About Elm City Brewing Company
Elm City Brewing Company is a brewpub on West Street in Keene, New Hampshire. Its website says it opened in 1995 and calls itself Keene's first brewery. Google also lists it as an American restaurant, a bar and grill, and a family restaurant.
It is a full-service restaurant with a brewery attached. The website says the beer ranges from German lagers and Belgian dubbels to American IPAs and English porters. It also says the Abbey Dubbel won a gold medal at both the World Beer Cup and the Great American Beer Festival.
The kitchen makes its soups, breads, sauces, salad dressings and desserts fresh daily. The site says it uses locally sourced ingredients whenever it can. Spent grains from brewing go to local farms to feed livestock.
Seating includes mahogany booths and a glass enclosed sun room, and a patio opens in the summer. More people have reviewed Elm City Brewing Company on Google than any other brewery, taproom or beer shop in Keene on this site.
From Elm City Brewing Company's own website and its Google listing, read October 17, 2026.
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Amenities
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
- Wheelchair accessible parking lot
- Wheelchair accessible restroom
- Wheelchair accessible seating
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Questions people ask
Does Elm City Brewing Company serve food?
Yes. It is a full-service restaurant with a kitchen, and its website posts a full menu. The menu includes burgers, sandwiches, salads, soups and fish and chips.
Can I take beer home?
Yes. Its website says 32oz and 64oz growlers are available for take out.
Does Elm City Brewing Company take reservations?
Its website invites you to call for a reservation. It does not take reservations for the patio.
Is it wheelchair accessible?
Google lists a wheelchair accessible entrance, parking lot, restroom and seating.
Which breweries are close by?
Modestman Brewing and Black Cloud Brewing Co. are each 0.5 miles away. Branch and Blade Brewing Company, Inc. is 1.2 miles away.
Answers come from Elm City Brewing Company's website and its Google listing, read October 17, 2026.
Before you visit Elm City Brewing Company
Expect a sit-down restaurant with its own beer, not a small tasting room. The brewpub is in the Colony Mill on West Street. Seating is in booths, in the sun room, or on the patio in summer.
Check the beer list on elmcitybrewing.com before you go, because the selection changes often. The site also has the full menu and a note on holiday closures.
Modestman Brewing and Black Cloud Brewing Co. are each 0.5 miles away. Branch and Blade Brewing Company, Inc. is 1.2 miles away, so a second stop is easy.