Great service good beer no food, but it is a tasting room. It's not normally overcrowded just folks that like beer.

The day I was here I had visited a few other local breweries. This one was the smallest in terms of size and beers offered, but it was also the most casual, and most friendly in terms of ambiance. They had more beers of interest to me here than at the others I visited today. This was, for me, the perfect brewery at which to wind down for the day.

This spot is known for good beer, a stellar friendly staff, and so many fun ways to share your time with friends while visiting (coloring, old school video gaming, andlive music - oh my!) We loved visiting the outdoor patio space for drinking while rocking to live music, with easy access to food truck parking. The beer list contains a nice variety of styles which met the variety of tastebuds in our group. Also love that this place features rotating guest taps, wine, cider, canned cocktails and kombucha, too. So many local brands are featured and promoted in this spot. Visiting Rare Form again is for sure on the 2023 Summer Goals list - I've heard good things about their pizza and I think we need to test the "what goes better with good beer?" theory v. soon.

This is fun spot in downtown Troy. They have some really nice beers and great pizza. The bartender was nice on our visit. Just a word of caution: the benches and tables in the outdoor seating area can be unstable, so be careful when sitting down and getting up.

My alcoholism has begun to worry me. Mainly because I find that everywhere I go I always want to seek out the breweries and get into deep conversations about beer. So I'm worried that alcoholism has become fun and educational, which is not why I got into it in the first place. Anyway, what was I talking about? Oh yeah, beer. This place has good stuff. They have a mexican-style lager (I think it was called Confetti? Or something?) that is super tasty and refreshing and a sour (forget the name) that was really excellent summer drinking (light and crisp). I tried a few other of their lagers and all of them were pretty different but really quality. Also had a great chat with the bartender about beer and life and so on. The place has a comfy, friendly feel and a pretty awesome outdoor patio. Definitely a place I'd stop by in some alternate dimension where I go to Troy again.

"Love in the Time of Corona" If I had to survive Coronavirus quarantine without some of my favorite local beer, I'm not sure I'd make it. Thankfully, the good folks at Rare Form Brewing have given me one less thing to worry about, as they're delivering their canned craft brews to Capital Region customers, and I happen to fall into that demographic. That's a quarantine win right there. That's right, White Lightning is bringing beer to the people. If you're a Capital Region cutie pie, you can achieve your regularly scheduled rare form-level antics without leaving your living room. Rare Form announced they're expanding their delivery radius to include all of Rensselaer, Albany & Schenectady counties, as well as southern Saratoga County (to exit 10). Get it! For those who don't know, White Lightening is Rare Form's beloved beer van, an expertly converted old school Dodge Ram panel van, or something like that, with four taps jutting out of the driver's side rear panel, flaunting its cool, retro-inspired color stripes wrapping around the white van. It's quite exquisite, tbh, and you usually only see this bad boy in action at festivals, special events, heck, even weddings, so it's a real treat to receive a personal delivery thanks to its temporary Uber status. Not to mention the street cred you'll get when your neighbors see this unicorn of a beer mobile. My delivery consisted of the following sampling of healthy 16oz 4-packs: 1. Troy Division IPA, an ode to their home city and one of their favorite bands (Joy Division), this New England IPA is a familiar favorite, as I'm proud to say I attended its release party in June 2018! 2. Moxie Double IPA, with hints of orange, tangerine, and clementines, oh my! I was not a fan of the early IPAs (way too bitter for me), but I'm really getting into the smoother, more subtle-but-fruity flavor profiles lately, so yay for me! 3. Confetti Mexican-style Lager, brewed with heirloom Oaxacan green-dent corn from local Forts Ferry Farm, you definitely get notes of tortilla with a crisp lager finish, making this a refreshing cerveza, with lime or without! These are just a sampling of all the great brews Rare Form is cranking out in it's tiny Troy taproom. I highly suggest beating the Coronavirus blues by calling on Rare Form and White Lightening to come to your rescue; doing so could save a life. Get your orders in early for same-day delivery! See their website at www.rareformbrewing.com/store for availability & to place your order. Stay safe, Albany!

Downtown Troy has become a fantastic place to walk around and get good drinks, good food, and have a great time. In just a few blocks span, you have multiple breweries, and some of the higher rated restaurants in the Cap.Reg. Rare Form is among these breweries and although I only stopped in for a little while and had one beer, I had to comment that it was great. They only seemed to have one IPA on tap this evening, so I had to have it: MOXIE DOUBLE IPA - 8% ABV Distinctly smooth and decidedly different. This beer drinks like a fluffy screwdriver but finishes nice and dry leaving your palate ready for more. Hints of orange, tangerine and clementines. It was fantastic and unique. It would definitely stand out against other beers. We attempted to attend trivia here one evening, and we couldn't get a spot. The tap room here is teeny tiny. With standing room only, we at least enjoyed a beer before walking to the next stop of the night. I would certainly recommend stopping in and giving your favorite style beer a try!