List of breweries in Connecticut

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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.^[1][2] 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.^[3] Consumer purchases of Connecticut's brewery products generated another $105 million in tax revenue.^[4] In 2012, according to the Brewers Association, Connecticut ranked 33rd in the number of craft breweries per capita with 21.^[5]

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.^[6] 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.^[7]

Connecticut breweries

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• Back East Brewing Company^[8][9] – Bloomfield
• Beaver Beer Company^[10] – Greens Farms
• Beer'd Brewing Company^[11] – Stonington
• Black Hog Brewing Company^[12] - Oxford
• Brass Work Brewing Company^[13] – Waterbury
• Broad Brook Brewing Company^[14] – East Windsor
• Charter Oak Brewing Company^[15] – New Canaan
• City Steam Brewery Cafe^[16] – Hartford
• Cottrell Brewing Company^[15] – Pawcatuck
• DuVig Brewing Company^[17] – Branford
• East Haddam Brewing Company^[18][19] – East Haddam
• Firefly Hollow Brewing Company^[20] – Bristol
• Half Full Brewery^[8][16] – Stamford
• New England Brewing Company^[16][21] – Woodbridge
• Olde Burnside Brewing Company^[22] – East Hartford
• Overshores Brewing Company^[23] – East Haven
• Powder Hollow Brewery^[24] – Enfield
• Relic Brewing Company^[8][25] – Plainville
• Rheingold Brewing Company (owned by Drinks Americas)^[26] – Wilton
• Shebeen Brewing Company^[27] – Wolcott
• Southport Brewing Company^[16] – Shelton, Southport, Branford, Stamford
• Stony Creek Brewery – Branford
• Still Hill Brewery^[28] – Rocky Hill
• Stubborn Beauty^[29] – Middletown
• Thimble Island Brewing Company ^[8] – Branford
• These Guys Brewing ^[30] – Norwich
• Thomas Hooker Brewing Company^[16] – Bloomfield
• Top Shelf Brewing Company^[31] – Manchester
• Two Roads Brewing Company^[16][15] – Stratford
• Willimantic Brewing Company^[32] – Willimantic

See also

• Beer in the United States
• List of breweries in the United States
• List of microbreweries

References

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13. http://www.rep-am.com/news/local/928696.txt
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15. "Improve your Brew IQ at the Darien Historical Society". Darien Times. March 3, 2013.
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17. http://www.ctmq.org/duvig-beer-brewing-company/
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19. "Microbrewery to make home in East Haddam". East Haddam Today. January 26, 2010.
20. "Firefly Hollow Brewing Opening". Bristol Rising. October 30, 2013.
21. "The Olde Burnside Brewing Company". Beer Advocate.
22. "TMI: Ryan Adams of Olde Burnside Brewing Company". CT.com. April 18, 2012.
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24. Porter, Mikaela (November 15, 2014). "Fermi Grad Announces Nov. 23 As Grand Opening Of Powder Hollow Brewery LLC - Hartford Courant". Hartford Courant.
25. "Relic Brewery in Plainville creates demand for its small-batch artisanal beers". CT.com. June 20, 2012.
26. "Drinks Americas to Launch Rheingold Beer". PRNewswire. July 13, 2010.
27. "Liquid Assets: Shebeen Brewing Company". Hartford Magazine. July 25, 2013.
28. Drury, David (5 February 2016). "With Cheers and Beers, Another Microbrewery Opens". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
29. Beals, Shawn (2 January 2016). "Middletown Brewery Expanding With Growth In Craft Beers". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
30. http://www.theday.com/article/20150719/NWS01/150719196
31. "Manchester's Top Shelf Brewery Gets Up To Speed". The Hartford Courant. September 26, 2013.
32. "Willimantic Brewing Company Nominated For 'Great American Beer Bars' List". CT.com. August 20, 2013.