It’s been a challenging few years for craft beer in Connecticut, not to mention the rest of the country.
While breweries are not the only businesses facing challenges and closures, it is difficult to determine how many breweries the state has lost over the past decade.
Since the pandemic, the number of business closures has skyrocketed, with several local breweries closing their doors forever each year.
Using data and information from Craft Beer Local and CTMQ, as well as other sources linked below, we have compiled a list of Connecticut craft breweries that have closed in the last decade.
Here are all the closures in Connecticut over the past day in chronological order:
Cavalry Brewing in Oxford, Connecticut
Southport Brewing Company (SBC) in Southport, CT
Tidal River Brewing Co. in Canton, CT
Hell or High Water Brewpub in South Norwalk, Connecticut
Top Shelf Brewing Company in Manchester, Connecticut
Church Owl Beer in Willimantic, CT
Old Burnside Brewing Company in East Hartford, Connecticut
Parable Brewing Company in Manchester, CT
Steady Habit Brewing Company in Haddam, CT
Hanging Hills Brewing Company in Hartford, CT
Bad Dream Brewing in New Milford, Connecticut
Noble Jay Brewing Company in Niantic, CT
Iron Brewing Company in South Norwalk, CT
Better Half Brewing in Bristol, CT
Stony Creek Brewery at Foxwoods in Ledyard, CT
Cold Creek Brewery & Tavern in Ellington, CT
Shebeen Brewing Company in Wolcott, CT
CT Brewery Collective in Wolcott, CT
30 Mile Brewing Co. in Old Saybrook, CT
Cottrell Brewing Company in Pawcatuck, CT
Veracious Brewing Company in Monroe, CT
Candlewood Brewing Company in New Milford, Connecticut
Fairfield Craft Ales in Stratford, CT
Velvety libations in Wolcott, CT
DuVig Brewing Company in Branford, CT
Firefly Hollow Brewing in Bristol, CT
Powder Hollow Brewery Middletown in Middletown, CT
Lock City Brewing Co. in Wallingford, CT
Hog River Brewing Co. in Hartford, CT
Quirk Works Brewery and Blendery in Danbury, CT
City Steam Brewery in Hartford, Connecticut
Labyrinth Brewing Company in Manchester, CT
Evening Sky Brewing Company in Burlington, Connecticut
