Marty Schwartz, Willimantic Brewing Company and David Wollner, Manager and Brewer, Willimantic Brewing Company during the Onyx Moonshine Secret Stash Beer Bash Festival event in August 2015.

Willimantic Brewing Company located in Willimantic has been recognized as the best beer bar in Connecticut in the annual Great American Beer Bars competition conducted by Craftbeer.com, the Brewers Association website for beer lovers. Craftbeer.com readers were recently polled to determine the best beer bar in all 50 states and Washington D.C. “CraftBeer.com readers know craft beer and 9,000 of them took the time to cast their vote rewarding their favorite beer bar in each state,” said Julia Herz, publisher of CraftBeer.com. “Cheers to each of the winners and the ever-increasing diversity of our local beer movement here in the U.S.” Willimantic Brewing Company features 40 draught lines and offers about 18 beer varieties in bottles and cans.