private industry alcoholic beverage brewery restaurant predecessor walton street brewing company founded 1994 founder david katleski headquarters 120 walton street syracuse new york usa products beer food website empirebrew.com empire brewing company is a syracuse new york based microbrewery and restaurant with contract brewing operations at greenpoint beer works in brooklyn new york 1 which manufactures four of empire s brands for regional distribution . 2 it was founded by owner david katleski in 1994 . 3 the company is known for their craft brews and their locally sourced seasonal food menus . 4 in 2013 empire brewing company was featured on an episode of diners drive ins and dives . 5 empire s beers have won nine medals at the great american beer festival and two world beer cups . 6 in 2013 katleski was awarded the f.x. matt defender of the industry award at the craft brewers conference for his work supporting the interests of new york s craft brewers . 7 empire is constructing a new brewing and packaging facility in cazenovia new york . 8 the farm brewery will grow ingredients for use in the brewing process . 9 references edit rizzi nicholas . greenpoint beer works one brewery many beers . the local . the new york times . retrieved 6 may 2014 . wharton rachel . new york s brewing revolution . time out new york . retrieved 6 may 2014 . habuda janice . new microbrewery in west seneca is part of growing trend in wny . the buffalo news . retrieved 6 may 2014 . vartan starre . truly local and sustainable craft beer from empire brewing company . mother nature network . retrieved 6 may 2014 . empire brewing company to be featured on diners drive ins and dives . news channel 9 . retrieved 6 may 2014 . beer . empirebrew.com . empire brewing company . retrieved 6 may 2014 . cazentre don . empire brewing co. s david katleski honored at national craft brewers conference in washington . syracuse.com . retrieved 6 may 2014 . cazentre don . 2 comments new york s beer deal green lights empire brewing co. s expansion in cazenovia . syracuse.com . retrieved 6 may 2014 . fromson daniel . hop farmers reviving heady days of brewing . the new york times . retrieved 6 may 2014 . external links edit empire brewing company official website empire brewing company on beer advocate empire brewing company on untappd retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title empire brewing company & oldid 717902195 categories beer brewing companies based in new yorkeconomy of syracuse new yorkcazenovia new york navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 30 april 2016 at 12 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view