The number of breweries and brew pubs in Connecticut continues to grow, with as many as 15 opening since 2010. The popularity of beer tastings and brewery tours is also increasing. Breweries and brew pubs offering tastings include: Back East Brewing, Beer’d Brewing Co., Broad Brook Brewing, City Steam, Manchester Top Shelf Brewing, Mark Sigman’s Relic Brewing, New England Brewing, Olde Burnside, Shebeen Brewing, Thomas Hooker, Two Road Brewing, and Willimantic Brewing Co.
Breweries and brew pubs offering tastings usually have a tasting room where they offer complimentary samples or fill growlers (which are glass or ceramic jugs used to transport draft beer).
