All Brews

12 Polotmavy

Czech Style Lager|4.8% ABV

Polotmavy, meaning "half dark", is our Czech-inspired amber lager beer that offers notes of lightly toasted malt with a bit of honey, and vibrant floral saaz hops. Made with a traditional decoction mash schedule and patiently lagered to help make this amber lager incredibly drinkable and refreshing.

A Modern Classic

American Style Lager|4.9% ABV

Modern Pizza and Counter Weight Brewing have come together to create "A Modern Classic" American Style Lager. Brewed in the pre-prohibition lager style, the grain bill included a portion of flaked corn which contributes a soft sweetness to the beer. Step mashed, noble hopped, fermented cold, and patiently lagered, the result is a wonderfully easy-drinking beer with subtle malt and corn sweetness balanced by a delicate Saaz and Hallertau mittelfrüh hops. A beer worthy and perfect for enjoying with classic apizza!

A Modern Classic 2

Italian Style Pilsner|5% ABV

Brewed in collaboration with Modern Apizza, A Modern Classic 2 is an immensely drinkable pilsner beer with a pleasantly assertive hop character derived from some beautifully hand-selected European hop varieties. The hop character, working in harmony with classic pilsner malts and a clean fermentation profile makes for a beer best paired with the delicious and icon Modern Apizza.

A Modern Classic 3

American Style Lager|5% ABV

Brewed in collaboration with Modern Apizza, A Modern Classic 3 is an immensely drinkable pilsner beer brewed with a bit of corn, pours a clear light straw color with a bit of sweet grain on the nose. Finishes dry and super clean. Beer flavored beer!

Aeolian

50% Spontaneous Ale / 50% Mixed Fermentation Ale|6.1% ABV

Aeolian is a blended beer composed of 50% two year old spontaneous beer and 50% 18 month old mixed culture fermented beer.

It was aged on Cabernet and Syrah grapes in Romanian oak. The result is something special. A deep burgundy colored beer with lots of fruit qualities. Dark cherry, ripened berry, some musty funk, oak, with a sturdy acidity throughout.

Amoret

Blended Wile Ale with Cherries|6.1% ABV

Amoret is an American wild ale that consists of a blend of wood aged mixed fermentation beer, including a portion of spontaneous beer from our Coolship. The base blend rested on more than 300 lbs of freshly picked cherries for more than 8 months after more than a year in oak.  

The result of time, fresh fruit, wild yeast, wood, patience, and care is a special beer that offers tart cherry, lactic tartness, funky wild barnyard notes alongside balanced acid and woody character.

Blended in Hamden, packaged in Cheshire, it’s rewarding to see the elements of these two spaces come together.

Appalachian Sequoia

West Coast IPA|6.2% ABV

Appalachian Sequoia IPA highlights some classic hop varieties that have helped define American hoppy beer. West coast inspired, fermented with a classic California yeast strain, Appalachian Sequoia is dry with a firm pleasant bitterness, and has lots of flavors that bring to mind orange marmalade, tangerine, and a beautiful pine quality.

Arborist

American IPA|6.2% ABV

Arborist is a classic American IPA brewed with Citra, Simcoe, and Centennial. Lots of orange rind character and pleasant pine along with tropical fruit qualities.

Armand and a Leg

Barrel Aged Farmhouse Ale|6.4% ABV

Armand and a Leg is a farmhouse beer consisting of a blend of barrel and foeder aged beers. This blend of wood rested beers had brettanomyces wild yeast added. It offers nice, big, oaky character balanced by a mild tartness alongside funky brett notes.  

At The Helm

Barleywine|10% ABV

Our take on a classic old school English style Barleywine. At the Helm rested patiently in bourbon barrels for one year before being blended. Sticky caramel, fresh baked sweet dessert date squares, figs, and complimenting warming vanilla like barrel character make this a pleasure to sip.

Atavist

West Coast Style IPA|6.2% ABV

A west coast style IPA brewed with cryo Citra & Simcoe. It has a classic hoppy grapefruit citrus quality with a touch of pine and an orange bouquet that really shines brightly.

Attitude of Gratitude

Double IPA|8% ABV

Attitude of Gratitude is a double IPA brewed with a blend of American hop varieties that lend tropical fruit tones alongside a pleasant piny-like character. 

Belmageddon

American DIPA|8.3% ABV

Belmageddon is a DIPA brewed with a blend of hops, with Belma being the focus. This is a big bodied DIPA with lots of strawberry and melon-like aromas and flavors.  

*contains lactose*

Belter

English Style Ale|3.8% ABV

Brewed with English malts to create a delightfully malty beer with notes of toffee and caramel, and a touch of cocoa. Great balance and depth of flavor in a small beer.

Bird Sips

American IPA|6.2% ABV

Bird Sips is our Motueka focused IPA. Zesty lime-like citrus with tropical tones. Nelson Sauvin and Sultana play a supporting role rounding out the flavor contributing more tropical depth.

Definition of "Bird Sip" (noun): A hearty and exuberant sip of beer, a sip consisting of great volume. - Named after Josh "Bird" Jayne. 

Bygone

Bourbon Barrel Aged Old Ale|9.4% ABV

Bygone is our Bulleit Bourbon barrel aged Old Ale. Brimming with complex malt and barrel character. Bygone is deep burgundy in color, notes of brown sugar, fig, marzipan, english toffee and caramel throughout.

Cease and Remain

American IPA|6.4% ABV

Big tropical character combined with ripened red berry. Blending Cashmere hops with a newly named variety, Krush, that brings another layer into this IPA reminiscent of lychee and guava. 

Chromatism

American IPA|6.6% ABV

Continuing with our exploration into new hop varieties, we're featuring a delicious new hop in our latest beer, Chromatism IPA. HBC 586 is a new experimental variety bringing notes of guava, ripened red berry, pink grapefruit and lychee.

Cities and Years

American IPA|6.2% ABV

Cities and Years was brewed with hefty additions of cryo hops in the whirlpool, and dry hopped with a new variety of hop called Sabro (formerly HBC438). Sabro was developed by the same great folks who brought Citra and Mosaic into the world. We’re really loving the character its added to our beer. Pithy stone fruits, and what we can best describe as Starburst candy-like aromas dominate this IPA. 

Coolship Kellerbier

Kellerbier|4.9% ABV

Expressing well defined malt character with an herbaceous hop presence.

Counter Weight 12° Tmavé

Czech-Inspired Lager|4.5% ABV

In Czech, Tmavé means dark - and pivo means beer - here you have, you guessed it - Dark beer! Brewed in the Czech tradition, with a long decoction mash schedule, fermented in open top fermenters and horizontally lagered, CW 12 plato Tmavé Pivo offers up a touch of  coffee like roastiness with some really nice malt sweetness alongside complimenting nuttiness.

Counter Weight Alt Bier

Alt Bier|5.4% ABV

Counter Weight Alt Bier was single decocted and hopped with Spalt and Saaz hops. It has a firm, snappy noble hop presence supported by beautifully defined malt character with a soft biscuity sweetness and a bittersweet nutty finish.

Counter Weight Belgian Pale Ale

Belgian Inspired Ale|4.5% ABV

Bright, herbaceous hop character blends beautifully with the citrus and peppery notes produced by traditional Belgian yeast. Finishing dry with a nice welcoming snap of hop bitterness, our Belgian pale ale makes for a wonderful sunshine sipper.

Counter Weight Dortmunder Export

German Style Lager|5.8% ABV

A German inspired pale lager with a slightly higher abv and a malt character that is a bit more robust than a pilsner but not quite as pronounced as you might find in a pale bock bier. In our CW Dortmunder we reach for balance and find harmony between the accentuated maltiness we achieve from using a blend of beautiful German produced malts and the welcoming fresh cut grass like noble hop character that compliments each sip.

Counter Weight Dunkel

Munich Style Dunkel|5.2% ABV

Our Munich style Dunkel lager presents ruby hues and beautiful rich malt complexity alongside a mild sweetness reminiscent of brown bread with a dry clean finish. Brewed using a long decoction mash schedule and then fermented in our open top fermenters, CW Dunkel brings a taste of Bavaria to CT. 

Counter Weight Grodziskie

Polish Style Smoked Beer|3.4% ABV

Counter Weight Grodziskie is modeled after traditional small wheat Polish smoked beers. Brewed with 100% oak-smoked wheat and a hearty dose of Czech-sourced hops. Mild but inviting smokey notes in its aroma, with soft smoke and herbal hops meld and bring you back again and again for more. A small beer at just 3.4% ABV that brings a ton of flavor and depth.

Counter Weight Kolsch

German Style Ale|4.8% ABV

Counter Weight Kolsch is made with traditional German ingredients and fermented with a classic kolsch yeast strain. Clean and crisp, our Kolsch was cold conditioned for an extended maturation time. Soft fruity notes, delicate malt-driven sweetness, all leading to a dry pleasant finish.

Counter Weight Maibock

German Style Lager|6.5% ABV

A beer made to celebrate our Anniversary - Maibocks, also known as Hellerbocks, are traditionally brewed to celebrate the arrival of spring. We brewed this beer using German grown barley varieties, a long decoction mashing schedule, open top fermentation, and patient lagering. Each process contributes to creating a rounded soft toasty malt flavor with subtle hints of honey and biscuit. A beautiful malt expression balanced with a delicate floral noble hop presence.

Counter Weight Marzen

German Marzen Lager|5.8% ABV

Our Marzen is a lager to help us start to celebrate Oktoberfest season! We brew this beer with patience and traditional methods to help ensure it has elegant rounded malt character with flavorful depth while tasting super clean and being fit for multiple half liter pours. 

Counter Weight Saison

Classic Wallonian Style Saison|6.6% ABV

A very dry and crisp beer with medium hop bitterness interwoven into layered yeast expression. Notes of pear, white pepper, hay, delicate citrus, and earthy hops. Complex and seriously delicious.

Counter Weight Vienna Lager

Vienna Style Lager|5.2% ABV

CW Vienna Lager, our open-top fermented Austrian-style lager, was conditioned patiently to create next-level drinkability with a distinctly clean and robust malt character. A delicious amber lager with subtly sweet malt flavors, hints of toffee, brown bread, and a touch of herbal hops.

Counter Weight Weissbier

Hefeweizen|4.8% ABV

Counter Weight Weißbier, our Bavarian-inspired wheat beer, was brewed in the most traditional way possible. Utilizing a wonderful German yeast strain of Bavarian origin, brewed with German malts, single decocted, and open top fermented, our wheat beer has an incredibly expressive classic character of clove and banana that's synonymous with the style.

Counterpunch

American IPA|7% ABV

Counterpunch is an IPA focused on Amarillo and Galaxy hops. Very fruity nose, reminiscent of tropical fruits, as well as some grassy notes. A balanced malt backbone lets the hops really present nicely. 

Creature Preacher

American IPA|5.8% ABV

Creature Preacher was first released as a pale ale, and has re-emerged as an IPA brewed with a 50/50 blend of Citra and Galaxy hops. Together they’ve created a beautiful mix of mango and papaya like flavors and aromas. Slightly less alcohol content than our typical IPAs allows this to be more drinkable while not sacrificing any flavor. 

Crimson Briar

Kettle Sour with Raspberries|4.8% ABV

Crimson Briar is a Kettle Sour beer brewed with copious amounts of raspberry. Jammy aroma with mildly tart flavor that finishes with a lot of raspberry.  

CW Doppelbock

Doppelbock|8.6% ABV

Our Doppelbock has dark ruby hues and is filled with notes of caramel and rich toasted brown bread. Wonderfully malty and rounded! 

CW Hefeweizen

Hefeweizen|5.5% ABV

Our take on the classic Bavarian style hefeweizen. Brewed with German pilsner and wheat malt, and hopped with German tettnang hops. The yeast we used provides this beer the classic favors of the German hefeweizen, with predominant notes of banana and clove and a subtle bubblegum flavor on the finish.

CW Pre-pro Lager

Pre-prohibition Lager|4.8% ABV

Step mashed and brewed with a portion of corn grits. Our approach and recipe replicates American beers that were commonly brewed in the early part of the 20th century.
The result is a softly sweet refreshing lager beer that drinks clean and will make you want to pour another. 

CW Rauch Bock

German Style Lager|6.2% ABV

CW Rauch Bock is a full-bodied, malt-forward lager brewed using German ingredients, utilizing decoction mashing, was patiently horizontally lagered, and its tasting really wonderful. Notes of subtly sweet brown bread with balanced and rounded smokiness wrapped up in a drinkable lager with a tremendous depth of malt flavor. 

Dalliance

Pilsner|5.2% ABV

Dalliance combines a beautifully clean German lager yeast, with subtly honey-like malt flavors. The European hop varieties used lend balanced spicy tones, with soft citrus notes.  

Daybloom

Belgian Style Wheat Ale|5% ABV

Daybloom is our Belgian-inspired witbier. Notes of citrus and spice harmoniously mingle in this dry and refreshing wheat beer.

Double Inundation

American DIPA|8.2% ABV

Like Inundation, Double Inundation is also brewed with 100% Citra hops. Double dry hopped, lupulin laden, and hazy, this beer packs a citrus punch.  

Double Talisman

American DIPA|8% ABV

We've utilized an immense amount of Nelson Sauvin to coax out some of the best qualities Nelson has to offer. Pronounced white grape, peach, and some nice tropical qualities really shine.

Dreaming in Light Years

Hazy IPA|6.4% ABV

Brewed with 100% Southern Hemisphere hops from a small independent hop farm in Moutere New Zealand. Dreaming in Light Years blends hand-selected Nelson Sauvin and a particularly incredible and expressive lot of Riwaka. Pink grapefruit, fully ripened white grape, and gooseberry notes with a juicy underlying peachy stone fruit character in the finish.

Drevo

Czech-style Pilsner|5% ABV

Drevo is an oak conditioned, Czech-style pilsner brewed using Saaz hops and a blend of European grown barley varieties. 

Drudenhaus

German Style Rauchbier|5.8% ABV

Drudenhaus is our smoked beer inspired by the traditional Rauchbiers brewed in Bamberg, Germany. We used malt produced in Bamberg that was dried over a beechwood fired to create “smoked malt.” This smoked malt imparts big smoky aromas and flavors within a rounded, clean, easy drinking lager beer.  

Edel Pils

German Style Lager|4.8% ABV

A bit of a departure from our standard pilsner base malt, hopping regimen, and house lager yeast, Edel Pils showcases a very floral hop profile with a dry finish and a clean fermentation profile.

Ein Helles

German Helles|5% ABV

Ein Helles was originally brewed to celebrate our one-year anniversary! Brewed with the finest German pilsner malts, and Hallertau hops, this beer is very traditional. Clean, drinkable, with a mild sweet maltiness. 

Emerald

Dry Irish Stout|4.6% ABV

 This stout offers inviting roasty notes with light cocoa and dark chocolate flavors throughout.

Endless Vista

American IPA|6.2% ABV

Showcasing Alora, Nelson and Mosaic, Endless Vista delivers a big flavorful melody cantaloupe, clementine and ripe apricot with subtle aromas of berry and pine.

Everbloom

American IPA|6.8% ABV

Continuing with our exploration of hop varieties, we’ve blended a new variety called Mackinac with Sultana (formerly Denali) hops. 

Expressive melon, papaya, and pineapple notes throughout. 

Fathomist

German Style Schwarzbier|5.2% ABV

Fathomist is a German black lager with a rounded flavor, which offers mild roastyness and a touch of caramel presence. Well-defined maltiness, light unsweetened chocolate with a bit of roast. Highly drinkable! 

Fest Bier

German Fest Bier|5.9% ABV

This is a traditional German Fest Bier. Unlike the Marzen style, the traditional fest beer is lighter, drier, and less sweet. Clean and well defined bready malt qualities take center stage.  

Figment

French Style Pilsner|4.8% ABV

Figment is a French Alsatian inspired pilsner made with 100% French ingredients. Single decocted and hopped with Strisselspalt and Ararmis, helping to create dry, super crisp and refreshing lager beer with underlying notes of herbs and citrus.

Five Houses

American IPA|5.8% ABV

Brewed in collaboration with Coheed and Cambria, Five Houses is hopped with Strata, El Dorado, and Cryo Idaho 7.

Foreboden Fruit

Flemish style Oud Bruin|6.1% ABV

Our Flemish style oud bruin with blueberries. 

Framewerk

Zwickelbier|3.8% ABV

Framewerk is a low gravity German inspired Zwickelbier. Brewed with a blend of heirloom German Barley varieties to create a full body with complex malt character in a wonderfully drinkable low abv beer. Coming in at 3.8%, biscuity notes of freshly baked sweet bread, light grassy and citrusy noble hop presence rounded within a clean crisp fermentation profile.

Frank the Franconian

Franconian style Kellerbier/Zwickelbier|5.3% ABV

Frank is a hazy, unfiltered lager with balanced, well defined bready maltiness.  Inspired by the keller beers of the Franconian region. 

Free Reign

West Coast IPA|7% ABV

A modern West Coast style IPA  made with a blend of cryo, T-90, and flowable hop products all working towards big resinous hop saturation. Full of defined hop character in a dry lean beer, Free Reign IPA is incredibly aromatic and brings Pine, tropical fruit, a bit of dank, and a lot of citrus. 

Fresh Drip

Coffee Porter|5.8% ABV

Fresh Drip was brewed with coffee from Yellow Kings in Wallingford. This years batch results in pronounced notes of coffee with cocoa, dark chocolate, and caramel with a touch of roast in a drinkable dark beer.

Futurist

West Coast Style IPA|6.6% ABV

Futurist is a west coast leaning super aromatic and hoppy beer that blends Galaxy and Simcoe hops to create peachy and grapefruit-like character in this dry and firmly pleasantly bitter IPA.

Gravity Map

American IPA|7.1% ABV

Continuing with our exploration of new hop varieties, Gravity Map focuses on Lotus hops. 

Lotus offers distinct orange rind-like qualities with bright red berry characteristics.

Hand Off

Hoppy Blonde Ale|5.4% ABV

We took our two favorite new hop varieties, Strata and Riwaka, and blended them within a super drinkable, massively aromatic blonde ale.

Hand Up

Hoppy Blonde Ale|5.4% ABV

Hand Up is an American Style Blond Ale. Lower abv and lighter, easy drinking beer for the warmer weather. It was brewed with Cryo hops (Cryo hops are hops that have had the vegetal material removed and is only the goodies in the hops - i.e. the lupulin, oils and other components responsible for flavor and aroma). So a nice rounded grassy, fruity, and citric character to make the lighter beer interesting to drink. 

Harmonist

West Coast Style IPA|6.2% ABV

Harmonist is a west coast inspired IPA with firm balanced bitterness combined with aromatic tropical fruit along with some nice pine character. Focusing on a blend of southern hemisphere hops including Riwaka, Motueka, and a new favorite for us, Pacific Sunrise. This blend creates lots of expressive and unique hop character within a clean and dry yeast character.

Hex

Mexican Chocolate Imperial Stout|10% ABV

Well integrated notes of chocolate with a blend of spices within a big full bodied imperial milk stout.

Hex Coconut Macaroon

Imperial Milk Stout|10% ABV

This year's Hex brings toasted coconut, chocolate, and vanilla into the mix. Full-bodied, decadent, and delicious!

Ho Ho Hope for the Kids

American IPA|6.4% ABV

Ho Ho Hope for the Kids is a holiday spin on No Hope for the Kids. The biggest difference is a portion of the can sales will be donated to a different youth charity in CT each year! Dry hopped with a blend of Columbus, Mosaic, and Simcoe, this version lends bright grapefruit aromas with distinct stone fruit and pine flavors. This year a portion of proceeds will benefit the Connecticut Children's Foundation.

Inundation

American IPA|6.3% ABV

Inundation is brewed with 100% Citra hops, as well as dry hopped with Citra lupulin powder. Citrus flavor dominates.  

Kazbek

Czech-Style Pale Lager|4.6% ABV

Our 11° P Kazbek pale lager was decocted, open top fermented, horizontally lagered and is drinking beautifully.
With slightly more sweet fruit undertones but with plenty of classic herbal Saaz like presence wrapped up with pronounced rounded malt, we're excited to share this beer with you.

Lithograph

American IPA|5.8% ABV

Brewed with a blend of Amarillo, Nelson, and Citra. Blending stonefruit with white grape and grapefruit. Medium bodied, aromatic, with a touch of dank hop character in the finish.

Long Bright World

American IPA|6.5% ABV

Long Bright World IPA features Pacific Sunrise hops. Passionfruit, lime, with ripened berry like character all balance well with each other. 

Luminist

American Style IPA|6.5% ABV

Taking inspiration from the classic American IPA, Luminist shines light upon expressive hop aroma with a firm and pleasant bitterness complimented by resinous hop-derived citrus flavors. Luminist delivers aromatic and flavorful balance through clear scenery.

Lydian

Foeder Conditioned Beer|6.2% ABV

Lydian is a foeder conditioned beer that was fermented with a blend of saison yeast, wild yeast, and lactic bacteria. 

The result is a delightfully tart beer with light peachy, lemony, oaky, and funky tones throughout. 

Meet Me At The Top

Kolsch|4.8% ABV

Meet at the Top Kolsch is a very clean, highly drinkable beer with a dry finish that achieves wonderful balance. Brewed with our friends at East Rock Brewing, this beer is a celebration of a shared passion for beer rooted in tradition.

Megaton

American DIPA|8.2% ABV

Megaton DIPA brings a blend of unique, expressive hop varieties together to emphasize tangerine-like flavors with notes of mango and fresh-cut melon.

Metanoia

Spontaneous|5.9% ABV

When Counter Weight first started we had many conceptual goals that we hoped to accomplish as we moved forward. One of which was to eventually be able to create 100% spontaneously fermented beers inspired by educational trips through Belgium. After more than 4 years of lessons learned, barrels dumped, and the joy of seeing some spontaneous beer have tasty depth in aroma and flavor we finally have our first 100% spontaneously fermented beer to share with you. Metanoia is a blend of 1 and 2 year old spontaneous barrels rested on Carignan wine grapes. The result is a beer with notes of juicy ripe raspberry, tart pomegranate, subtle spice with a bright acidity. It's almost hard for us to believe that the conceptualization of this beer began more than 5 years ago and is in bottles and ready to be enjoyed.  

Midnight Briar

Kettle Sour With Blackberry & Blueberry|4.8% ABV

Midnight Briar is a Kettle Sour style beer made with Blackberry and Blueberry. 

Mindflow

IPA|7% ABV

Mindflow IPA brings a unique blend of global hop varieties delivering a harmony of citrus,  passion fruit, and orange rind. While Nelson takes center stage, classic American hop varieties support and help to create depth of aroma and flavor. 

Mug Club IPA

American IPA|6.5% ABV

For this year's Mug Club beer we used cryo Talus and our hand selected Mosaic to create an incredibly aromatic and delicious IPA that brings big candied pink grapefruit, orange rind, and tropical tones together. Flaked oats contribute to a nice soft and fluffy mouthfeel. Cheers to our awesome Mug Club members!!

Negative Exposure

American IPA|6.4% ABV

Negative Exposure is brewed with a blend of some of our favorite new hop varieties we've been exploring. HBC 692, Vic Secret, and a touch of Lotus bring their unique and distinctive characteristics together to create very well defined citrus fruit qualities!

No Hope for the Kids

American IPA|6.4% ABV

The flavor of this Mosaic hop focused American IPA is big on pineapple, hoppy dankness, along with some nice tangerine notes. 

Noble Souls

Coolship Lager|5.2% ABV

A special project in collaboration with our friends from Troegs Independent Brewing in Hershey, PA, we are excited to share "Noble Souls" Coolship Lager. Providing a gentle sweet and bready character, and hopped in the coolship to provide an herbaceous balance, this lager delivers a refined balance in aroma, flavor and is incredibly drinkable.

Non-Euclidian

American IPA|6.4% ABV

Non-Euclidian is 100% hopped with southern hemisphere hop varieties. Bringing together three distinctly unique hops creating zesty citrus, lychee, with ripe mango-like attributes. Incredibly balanced and drinkable.

Otava

Czech-Inspired Pale Lager|4% ABV

Otava is our 10° Czech-inspired pale lager, brewed using traditional methods and ingredients to create a flavor profile reminiscent of the small lagers served in pubs throughout the Czech Republic. Otava is only the second Czech-inspired beer we've brewed here at CW as our team has worked to best understand process and tradition before creating an example of a style to share with our guests. Otava exhibits soft and delicate honey-like maltiness with firm but balanced classic saaz hop notes.

Overtravel

IPA|6.8% ABV

Overtravel focuses on a new hop variety - HBC 692. It originates from the Hop Breeding Company and is in its infancy. We were fortunate to get to try some great beers at hop harvest this past year using this hop and knew we wanted to brew with it. Unique pink grapefruit, rosewood, and orange rind like flavors and aromas are some if its characteristics. 

Pajama Pants

American IPA|5.5% ABV

Pajama Pants is a softer IPA with peachy undertones, and a nice rounded malt character. It is brewed with Amarillo and Rakau hops, which contribute to the stone fruity flavor and aroma. 

Passerine

American Wheat Beer|5.5% ABV

Clean hop character, light bodied beer with a dry hoppy finish. Amarillo cryo brings sweet citrusy orange and lemon like flavor and aroma.

Persica Dawn

American Sour|4.8% ABV

Persica Dawn is an American sour made with peach and raspberry.

Precious Petals

American IPA|6.2% ABV

Precious Petals IPA is brewed with a unique blend of hops to express well-defined characteristics of pink grapefruit and juicy tangerine with tropical papaya notes.

Proper Pause

Table Beer|5.5% ABV

This beer spent more than a year resting in barrels with multiple strains of wild yeast and then conditioned in the bottle for more than 7 years. 

The result is a beer with lots of nice Brett characteristics. Some pineapple like flavors, light oak, and some nice funky tones too.

Protect Ya Nect

American IPA|6.8% ABV

Protect Ya Nect is hopped with Nectaron hops. This new exquisite variety is bringing some serious aromatic depth with expressive flavors. It's got the qualities of ripe juicy nectarine with a character reminiscent of blood orange.

Rarefaction

American IPA|6.2% ABV

Rarefaction is brewed with a blend of Northern and Southern Hemisphere hops to create wonderful mango, stone fruit, and big tangerine throughout.

Remix Grisette

Grisette|4.3% ABV

Farmhouse-inspired Grisette expressing yeast-driven complexity with peppery notes intertwined with citrus in a dry light bodied beer. 

Resident Revenant

Baltic Porter|8% ABV

Our collaboration with Hope Gallery consists of malt driven chocolate and caramel notes with undertones of dark fruity plum and date like flavors. Fermented cold, patiently lagered, and dark as night.

Rest In Peaches

Wild Ale with Peaches|6.6% ABV

Rest in Peaches is a blend of one and two year old mix fermentation barrel aged beers that were racked into stainless. This blend rested on Cheshire grown peaches from Drazen Orchards for four more months. The result is a beer that we're happy to share with you for our three year anniversary!

Peachy, tart, funk.

Revelator

Bulleit Rye Barrel aged Double Bock beer|8% ABV

Deep ruby hues, big malty notes of toffee, caramel, soft cocoa with a touch of wood derived vanilla. Clean pleasant malt sweetness accented with wonderful rye barrel character. 

Rising Hope

American IPA|6.5% ABV

We're happy to have been asked to participate in brewing a beer for a great cause. One brewery from each state is participating in brewing Rising Hope IPA in order to raise money for the Pediatric Cancer Foundation and we're proud to represent Connecticut in this effort. 100% of the proceeds from the beer will be donated to the Pediatric Cancer Foundation.

Brewed with a wonderful blend of Azaca, Equanot, and Simcoe Rising Hops IPA is filled with bright pithy citrus with a backdrop of red berry notes

Riwaka Sock 'Em Robots

American IPA|6.5% ABV

Riwaka hails from New Zealand and brings a focused exemplification of what unique hop varieties can contribute to a beer. Bringing layered and unmistakable citrus, mandarin orange, and a blend of tropical fruits.

Saison Sauvage

Mixed Fermentation Blended Saison|6.8% ABV

A mixed fermentation blended saison. Co-Fermented with wild yeast and bacteria creating a funky, tart, lemon like citrus character. Big on the funk and medium on the tart.

Second Furrow

Farmhouse Ale|6.4% ABV

You may remember "First Furrow", the collaboration foeder Czech Pilsner brewed with our friends at Fox Farm Brewery last year. Last October we got together with our friends again to make Second Furrow. This beer is the culmination of some Connecticut ingredients coming together in the spirit of collaboration to make something delicious. Native CT honey was added in the coolship, the beer was fermented and conditioned with a blend of our collective mixed cultures, and then it rested on CT grown St Croix grapes that Zack and Dave were generous enough to share with us. The result is a farmhouse ale with distinct funky and fruity characteristics with balanced acidity.

Seidla

Kellerbier|4.7% ABV

Seilda Kellerbier is a malt forward, easy-drinking German-inspired lager. Soft notes of crusty brown bread blended with light herbal noble hop character in a light Amber colored mildly hazy beer. Its well balanced flavor, sturdy white foam, and noble hop presence make for a beer that we hope fills your mug again and again.

Short Wave

American IPA|5.8% ABV

Hopped with Sabro and El Dorado this one's giving off some big tropical fruit flavors. We're getting some Watermelon and Papaya character.

Show Pony

Pilsner|5% ABV

 Show Pony is a pilsner that was dry hopped with Hallertau, Mittelfruh, and Saaz hops, and conditioned in our oak foeder. The result is a combination of well-integrated notes of hay, dried flowers, mild noble hop spice, and a soft oakiness.

Sleeping Giant

Hazy Pale Ale|5.2% ABV

Cheers to 100 years of Sleeping Giant State Park!

This beer celebrates the park's centennial, made possible by the Sleeping Giant Park Association.

Soft and balanced flavor with bright citrus aromatic hop character. Proceeds support Sleeping Giant Park Association's ongoing mission to protect and care for this beloved landmark.

Slumbering Behemoth

Imperial Stout|10% ABV

Big rich body, lots of dark chocolate, caramel-like flavors and aromas. Some fig and dark fruit notes emerge as the beer warms.

Slumbering Behemoth - Bourbon Barrel Aged

Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout|10% ABV

Slumbering Behemoth - Aged in bourbon barrels! Big rich body, lots of dark chocolate, caramel-like flavors and aromas. Some fig and dark fruit notes emerge as the beer warms.

Slumbering Behemoth - French Toast

Imperial Milk Stout|10% ABV

Maple Bourbon Barrel Aged Slumbering Behemoth with cinnamon and vanilla "French toast."

Slumbering Behemoth-Maple Bourbon

Maple Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout|10% ABV

Slumbering Behemoth, aged in maple bourbon barrels. 

Small Grove

Pale Ale|5.4% ABV

Made with Eclipse hops and Crosby Hop's CGX El Dorado, Small Grove Pale Ale brings bright mandarin orange citrus peel-like qualities to each sip. Soft and balanced tangerine-like flavor with lots of pleasantly aromatic hop character all in a small super drinkable pale ale.

Smoked Ein

Smoked Helles Style Lager|5% ABV

Smoked Ein Helles shares its regional inspiration with our Frank and Drudenhaus and we are happy to add Smoked Ein Helles to our ever growing rotating lager lineup.

Snapshot

American IPA|6.8% ABV

Brewed with El Dorado to bring a big tangerine and orange citrus flavor. Soft rounded mouthfeel with balanced hop bitterness.

Space Coyote

American IPA|6% ABV

Space Coyote is a Galaxy focused IPA. Big passionfruit, citrus, and pineapple aromas dominate this wonderfully hop forward yet balanced beer. 

Spiral Architect - Blue Label

American DIPA|8.2% ABV

This Spiral Architect is brewed with El Dorado and Citra hops. Big orange and tangerine flavors dominate, and it has been described as orange life savers. A mild malt backbone lets these hop varieties shine.  

Spiral Architect - Green Label

American Double IPA|8.2% ABV

Spiral Architect's framework is built from massive whirlpool and dry hop additions of resinous hops. Mango and orange like aromas and flavor lead the character with floral undertones.

Spire

White Beer|5% ABV

Spire is a Belgian inspired Wit beer. Delicate yeast driven spice reminiscent of white pepper and clove intermingle with a complimenting light citrus undertones. Light and refreshing with lots of complex character.

Sticky Threads

American IPA|7% ABV

Sticky Threads IPA was brewed with Incognito Citra and blended with Cryo Amarillo.

Strataclysm

American DIPA|8.2% ABV

Our first double IPA with Strata hops, Stratacalysm intensifies the passionfruit and tropical qualities of the Strata variety in this rounded and balanced double IPA. Aromatic with a soft and pillowy mouthfeel. 

Stratagem

American IPA|6.9% ABV

Strategist

West Coast Style IPA|6.8% ABV

New strata hopped west coast leaning ipa. Piny and fruity hop profile with firm bitterness and a dry crackery malt presence. 

Subtitles

Fruited Foeder Wild Ale|6.2% ABV

Subtitles is a raspberry foeder aged wile ale brewed in collaboration with our pals at Aslin Beer Company.

The wort for this beer was brewed 18 months ago and had been patiently resting in a 30 year old calvados foeder with our house culture. Moved to stainless where it matured with raspberries.

Tart, oaky, jammy.

Sunday Gravy

Pilsner|5.2% ABV

Sunday Gravy is our Italian style pilsner dry hopped with Saphir and Perle, and made with European malts, Sunday Gravy is unfiltered, dry, and hoppy. 

Superfluous

American IPA|6.5% ABV

Originally released as an Audition, Superfluous graduated! Double dry hopped with a focus on Mosaic and Citra hops, it offers a mix of tropical fruit, and some nice dankness. Big orange rind notes, with a backdrop of mango and pineapple. An aromatic treat! 

Symmetrist

West Coast Style IPA|6.2% ABV

Talisman

American IPA|6.3% ABV

Talisman was brewed with Nelson Sauvin and Motueka hops. This hazy IPA has nice white wine, tropical, and stone fruit-like flavors and aromas. 

Timestamp

American Pale Ale|5.2% ABV

Time Stamp is a classic American pale ale brewed with Columbus, Centennial, and Citra hops, and fermented with a classically clean American yeast strain that is synonymous with American Pale Ale. We get wonderful marmalade orange-like aromas wrapped up in a sturdy malt backbone.

Total Inundation

American TIPA|9.8% ABV

The final saga in the Inundation series. Total inundation brings the hopocalypse. Wave after wave of Citra thrill your senses in this intense citrus thrill ride. #getinundated

Uncanny Valley

American IPA|6.5% ABV

Uncanny Valley combines Idaho 7 with a blend of New Zealand grown Riwaka and a new variety known as Moutere. We're getting lots of tangerine, stone fruit, a bit of pine, and a really nice dank quality. We've blended these hop varieties and fermented this batch with a thiolized yeast to continue our exploration into working to pull all the character out of each hop variety we get to use. 

Van Art

German Gose|4.4% ABV

Gose is a German style of beer that originated in the 16th century. Characteristics are mainly refreshing with a mild tartness, blended with balanced salinity. Van Art includes pink Himalayan sea salt, coriander, raspberry, blackberry, and blueberry.  

Van Art Paloma

Gose Style Ale|4.3% ABV

Generous amounts of grapefruit, supported by refreshing lime all complimented by a bit of sea salt.

Vertical Circle

American IPA|6.5% ABV

We've experimented with some new ingredients and techniques to bring you a brand new Counter Weight IPA. The result is Vertical Circle - a beer that is especially aromatic and immensely expressive.

Bringing these new techniques and ingredients together has created levels of passionfruit, pineapple, and white grape-like notes in this beer that really blew us away. Hopped with Mosaic and Nelson Sauvin, Vertical Circle IPA expresses huge tropical fruit, big citrus, and a vinous Sauvignon Blanc-like notes that we're loving. Topical and fruity with big aromatics, and simply tasting incredible.

Vitalis

Mixed Fermentation|6.6% ABV

More than 18 months in the making, Vitalis is a blend of mix fermentation white wine barrel aged beers that then rested on Marsanne and Roussanne grapes. The result is a wonderfully complex and layered beer offering juicy pear, fresh cut cantaloupe, melon, with vibrant interwoven acidity. Its oakiness helps to bridge its funk, tart, and fruit qualities. Our aim was to bring the lovely attributes of these grape varieties in the world of beer to create a unique and delicious experience. We love the results and hope you do too.

Vltava

Czech Style Pilsner|4.8% ABV

Vltava Czech style pilsner is constructed from bohemian pilsner malt to provide a full body and complex maltiness intertwined with some beautifully expressive Saaz hops.  

Voided

American Oatmeal Stout|7% ABV

An evolution of Void, Voided utilizes six different malts to achieve chocolate, caramel, and pronounced coffee-like flavors and aromas. Light roast undertones accompany a fully viscous mouthfeel.

Vulture Culture

American DIPA|8% ABV

Vulture Culture was originally released as Double Galaxy in the Audition series. It is brewed exclusively with Galaxy hops from Australia. More than three pounds per barrel of dry hopping lends lots of passionfruit and orange pith notes, followed by a soft, rounded malt backbone which compliments the massive Galaxy hop presence.  

Weight in Gold

Belgian Style Golden Ale|7.2% ABV

Our Belgian-style golden ale was designed to draw out a beautiful depth of complexity from our yeasts that reminds us of some of the classic Belgian ales we've fallen in love with over the years. Made with a blend of two traditional Belgian yeast strains co-fermented together to create a wonderful profile that expresses notes of white pepper, cardamom, and clove, with soft pear-like fruity esters in the foreground. Finishing dry with a complimenting herbaceous noble hoppiness. 

Weight Of Eight Mixed Pack

Variety Pack|0% ABV

This mix pack includes 8 - 16oz cans: 3 Headway IPA, 3 Workhorse Pilsner, and 2 Daybloom Witbier.

A perfect balance of style and flavor for all occasions in the company of friends!

Weight Of Eight Mixed Pack

Variety Pack|0% ABV

This mix pack includes 8 - 16oz cans: 3 Headway IPA, 3 Workhorse Pilsner, and 2 Ho Ho Hope For The Kids IPA.

A perfect balance of style and flavor for all occasions in the company of friends!

Weight OF Eight Mixed Pack

Variety Pack|0% ABV

This mix pack includes 8 - 16oz cans: 3 Headway IPA, 3 Workhorse Pilsner, and 2 Fest Bier German Style Lager.

A perfect balance of style and flavor for all occasions in the company of friends!

Weight of Victory

Vienna Lager|5.3% ABV

A clean, highly drinkable amber lager with a beautiful ruby hue made with our friends from Victory Brewing Company. Light toasted malt qualities meld seamlessly together with a balanced soft malt sweetness leading to a wonderful crisp finish. 

West Side Funn

West Coast Style IPA|6.8% ABV

West Side Funn is our new West Coast inspired IPA brewed with a blend of our Cryo Citra alongside some experimental new Citra based hop products from Yakima Chief. Using the "hop dipping" technique, (adding hop products pre-fermentation but post hot brewhouse side) to bring more aromatic and flavor driven qualities to your glass. We topped this hop bill off with some beautiful Simcoe and a touch of Columbus to round out and compliment all the wonderful citrus qualities with some pine, white gummy bear, and some apricot.

Where Do We Go From Here?

American IPA|6.4% ABV

Wire Work

American IPA|6.6% ABV

Wire Work blends some hop varieties that we've just gotten to know over the last few years together with an old favorite. Nectaron and Riwaka being some of the most exquisite and exciting new varieties to brew with, meets El Dorado to make for a beer with huge tropical aromatics and a unique zesty citrus character.

Wizard Fight

American DIPA|8.2% ABV

Piney incantations clash and merge with fruity hexes in this epic wizard fight. You are drawn in by the aroma, casting its spell on your senses. Melding notes of stone fruit with floral undertones. The battle is ongoing.

Worlds Away

American IPA|6.5% ABV

Worlds Away is focused around a hop that is new to us, Alora. Developed by the Hopsteiner breeding program, Alora hops bring apricot and ripened sweet melon to the forefront interlaced with pleasant balanced bitterness and a supporting malt sweetness.

Zen Arcade

TIPA|10% ABV

Teeming with a few of our favorite hop varieties in exorbitant amounts. Massive citrus, pineapple, guava, with rounded hop bitterness intertwined with a lush mouthfeel with malt balance.