The Top 10 Craft Breweries in New Brunswick (2026)
New Brunswick is home to 65 active craft breweries — from long-established regional producers to nano-taprooms that opened last year. Rankings below combine Google Reviews with BreweryFinder community reviews using a Bayesian weighted score, so both rating quality and review depth count. Updated monthly.
#1 Grand Falls Brewing Co.
Grand Falls, NB · microbrewery5.0(72 reviews)#2 Heron Bay Brewing
Dalhousie, NB · microbrewery5.0(37 reviews)#3 Hampton Brewing Co. Ltd.
Hampton, NB · microbrewery4.9(148 reviews)#4 Four Rivers Brewing Co.
Bathurst, NB · microbrewery4.9(92 reviews)#5 Cross Creek Brewing Ltd.
Woodstock, NB · microbrewery4.9(33 reviews)#6 Acadie-Broue
Moncton, NB · microbrewery4.9(26 reviews)#7 Tire Shack Brewing Co
Moncton, NB · microbrewery4.8(439 reviews)#8 Happy Craft Brewing
Moncton, NB · microbrewery4.8(280 reviews)#9 Trailway Brewing Co.
Fredericton, NB · microbrewery4.8(244 reviews)#10 Big Axe Brewery
Nackawic, NB · microbrewery4.8(276 reviews)
Frequently asked questions
What is the best-rated craft brewery in New Brunswick?
Grand Falls Brewing Co. currently tops our New Brunswick ranking with a combined 5.0 out of 5 across BreweryFinder and Google Reviews. Rankings use a Bayesian weighted score so this reflects both rating quality and review volume, not just a single glowing review.
How many craft breweries are in New Brunswick?
BreweryFinder tracks 65 active craft breweries in New Brunswick. Of those, 10 have enough combined review volume to rank on this list.
What data are these rankings based on?
These rankings combine 1,647 public reviews collected from Google Reviews (via the Google Places API) with reviews written directly on BreweryFinder.ca. Each brewery's score is a Bayesian weighted average that balances rating quality against review volume, so a brewery with 500 reviews averaging 4.7 outranks one with a handful of perfect scores.
How often are the New Brunswick brewery rankings updated?
Rankings refresh every 30 days when we re-fetch Google Reviews data (Google's Places API terms cap review caching at ~30 days). BreweryFinder community reviews are counted the moment they're posted, so scores can shift between refreshes as new reviews come in.