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HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | FEBRUARY 5, 2024 27 THE LISTS Largest brewers in Connecticut Ranked by number of barrels produced in 2022 Brewer No. barrels produced 2022 Employees statewide/ brewery type No. varieties produced/ sample of brews Taproom/ public tours Top executive(s)/ year founded 1 Athletic Brewing Co. 75 Cascade Blvd., Milford 06460 888-399-2148 • athleticbrewing.com 170,000 100 Regional 50 Run Wild IPA, Upside Dawn Golden, Free Wave Hazy IPA, Cerveza Atletica N N John Walker Co-founder & chief product officer 2017 2 Two Roads Brewing Co. 1700 Stratford Ave., Stratford 06615 203-335-2010 • tworoadsbrewing.com 43,000 150 Regional 60 Lil' Heaven Crushable IPA, Road 2 Ruin Double IPA, Two Juicy Hazy Juicy IPA, Cloud Sourced Hazy Juicy IPA Y Y Brad Hittle CEO Phil Markowski Master brewer 2012 3 New England Brewing Co. (1) 175 Amity Road, Woodbridge 06525 203-387-2222 • newenglandbrewing.com 20,000 32 Regional 26 Sea Hag, Face Hugger, Fuzzy Baby Ducks, Imperial Stout Trooper Y N Rob Leonard Owner 2002 4 Counter Weight Brewing Co. 7 Diana Court, Cheshire 06410 203-806-1477 • counterweightbrewing.com 15,000 20 Microbrewery 50 Headway, Workhorse, Crucial Mass, Ein Helles Y N Matt Westfall Owner 2017 5 Stony Creek Brewery LLC 5 Indian Neck Ave., Branford 06405 203-433-4545 • stonycreekbeer.com 14,250 36 Microbrewery 12 Big Cranky, Cranky, Dock Time, Save The Sound, 203 IPA Y Y Ed Crowley Owner 2010 6 Thimble Island Brewing Co. 16 Business Park Drive, Branford 06405 203-208-2827 • thimbleislandbrewery.com 11,400 (2) N/A Microbrewery N/A Sea Foam Pale Ale, Ghost Island Double IPA, Sea Mist IPA, Ruby Tart Blonde Ale Y Y Justin Gargano CEO 2010 7 Back East Brewing 1296 Blue Hills Ave., Bloomfield 06002 860-242-1793 • backeastbrewing.com 9,500 27 Microbrewery 15 Ice Cream Man IPA, Double Scoop DIPA, Lils Scoop IPA, Gelato Girl IPA Y N Tony Karlowicz Co-founder & CEO Edward Fabrycki Co-founder & president 2012 8 Thomas Hooker Brewing Co. 16 Tobey Road, Bloomfield 06002 860-242-3111 • hookerbeer.com 6,102 (2) 50 (3) Microbrewery 20 (3) Super Duper Double Citra Hazy Double IPA, Gluten Reduced Blonde Ale, Chocolate Truffle Stout Y Y Curt Cameron President 1996 9 Beer'd Brewing Co. LLC 22 Bayview Ave., Unit 15, Stonington 06378 860-857-1014 • beerdbrewing.com 5,072 25 Microbrewery 15 Dogs & Boats Double IPA, Kittens & Canoes Pale Ale, 8 Days A Week Pale Ale, Whisker'd Wit Y N Aaren Simoncini Precious Putnam Owners 2012 10 Charter Oak Brewing Co. 39B Shelter Rock Road, Danbury 06810 203-616-5268 • charteroakbrewing.com 4,000 10 Microbrewery 100 1687 Brown Ale, Wadsworth IPA, Little Charter SIPA, Lights Out Stout Y Y Scott Vallely Brew master 2011 11 Connecticut Valley Brewing Co. 765 Sullivan Ave., South Windsor 06074 860-644-2707 • ctvalleybrewing.com 3,500 45 Microbrewery 25 Trailblazer NEIPA, Ace of Aces American Lager, Spiked Smoothie Lemonade, Strawberry Bliss Sour Ale Y Y Loretta Palausksa Owner 2012 12 Black Hog Brewing Co. 115 Hurley Road, Building 9A, Oxford 06478 203-262-6075 • blackhogbrewing.com 3,269 (2) 15 (3) Microbrewery 30 (3) Hazy CT Style IPA, Granola Brown Ale, Cold Pizza Pilsner and seasonal offerings Y N Tyler Jones Executive brewer & co-owner 2014 13 Alvarium Beer Co. 365 John Downey Drive, Suite B, New Britain 06051 860-357-2039 • alvariumbeer.com 3,113 (2) N/A Taproom N/A Crunchy Roll Japanese Rice Lager, supa' phresh NE Double IPA, Hëvvy Mettül Oatmeal Stout Y N/A Chris DeGasero Co-founder 2017 14 Bad Sons Beer Co. 251 Roosevelt Drive, Derby 06418 203-308-2654 • badsons.com 3,000 20 Microbrewery 25 Doobious NIPA, Luefied Double IPA, Great Day IPA Y Y Mark daSilva Co-owner 2017 15 Outer Light Brewing Co. 266 Bridge St., Groton 06340 475-201-9972 • outerlightbrewing.com 2,780 (2) N/A Microbrewery N/A SUBduction IPA, Lonesome Boatman Ale, Cloudbreak DIPA, Libation Propaganda Coffee Stout Y N Tom Drejer Matt Ferrucci Co-owners 2013 16 Half Full Brewery 43 Homestead Ave., Stamford 06902 203-658-3631 • halffullbrewery.com 2,755 (2) N/A Microbrewery N/A Beacon NE IPA, Pursuit West Coast IPA, Liquid Hopitmism Double IPA Y N/A Conor Horrigan Owner 2012 17 Stubborn Beauty Brewing Co. 180 Johnson St., Middletown 06457 860-874-7459 • stubbornbeauty.com 2,500 (2) N/A Taproom N/A Conqueror Brown Ale, How Rye I Am Saison, Nummy Nummy Double IPA, Malcontent Old Ale Y N/A Andrew Daigle Shane Lentini Co-owner & brewers 2009 18 City Steam Brewery and Cafe 942 Main St., Hartford 06103 860-525-1600 • citysteambrewery.com 2,300 44 Taproom 10 Naughty Nurse Amber Naughty Nurse IPA, Jungle Crush, Brass Bonanza, Export Lager, Steam Pils Y Y Alan Newmeyer Head brewer 1997 19 East Rock Brewing Co. 285 Nicoll St., New Haven 06511 475-234-6176 • eastrockbeer.com 2,130 (2) N/A Taproom N/A Pilsner, East Rock Lager, Vienna Lager, Weisse Bier Y Y Tim Wilson Co-founder & brewmaster 2018 20 Nod Hill Brewery 137 Ethan Allen Highway, Route 7, Ridgefield 06877 203-617-1191 • nodhillbrewery.com 2,000 25 Microbrewery 40 Geobunny, Super Mantis, Moonwalkin' Cowboy, Diamant Y Y Kyle Acenowr Head brewer 2017 21 NewSylum Brewing 36 Keating Farms Ave., Newtown 06470 203-491-2038 • newsylumbrewing.com 1,200 (2) N/A Taproom N/A Walkin' The Dog Pilsner, Flagpole Porter, WIT Drawls Witbier, Bad Leroy Brown Ale N/A N/A Mark Lennon David Kingsley Mark Tambascio Partners 2020 22 Kinsmen Brewing Co. 409 Canal St., Milldale 06467 860-426-2133 • kinsmenbrewing.com 1,110 25 Brewpub 100 Husky Hops, Yup Nope, 21.3, Cold Gold, Ludwig Y N Greg Caucci Bruce Staebler Co-founders 2017 23 Berlinetta Brewing 90 Golden Hill St., Bridgeport 06604 203-549-8203 • berlinettabrewing.com 1,000 (2) N/A N/A N/A Gold Coast Lager, Berlinetta Tri Belgian-style Tripel, Westphal Kolsh N/A N/A Chris Ruggiero Rich Ruggiero Co-owners 2021 Source: Each brewer via survey as of Q4 2023 and the Brewers Association. Notes: N/A = Not available. Number of employees includes full-time and part-time. Regional brewers produce 15,000-6 million barrels per year; microbreweries produce less than 15,000 barrels per year with 75 percent or more beer sold off-site; brewpubs sell 25 percent or more beer on-site. Bristol's Firefly Hollow Brewing Co., which produced 1,350 barrels in 2022, closed in March 2023. (1) Plans to expand and move to former Savin Rock Conference Center at 6 Rock St., West Haven. (2) Barrels produced in 2022 from New Brewer Industry Review. (3) Data from 2022 survey. -Compiled by Heide Martin and Stephanie R. Meagher, research@nebusinessmedia.com LARGEST BREWERS IN CONNECTICUT Ranked by number of barrels produced in 2022