# Hoax Brewing Company — East Haven, Connecticut

> Hoax Brewing Company in East Haven, Connecticut, United States scores 3.89 out of 5 — Fine, #57 in Connecticut. 157 beers tracked, mostly IPA.

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Hoax Brewing Company is a brewery in East Haven, Connecticut, United States. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.89 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #57 in Connecticut. Of the 157 beers we track, 36% are IPA and 27% Sour / Wild Ale.

## Rating

- Score: 3.89 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #57 in Connecticut · #2,714 in United States · #3,676 worldwide
- Popularity: Modestly rated
- Beers tracked: 157

## About

Hoax Brewing Company produce's good quality beer and are usually experimenting brewing new ones. They are most well known for "Strawberry Crop Circles", which is an Imperial Milkshake IPA and "Cotton Candy Sleight of Hand", which is a Berliner Weisse. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Wild Ales.

## What they brew

- IPA — 36% of the beers we track
- Sour / Wild Ale — 27% of the beers we track
- Sour / Other — 15% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 11% of the beers we track
- Pale Lager — 6% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 4% of the beers we track
- Other — 1% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 250 Bradley Street, East Haven, Connecticut, United States
- Coordinates: 41.2889126, -72.87433349999999
- Website: http://www.hoaxbrewing.com/

## Breweries nearby

- [Nighthawks Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/nighthawks-brewing-27999.md) — 2.81, Limited — East Haven, Connecticut — 0 mi away
- [Overshores Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/overshores-brewing-company-1680.md) — 3.50, Poor — East Haven, Connecticut — 0 mi away
- [Armada Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/armada-brewing-1342.md) — 4.14, Great — New Haven, Connecticut — 1.7 mi away
- [East Rock Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/east-rock-brewing-company-2417.md) — 4.12, Great — New Haven, Connecticut — 2.8 mi away
- [Pottertown Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/pottertown-brewing-company-21341.md) — 3.48, Poor — New Haven, Connecticut — 3.1 mi away
- [Other Desi Beer Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/other-desi-beer-co-27776.md) — 2.92, Limited — Branford, Connecticut — 3.2 mi away
- [Color Blind Artisanal Ales](https://finding.beer/brewery/color-blind-artisanal-ales-27777.md) — 3.50, Poor — Branford, Connecticut — 3.2 mi away
- [The Hull Brewing Co](https://finding.beer/brewery/the-hull-brewing-co-4217.md) — 3.48, Poor — New Haven, Connecticut — 3.9 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in New Haven, Connecticut](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/connecticut/new-haven.md)
- [Best breweries in Connecticut](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/connecticut.md)
- [Best breweries in United States](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states.md)

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