# Railhead Brewing Company — Hornell, New York

> Railhead Brewing Company in Hornell, New York, United States scores 3.74 out of 5 — Fine, #323 in New York. 91 beers tracked, mostly Pale Ale.

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Railhead Brewing Company is a brewery in Hornell, New York, United States. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.74 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #323 in New York. Of the 91 beers we track, 25% are Pale Ale and 25% Other.

## Rating

- Score: 3.74 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #323 in New York · #5,573 in United States · #8,144 worldwide
- Popularity: Barely rated
- Beers tracked: 91

## About

What’s in a name? Railhead Brewing Company pays homage to the industry which came to define Hornell, New York; while acknowledging the long history of brewing in the city. Water was always the “secret” of the beer that was made in Hornell, and continues to be consistently soft and ideal for brewing today. Access to the rail certainly helped the Maple City become an ideal location for a regional brewery for many years.

Our location is right where hundreds of rail cars once stood eager for far off places.

A Railhead is defined as the beginning or the end of a rail line. We like to see this brewery as the beginning of a line, and we are also eager to see where the line will go.

## What they brew

- Pale Ale — 25% of the beers we track
- Other — 25% of the beers we track
- IPA — 15% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 11% of the beers we track
- Brown Ale — 9% of the beers we track
- Amber Ale — 8% of the beers we track
- Belgian Ale — 7% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 40 Park Drive, Hornell, New York, United States
- Coordinates: 42.3162021, -77.6549197
- Website: http://www.railheadbrewing.com/

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## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in New York](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/new-york.md)
- [Best breweries in United States](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states.md)

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