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MONTAUK BREWING COMPANY
LI’S FASTEST-GROWING BREWERY
By BERNIE KILKELLY
Montauk has always been a great
place to enjoy a beer after a day at the
shore, but now it’s also a major craft
beer destination, thanks to homegrown
Montauk Brewing Company.
In just seven years, Montauk Brewing
has grown to become one of the
top 100 craft breweries in the U.S.
based on sales volume. According to
the Brewers Association, Montauk’s
production increased 22 percent
in 2018 to 39,000 barrels, making
it the second-largest brewery on LI
behind Blue Point, which produced
90,000 barrels. What makes this
growth remarkable is that Montauk
is distributed only in the New York
Metro area.
“We have no current plans to open
new markets because we think
we can go deeper in our current
area with package distribution and
especially draft sales to pubs and
restaurants,” says Vaughan Cutillo,
the brewery’s sales and marketing
head.
It was founded in 2012 by three
buddies from East Hampton High
School: Cutillo, Eric Moss, and
Joseph Sullivan, who is no longer
involved in daily operations. Moss
attended college in beer-crazy Colorado
and took up homebrewing.
After returning home, he and his
friends hatched a plan to start a
brewery in Montauk. It was established
in a building that formerly
housed Montauk Woodwork, owned
by Vaughan's father.
When it first opened, the brewery
had just a small pilot brewing system
to experiment with recipes. The
founders decided to contract brew
their beers in upstate New York and
then shifted to Wachusett Brewing
in Massachusetts. Recently Montauk
added a second contract
partner, Two
Roads Brewing in
Connecticut.
After three years
of construction
and wading
through red
tape, Montauk
opened its production
brewery
in 2015 with a
7-barrel system
that brews beer
for consumption
in
its tap room
and for keg
distribution on Long Island. The tap
room is open seven days a week in the
summer from noon to 8 p.m. and has
a laid-back, family- and dog-friendly
vibe with a large outdoor patio with
picnic tables. Beers are available in
pints and flights, and to take away
in crowlers and
growlers.
“First and
foremost, we
are committed
to producing
the highest quality
beer,” says
Cutillo. “We have
passionate fans of
our beers so we
have to work hard
to keep beers in
stock, especially
during the
busy summer
season.”
Montauk Brewing Co. is located
at 62 South Erie Avenue in Montauk.
For more information visit
montaukbrewingco.com.
Bernie Kilkelly is the editor and
publisher of LIBeerGuide.com.
MAIN DISH
Montauk Brewing Company co-founders
Eric Moss and Vaughan Cutillo.
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