60 Connecticut Breweries Still Open For Take-Out And Delivery
The wave of American craft brewing had already gathered speed and amplitude by the time I started writing about beer for this site back in 2010. I had been scanning draft and bottle lists for years by that point, sparked by the first IPA I'd ever had (a Harpoon, some time before the millennium), asked every question I could think of putting to brewers and reps at beer fests, and tried everything I could, wherever I could. In Connecticut before 2012, that last part almost exclusively meant early beer bars like Delaney's Taproom and The Ginger Man, the rare brewpub (BAR, City Steam), plus taste-and-takeaway only pilgrimages to a very few breweries. My world then is not our world now. Bars with dozens of taps are common, and every corner and county in the state has breweries selling pints, growlers, and cans to anyone old enough to walk through their doors. The wave of local breweries made this new world possible, but for now their doors are mostly closed. Here's what we can do to see them open again.
Breweries are still allowed to sell to-go orders, offering pickup or curbside delivery options. This post will list info on breweries, their hours, and links to order online. I won't be able to find them all, so I encourage readers, brewers, and reps to include further info about their operations in the comments section below. Most breweries are small businesses, and all depend from some degree or entirely on in-person sales. Let's help the brewers and staff keep the Connecticut beer culture we love going.
Bethel
Broken Symmetry - food and beer to-go, 203 826 9907
Branford
DuVig - cans to-go
Stewards Of The Land - beer pick up, and vegetable growing demos
Stony Creek - beer to-go
Thimble Island - updates
Bridgeport
Aspetuck Brew Lab - taproom open for to-go sales Tues-Fri 4-7p.m., Sat-Sun 2-5p.m.
Brewport - call 203 612 4438 to place curbside orders
Bristol
Firefly Hollow Brewery - call 860 845 8977
Chester
Little House Brewing Co. - porch-side pickup
Danbury
Charter Oak Brewery - curbside pick up, 203 616 5268
Derby
Bad Sons Beer Co. - beer to-go
East Haven
The Beerracks (Armada, Bestie, Hoax, Hull's, and Overshores breweries) - to-go 1-4p.m.
Twelve Percent Beer Project - takeout, twelvepercentbeerproject.square.site
Groton
Outer Light Brewing - curbside orders
Hamden
Counter Weight Brewing - curbside pick up orders
No Worries Brewing - to-go orders
Hartford area
Back East - curbside pick up, 860 242 1793
City Steam - takeout and delivery
Hanging Hills - pick up 12-3p.m.
Hog River - open for to-go cans Tues-Sat 12-5p.m.
New Park - pick up, Wed-Sat 2-7p.m.
Still Hill - curbside pick up, Tues-Sat 3-7p.m., Sunday 3-6p.m.
Thomas Hooker - Bloomfield and Hooker at Colt open daily until 7p.m. for take out
Problem Solved Brewing Company-curbside pick up & online ordering.
Kent
Kent Falls Brewing Co. - barnside pickup
Manchester
Labyrinth Brewing - curbside pick up
Middletown
Stubborn beauty Brewing - online orders and to-go, Mon-Fri 10a.m.-6p.m., Sat-Sun 1-5p.m.
Milford
Tribus - http://TribusBeer.co/TakeOut to order, call when you arrive 203 723 3715.
Milford Point Brewing - curbside pick up
Monroe
Veracious Brewing Co. - take out cans and growlers noon- 5 or 7p.m.
New Britain
Alvarium Brewing - to-go orders Mon-Sat noon-8p.m., Sunday noon-6p.m.
5 Churches Brewing - cans and growlers to-go, and $20 gift card with purchase of a case
New Hartford
Brewery Legitimus - curbside delivery. http://brewerylegitimus.com/togo-beer, or call the "craft phone" at 860 500 3688.
New Haven
BAR - beer and pizza, 203 495 1111
East Rock Brewing - pick up updates
Erector Brewing Collective - take out and delivery (with DeLegna), 203 891 7704
Rhthym Brewing - 203 809 2431
New London
Tox Brewing - online orders to go
Niantic
Noble Jay Brewing - call 860 739 4077
North Canaan
Great Falls Brews: to-go only; open 4-7p.m. daily.
Old Saybrook
30 Mile Brewing Co. - curbside delivery
Oxford
Black Hog Brewery - online orders, pick up orders Wed-Thurs 3-5p.m., Fri-Sat 2-5p.m.
OEC - open to-go only, Mon-Sat 11a.m.-6p.m., Sunday 12-4p.m.
Plainville
Relic Brewing - can sales weekdays 3-7p.m., Sat-Sun noon-4p.m.
Ridgefield
Nod Hill - online ordering and pick up
Salem
Fox Farm Brewery - to go only: https://squareup.com/store/fox-farm-brewery
South Windsor
CT Valley Brewing - online order and pickup
Southington
Kinsmen Brewing - take out beer and pizza, 860 414 7514
Witchdoctor Brewing - takeout Mon-Fri 12-8p.m., Sat-Sun 12-5p.m.
Stamford
Half Full Brewery - online & pick up only, call 203 658 3631 for pick up
Lock City Brewing - pickup only, more info to come
Stonington
Beer'd - online ordering and pick up
Stratford
Fairfield Craft Ales - pick up
Two Roads Brewing - order and pickup
Wallingford
Front Porch Brewing - pick up or call ahead 203 793 7736
Waterbury
Lasting Brass - online to-go orders; 860 417 2581
Willimantic
Willimantic Brewing Co - take out and pick up
Wolcott
Shebeen Brewing - cans for pick up
Woodbridge
New England Brewing Co. - taproom open for beer to go
