craft beer

New Hampshire Nanobrewery A Big Name In Small Scale Beer

Brady Carlson — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:01:19 +0000

Recently Bon Appetit magazine posted a list of its 10 Favorite US nanobreweries – those are very small-scale commercial breweries that produce fewer than 2000 barrels a year.

On that top 10 list? Throwback Brewery in North Hampton, New Hampshire.

It’s yet another sign that the Granite State is a big player in the small brewery movement.

Smuttynose Breaking Ground on Hampton Facility

Tina Forbes — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:28:18 +0000

Smuttynose Brewery breaks ground tonight on its new facility in Hampton about 10 miles down the coast from its current location in Portsmouth.

Smuttynose says it’s moving to Hampton to support its growth.

The brewery has been creating craft beers in New Hampshire since 1994.

U.S. Craft Beer Brewers Thrive, Despite Small Share Of The Market

Bill Chappell — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:26:00 +0000

It's a good time to brew beer in America. According to beer expert Julia Herz, U.S. brewing isn't just on the upswing, it's on top. "We're now the No. 1 destination for beer, based on diversity and amount of beers," she says.

But if you want to see the strength of America's beer industry, you may want to look past beverage giants like Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors.

Mead in New Hampshire

Todd Bookman — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:30:00 +0000

Starting a small business is always a challenge. Starting a meadery? Yeah, that’s not easy either. Just ask Michael Fairbrother

“I talk to people about mead, and they go, ‘What kind of meat do you make?’ I’m like, ‘No, I don’t make meat. I make mead.’ And they don’t understand what that is.”

In 2010, Fairbrother opened Moonlight Meadery in Londonderry, NH.