A new trail has been launched to promote local craft beverage businesses in the Catskills region. The Craft Beverage Trail of the Catskills is part of a broader effort to support economic development in the area.

The trail is free to download, and it guides users to more than 1,000 licensed craft beverage businesses, including breweries, cideries, distilleries, wineries and meaderies. Drink the Catskills offers special promotions to encourage visits.

The Craft Beverage Trail of the Catskills was made possible with funding from the New York State Agriculture Budget. A grant of $100,000 was secured to create the trail, and additional funding is expected to support the promotion of participating businesses through the new Drink the Catskills mobile app.

"Strengthening our economy can be done in many different ways, but focusing on our small businesses, including our agritourism sector, will pay dividends for years to come," said State Sen. Michelle Hinchey, who helped secure the funding for the trail. "The official launch of the first Catskills Beverage Trail, complete with a state-of-the-art consumer app, centers our craft beverage producers at the heart of our region's economic resurgence and will make it easier for visitors and locals alike to find and support their favorite burgeoning businesses while boosting economic development."

The trail is part of a broader effort by state and local officials to promote economic development in the Catskills region. The Craft Beverage Trail of the Catskills is expected to attract more visitors to the area, which will help to boost local businesses and the economy.

Participating businesses are:

Bad Seed Hard Cider (Highland)
Bashakill Vineyards (Wurtsboro)
Brooklyn Cider House (New Paltz)
Callicoon Brewing Company (Callicoon)
Catskill Brewery (Livingston Manor)
Catskill Mountain Moonshine Company (Saugerties)
Catskill Provisions Distillery (Callicoon)
Coppersea Distilling (New Paltz)
Do Good Spirits (Roscoe)
Forthright Cyder and Mead (Youngsville)
Rip Van Winkle Brewing Company (Catskill)
Kettleborough Cider House (New Paltz)
Gardiner Brewing Company (Gardiner)
Old Factory Brewing Company (Cairo)
Tuthilltown Spirits Distillery (Gardiner)
Stone Ridge Orchard (Stone Ridge)
Woodstock Brewing (Phoenicia)
West Kill Brewing (West Kill)
Russian Mule Brewery (Claryville)
Rockland Cider Works - Upstate (Gilboa)
Union Grove Distillery (Arkville)
Upward Brewing Company (Livingston Manor)
Rock Valley Spirits (Long Eddy)