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Explore LIC's Beer Scene During 10-Day Brewery Crawl

 Marcus Burnett at the Rockaway Brewing Company.
Marcus Burnett at the Rockaway Brewing Company.
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HUNTERS POINT — Have you checked out every brewery in Long Island City? Now's your chance.

Local beer-makers are hosting a 10-day brewery crawl through the neighborhood starting Friday, and those who visit all four spots will get a chance to win prizes like free growlers of suds or a private brewery tour.

Patrons can pick up a beer passport at any of the participating breweries from Friday to Aug. 23, and can collect stamps from each spot. The crawl is self-led — there's no set itinerary, just visit the breweries during their operating hours during the week of the event.

Participants can drop off their completed passports at any of the breweries before the end of the crawl to enter a raffle, with a chance to win prizes like t-shirts, hats, growlers or a brewery tour.

All the breweries are in Long Island City and located within a mile-and-half radius of one another. They are:

Rockaway Brewing Company, 46-01 5th St.
This beach-inspired brewery was opened in 2012 by a pair of friends who learned to brew beer in their backyards in Rockaway Beach. Rockaway Brewing turns out "malt-forward, easy drinking beers," according to the event's organizers, and will have its Curiosity Red Ale — and ale with hints of grapefruit — on tap the week of the brewery crawl.

It will also be hosting pop-up food vendors: caterers Bittergreen will be serving up food this Friday and Saturday, while Traze will be offering its falafel pizza on Aug. 22 and 23.

The brewery is open Monday and Wednesday from 5 to 9 p.m., Thursday from 3 to 9 p.m., Friday from 3 to 10 p.m., Saturday from 12 to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 12 to 9 p.m.

LIC Beer Project, 39-28 23rd St.
The newest brewery in the neighborhood, LIC Beer Project made its debut this spring during Queens Beer Week.

It's open Friday from 4 to 9 p.m., Saturday from 1 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 6 p.m.

Transmitter Brewing, 53-02 11th St.
Two homebrewers from Greenpoint opened this space right under the Pulaski Bridge, where their specialty is in producing wild and farmhouse ales. The brewery looks to create "approachable interesting yeast-driven beers with complimenting grains and hops," according to its website.

On tap during the brewery crawl will be its Brett Farmhouse ale, Rye Saison and Oat Grisette, according to owner Anthony Accardi.

Transmitter is open Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 12 to 5 p.m.

Big Alice Brewing, 8-08 43rd Rd.
Big Alice — named after "Big Allis," the nickname for a giant electric power generator nearby — opened the doors to its small taproom in 2013, offering customers a chance to sign up for seasonal "beer shares," much like a vegetable CSA.

The brewery specializes in brewing with local ingredients and creating unique, small-batch, one-off beers. It brews only 1/3 of a barrel in each batch, an amount small enough to allow the brewers "the flexibility to be creative and experiment with different styles and within each style," according to the brewery's website.

Big Alice is open Wednesday and Thursday from 5 to 9 p.m., Friday from 5 to 10 p.m., Saturday from 12 to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 12 to 8 p.m.