Franconia Notch Brewing Company
Littleton, New Hampshire · 1995–2005
Some places leave a mark that outlasts the building.
Franconia Notch Brewing Company operated for ten years in Littleton, New Hampshire — a one-man production brewery that somehow became one of the best-known craft beer operations in New England. Its beers won awards, crossed state lines, and inspired the kind of loyalty that has people still telling brewery stories twenty years after the doors closed.
This site is for the people who were there, and for anyone who wants to know what they missed.
"New Hampshire's smallest brewery.
Label text · Grail Pale Ale · 1997–2005
New Hampshire's best beer."
Explore the History
Our Story
How one person built a brewery from scratch — and changed New Hampshire's beer laws along the way.
Read more →The Beers
Grail Pale Ale, River Driver, Mountain Stout, and the seasonals that made every visit different.
Read more →The Rarities
Whiskey barrel beer before it was a thing. A lambic approaching thirty years old.
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The building, the brewery, the events, and the beer — in photographs.
Read more →Archive
Federal records, original documents, and the paper trail of a brewery that predated the internet.
Read more →Remember Us?
If you were there — as a customer, a regular, or just someone passing through — we'd love to hear from you.
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