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Best breweries in Manchester, New Hampshire

Within 13 miles of Manchester we track 18 breweries. 1 rates Exceptional and 2 rate Great. From The Barrel Brewing Company in Derry leads the list at 4.56 (Exceptional).

The scale

  • Exceptional

    A short list of extraordinary breweries worth planning a trip around.

  • Great

    Consistently produce world-class beer.

  • Fine

    Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.

  • Poor

    Not bad beer so much as unremarkable beer.

  • Limited

    Most craft beer drinkers pass these by.

Ranked breweries

  1. 1

    From The Barrel Brewing Company

    Derry, New Hampshire, United States

    From The Barrel Brewing Company produce's world class beer and is ranked #3 in New Hampshire. They are most well known for "MK Double IPA", which is an Imperial IPA and "Lily IPA", which is an American IPA. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Pale Ales.

    Rating
    4.56Exceptional
    Popularity
    Modestly rated
  2. 2

    Republic Brewing Company

    Manchester, New Hampshire, United States

    Rating
    4.46Great
    Popularity
    Barely rated
  3. 3

    Kelsen Brewing Company

    Londonderry, New Hampshire, United States

    Kelsen Brewing Company produce's high quality beer and is ranked #17 in New Hampshire. They are most well known for "Battle Axe IPA", which is an American IPA and "Paradigm Brown Ale", which is a Brown Ale - American. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Dark Beers.

    Rating
    4.13Great
    Popularity
    Modestly rated
  4. 4

    Woodstacker Beer Co.

    Manchester, New Hampshire, United States

    Rating
    3.94Fine
    Popularity
    Barely rated
  5. 5

    Daydreaming Brewing Company

    Derry, New Hampshire, United States

    Located in the historic district of downtown Derry, New Hampshire. Our goal is to provide quality traditional English style ales both on draft and on cask, along with a few US favorite styles.

    Rating
    3.92Fine
    Popularity
    Barely rated
  6. 6

    Backyard Brewery & Kitchen

    Manchester, New Hampshire, United States

    Backyard Brewery and Kitchen is a family-owned craft brewery and restaurant located in Manchester, New Hampshire. Our small batch brewing allows us to explore a wide variety of styles of beer that are available on tap in our brewpub and at a few select locations around Southern New Hampshire. Cheers.

    Rating
    3.87Fine
    Popularity
    Modestly rated
  7. 7

    Able Ebenezer Brewing Company

    Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States

    Able Ebenezer Brewing Company produce's decent quality beer and are regularly brewing different ones. They are most well known for "Burn The Ships", which is an American IPA and "Victory Nor Defeat", which is an Imperial IPA. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Amber Ales.

    Rating
    3.86Fine
    Popularity
    Modestly rated
  8. 8

    Great North Aleworks

    Manchester, New Hampshire, United States

    Great North Aleworks produce's good quality beer and is ranked #38 in New Hampshire. They are most well known for "IPA", which is an American IPA and "Tie Dyed", which is an American Pale Ale. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Dark Beers.

    Rating
    3.86Fine
    Popularity
    Well rated
  9. 9

    Candia Road Brewing Co.

    Manchester, New Hampshire, United States

    Candia Road Brewing Company produce's decent quality beer and is ranked #48 in New Hampshire. They are most well known for "Cone Zone", which is a New England IPA and "Motivational Sneaker", which is a Berliner Weisse. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Wild Ales.

    Rating
    3.82Fine
    Popularity
    Modestly rated
  10. 10

    Rockingham Brewing Company

    Derry, New Hampshire, United States

    Rockingham Brewing Company produce's fine quality beer and is ranked #46 in New Hampshire. They are most well known for "Belly of the Beast", which is an Imperial Stout and "Javelina", which is an American IPA. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Dark Beers.

    Rating
    3.81Fine
    Popularity
    Modestly rated
  11. 11

    To Share Brewing Company

    Manchester, New Hampshire, United States

    To Share Brewing Company is about community and providing a safe space for all people to put their differences aside and come together over a pint of great, locally produced craft beer.

    Rating
    3.80Fine
    Popularity
    Modestly rated
  12. 12

    603 Brewery

    Londonderry, New Hampshire, United States

    603 Brewery produce's decent quality beer and are usually experimenting brewing new ones. They are most well known for "Winni Ale", which is an American Red Ale and "White Peaks", which is an American IPA. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Dark Beers.

    Rating
    3.80Fine
    Popularity
    Well rated
  13. 13

    Oddball Brewing

    Suncook, New Hampshire, United States

    We are a small neighborhood brewery located in historic downtown Suncook (Pembroke, New Hampshire). Our taproom is intimate and contains good conversation, good people and of course great beer. Cheers!

    Rating
    3.76Fine
    Popularity
    Lightly rated
  14. 14

    Hidden Moon Brewing

    Londonderry, New Hampshire, United States

    Hidden Moon Brewing is here to bring you delicious, limited release, beers… but we won’t be making any old beer – we will be making the oldest kind: braggots (beers brewed with honey in additional to malt and hops). A Braggot can be either a beer fermented with honey, or a beer and a mead blended together after fermentation. The Hymn to Ninkasi is the oldest known recipe of beer, written around 1800 BCE, and it describes using honey in the brew process: β€œYou are the one who holds with both hands the great sweet wort, brewing it with honey. You, the sweet wort to the vessel, Ninkasi.” Thiss ancient medley of malt, honey, and hops known as Braggot. Join us and discover why History Never Tasted So Goodβ„’.

    Rating
    3.73Fine
    Popularity
    Barely rated
  15. 15

    Laughing Crow

    Amherst, New Hampshire, United States

    This is a curious little brewery. It is run from his house, but they are a legal licensed brewery in the state of NH. Their beer is available in many bottle shops and they are on tap in a few places as well. They have absolutely no web presence, no website no facebook page.

    Rating
    3.42Poor
    Popularity
    Barely rated
  16. 16

    Mountain Base Brewery

    Goffstown, New Hampshire, United States

    Rating
    3.05Limited
    Popularity
    Barely rated
  17. 17

    Sunstone Brewing Company

    Londonderry, New Hampshire, United States

    Step into a world where hops and barley dance in perfect harmony that could entice even the weariest of travelers. With eight taps in our taproom, Sunstone Brewing Company offers a wide range of carefully developed craft beer.

    Rating
    3.04Limited
    Popularity
    Barely rated
  18. 18

    Stark Brewing Company

    Manchester, New Hampshire, United States

    Stark Brewing Company originally started back in 1994 as the Stark Mill Brewery. Stark Mill was the first brewery in the city, and was brought to life through the efforts of Brewmaster Peter Telge. Peter is a Manchester native, born and raised here in the Queen City and has been in charge of the brewery for over 20 years now. In 1999, the brewery underwent a rebranding to keep up with the times and opened back up as Milly's Tavern, named after Peter's favorite German Shepherd, who is honored in our logo. Stark Brewing Company is proud to continue its proud legacy as being Manchester's only brewpub, bringing fresh beer, delicious food, and great times to the people of New England.

    Rating
    2.99Limited
    Popularity
    Modestly rated