When I lived in east NY Brooklyn Piels was the number one beer. In the old days it was independent, flavorful and brewed well.
Now I live in Westchester County NY and I found another beer that is brewed in my shire. It's a pale ale brewed by the Captain Lawrence Brewing Company in Elmsford NY which is in my shire of Westchester. It's a good ale. Medium pale, nice body and flavour. If you can get it in your shire I recommend you try it because it is good and you will like it. You can find more about it here
http://www.captainlawrencebrewing.com/
Also, my old shire of Brooklyn (Kings County) is not to be outdone. An excellent brew, and one of the best I have tried is "Brooklyn Ale". More info here,
http://brooklynbrewery.com/verify
And, by all means, if your county, state, shire, etc. has an ale that you find to be good by all means post it here. If I can get it I will give it a try.