With only five beers on tap, an off-the-beaten-track warehouse brewery has quickly become a destination spot for New York beer lovers. Owned by a former head brewer from Sand City and Barrier, the new Rites Brewing has gone into the space previously occupied by The Brewers Collective, which closed in May.

Chris Dougherty, who owns the business with his cousin Tim Irwin, took over the lease from the former owners and spent four months renovating the Bay Shore space. His first brewery opened Sept. 26 and has just started to pop up on social media feeds with its vibrantly-hued beers. (The Onion Tree, a Newsday Top 50 restaurant, is also doing pop-ups here .)

Dougherty has been a professional brewer for 12 years and started Rites as a side project while at Sand City, where he was head

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