# Housatonic River Brewing — New Milford, Connecticut

> Housatonic River Brewing in New Milford, Connecticut, United States scores 3.81 out of 5 — Fine, #87 in Connecticut. 180 beers tracked, mostly IPA.

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Housatonic River Brewing is a brewery in New Milford, Connecticut, United States. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.81 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #87 in Connecticut. Of the 180 beers we track, 49% are IPA and 20% Stout / Porter.

## Rating

- Score: 3.81 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #87 in Connecticut · #4,339 in United States · #6,127 worldwide
- Popularity: Lightly rated
- Beers tracked: 180

## About

Housatonic River Brewing produce's good quality beer and are usually experimenting brewing new ones. They are most well known for "Gentle On My Mind", which is an American IPA and "Amarillo Sky", which is an Imperial IPA. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Dark Beers.

## What they brew

- IPA — 49% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 20% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 13% of the beers we track
- Amber Ale — 8% of the beers we track
- Pale Lager — 4% of the beers we track
- Other — 4% of the beers we track
- Brown Ale — 2% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 30 Kent Road, New Milford, Connecticut, United States
- Coordinates: 41.5777694, -73.420525
- Website: http://housatonicriverbrewing.com/

## Breweries nearby

- [Kent Falls Brewing Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/kent-falls-brewing-co-1993.md) — 4.45, Exceptional — Kent, Connecticut — 7.9 mi away
- [Watson Farmhouse Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/watson-farmhouse-brewery-23374.md) — 4.17, Great — Southbury, Connecticut — 9 mi away
- [Woodbury Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/woodbury-brewing-company-1240.md) — 3.83, Fine — Woodbury, Connecticut — 12 mi away
- [Reverie Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/reverie-brewing-company-19857.md) — 3.54, Poor — Newtown, Connecticut — 13 mi away
- [Quirk Works Brewing & Blendery](https://finding.beer/brewery/quirk-works-brewing-blendery-27370.md) — 3.78, Fine — Danbury, Connecticut — 13 mi away
- [NewSylum Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/newsylum-brewing-22842.md) — 3.92, Fine — Newtown, Connecticut — 14 mi away
- [Broken Symmetry](https://finding.beer/brewery/broken-symmetry-3903.md) — 3.86, Fine — Bethel, Connecticut — 14 mi away
- [Dutchess Ales](https://finding.beer/brewery/dutchess-ales-94.md) — 3.81, Fine — New York — 15 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [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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