Brooklyn Brewery was started in 1987 by former Associated Press correspondent Steve Hindy and former Chemical Bank lending officer Tom Potter. Hindy learned to brew beer during a six year stay in various Middle Eastern nations such as Saudi Arabia and Syria, where possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages were forbidden. Upon his return to his home to Brooklyn in 1984, he and Potter, his downstairs neighbor, quit their jobs and founded the brewery.

The pair hired graphic designer Milton Glaser, best known as the creator of the logo for the I Love New York campaign, to create the company logo and identity. Originally all their beer was brewed by contract by Matt Brewing Company, and the pair started their own distribution company and personally transported and marketed their beer to bars and retailers around New York City. Later, they acquired a former matzo ball factory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and converted it into a functional brewery. Although the brewery is looking to expand its brewing capacity in the City, at present most of the production, included all Brooklyn Lager and all bottled products, are brewed by contract in upstate New York, in Utica, due to the limited ability to meet demand at the Williamsburg brewery, its lack of a bottling line, and the cost benefits of contract brewing.

Brooklyn's Beers
Blanche De Brooklyn
Breukelen Abbey Ale
Brooklyn Ale
Brooklyn Antwerper
Brooklyn Bitter
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
Brooklyn Brooklynator
Brooklyn Brown Ale
Brooklyn Dry Stout
Brooklyn East India Pale Ale
Brooklyn Heavy Scotch Ale
Brooklyn Lager All-malt
Brooklyn Manchester Star
Brooklyn Monster Ale
Brooklyn Oktoberfest Beer
Brooklyn Pilsner
Brooklyn Saison De Brooklyn
Brooklyn Scorcher
Brooklyn Sustainable Porter
Brooklyn Triple
Brooklyner Dunkel-Weisse
Brooklyner Weisse
Brooklyner Weissebock
Organic Porter
Post Road India Pale Ale
Post Road Light Dinner Ale
Post Road Pale Ale
Post Road Pumpkin Ale
Post Road Snow Shoe