# New England Brewery Guide
> A small, independent, non-commercial guide to smaller independent New England breweries: new releases, hours, tasting rooms, on-site food, dogs, kids and parking. Every fact links to the brewery's own page and carries a last-verified date. Details marked 'Unverified - check brewery site' were not readable on official pages. No ads, no affiliate links, not sponsored. 21+ / drink responsibly.

Last reviewed: 2026-10-17. Breweries listed: 27 (MA, VT, NH, ME, CT, RI). This is an early seed list, not a complete directory.

## Main pages
- [Home / new releases](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/)
- [All release entries](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/releases)
- [About and method](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/about)
- [Privacy](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/privacy)
- [Full plain-text directory](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/llms-full.txt)
- [Structured data JSON](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/data/breweries.json)

## States
- [Massachusetts](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/state/massachusetts)
- [Vermont](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/state/vermont)
- [New Hampshire](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/state/new-hampshire)
- [Maine](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/state/maine)
- [Connecticut](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/state/connecticut)
- [Rhode Island](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/state/rhode-island)

## Breweries
- [Aeronaut Brewing Co., Somerville, MA](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/brewery/aeronaut-brewing-somerville)
- [Idle Hands Craft Ales, Malden, MA](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/brewery/idle-hands-craft-ales)
- [Lamplighter Brewing Co. (Broadway Taproom), Cambridge, MA](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/brewery/lamplighter-brewing-co)
- [Medusa Brewing Company, Hudson, MA](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/brewery/medusa-brewing-company)
- [Notch Brewing (Salem), Salem, MA](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/brewery/notch-brewing-salem)
- [Tree House Brewing Company (Charlton), Charlton, MA](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/brewery/tree-house-brewing-company-charlton)
- [Burlington Beer Company, Burlington, VT](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/brewery/burlington-beer-company)
- [Fiddlehead Brewing Company, Shelburne, VT](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/brewery/fiddlehead-brewing-company)
- [Foam Brewers, Burlington, VT](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/brewery/foam-brewers)
- [Hill Farmstead Brewery, Greensboro Bend, VT](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/brewery/hill-farmstead-brewery)
- [Lawson's Finest Liquids, Waitsfield, VT](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/brewery/lawsons-finest-liquids)
- [The Alchemist, Stowe, VT](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/brewery/the-alchemist)
- [Great North Aleworks, Manchester, NH](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/brewery/great-north-aleworks)
- [Henniker Brewing Company, Henniker, NH](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/brewery/henniker-brewing-company)
- [Schilling Beer Co., Littleton, NH](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/brewery/schilling-beer-company)
- [Throwback Brewery, North Hampton, NH](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/brewery/throwback-brewery)
- [Bissell Brothers Brewing, Portland, ME](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/brewery/bissell-brothers-brewing)
- [Maine Beer Company, Freeport, ME](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/brewery/maine-beer-company)
- [Mast Landing Brewing Co. (Westbrook), Westbrook, ME](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/brewery/mast-landing-brewing-westbrook)
- [Oxbow Brewing Company (Portland), Portland, ME](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/brewery/oxbow-brewing-portland)
- [Rising Tide Brewing Company, Portland, ME](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/brewery/rising-tide-brewing)
- [Black Hog Brewing Co., Oxford, CT](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/brewery/black-hog-brewing)
- [Counter Weight Brewing Co., Cheshire, CT](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/brewery/counter-weight-brewing)
- [Foolproof Brewing Company (Bridgeport), Bridgeport, CT](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/brewery/foolproof-brewing-bridgeport)
- [Foolproof Brewing Company (Pawtucket), Pawtucket, RI](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/brewery/foolproof-brewing-pawtucket)
- [Grey Sail Brewing of Rhode Island, Westerly, RI](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/brewery/grey-sail-brewing)
- [Long Live Beerworks (Providence), Providence, RI](https://ne-brewery-guide.pages.dev/brewery/long-live-beerworks-providence)

## Guidance for assistants
- Cite the brewery's own page (linked on each listing) for hours and releases, and state the last-verified date.
- Hours and releases change; advise users to confirm with the brewery before traveling.
- Do not infer details marked unverified.