It’s no secret that the CT craft beer scene is exploding. With new breweries opening up all the time, it can be pretty tough to keep up. Not any longer!
Here is your guide to the newest CT Brewery openings & happenings in CT. This list is ever-changing. Breweries will be added and moved around here as needed and we’ll update with relevant info throughout the year.
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Cheshire Craft Brewing Company – Cheshire, CT
Opening: February 2021
Cheshire Craft Brewing is looking forward to providing a venue and beer that promotes community gatherings and local spirit. The overall concept of Cheshire Craft is not about being big and loud. They are committed to their customer base and producing beers the community wants to drink. A distinct feature about their location is the 1500 square foot patio, off the back of the building. As you walk through the 10 x 10-foot glass door you will enter an outdoor area that will be transformed into a beer garden/patio space. They are all about providing an experience that lends itself to bringing the community together to socialize and enjoy each other’s company.
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Concentric Brewing Company – Portland, CT
OPEN NOW!
Concentric Brewing Company is now open! Set on five acres of rolling green grass. Their taproom is a large and inviting space with a warm feel from the reclaimed wood obtained from Thrall Family Malt in Windsor, CT. The circular bar will be a great space for families and friends to gather and sip on beers ranging from IPAs, Saisons, Pilsners, Porters, Stouts, Belgians, Sours and even some Barrel aged specials. Get ready to grab a beer and a delicious gourmet hot dog and sides from their partners, “Hotdogs in the Hallway” right in their taproom.
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Cisco Brewers at The Village – Stamford, CT
Opening Date: May 2021
Cisco Brewers is launching its first Connecticut location at The Village in Stamford. Cisco Brewers will be an outdoor waterfront experience featuring a wrap-around patio and views. Cisco Brewing Company fully renovated a historic building that is well over a hundred years old. It was first a wire and cable company in the early 1900s that connected Connecticut and Long Island. In fact, during construction, workers uncovered a 13-ton metal wheel, which will sit adjacent to Cisco’s outdoor space. In addition to their beer offerings, this unique space will feature a restaurant, a private event space, and rotating pop-ups, and music.
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Spacecat Brewing Company – Norwalk, CT
Opening: Spring 2021
Spacecat Brewing Company will be welcoming guests this spring in Historic South Norwalk. The name is meant to show people that they are free to let loose and be a little weird if they want to be. Guests of the brewery should enjoy the beer how it is intended: stress free and with those you love. The brewery is being built in the Historic J & J Cash Ltd. Textile Mill. They’ve kept all of the original steel truss work hanging from the ceiling, sandblasted and exposed all the original brick, repaired the giant factory windows with traditional hand-blown glass, and restored the 100 year old maple floor in the entryway and taproom. Spacecat will be offering a wide variety of beer styles from Traditional Belgian Ales, Light Lagers, Mixed Fermentation, Dessert and Winter Stouts, Seasonal Ales, their take on the hazy-juicy IPA craze, and a constantly rotating series of super-small-batch experimental brews.
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Bad Dog Brewing Company – Torrington, CT
OPEN NOW!
This new brewery is located in a historic firehouse, built in 1901. The building is on the national historic registry and the owners are working to preserve and display its history. In addition to being an elegant example of its style, the building featured some the latest technological advances of the time, including electricity, and an automated system for releasing the horses that drew the pumps from their stalls. The building served as the main firehouse in the center of the town until 1980, when the adjacent modern premises were built. The styles of beer will vary from Stouts, Brown Ales, IPAs, to wheats as well as traditional pilsners, reds, and hefeweizens.
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Candlewood Brewing – New Milford, CT
OPEN NOW!
This new Connecticut craft brewery and tap room is now open in New Milford, formerly Bad Dream Brewing. They wanted to “Keep the Dream Alive” by opening in the same location. “Keeping the Dream Alive” is actually the name of their tribute beer to them that they brewed using the base of one of their popular beers, “Squirrel Awareness Month.” Candlewood Brewing’s mission is to create a distinct local brand that is respected for their great beer and relationship with community and customers.
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Berlinetta Brewing – Bridgeport, CT
Spring 2021
Brothers Chris and Rich Ruggiero are opening Berlinetta Brewing in Bridgeport, CT. Legend is that the building they chose for their brewery was originally (circa 1900) the first dedicated automobile showroom in America! Chris and Rich plan on bringing their passion for traditional lagers and ales to Fairfield County and beyond. Pilsner, Vienna Lager, American Pale Ale, Kolsch, Caribbean Stout, and a Dry Hopped Pale Lager are slated to be on their tap list.
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Bank & Bridge – Mystic, CT
Spring 2021
Walt Bansley a Marine Corps veteran, turned lawyer, turned brewery owner, has traded in his combat boots, for dress shoes, and now flip flops. This new CT brewery is in the heart of downtown Mystic right near the iconic Mystic Pizza. The building opened in 1854 and has been a bank up until now. Lead Brewer Justin Maturo and Assistant Brewer Travis Charlow look to pair
their creative brewing with Chef Josh Ulmer’s “outside the box” cooking to create a culinary forward brew pub experience.
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WeHa Brewing & Roasting Company – West Hartford, CT
June 2021
WeHa Brewing & Roasting Company will offer carefully crafted beer and artisanal coffee beverages in a welcoming café and taproom in West Hartford, CT. WeHa Brewing & Roasting provides a unique offering as it operates as both a brewery and a coffee roaster. They’ll offer the highest quality craft beers and coffee by having full control of the process from raw material procurement to serving the end customer.
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Skulls Brew House – Berlin, CT
June 2021
Skulls Brew House Brewing Co. was started in 2011 with one goal, to handcraft GREAT BEER to SHARE with the masses. While focusing on a blend of American Ales, Pilsner, Lagers, IPA’s, Stouts and Porters from the freshest local when possible ingredients. Their missoin is to not settle for just good and will constintly strive to bring you the highest quaility, drinkable popular styles with a mix of experimental and a few barrel aged gems.
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FYI: Be sure to bookmark and follow Steve Wood at CTMQ.com (AKA CTMQ). For over a decade he’s seen the CT Beer scence grow from less than 10 breweries/brewpubs to over 100 now. He’s done an incredible job maintaining a list of new breweries, future breweries and so much more. If you enjoy reading someone who tells it like it is; Steve is your guy. Check him out!
