Henniker Brewing

A great little detour if you are on RT 9, the hours are a bit limited. That goes for most everything while visiting my native state, after living out west for 3 years. A big chill tap room, that may just do flights and growlier fills? We each had a flight which was made up of 6 beers, for the stellar price of 5 $ We had had their beer a couple years ago, and the IPA is much improved. I really liked the dry hopped Miles and Miles, The Roast a coffee porter, and the Hopslinger the much improved IPA. I liked the Ocean Born Mary, label I though about buying a shirt, as it is one of the NH ghost, and pirate stories. My dad and grandmother had taken me to her house in Henniker when I was a kid, which is supposedly haunted. I had forgotten about that interesting NH legend, so thanks for making my brain work. The quad was also very nice, it wasn’t horribly sweet, which they can be. A great showing, and again much better honed in beers then when we first tasted a couple years ago.

Delicious beer made with great care. Also, the owners are great guys who are happy to share a wealth of knowledge about their beer if you’re curious.

Vacationing at lake sunapee and we stop here during the week. Ask for Ryan. He knows his beers and he will definitely match up your taste buds to the different types available. The beer is great. Please try it!!!

Have wanted to check out the selection for some time & finally stopped in & chose an amber ale & a summer ale to start with & was delighted with both. I look forward to trying other selections soon!

As good as it gets indeed! All their beers are great but the Working Mans Porter is the best beer anywhere and I have drunk most. The roast is awesome also. Great people, great brews for real people. Visit the brewery if you can, but try the brews you must!

The beer is not bad. It isnt the best either. When going on a tour I really don’t care how much you spent on your equipment. Also I screwed up a beer once amd burned the malt. Tasted just like one of your beers. Also flagship usually means one when it comes to brewers but apparently you have many. Tried once will never have it again. 2 stars for effort but there is a lot more to brewing than marketing

Stopped in a few weeks back on a Sunday, and had a great time. Beers have got much better, more consistent. The workers are also super friendly.

I am self proclaimed beer snob, I like my local beers like my women, classy and not to bitter. This brewery has it. There beer is an art, not because beer making is an art in its self. There beer is AMAZING!!! The brewery itself is very small but the taste is huge. My personal favorite is the workingman’s porter and the new seasonal Home town double brown. The December seasonal the Roast is the best one they put out. That beer is a coffee stout finished with white mountain coffee, amazing beer amazing people and amazing prices. When you go in say hello to Ryan, he pours a mean growler.

It’s fun to visit a small brewery that is working hard to grow its business. I really loved seeing the production at such a modest scale, a refreshing contrast to larger places like Sam Adams or Harpoon. And despite its size, the tour was the most informational one that I’ve been on.
In terms of taste, I really enjoyed the flagship Whipple’s Wheat. The pretzels and mustard they served were also delicious, and being able to play a few games of corn hole topped everything off.
I think Henniker’s well on their way to making it big, so I suggest making a visit while there’s still a uniquely intimate and personal scale to the operation.

Rounding up to four, given that it is a relatively new business and I appreciate the effort going into trying make this a successful operation. We stumbled upon the place while traveling from Boston to Vermont and stopping by Daniel’s Pub down the road. The staff gave us directions, after trying a beer at lunch. It was about a 10 minute drive from the restaurant.
There is a ton of parking at what looks to be a warehouse. Walking in the main entrance to the tap room, you will find several round tables where you can sit and sample. Additionally, there is a small bar are if you’d prefer that type of experience. They had about a half dozen beers on tap and a few more special items in bottles only. All of the taps were available for growler fills. There were also a handful of bottles of each in a small display along one of the walls. Along with the bottles were various t-​shirts (including one that was a riff on Heineken’s red star logo) and pint glasses.
Having tried the Amber at lunch, we tried the Heaven and Hell beers, as well as the Wheat beer. After trying each, we opted to pick up a few bottles of the wheat (as that was our favorite of the samples) as well as the Working Man’s Porter. The staff told us to take us a seat at one of the tables and they brought our samples out to us, a nice touch!
In retrospect, the Porter and Wheat beers were my two favorites. The others were good, but nothing exceptionally notable, in my humble opinion. Though, I do say this with great respect, as I couldn’t imagine undertaking an operation like this. Coming from Boston, where there has been an explosion in micro– and nano-​breweries, I do feel like they may face some stiff beer competition.
It was a worthy find and I am glad that we were able to stop in, sample, and support a local and up-​and-​coming brewer. I wish them the best of success as their operations grow!

For being one of the little guys, the folks at Henniker Brewing Company are doing it right! When we first drove up I was a little surprised at how humble the singe was. I have been to a few places in the mid Atlantic region that look more like a vegas strip than a small micro brewery! So rolling up to a place that felt inviting and wasn’t all up in your face was really nice.
My dad lives in NH and has one of their 64 oz. Growler’s. His Henniker Brewing beer of choice is the Working Mans Porter. This is a fantastic dark brew. I am extremely picky when it comes to dark porters, and I was thoroughly impressed, and have added the Working Mans Porter to my list making it a grand total of 3 porters I now enjoy!
I am a big IPA fan, but again I am a bit of a snob when it comes to my beers. When I have a beer I intend to enjoy it, and enjoy the Hop Slinger I did! This IPA went extremely well with the burgers we put up on the grill. If you are looking for a refreshing IPA at the end of a hard day then I highly recommend the Hop Slinger!
So if you have made plans to visit NH and have not added a trip to the Henniker Brewing Company let me stop you right here and say… WHAT ARE YOU CRAZY??? Add the Henniker Brewing Company to your list of places to visit while in NH. You will not regret it!

Great tour… Honestly one of the best! Great to see the owner stoked about ehat he is doing! The DH is sick FYI. Answered all questions with honesty which was nice ! Keep it up guys ! Love it ’

Kind of off the beaten path, a nice little brewery. Very friendly staff. I liked all the items they had promoting the various beers. Cute touches to give each beer a person’s name. My partner and I picked up some coasters and some larger samples of the beer after having tried it at Daniel’s Pub down the street. I also picked up some Moose kettle corn (locally made) which was delicious. Prices, especially on the beer, were excellent. We’d go again if in the area.