Archive record · Brewery
Elm City Brewing Company
Keene, New Hampshire, USA
- Founded
- 1995
- Archive ID
- TB-EBWA4BZK
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
Address: 222 West Street, Colony Mill. Opened December 10, 1995 after roughly three years of planning by Debra Rivest and brothers Tony and Peter Poanessa. The current official site confirms Elm City remains an active full-service restaurant and brewery at Colony Mill and states it has brewed since 1995.
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Events
- Keene craft-brewpub era beginsDate unknown
Event · Keene
Elm City opened December 10, 1995 at Colony Mill and remains active in 2026, creating a direct bridge from the early modern NH brewpub era to today.
The People
Behind the beer
The Beer Library
Beers
Abbey Dubbel
RetiredBelgian Dubbel
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Awards
- 2018
Gold — Belgian-Style Dubbel or Belgian-Style Quadrupel — Abbey Dubbel
World Beer Cup
- 2016
Gold — Belgian-Style Dubbel or Quadrupel — Abbey Dubbel
Great American Beer Festival
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