Fermenting Innovation in the Southern Finger Lakes

Photo: Michael B. Studios

Of late, I’ve broadened my writing to include work for a few tourism boards to help them identify what makes their beer scenes stand out. In a world where nearly every town has a brewery, what makes them stand out. Two of the early clients for Want Beer, Will Travel, which I’m running with my fellow beer journalist Ben Keene, is Corning & the Southern Lakes and Finger Lakes Wine Country. I did a deep dive into the region’s most forward-thinking breweries and cideries, a fun exercise in finding unique fermentations far from home.