At only 1,214 square miles, Rhode Island may be the smallest state in America, but it packs a surprisingly mighty punch when it comes to beer. <\/p>\n
The Ocean State, so dubbed thanks to its 400 miles of coastline, is whetting drinkers\u2019 palates with everything from barn houses with 2,000-square-foot barrel aging and wood cellars to places making highly rated hoppy ales, precision-executed lagers, and fun and funky barrel-aged beers. <\/p>\n
Just last year, we named Providence\u2019s Moniker Brewery one of our \u201cTop 17 Breweries to Watch in 2025,\u201d because every single beer they sent us last year (and it was a lot) smashed it, whether a Dortmunder export lager or German pilsner. <\/p>\n
And that\u2019s on top of breweries we already love like Long Live Beerworks and Proclamation Ale Company. <\/p>\n
So call us crazy, but we\u2019re putting Rhode Island on the map as your next go-to beer destination. <\/p>\n
And here are the places that are telling us why. <\/p>\n
The Best Breweries in Rhode Island<\/h2>\nMoniker Brewery<\/h3>\n
432 W Fountain St, Providence, RI 02903 | (401) 648-0150<\/em><\/p>\n Photography courtesy of Emily Frye | Moniker Brewery<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Moniker: Remember that name. <\/p>\n That was our advice when we named this Providence-based brewery to our list of the \u201c17 Best Breweries to Watch in 2025.\u201d<\/a> <\/p>\n Have you heard of them? Well, listen to this because here\u2019s what impressed us so much at the mighty brewery from the smallest state in the country: Not only did we enjoy all the beers they so kindly sent us, but one of the styles that impressed us most is rarely seen in the States\u2014Dortmunder. <\/p>\n We loved this beer so much that we named it to our ranking of \u201c\u201cThe Top Fifteen Beers We Drank in March 2024.\u201d<\/a> <\/p>\n The beer speaks for itself from a brewery nailing everything from esoteric styles (along with that Dortmunder they brewery used to make a flagship cream ale<\/a>) to lagers the likes of German pilsners, Mexican lagers, Czech-style pilsners, and even hoppy ales. <\/p>\n We mentioned Moniker a lot last year, and we expect to hear that name leave our lips many times in the future. <\/p>\n The word is out. Now it\u2019s time for you to go to the place where there\u2019s a beer for everybody. And everybody knows your name. <\/p>\n Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n 40R Sprague St, Providence, RI 02907 | (401) 213-9830<\/em><\/p>\n Photography courtesy of John A. Paradiso<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The highest-rated brewery in Rhode Island on Untappd with a 4.18 rating from 279k reviews, Long Live Beerworks<\/a> celebrated its ninth anniversary at the beginning of 2025. <\/p>\n This Providence-based brewery is one of our favorite under-the-radar breweries in the Northeast for their playful pastry stouts<\/a>, creative sours, and heavenly hazy and double IPAs. <\/p>\n In 2022, co-founder Jessica deBray finally took Long Live Beerworks to a new location in Boston, but if you\u2019re in Rhode Island\u2019s capital, you have to stop by the OG spot to get some of the state\u2019s best beers. <\/p>\n Over the years, we\u2019ve named Long Live Beerworks to \u201cThe Top 12 Beers We Drank in February 2024,\u201d<\/a> \u201c9 Breweries With the Best Pastry Stouts, According to You,\u201d<\/a> and \u201cThe 20 Best Beers to Drink in Spring 2022.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Housed in a renovated factory, Long Live Beerworks\u2019 two-story taproom has plenty on tap to drink for everyone, no matter what you choose. <\/p>\n But if you\u2019re looking for some options, check out winners from the most recent Untappd Community Awards, where Long Live Beerworks nabbed the most medals in the state<\/a> (34), including twelve golds in categories like imperial pastry stout (Otto Notti<\/a>), triple IPA (8th Anniversary<\/a>), and imperial stout (The Night Maiden<\/a>). <\/p>\n Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n One Hemsley Pl, Exeter, RI 02822 | (401) 500-6765<\/em><\/p>\n Living up to its name, Tilted Barn<\/a> used to be in an actual askew farmhouse. Today, a newly built 30-bbl brewhouse and 10,000-square-foot barn houses Untappd\u2019s second-highest-rated brewery in Rhode Island, with its 4.11 rating from 171.5k reviews. <\/p>\n Started by Kara and Matt Richardson, Tilted Barn holds the title of Rhode Island\u2019s original farm brewery, since opening in Exeter in 2014. <\/p>\n The Richardons have always found a way to connect with the land, starting Rhode Island\u2019s first commercial hop farm, Ocean State Hops, in 2007. <\/p>\n We\u2019re sure the two-floor tasting room and gorgeous setting lure folks in, but it\u2019s the expertly crafted hoppy ales and lagers that keep folks around. <\/p>\n In the most recent Untappd Community Awards, Tilted Barn garnered the second-highest collection of medals in the state (20). <\/p>\n A few beers that locked down golds include Toadshade<\/a>, a hazy pale ale, Spruced<\/a>, an American pale wheat, and Strange Design<\/a>, a k\u00f6lsch. <\/p>\n Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n 298 Kilvert St, Warwick, RI 02886 | (401) 787-6450<\/em><\/p>\n Photography courtesy of Hop Culture<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Photography courtesy of Craft Collective<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Lori Whitham took over running the business at Proclamation Ale Company<\/a>, aka PROC, after her husband and founder, Dave Whitham, passed away in December 2020. <\/p>\n With the goal to give its local community fresh, creative craft beer beyond the boring amber ales of the day, this Rhode Island-based brewery isn\u2019t afraid to get a little crazy inside its 2,000-square-foot barrel aging and wood cellar with the state\u2019s largest oak aging and mixed fermentation program, and a 3,000-square-foot tasting room. <\/p>\n Rhode Island\u2019s fourth highest-rated brewery on Untappd, with a respectable 4 rating from 248.5k reviews, PROC locked in ten medals at the Untappd Community Awards. Notably, an Irish dry stout and American light lager took gold, showing just how Proclamation Ale has lived up to its over-ten-year mission. <\/p>\n Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n 50 Sims Ave, Providence, RI 02909 | (401) 203-3065<\/em><\/p>\n Slotting into the spot of Untappd\u2019s third highest-rated brewery in Rhode Island, Buttonwoods Brewery<\/a> has been cranking out beers for the last eight years with one goal in mind: Make the best beer they can. <\/p>\n What does that mean? <\/p>\n Well, highly rated hoppy ales, precision-executed lagers, and fun and funky barrel-aged beers. <\/p>\n For example, The World Is Yours, a 4.2-rated UCA gold-winning double IPA, and Infinite Expansion, a 4.3-rated UCA gold-winning stout. <\/p>\n Originally located in Cranston, Buttonwoods moved to Providence recently, where you\u2019ll probably find founder, co-owner, and head brewer Morgan Snyder serving you. \u201cWe\u2019ve always said Morgan could become best friends with a perfect stranger,\u201d writes the brewery on its website, \u201cand with Buttonwoods, he has always strived to make our space as friendly, open, and encouraging as possible.\u201d <\/p>\n With the motto to make \u201cBeer With Meaning,\u201d Buttonwood spreads the love across the taplist, which currently includes a Berliner weiss, helles, West Coast pilsner, New England pale ale, DIPA, Czech pilsner, Czech amber lager, coffee stout, and Italian pilsner. <\/p>\n Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n 500 Wood St Building 111, Bristol, RI 02809 | With an original location in the historic Bristol Industrial Park in a former aircraft wire mill, Pivotal Brewing Co.<\/a> just launched its new Newport location at the end of May. <\/p>\n Now with two locations, Pivotal has become a staple on the Rhode Island beer scene. <\/p>\n What began as a dream for co-founders Todd Nicholson and Rebecca Ernst, Pivotal represents the duo\u2019s desire to \u201cpivot\u201d into the beer industry from other careers. <\/p>\n When it comes to the beer, Pivotal prides itself on being eclectic. You only need to look at the six awards the Rhode Island brewery picked up in the 2025 Untappd Community Awards to see this, including a gold for a coffee stout, witbier, and West Coast IPA with Mosaic HyperBoost, Mosaic DynaBoost, Strata and Citra, and a silver for a dark lager, m\u00e4rzen, and pilsner with U.S.-grown Lorien hops. <\/p>\n Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n 54 Bristol Ferry Rd, Portsmouth, RI 02871<\/em><\/p>\n We have a soft spot for flora and fauna, so Ragged Island Brewing Company<\/a> could make this list just for a taproom that is \u201cliving.\u201d Inside a former garden center and nursery, Ragged Island has an actual plant wonderland inside.<\/p>\n The Portsmouth-based brewery started in 2017 as a one-bbl brewhouse before growing<\/em> to a thirty-seven-acre farm brewery and ten-barrel operation. <\/p>\n We recommend the award-winning Custom House Coffee Stout<\/a> or D\u00f3nde Est\u00e1 La Biblioteca<\/a> Mexican lager. <\/p>\n Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n 425 W Fountain St #104, Providence, RI 02903 | (401) 307-3236<\/em><\/p>\n Rounding out the top five highest-rated breweries in Rhode Island on Untappd, Origin Beer Project<\/a> locks in a league-leading 4-star rating. <\/p>\n Originally launched by Cheyne and Erika Tessier as an alternating proprietorship at Buttonwoods, Origin Beer Project opened its own spot in 2023. <\/p>\n This nano brewery likes to say it focuses on process over trends, meaning you\u2019ll find everything from old-world low-ABV styles of beer like a 4% ABV nitro British-style golden ale, 4.8% ABV German pilsner, and 5% ABV Grisette spritzer. <\/p>\n Additionally, there\u2019s an extensive non-alcoholic menu with cocktails like an Espresso Phony Negroni, Blood Orange Elderflower Mimosa, and Amaro Falso. <\/p>\n Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n 271 Tockwotton St, Providence, RI 02903 | (401) 437-8970<\/em><\/p>\n C\u2019mon, neighbor, you can\u2019t go to Rhode Island without having a \u2018Gansett! <\/p>\n And we\u2019re not the only ones who think so. <\/p>\n The nineteenth largest craft brewery in the States, according to the Brewers Association, Narragansett\u2019s<\/a> taproom has racked up awards over the last couple of years, including Yankee Magazine\u2019s 2022 \u201cBest of Rhode Island,\u201d Rhode Island Hospitality Associations\u2019 2023 Brewery of the Year, and Rhode Island Monthly\u2019s 2024 best brewery patio. <\/p>\n You might go for the freshest of fresh Narragansett Lager<\/a>, but you\u2019ll get way more than you probably think. <\/p>\n Did you know \u2018Gansett makes a German-style leichtbier, rye lager, dunkelweiss, maibock, English porter, NEIPA, American pale ale, Czech-style pilsner, and coffee milk stout? <\/p>\n Yeah, neither did we. <\/p>\n You\u2019re welcome, neighbor. <\/p>\n![\"moniker](\"http:\/\/www.hopculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/moniker-brewery-state-of-flow-german-pilsner-credit-emily-frye-LEAD3-1024x683.jpg\")
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Proclamation Ale Company<\/h3>\n
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Pivotal Brewing Co. <\/h3>\n
140 Broadway, Newport, RI 02840 | (401) 638-1100<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n
Ragged Island Brewing Company<\/h3>\n
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Origin Beer Project<\/h3>\n
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Honorable Mention<\/h2>\n
Narragansett Brewing Company<\/h3>\n
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