Small Town Breweries

When I go ogle it, I see 737. Naughty naughty...not taking their pills.

 

I don't see Central Waters here...maybe I've missed. A very small town, Amherst, WI.
I've spend my fair share of time there over the last many decades. The town couldn't
exceed 1000, but I'm not checking. Small is small (and the relation: good=small, in some ways).

 

Was there at the end of August, one of the best on the CO tour.

 

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Brugge Brasserie in the heart of Broad Ripple down the street from Butler University (just east of Indianapolis). it's a nice little Belgian themed brewpub that we've frequented at least 50 times over the years. great sours like their blackberry Harvey, boysenberry Pooka, Veta made with Italian plums and an incredible Tripel. the only downfall is they don't do growlers and they only bottled for maybe a year a few years back. i heard they're expanding production so hopefully bottles will be back in the near future

 

I'm waaaay too lazy to look up the populations, but here are a few from WA: Birdsview Brewing, Concrete (yes, we have a town named Concrete, don't judge); Old Schoolhouse, Winthrop; Elkhead, Buckley; Horse Heaven Hills; Prosser; Rocky Coulee, Odessa; Roslyn Brewing, Roslyn; Methow Valley Brewing, Twisp (yes, we have a town named Twisp, don't judge); and Alpine in Oroville. Yeah, not all of Washington is Everett-Seattle-Tacoma. We gots the rurals.

 

FX Matt's Brewing. Utica, NY

 

These guys used to be located in Iowa City and had quality control issues. I can only hope they've improved since then...

 

Worth Brewing in Northwood, IA (1989) - I believe the brewer is a Summit ex-pat...

 

Castle Danger Brewing, Castle Danger, MN.....unincorporated!

 

Pisgah in Black Mountain, NC (pop. 7,877)

Oskar Blues (East Coast branch) in Brevard, NC (pop. 7,609)

 

Voodoo Brewery
Meadville, PA

 

I really like stuff from Alpine and Kern River. Though they're both close to large metropolitan cities, they are located in small towns.

 

2 to list that I like: elm city brewery (keene, nh), they have an 18 mile IPA which is nice and hoppy, and today just went to greenport harbor brewery (greenport, ny) that has a great pumpkin ale, leaf pile.

 

I'll put in a holler for Piney River Brewing in Bucyrus, MO, population 1024. Good canned/draft beers

 

It must be nice living in Decorah, Iowa these days.

 

Sprague Farm & Brew Works in Venango Pa. ( not Venango county) population 288.

 

I really love nice small breweries in small towns, but Brevard, N.C. comes to mind as a small town with a bigger brewery- Oscar Blues. Soon to follow, Mills River with Sierra Nevada. Mother Earth in Kinston and Duck Rabbit in Farmville are notable. There are many more.

 

Endless Brewing is a little place at the bottom of my road, 5 minutes from my house, and they make some good stuff. They've earned prizes at a few local beer festivals.
But my favorite small town brewery would be The North Brewery in Endicott NY. Depends on what your definition of "small town" is...the triple cities area is about 250,000 people in total over an area of 5-6 towns mashed together.

 

The Ship Inn Milford NJ pop 1,233.