Lasting Joy Brewery opens in Tivoli, N.Y., this weekend, and it looks spectacular

2022-06-16 20:52:27 By : Mr. Alan Zhu

June 16, 2022Pretty Much a Press Release

Already home to a charming collection of locally owned businesses, Tivoli, N.Y., will welcome Lasting Joy Brewery onto the scene this weekend — as the village celebrates 150 years of history. Coinciding with the village’s anniversary weekend and Father’s Day, Lasting Joy, located just outside of town on a bucolic farm road, opens its doors for the first time this month. 

Lasting Joy is the dream project of husband and wife team Alex and Emily Wenner, who partnered with Aron Himmelfarb of Auver Architecture to reimagine what a craft brewery could look like, and wow, does it look awesome (dig these photos). Drawing inspiration from the natural landscape of the Hudson Valley as well as its traditions of hospitality and agricultural excellence, Himmelfarb designed a stunning glass and metal tap room adjacent to the brewery’s production facility (an existing barn the Wenners purchased in 2018). Comfort, accessibility, warmth and welcome are at the heart of the design.

“I wanted to create a space where the guest experience reflects all the care and detail that goes into brewing a really great beer,” says Alex, who’s worked at some of New York City’s most iconic breweries. “Some of our malt is being grown and malted just down the road by a fantastic small business called Hudson Valley Malt. I love that you can sit in the tap room and look out the 360 degree windows at the farmland all around the brewery and know that the distance from the farm to what’s in your glass is basically walkable.” 

The tasting room, with a central hexagonal floating bar featuring 12 taps, seats 60 with standing room for 99. Local carpenter Mark Bennett designed the wooden tables throughout the space, which are flanked by couches and lounge chairs for conversational and accessible seating. 

In addition to being an avid brewer, Alex and Emily have four children, so “family friendly” was a must for Lasting Joy. The brewery sits on 30 acres with ample outdoor seating as well as room for kids and (well behaved, leashed) dogs to run around. Baldwin Farms, a family run farm in the Berkshires, provides snacks and charcuterie boards, and there are also local wines, ciders, cocktails, kombucha, and non-alcoholic seltzers and mocktails from neighbors Red Hook Winery, Rose Hill Farm, Abandoned Cider, Tousey Winery, Hudson Valley Distillers, Weathertop Farm and Laughing Gut. Food trucks will be on site on select weekends throughout the summer.    

Thursday, June 16: 4-8 p.m.

Friday–Sunday, June 17-19: 12-8 p.m.

Address: 485 Lasher Rd, Tivoli, NY 12583

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