Breweries in Connecticut produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. In 2012 Connecticut's 22 breweries and brewpubs employed 430 people directly, and 12,000 others in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing. Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Connecticut's breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Connecticut's breweries and related industries was more than $375 million. Consumer purchases of Connecticut's brewery products generated another $105 million in tax revenue. In 2012, according to the Brewers Association, Connecticut ranked 33rd in the number of craft breweries per capita with 21.
For context, at the end of 2013 there were 2,822 breweries in the United States, including 2,768 craft breweries subdivided into 1,237 brewpubs, 1,412 microbreweries and 119 regional craft breweries. In that same year, according to the Beer Institute, the brewing industry employed around 43,000 Americans in brewing and distribution and had a combined economic impact of more than $246 billion.
Connecticut breweries
Alvarium Beer Company – New Britain Area Two Experimental Brewing – Stratford Back East Brewing Company – Bloomfield Bad Sons Beer Company – Derby Beaver Beer Company – Greens Farms Beer'd Brewing Company – Stonington Black Hog Brewing Company – Oxford Black Pond Brews – Danielson Brass Work Brewing Company – Waterbury Brewery Legitimus – New Hartford Brewport Brewing Co. – Bridgeport Broad Brook Brewing Company – East Windsor Cambridge House Brew Pub – Granby Center Street Brewing – Wallingford Charter Oak Brewing Company – Danbury City Steam Brewery Cafe (restaurant closed; still selling retail) – Hartford Cliffside Brewing – Wallingford Cottrell Brewing Company – Pawcatuck Cold Creek Brewery – Ellington Connecticut Valley Brewing Company – South Windsor Counter Weight Brewing Company – Hamden Dead Language Beer Project– Hartford Dudleytown Brewing Company - Windsor DuVig Brewing Company – Branford East Rock Brewing Company – New Haven Fat Orange Cat Brew Co. – East Hampton Firefly Hollow Brewing Company – Bristol Five Churches Brewing – New Britain Forest City Brewing – Middletown Front Porch Brewing – Wallingford Fox Farm Brewery – Salem Great Falls Brewing Company– North Canaan Half Full Brewery – Stamford Hanging Hills Brewing Company - Hartford Hog River Brewing Company – Hartford Iron Brewing – Norwalk Kent Falls Brewing Company – Kent Kinsmen Brewing Company – Southington Lock City Brewery – Stamford Luppoleto Brewing Company - Windsor Milford Point Brewing – Milford New England Brewing Company – Woodbridge New Park Brewing – West Hartford Nod Hill Brewery – Ridgefield OEC Brewing – Oxford Off the Rails Brewing Co. - Stafford Springs Overshores Brewing Company – East Haven Powder Hollow Brewery – Enfield Redding Beer Company - Redding, Connecticut Relic Brewing Company – Plainville Sly Bandit Brewing Company – Wilton Still Hill Brewery – Rocky Hill Stony Creek Brewery – Branford Stubborn Beauty – Middletown Thimble Island Brewing Company – Branford The Brewery at Maple View Farm - Granby These Guys Brewing – Norwich Thomas Hooker Brewing Company – Bloomfield Top Shelf Brewing Company (out of business) – Manchester Transcend Beer Crafters – Full kitchen and taproom at 45 Northwest Dr., Plainville Two Roads Brewing Company – Stratford Twelvenote Brew Co. – Bridgeport Urban Lodge Brewing Company - Manchester Willimantic Brewing Company – Willimantic Witchdoctor Brewing Company – Southington Woodbury Brewing Company – Woodbury
Closed Permanently
Aspetuck Brew Lab – Closed November 2024 – Bridgeport Sold to Twelvenote Brew Co. Barley Head Brewery – Closed July 2024 – Mystic Sold to The Misfit Club (Bar that will still sell some Barley Head Brewery beers)
See also Beer in the United States List of breweries in the United States List of microbreweries
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