An acoustic guitar duo sings "When Will I Be Loved," the music covering the sounds of children playing indoors at the Great South Bay Brewery in Bay Shore while parents enjoy a beer and a Giants game on the big screens one recent Sunday afternoon.

Michael Fusco, 38, of Ronkonkoma, who works in sales, has brought his son, Anthony, 3, and daughter, Melody, 4 months old. Anthony tosses a miniature football to Fusco’s co-worker Josh Dellett, 24, of Hauppauge. "Not so hard. Throw it soft," says Fusco while holding Melody. "He loves anywhere he can run around a bit."

Some breweries on Long Island embrace families as a target market, welcoming them into cavernous indoor beer halls with long picnic-style tables, offering games like Uno or cornhole and special events such as contests in which kid

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