I asked for a few bottled beers in a row that were out of stock..... Easily one of the best craft beer bars I have visited in the U.S.

Nice and laid back atmosphere from the moment you walk in. Menus of beers arranged by style, then by location make it easy to sort through the impressive 40 taps and 4 or 5 casks. Sampler prices are pretty reasonable, especially given the location (I can think of a bar an hour north that charges $3 more for similar samplers with less stellar offerings). I’ll certainly be back.

Update based on some changes at RnH recently:
While Patrick continues to get a ton of great beer and improves the atmosphere by making it into a great place to watch sports games, and hosting more and more events, the prices have become a bit ludicrous. I get that it’s NYC. I get that some things cost more than others. But with the latest bumps in prices many things are now 8oz pours for $8. A dollar an ounce. For things like say, a rare Cantillon, or a say a 12% aged barleywine, it’s a pain in the ass, but understandable. But just a few days ago for their recent event Dieu du Ciel’s basic 5% session stout was commanding a dollar an ounce at $8 for an 8oz pour. Ridiculous. There were still slightly more budget friendly options (and the flights can provide a work around for this as you can get 4oz for essentially $3 as the ’expensive’ flight comes in at $12 for 4 3 or 4oz pours), but keep in mind that when events get busy, they’ll stop doing flights. So get there early, and bring your wallet.

Visited a few times during my days in NYC.
First alone late Saturday night January 28, 2012. Not very crowded, but a fair amount of people. Had a couple of beers, got treated to a sampled of a beer from a brewery that had their brewer there visiting. Asked if I could have flights on sunday, heard that I could have one this night even since the bartender wasn’t overly busy right then. Had a band playing live.
Visited again Sunday evening January 29, with my travel mate and a Norweigan couple we met up with at another bar. Had a couple of flights, nice service once again!
Returned with my travel mate once more on Monday January 30, had many many flights.
All in all over my visites ot served by 4 different girls, all of which were super friendly and nice, also they had it down well which beers were currently out, and had recommendations when asked for.
Very good place, if I were living in NYC I’m sure this would be my local hand out, as said my travel mate as well.
Did not eat here, but for beers and a good time when in NYC can not recommend this enough!

Decently crowded the Monday evening I went there. Was surprised to have some live jazz but really dug it. The beers were much different than what the website listed so you may want to call ahead. Bartender was friendly and knew some info about the beers I asked for. Pricies seem average for the city. Solid beer joint and will return.

This is a bit hit and miss, some of their beers were fine, some were definitely off. If you start a beer bar where the competition is so fierce, you should make sure you have control of the beer quality. Plus: Sampler size glasses of all theri draft beers. Nice waitresses, but without much knowledge of the beer scene.