By Julia Burke, Beer Editor

Responding to increased demand for their beer thanks to a growing local following and massive critical acclaim, Captain Lawrence Brewing Company has announced a move and an expansion. The Pleasantville, NY brewery is moving five miles away to a bigger and better home at 444 Saw Mill River Road in Elmsford.

After over five years in business, Captain Lawrence has built a booming base of tasting room visitors and achieved cult status across New York State and beyond for its innovative and delicious brews, which include a popular IPA and the Smoked From the Oak Series of porters aged in apple brandy, rum and wine barrels; the apple brandy porter was a 2010 NYCR Beer of the Year finalist.  

The new 18,250-square foot facility will feature a 40 bbl automated brewhouse, representing a fivefold expansion from the brewery