Tuckerman Brewing Company

So happy to have visited Tuckerman on my recent trip up to NH. The beer was worth the drive up and the staff was fun and knowlegeable. if you are in the area and looking for something fun to do stop by the brewery.

What a neat concept, the brewery is right behind the tasting bar and there’s games to play while you indulge in great craft brew. The staff is sweet and happy to talk with the patrons… Take a trip and enjoy the great atmosphere + delicious beer.

The new facility is a huge step up from the old brewery on the other side of the parking lot.
The new facility has a much greater capacity and you will find some «brewery only» beers on tap at the new tasting counter. They sell flights, pints and growlers to go. There are seats at the counter and picnic tables. On a recent visit there was a cornhole game going. I saw a poster advertising live music the following night. They do have water and a few snacks for sale as well as plenty of Tuckerman swag. Tours are also offered at scheduled times.
If you are a fan of craft beer or just beer for that matter, it’s worth a stop.

Nice IPAbut the kolsch and the wet hopped seasonal ale were the best. Tour was very good. Disappointing that you can only order taster flights and not pints.

Easy going atmosphere. $ 5 to sample 5 beers on tap, not bad! Plus they had a few dogs hanging around which was nice. I’d go back next time we are in the area. Hopefully they will have the 6288 stout brewing so we can try it.

This is a review just of the beer, not the brewery itself.
This is a pretty solid beer from New Hampshire. My favorites include the Pale Ale, and the Altitude. If you haven’t tried one yet, its well worth a pint or two.

They do a 3PM tour every Saturday for free! You can buy your tasting glass (I think it was $ 5.) and Tuckerman’s offers a variety of shirts and other souvenir items. I picked up a little something for my brewery t-​shirt collection…
The tour is short and sweet, but informative and there is plenty of time for questions and for hanging out and sipping some free brews. This may have been the most laid back, relaxing brewery tour I’ve ever been on!
Tuckerman’s had 3 beers on tap the day we visited and my favorite was the Altitude, which was an amped up, higher ABV version of the Headwall Brown Ale. We liked it so much that we brought home a 6 pack! They do kegs too and they are sold all over New England. Check their website for details.

FINALLY! We made it to a tour! The first time, our GPS took us to their old location. They’d moved but the software hadn’t been updated (and we update maps pretty regularly) confused, we left. The second time, they were closed. Third times a charm, I guess.
We got lucky. Or unlucky as the case may be but this was a good consolation prize. We attempted a winter ascent up Mount Washington along one of the lesser used routes, Nelson Crag, not so successful. Nobody’d been up since the last snowfall, so we were breaking trail. Soft power up to our knees, factor in the boulders with 6 foot snowdrifts and the 60 degree slopes with ice underneath, and after switching snowshoes for crampons and back to snowshoes, and sliding down twice as far as we’d just climbed up too many times to count, we concluded our attempts were futile. Our last half mile took two hours (after a relatively easy first few) and we decided were we to make it to the top, we’d never make it down by sunset, not at that pace; so we turned back, and were back at pinkham notch by 2:30. We asked the nice guy at the desk if he knew how to get to the Brewery, since we couldn’t remember where the right location was, and he was kind enough to call for us, he said the machine said the tour was at 3, and we bolted out of there as fast as we could!
We got there a tad late but hopped on for the rest of the tour and then went upstairs for some tasting. Good tour, very good beer, we bought a case of the yummy alt to bring home, highly recommended. Too bad the only tour of the week is at 3pm: a time when, if I’m in New Hampshire, I’m usually still on a mountain.

Having unsuccessfully snowshoed Mt Washington due to deep soft powder at 3500 feet on the Nelson Crag trail, we decided to attempt and get to the 3PM Saturday tour. However, we ended up getting there more around 3:30PM due to North Conway and Conway traffic. Luckily we were still able to attach to the tour. (Previously, we had attempted to check out Tuckerman Brewing Company twice and the first time we were unable to locate them during their relocation and the second time they were closed.)
The tour was very thorough and informative, having been provided by the head brewer. Before and after there was opportunity to sample the beer — Pale, Alt (Brown), and Stout. The beer is very good and I am quite happy other breweries still bottle condition. We ended up picking up a case of the Alt (Brown) and would have also purchased a case of the Stout if it wasnt 40 $. All other cases were 25 $ each. Quite hard to stomach 40 $ when I have a sixtel on tap of Porter from a local brewery in NJ (which only cost 50 $).
Apart from beer, they have a little store which has shirts, glasses, etc for sale. Unfortunately, did not see any metal tacker signs which I collect for my bar. Was pleased however to see copies of the various regional brew publications available.
Will definitely be back here again when in the area and will have to remember to bring up a growler of Cricket Hill Alt for the head brewer.

Took the Saturday 3 pm tour. We drank about 2 pints of beer each at no charge. Highly discounted beer after the tour for purchase… A case for $ 25. The guide was knowledgeable, & and joked around with ya. I randomly wore a Sam Adams shirt to the brewery, & we joked about it through the tour.