Know your neighborhoods. Know your beer.

From the blog · Adam Stetzer

Some stories are worth coming back to. This week we're surfacing two pieces that hold up no matter when you're reading: a neighborhood-by-neighborhood tour of Rochester for anyone still finding their footing here, and the deeper-than-you'd-think history of how Rochester put cream ale on the American map.

The Ultimate Guide to Rochester, NY Neighborhoods

Rochester is not a city you understand from the highway — it is a place built neighborhood by neighborhood, each with its own identity and unwritten rules.

Rochester and the Cream Ale: How the Flower City Shaped American Beer

Genesee Brewery has operated continuously since 1878 — one of the few American breweries to survive Prohibition by pivoting to near-beer and soft drinks.

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