72 LONGISLANDPRESS.COM • APRIL 2019
SIX HARBORS BREWING COMPANY
HOMEBREWER TURNS PRO
BY BERNIE KILKELLY
Pubs in bustling downtown Huntington
have for decades served the public’s
growing demand for craft beers.
Now, thanks to Six Harbors Brewing
Company, beer lovers in Huntington
can enjoy delicious craft beer brewed
right in the community.
Huntington natives Mark and Karen
Heuwetter founded Six Harbors in
2016 and opened their tap room in
May 2018. Located just a few blocks
north of Main Street on New York Avenue,
the brewery’s tap room is open
seven days a week and has become a
popular destination for visitors from
across Long Island.
Mark Heuwetter first homebrewed
in college but then took a hiatus as he
built a family and a successful career
in asset management for 25 years. He
took up homebrewing seriously about
10 years ago, joining some of Long Island’s
homebrew clubs, including the
Handgrenades Homebrew and Craft
Beer Club.
“I learned a lot from the other homebrewers
and saw that several of them
were making the transition to going
pro and opening their own breweries,”
says Heuwetter.
After deciding to start a brewery,
Mark and his wife Karen decided they
wanted to locate the brewery in their
hometown and in 2017 purchased a
building just blocks from their home.
They settled on a nautical theme for
the brewery, naming the brewery
and many of their beers after Huntington’s
six harbors: Centerport,
Cold Spring, Duck Island, Huntington,
Lloyd and Northport.
The 2,500-square-foot building,
which formerly housed a dry cleaner,
now has a 10-barrel fermenting system,
with four of the steel fermenting
tanks forming the backdrop for the
tap room’s bar.
Heuwetter said he is talking with the
Town of Huntington about building
a new brewery and restaurant in a
development planned for Huntington
Station.
The tap room is kid friendly and
dog friendly, and in the summer,
garage-style doors open up to a patio
with communal seating.
The tap room typically has 10 beers
on tap, with a full range of styles
ranging from lighter wheat beers
and pilsners to more robust IPAs
and stouts. One of the most popular
beers is Bay Hill Blues, a blueberry
wheat beer that started out as a seasonal
but has become a year-round
favorite.
That means it’s a good time to come
to port and try a taste of the harbor.
Six Harbors Brewing Company is
located at 243 New York Avenue
in Huntington. For more info visit
sixharborsbrewingcompany.com.
Bernie Kilkelly is the editor and publisher
of LIBeerGuide.com.
MAIN DISH
Beertenders Frank and Joe at Six
Harbors tap room in Huntington.
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