Double food truck day!

Cousins Maine Lobster is back! These guys are national known for serving premium, wild-caught, sustainably harvested lobster from Maine, accompanied by their signature Downeast Maine hospitality.

The Dumpling Wagon will be here like always!!!

The 11th Annual New York State Craft Brewers Festival is happening Saturday, January 24 at the Desmond Hotel in Albany. This is one of the best beer events in the state, bringing together more than fifty breweries from every corner of New York. It is a rare chance to try unique and award winning beers, discover new styles, and talk directly with the people who make them. All beer is poured by brewery owners and staff. No volunteers.

Great beer needs great food. Some of Albany’s favorite food vendors will be set up with plenty of options to keep you going.

VIP tickets are back and always sell out. VIP gets you in an hour early from 4 to 8 plus access to a select beer and cheese pairing from 3 to 4. This tasting features five special beers from five different regions along with notes from the brewers and five cheeses from The Cheese Traveler. These beers are only available at the tasting and not on the festival floor. Only one hundred spots are available.

After more than a decade of events, the New York State Craft Brewers Festivals are known for putting on a real craft beer experience that highlights the best of what New York has to offer.

See you there. Cheers.

The Red Wagon can best be described as Rootsy Rock Fusion, melding together various styles of music into an amalgamation of sound. Intertwining Saxophone and Electric Guitar float over a solid, yet fluid, rhythm section, while harmony-laden vocals ring out above the fray. The Red Wagon’s current lineup consists of Dan McBride (Guitar), Chris Scanlan (Sax and Vocals), John Florussen (Drums and Vocals) and Dave Jenkins (Bass and Vocals). Their latest album, Castle Undersea, was released 2024 and they are working on releasing a new album this year.

The Perfect Pair Series brings together Wayward Lane beer and the craft of local producers we love. Each month features a new partner and a curated tasting designed to highlight their creations alongside ours.

This round of the series features Gumbo de Ma Mère, the Middleburgh pop-up serving authentic Creole comfort built on family recipes and deep Louisiana roots. Their food is soulful, slow-cooked, and full of that warm, layered flavor that makes you stop mid-bite and smile. It is the kind of cooking meant to be shared, passed around, and talked about.

For this event, we’re working with Gumbo de Ma Mère to create a small tasting menu inspired by their New Orleans heritage. We’ll pair several of their dishes with Wayward Lane beers chosen to lift up the spices, richness, and soul of their cooking.

The format stays true to The Perfect Pair Series:
a curated lineup of small pours and small plates designed to be enjoyed together.

More details and the full pairing menu coming soon.

The Perfect Pair Series continues each month with a new collaboration, new flavors, and a new way to experience Wayward Lane beer.

It’s that time of year again.
Our field of fallen Christmas trees is growing by the day and we’re getting ready to send them out in a blaze of glory. Join us Saturday, January 10 for the 4th Annual Christmas Tree Blaze, which is somehow both our most chaotic and most wholesome event of the year.

🎶 Before we set anything on fire, What? will be taking over The Metal Shed from 3-6 with a heavy dose of funk, horns, and enough groove to keep you warm before the inferno even starts. If you’ve never heard a six piece band ask “What?” while answering with Stevie Wonder level energy, you’re in for it.

🔥 Tree lighting starts around 6, when we’ll roll out a couple special beer options made just for the night. More on that soon.

🌲 Got a tree to retire? Drop it off curbside anytime leading up to the event. We promise to give it the dramatic send off it deserves. One minute it’s a drying piece of holiday decor. The next it’s whoooosh.

🍴 The Dumpling Wagon and Gumbo De Ma Mére will be here all day keeping everyone fed, warm, and slightly less flammable.

Start the new year the Wayward way. One big fire, great beer, loud horns, and a field full of neighbors cheering on burning trees. Who’s ready to blaze it up?

Funk-fueled and horn-led, What? is a six-piece powerhouse from the Hudson Valley that blends funk, jazz fusion, and jam into a high-energy, danceable mix. Think Stevie Wonder meets Snarky Puppy with a side of Catskills soul.

Come ready to move.

Double Food Truck Day!!

This New Orleans family pop up is now putting down roots in Middleburgh and bringing authentic Creole cooking to the valley.

Gumbo de Ma Mère serves food that feels like home. Soulful, slow cooked, and filled with warmth and love. There is a story in every pot.

They will be serving their signature gumbo, red beans and rice for a vegetarian option, and crawfish etouffee for the seafood lovers. It is the kind of food that hits on a winter afternoon and pairs perfectly with a pint.

Come hungry.

The Dumpling Wagon will be here like always.

We will be closed January 1 so the staff can recover from their very important research on New Years Eve beer.

We will be closed Christmas Day to spend some time with our friends & families.

We are back in the Metal Shed for another double header with Side Effect and One Wing Duck, plus the second visit from Gumbo de Ma Mère. This is our holiday show, so expect some funky Christmas jams and a full Christmas sweater party.

Slide Effect brings tight grooves, deep pocket playing, and plenty of energy. It is a mix of funk, jazz, and jam with a Schoharie twist and it always locks in the room.

One Wing Duck is the funk and blues project from Hartley’s Encore alum Chris Oliver alongside Erik Pravel. They lean into soulful grooves, bluesy funk, and catchy melodies with a sound that feels good the moment they lock in.

Gumbo de Ma Mère will be serving up a full spread with their gumbo, red beans and rice for a vegetarian option, and crawfish etouffee for the seafood lovers. Warm, rich, and perfect between sets.

Come ready to move, eat well, and get weird in those sweaters. The Metal Shed bar will be flowing all night.

Double Food Truck Day!!

We are fired up to welcome back Gumbo de Ma Mère for their second visit to Wayward Lane. This New Orleans family pop up is now putting down roots in Middleburgh and bringing authentic Creole cooking to the valley.

Gumbo de Ma Mère serves food that feels like home. Soulful, slow cooked, and filled with warmth and love. There is a story in every pot.

They will be serving their signature gumbo, red beans and rice for a vegetarian option, and crawfish etouffee for the seafood lovers. It is the kind of food that hits on a winter afternoon and pairs perfectly with a pint.

Come hungry.

The Dumpling Wagon will be here like always.

Wear your loudest, brightest, most what-were-they-thinking sweater and come hang with us. The uglier it is, the more we will pretend to admire it.

Join us at the beautiful RAE’S Restaurant and bar @ 814 Main St, Margaretville, NY 12455. They have a handful of some of our recent (and largely now unavailable) bangers: Wayward Lane on draft –

• ’Earthrise on the Moon’ Stout

• ’Hoodwinked’ IPA – Black/Cascadian Dark Ale

• ’Over and Out’ IPA - Imperial / Double New England / Hazy

• ’Afterglo: Peach & Vanilla’ IPA - New England / Hazy

• ’Cultivar: Motueka’ Pale Ale - New England / Hazy

RAE'S is a restaurant with a rotating, seasonal menu of modern takes on classic dishes – along with house cocktails, natural wine, local beer, and flowing Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray soda – featuring local products, things we crave, and a dose of nostalgia.

Located in the heart of Margaretville, a vibrant village in New York’s Delaware County nestled in the beautiful Catskill Mountains and a destination for food, art, and shopping, RAE’S is open year-round for friends, locals, and visitors alike to gather, hang out, and eat well. Come for a drink, a snack, or dinner.

Owned and operated by James Bailey and Alexandra Rosenberg, RAE'S is named after Alexandra's great-grandmother, who summered in Upstate NY – and insisted that you eat!

Join us at Dove + Deer for an evening of Wayward Lane beers, food pairings, and live jazz. We’ll be pouring 3 to 4 draft selections along with some can options, all alongside dishes paired by the Dove + Deer team. The Capital Jazz Collective will set the tone from 5 to 8 PM.

Dove + Deer sits inside a restored 1854 brownstone in one of Albany’s oldest neighborhoods. The space is cozy, historic, and laid-back, with an elevated pub atmosphere that makes it a perfect setting for good beer and good music.

Formed over a decade ago in Fredonia, F.A.R. Trio has spent the last five years captivating audiences across the Northeast with their eclectic mix of original compositions and unique arrangements of songs by artists like John Lennon and The Allman Brothers. Featuring Eamon Rayhn (bass/vocals), Drew Azzinaro (guitar/vocals), and Ethan Fox(drums), this trio blends soulful grooves and jazz fusion to create unforgettable performances.

They’ve performed at top venues like The Bitter End, Rockwood Hall, and the Northwest Jazz Festival, and released two albums—F.A.R. Trio Volume 1 (2019) and Ordinary Moments (2022). Catch them live as they bring their genre-bending sound to Wayward Lane Brewing!

It’s Thanksgiving and we are all spending this day with friends and family! Make sure to grab any Wayward Lane beer on Wednesday to share on this day.

Based in upstate New York, Becca Frame and the Tall Boys provide a timeless presentation of powerful vocals, and transcendent lyrics. Combined with polished yet improvised guitar work (Brian Shafer) and intoxicating dynamic rhythm (Steve O'Connell and Daniel Colón), the band provides a strong dedication to stir the soul. Each song has its own desire and persistence to leave the audience wanting to hear more.

Pretzel & Pils – Every Friday at Wayward Lane

Leavened is bringing us fresh pretzels every Friday at 3PM—made with organic flour, including New York State–grown and milled spelt.

Grab one and get $1 off each Hladinka pour of our Czech-style beers—or any beer we’re serving in a 0.5L mug.

Stone ground and honey mustard supplied.

Limited batch. First come, first served. Pretzel & Pils waits for no one.

Pretzel & Pils – Every Friday at Wayward Lane

Leavened is bringing us fresh pretzels every Friday at 3PM—made with organic flour, including New York State–grown and milled spelt.

Grab one and get $1 off each Hladinka pour of our Czech-style beers—or any beer we’re serving in a 0.5L mug.

Stone ground and honey mustard supplied.

Limited batch. First come, first served. Pretzel & Pils waits for no one.

Double food truck day!

Cousins Maine Lobster is back! These guys are national known for serving premium, wild-caught, sustainably harvested lobster from Maine, accompanied by their signature Downeast Maine hospitality.

The Dumpling Wagon will be here like always!!!

Double Food Truck Day!!

We’re fired up to welcome Gumbo de Ma Mère! - a new local pop-up serving up authentic Creole gumbo.

A New Orleans family setting their roots in Middleburgh, NY, Gumbo de Ma Mère brings warmth and love to every bowl. It’s food that feels like home - soulful, slow-cooked, and meant to be shared with family and friends. There’s a story in every pot.

The Dumpling Wagon will be here like always.

Pretzel & Pils – Every Friday at Wayward Lane

Leavened is bringing us fresh pretzels every Friday at 3PM—made with organic flour, including New York State–grown and milled spelt.

Grab one and get $1 off each Hladinka pour of our Czech-style beers—or any beer we’re serving in a 0.5L mug.

Stone ground and honey mustard supplied.

Limited batch. First come, first served. Pretzel & Pils waits for no one.

The veil is thinning… and the beer is pouring.

Join us for a night of costumes, chaos, and questionable dance moves as The Spell takes over the decks from 7–10pm, conjuring funk, disco, and whatever else it takes to raise the spirits in the brewery.

More details coming soon. But for now — block off the night, start scheming your outfit, and answer the call of the cauldron.

Pretzel & Pils – Every Friday at Wayward Lane

Leavened is bringing us fresh pretzels every Friday at 3PM—made with organic flour, including New York State–grown and milled spelt.

Grab one and get $1 off each Hladinka pour of our Czech-style beers—or any beer we’re serving in a 0.5L mug.

Stone ground and honey mustard supplied.

Limited batch. First come, first served. Pretzel & Pils waits for no one.

Last Run of the Season!
Let’s cap things off together—celebrating new friends, the hills we conquered, and those post-run pint conversations. We’ll meet at the brewery at 5:30pm for one more scenic sweat, then raise a glass back at the bar. We’ll also draw and award the season-end Wayward swag pack winner on the spot.

Runners get $1 off each beer after the run, and every time you showed up this season counted as an entry.
No sign-up needed—just show up ready to run.

“Hear ye, hear ye! Let it be proclaimed across valley, village, and distant hillside that upon the twenty-fifth day of the Tenth Moon, in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Twenty-Five, the grounds of Wayward Lane shall once more tremble beneath the might of flying gourds, for the Third Annual Pumpkin Chunkin’ shall commence!

Presiding over this most sacred artillery of autumn is none other than Erik — Lord of the Launch, Keeper of the Counterweight, and First Chair of the Order of Trajectory, whose trebuchet has been reforged with even greater recklessness and ambition. At the striking of the Second Bell (known in common tongue as 2 PM), he shall awaken the great engine of hurling, and pumpkins shall be sent skyward in feats of such majesty that even the crows shall scatter in awe. Those who seek glory must arrive early to inscribe their names upon the Ledger of Launching, for once the pumpkins are spent, so too is thy chance at immortality!

Let it also be known that sustenance for warriors and spectators alike shall be provided by The Dumpling Wagon, henceforth honored as The Dumpling Cart of Endless Steam, and by Down N’ Dirty Burgers, duly decreed The House of Ground Beef & Smoked Glory, that no soul may faint for lack of dumpling or patty whilst chaos unfolds.

In tandem with these noble trials of distance and destruction shall run The Great Contest of Altered Appearance, wherein citizens of all ranks are commanded to disguise themselves in garments of terror, trickery, or utter confusion. From these costumed combatants, champions shall be chosen and awarded spoils befitting their audacity. Prizes shall be bestowed for both Finest Disguise and Furthest Launched Pumpkin, for strength of arm and strength of imagination are held equal in this realm.

Thus is it spoken. Thus must it occur. Let the pumpkins fly and the people bear witness.” 🎺🎃

Double Food Truck Day!!!

A new local food truck from right down the road in Cobleskill. Serving up, you guessed it, burgers and fries. Come down and give these guys a try!

The Dumpling Wagon will be here like always