Port Jeff Brewing Company

Visited in the weekend. Very small hut-like taproom with a veranda, plastic cups, 12-13 beers on tap, 6 cans on sale, no food. The small town is like a vacation village and the taproom fits the decorum. You shouldn’t miss if you’re around. The beer is not bad either.

TINY brewpub right in this exclusive village. The tasting room is small. It’s $% to try each of their 5 taps, and then $15 to $20 to take home a growler. The bombers are about $8 or $9. It’s a clean and attractive room, with a window viiew into their brewing tanks. The service is attentive. Their beers are usually serviceable, and some are actually good. The place is a bit touristy, given where it is. Not bad value for waht they offer. Decent overall. Worth a stop if you’re in town.

It should be noted that this is not a brewery that you can come to for some pints - it is a brewery tasting room in the strictest sense of the word - you can get tasters or purchase growlers - that’s it - there is a small tap room with no seats - the whole place seems designed to get you in and out - this is a shame because the location in great - set back from the street in the downtown Port Jefferson area - the good thing is that the beers are excellent - for the most part, the selection of styles is fairly ho hum, but the quality of the offerings makes up for this (they’ll make younremember why you loved porters and ipas in the first place) - the staff was personable and treated us well - if they turned this into a proper tap room, it would be awesome - if you can find their beer, try it, but don’t make a special trip here - if you happen to be nearby, though, you should definitely pop in.

Not too many breweries in the NY area do free tastings anymore. But anyone is welcome here for free tastings of all 6 or so beers they have up at any given time. Bartenders are not, though not seem not completely knowledgeable about the product their pouring. But that’s ok... The place is a tiny brewpub that, from what I’ve heard, PJBC has already outgrown. Tasty beer, PJ Porter is particularly good. The locations is great, a little bit off the well-beaten path. I imagine it gets quite crowded in the summer.