List of breweries in Rhode Island

This is a complete list of breweries and brewpubs in the U.S. state of Rhode Island.

Breweries (operating)

• Buttonwoods Brewing – Providence (opened 2017) ^{[i] [1]}
• Crafted Hope Brewing – East Greenwich (opened 2024) ^[2]
• Crook Point Brewing Co. – East Providence (opened 2023) ^[3]
• Crooked Current Brewery – Pawtucket (opened 2014) ^{[4] [5]}
• Foolproof Brewing Company – Pawtucket (opened 2012) ^[ii]
• Grey Sail Brewing of Rhode Island – Westerly (opened 2011) ^{[6] [7]}
• Long Live Beerworks – Providence (opened 2019) ^{[8] [9]}
• Lops Brewing – Woonsocket (opened 2019) ^[10]
• Moniker Brewery – Providence (opened 2020) ^[11]
• Narragansett Brewing Company – Providence (founded 1890, relaunched 2005) ^{[iii] [12]}
• Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Co. – Newport (opened 1999) ^{[iv] [12]}
• Origin Beer Project – Providence (opened 2020) ^[13]
• Phantom Farms Brewing – Cumberland (opened 2024) ^[14]
• Pivotal Brewing Co. – Bristol and Newport (opened 2021) ^[15]
• Proclamation Ale Company – Warwick (opened 2014) ^{[v] [16] [17]}
• Providence Brewing Company – Providence (founded 1814, relaunched 2016) ^[18]
• Ragged Island Brewing Company – Portsmouth (opened 2017) ^[19]
• Ravenous Brewing Company – Cumberland (Opened 2012) ^{[20] [21]}
• Rejects Beer Company – Middletown (opened 2019) ^[22]
• Taproot Brewing Co. – Middletown (opened 2018) ^{[vi] [23]}
• The Guild Brewing Co. – Pawtucket and Warren (opened 2017) ^[24]
• Tilted Barn Brewery – Exeter (opened 2015) ^[25]
• Tower Hill Brewing Co. – South Kingstown (opened 2024) ^[26]
• Trágmar Ale Works – Bristol (opened 2025) ^[27]
• Vigilant Brewing – Bristol (opened 2022) ^[28]
• Whalers Brewing Company – Wakefield (opened 2015) ^{[29] [30]}

Brewpubs

• Apponaug Brewing Company – Warwick (opened 2018) ^[31]
• Bravo Brewing Company – Pascoag (opened 2020) ^[32]
• Coddington Brewing Company – Middletown (opened 1995) ^{[33] [34]}
• Trinity Brewhouse – Providence (opened 1995) ^{[35] [36]}
• Union Station Brewery – Providence (opened 1993) ^[37]
• West Passage Brewing Co. – North Kingston (opened 2023) ^[38]

Breweries (defunct)

• A. Woelfel & Nicholas Molter Brewery – Providence (1868–1876) ^[39]
• Albert Dinter Brewery – Providence (1875–1877) ^[39]
• Alfred W. Hill & Son Brewery – Newport (1874–1877) ^[39]
• American Brewing Company – Providence (1892–1922) ^[39]
• Beer on Earth – Providence (2018–2022) ^[40]
• Bond Brewing Co. – Warwick (1935–1937) ^[39]
• Bucket Brewery – Pawtucket (2013–2019) ^{[41] [42]}
• Brutopia – Cranston (2014–2018) ^[43]
• Canadian Brewing Co. – Warwick (1934–1934) ^[39]
• Charles Gauch Brewery – Providence (1878–1879) ^[39]
• Consumers Brewing Co. – Providence (1911–1920) ^[39]
• Eagle Brewery – Providence (1877–1899) ^[39]
• Falstaff Brewing Corp. (Narragansett parent company) – Cranston (1965–1984) ^[39]
• Geo. W. Hogue Brewery – Lonsdale (1905–1912) ^[39]
• Hand Brewing Co. – Pawtucket (1898–1920) ^[39]
• Hebe Co. Brewery – Providence (1934–1934) ^[39]
• Henry T. Molter Brewery – Providence (1897–1911) ^[39]
• Herrman Henry Brewery – Providence (1878–1879) ^[39]
• Hollen Brewing Co. Inc. – Warwick (1936–1938) ^[39]
• Hope Brewery – Providence (1991–1992) ^[44]
• James Hanley & Co. Brewery – Providence (1879–1885) ^[39]
• James Hanley Brewing Co. – Providence (1896–1920) ^[39]
• John Blight Brewery – Providence (1867–1875) ^[39]
• John H. Gregory Brewery – Pawtucket (1905–1906) ^[39]
• Keiley aka Keily & Sullivan Brewery – Providence (1873–1877) ^[39]
• Kelly & Baker Brewery – Providence (1860–Unknown) ^[39]
• Kelly & Woefel Brewery – Providence (Unknown–1868) ^[39]
• Kent Brewing Co. – West Warwick (1933–1934) ^[39]
• Linesider Brewing Company – East Greenwich (2018–2023)
• Lombardi Brewing Co. – Warwick (1934–1934) ^[39]
• Merchants Brewery – Providence (1875–1879) ^[39]
• Molter & Oehm Brewery – Providence (1877–1877) ^[39]
• Molter Bros. Brewery – Providence (1895–1897) ^[39]
• Nauman & Gauch Brewery – Providence (1877–1878) ^[39]
• Nicholas Molter Brewery – Providence (1876–1877) ^[39]
• Otis Holmes Brewery – Providence (1835–1862) ^[39]
• Park Brewing Co. – Providence (1899–1913) ^[39]
• Pelatiah Fletcher Brewery – Providence (1875–Unknown) ^[39]
• Revival Brewing Company – Providence (2011–2023) ^{[45] [46]}
• Roger Williams Brewing Corp. – Providence (1933–1940) ^[39]
• Sergeant Baulston Brewery – Providence (1639–Unknown) ^[39]
• Shaidzon Beer Company – West Kingston (2017–2025) ^{[vii] [47]}
• Six Pack Brewing – Bristol (2020–2024) ^[48]
• Smug Brewing Company – Pawtucket (2018–2025) ^{[49] [50]}
• The James Hanley Co. Brewery – Providence (1934–1957) ^[39]
• Tiverton Brewing Co. – Tiverton (1814–1815) ^[39]
• Twelve Guns Brewing – Bristol (2018–2023) ^{[51] [40]}
• Union Brewing Co. – Providence (1910–1910) ^[39]
• Warwick Brewing Co. – Warwick (1933–1935) ^[39]
• W. S. Cooper Brewery – Newport (1877–1882) ^[39]

See also

• Beer in the United States
• List of breweries in the United States
• List of microbreweries

Explanatory notes

1. Formerly located in Cranston, Rhode Island.
2. Second location in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
3. Craft beer offerings are produced exclusively in Rhode Island, while lager production is outsourced to Genesee Brewing Company.
4. Formerly Coastal Extreme Brewing Company.
5. Formerly located in West Kingston, Rhode Island.
6. Owned and operated as part of Newport Vineyards complex in Middletown, Rhode Island.
7. Brewery defunct but brand name and recipes acquired by Newport Craft Brewing in 2024; brand currently produced as a production-only label under Newport Craft.

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