Lithology Brewing Co. Opens Tasting Room in Farmingdale Village

A local brewery recently announced that they have opened a tasting room in Farmingdale Village.

Lithology Brewing Co., owned by four friends Kevin Cain, Lee Kaplan, Marc Jackson, and Manny Coelho, opened in July at the former home of A Taste of Long Island at 211 Main Street in Farmingdale Village.

After the business closed down, the group took over the lease and converted half the storefront into a bar and microbrewery tasting room.

The brewery still maintains incubator space for local brewers such as Fine Belgium and Tweaking Frog, which sells the fresh beer from kegs at Lithology and elsewhere.

The friends have a combined 20 years of brewing experience and have won awards for their craft beers.

In 2014, they entered the traditional style, English IPA into a competition and won that event.

They also won a Bronze medal at the New York International Beer Competition for the Brown Ale last year.

This year Lithology Brewing Co. won a Silver award at the New York International Beer Competition, also for the Brown Ale.

The brewery offers a variety of beer including: The White, a Belgian style wheat beer; Lithology Red; Designated Hitter, the flagship; American Pale Ale and seasonal varieties in addition to snacks such as potato chips from the North Fork, chocolate and cookies to go along with the tasting.

Their beer is also sold at bars and restaurants on Long Island, Queens and Brooklyn, including 6 shooter Barrel aged Brown Ale at That Meetball Place right on Main Street in Farmingdale Village.

In addition to the beer, Lithology serves local wine from the East End and plans to serve some New York spirits, such as honey liquor and other new concepts.

Tasting room hours are from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, and from 1 p.m .to 6 p.m. on Sunday.