Rushing Duck Brewery

Great hidden location and more importantly great beers! Favorite among many is their War Elephant. Grab a growler or two and plan on spending a nice evening at home enjoying it.

If you enjoy good quality beer, not that crap made by Budweiser, get yourself to RD. Good quality and flavor. The growlers make a great «take out» option. Good value for the price.

I love RD. I think they’re the best brewery in the Hudson Valley. You might not love every single beer but overall, they’re doing the best. Beanhead is my favorite, Ded Moroz and Divided by Zero are KILLER. This brewery hangs with any national brewer.
As far as the actual location, hard to find and small. Still a great place to have a pint and fill a growler to take home.

This brewery was certainly memorable and stood out with unique flavors. I like the concept of bringing different flavors/​textures to beer, but I personally didn’t actually like them once I drank it. The prices are reasonable here and it is a cool (but small) spot that’s off the beaten path.
We bought two sets of the 5 flights for $ 8 each so we could try all the beers. Out of all 10 of them, I think I only really enjoyed two, especially the beanhead. My least favorite had to have been the onion flavor, maybe some people like it, but it wasn’t for me. It tasted exactly like an onion in beer. There was also one (don’t remember the name) but it was really syrupy and tasted similar to cough medicine. Overall, it’s a good spot to check out if you want to try different flavored beers, but I’m not sure I’d go back for just the two that I liked.

This is craft brewing in its most exalted form. The variety and quality of beer on tap is guaranteed to please any and every taste. The staff is friendly and knowledgable, and the crowd is universally awesome. I’ve made many a friend simply by starting a conversation with a random person here. If you are in Orange County on a Thursday through Sunday and like good beer, then you owe it to yourself to stop by. You won’t regret it, and you will probably be back (unless you live in Antartica or something…).

Really good beer. The saison and coffee porter were our favorites. We are really excited to see what they will have for fall seasonals.
The atmosphere is relaxed and cozy. Service and crowd very friendly.
New favorite, and we worth the trip from N.J. for a few growlers.

Tried it last Sunday after a bike ride. Tough to find, behind the building, gravel lot, no sign, look for the initials RD on the door — good luck!
We each got a flight as it was our first time there. Everything was good, most excellent. Pale Ale and the IPA were great. The Coffee Porter absolutely outstanding.
Bartender nice too.

Wow, what a great find! Really delicious craft brewed beers, good conversation and not much else — what else do you need? Rushing Duck Brewery is tucked away in a warehouse behind Main St in old Chester town. The owner, Dan, is an affable, knowledgeable brewer and Josh, the tasting room manager, a very sweet and friendly guy. All in all, a very pleasant experience — I just wish they had food — they offer chips only. I suspect their success will urge them on to expand their offerings.

I am so upset that it is so far from me!
Let me start off by saying the young lady working there was great. She took her time in describing every beer and made us feel welcome.
I tried a beer flight based on her suggestions and could not have been happier with my choices. The Zinger is crazy good! Almost like ginger ale with a kick!

My favorite brewery in all of NY state.
Yeah. It’s that good. Not only are their year-​round brews delicious, but the limited releases they do will make any serious beer nerd stop what they’re doing and drive up to Chester. No, really! I was in Rochelle Park discussing it with a bartender down there, he said if he wasn’t working he’d be on Rt 87 heading up north to here for the latest release!
They’ve now got a license to serve pints, which of course is a huge win, but now that the secret’s out it can get a little crowded — don’t worry, it’s totally worth it. All family-​run, too, so everyone you deal with is super nice.
Stop in and bring a growler, you can even get a tour of the brewing facilities.

Pretty close to where my cabin is so we went there on a Saturday. Tricky to find as its not well marked (probably on purpose because it’s so small!). Great place tho, no frills. Like walking into a friends basement with a bar. Got there with friends and went right to the bar where we picked our flight of beers. The one I remember liking the best was their coffee porter. Very good and well balanced. Not much room to sit and not very comfortable but all and all it was a cool little place. We didn’t see anything about a tour tho which was a disappointment. No food either but they did have the fried potato chips that I sampled on the way out.

Same great place. Same great beer. The only thing I wanted to update was I don’t think they do the six tickets for free samples anymore. They are expanding and getting more well known (and crowded) so they expanded the tasting room to fit more people and last time I went you had to buy $ 2 shooter to try the beer (you could get a flight for a good deal. forgive me I forgot the price). They also sell pints there too. I knew it was bound to happen but with the great tasting beer these guys fire out I have no problem throwing a few extra bucks to hopefully keep these guys growing. I’m seeing their beer in more and more places. Love it!

My husband and I got a recommendation to go to this brewery. First thing I’ll say is that this place is really hard to find! There aren’t any signs aside from the entrance door. It’s located on the basement level of an outdoors store with the entrance in the back.
We got two flights so we could try all 10 types of beer. Not something I would recommend for a party of 2 though, since we found out afterwards about the high alcohol content in most of them! We really enjoyed the unique flavors of all 10. I was especially impressed with the Naysayer Pale Ale and the War Elephant Double IPA.
It’s a small room with three tables and a couple of barrels for standing around. It was packed on a Saturday, but the service was still good. I wonder what they will do if they get even more popular, I don’t know where they would have the space to expand! I would definitely recommend checking out the good beer and good vibes at Rushing Duck.

I selfishly don’t want anyone else to know about this place because I doubt the generous free tastings they offer can last forever. The location does help keep it secretive. The brewery is located on the lower level on the backside of a very old warehouse. There are no signs, just a gravel parking lot and an «RD» on the door.
You get 6 free drink tickets when you walk in. The bar is small with about 4 tables. You can give yourself tours of the brewery which can be seen in totality without really leaving the bar. A cat roamed around the bar and jumped up on a bar stool next to me, obviously sensing my intense allergies to cats. I pet it; its deep stare commanded me. It didn’t scratch my eyes out +1 star. The employees are very friendly and tirelessly pouring nonstop.
The beers were really good. If you’re a coffee fan you’ll like the Coffee Porter. I could go on but they have something for everyone in all degrees of hopiness. I probably outed myself as a relative amateur talking to some of the people here, but I sensed no hostility among these seasoned beer connoisseurs. These epicures can be spotted double fisting various growlers from other breweries and wearing specialty made growler satchels. I spotted one guy, whom I assume to be the final boss of beer, wearing a burlap bandoleer holding 4 growlers.

Amazing brewery. Friendly service. Free samples and growler filling only. No buying to drink on premises. These people are so nice. Please visit!

What a cool little place. It’s in the downstairs of a much larger building, parking is on gravel, and you will miss the street. There’s a nondescript «RD» on the gray door.
Inside you have a cool rustic look, with reclaimed lumber tables and stools.
On the day I was here in early October, there were 10 beers available, one kicked, they added another, so 11. I loved the Honey Seeker, War Elephant, and the Beanhead. It’s hard to believe a tiny brewery could make 10 distinct beers. It was cool to see they also used local hops in their limited «Pennington Naysayer» hops from Pennington farms.
I also thought it was great that their shwag was so inexpensive, $ 15 for a growler bag that can fit about 3 growlers is pretty sweet.
Drink Local!!!

Rushing Duck Brewery is one of those businesses that make me so proud to be from Orange County NY.
They are still on the small side but have really grown in their offerings and the quality is just outstanding. My favorite is the Beanhead Coffee Porter but I encourage you to try everything (I’m also a fan of the Dog’s Bollocks and Honey Seeker).
Currently they have a small tasting room with an adjacent facility. When you arrive you are given 6 free tasting tickets. I believe you can still take a brief tour for free as well though I am not sure how often they occur.
Be sure to look for rare/​limited batch bottle release weekends and stock up on them! Of course, you can fill your growlers with their regular beers as well (and take home some brewery branded merch, would ya?).
I cannot wait to see what the future holds for this brewery!

This is an upcoming brewery. They only do tastings and growler fills. There are a few bottles mainly 20oz and BBQ sauce?! Pretty cool. The couple are super nice and make excellent beer! Love them all. I highly recommend stopping here on your travels you won’t be disappointed. It’s a small spot standing room only but you will appreciate the quality of their products.

Free Beer Samples? CHECK
Free Brewery Tours? CHECK
Delicious beer? CHECK
Rushing Duck is a fairly small brewery but what they produce is incredible. Some of the bars in Albany have it on tap and I suggest that not only you try it then but you venture down here and try some out yourself. There wasn’t a beer on draft that I didn’t really enjoy. They are all really great beers, although I don’t have one that stands out they are all just really great beers.
You can get growler fills which is really the only way to take it home since they only bottle a limited quantity and only of special brews.
No food, but lots of restaurant’s close by.

We stopped by here after hearing raves about their beer. It’s only a ten minute drive from Woodbury Commons. Beer + shopping — what could be better?
We tried samples of all their beers on tap and they were all excellent. We got a growler of the Kroovy Red Ale and I’m looking forward to enjoying that later this week. Everyone at the brewery was extremely friendly and knowledgeable. I’m hoping their beer makes its way to NJ shortly so we can enjoy it on a regular basis. Rushing Duck is definitely worth stopping by if you’re in the area. Also, they don’t serve food at the brewery but it appears that many of the restaurants in the area serve their beer so if you’re looking for some food to go along with your beer definitely check out the little downtown area.