HOAX BREWING CO.
Owners Sean Ricci and Austin Scott met while working at beer bars together. Their passion for brewing began with a 5-gallon pot and late nights in Ricci’s kitchen. Ricci says, “We built a draft system and turned my garage into a bar so we could host parties and have our friends try our beer.” After falling in love with the process and the art of beer the boys needed to learn more, to become better, to master their craft. After working in the commercial beer industry for a short time Ricci and Scott decided it was time to bring their backyard dream to a reality. With no investors, no bank loans, just a few thousand dollars each in their savings accounts, Ricci and Scott emptied everything they had financially, mentally, and emotionally into one single batch of beer. Thus Hoax was officially created on Saturday March 24 th 2018. The name Hoax came from their eagerness to deliver quality homebrews to their friends and fans but not wanting to take the time to come up with the “perfect” name. Ricci suggested just using Fake or Counterfeit, or Hoax as a placeholder at the time, Hoax was chosen, and the name stuck. Over the past 6 years the boys have turned that single batch of beer into a thriving business still sticking to their DIY roots self-distributing and delivering the beers by hand to over 500 accounts throughout the entire state of CT. To this day owner Austin Scott will be the one walking into your bar to deliver your keg with a smile on his face.
Location & Hours
Nolo
687 State St
New Haven, CT 06511
nolo brewpub hours
Monday 5PM–12aM
Tuesday closed
wedneSDAY 5PM–12aM
THURSDAY 5PM–1aM
FRIDAY 12PM–2aM
SATURDAY 12PM–2aM
SUNDAY 12PM–10PM
CURRENT BEERS
4 packs
Save A Horse
India Pale Ale, 5% ABV
Brewed in collaboration with mathcore OG’s Heavy Heavy Low Low. Save A Horse is a sessionable Hazy New England style IPA with a West Coast flavor profile dry hopped with all Simcoe hops and a light bitterness, this beer is perfect for exploring the cosmos or surfing the void.
Save a horse ride this cowboy
$16 per 4 pack + tax and deposit
Sasquatch’s Dark Dive
Munich Dunkel Lager, 4.8% ABV
Brewed in collaboration with stoner rock legends Sasquatch. This amazingly crushable beer take a Dark Dive into the depths of German lagers. Dark Dive is packed full of delicious notes of chocolate, roasted malts, toffee, biscuit and caramel.
$15 per 4 pack + tax and deposit
Sad Boi Beer
Emotional support lager, 5% ABV
Sad Boi Beer is a collaboration beer brewed with the tears from all our friends at Emo Night CT
$12 per 4 pack + tax and deposit
Carrier of the dead
New England IPA, 6.5% ABV
New England style IPA brewed with all Citra and Citra Cryo hops
$16 per 4 pack + tax and deposit
Dino Spumoni
Hot Chocolate Imperial Milk Stout, 8% ABV
Imperial Milk Stout brewed with loads of premium hot chocolate, milk sugar, marshmallows, and vanilla.
$16 per 4 pack + tax and deposit
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Hoax Lager
American Lager, 5% ABV
Light, Crisp, and Crushable
$12 per 4 pack + tax and deposit
Cotton Candy Sleight Of Hand
SOUR ALE, 4.5% ABV
A Cotton Candy inspired sour ale that brings on waves of flavor and nostalgia with each sip.
*Contains Lactose
$17 per 4 pack + tax and deposit
Seany Palmer
SOUR ALE, 4.5% ABV
Sour ale brewed with fresh pressed lemon juice, a blend of black tea
$17 per 4 pack + tax and deposit
Miss Daisy
Double IPA, 8% ABV
Double IPA brewed with Citra, Strata, and Rakau hops
$17 per 4 pack + tax and deposit
Apple Pie SLEIGHT OF HAND
SOUR ALE, 4.5% ABV
Sour ale brewed with apple, vanilla and spices
*Contains Lactose
$17 per 4 pack + tax and deposit
Beauty Parade: Birthday Cake
Milkshake IPA, 6.5% ABV
Its that time of the year again. Happy birthday to us!! We brewed ourselves up some birthday cake in a can. Big notes of Funfetti cake and vanilla frosting.
$17 per 4 pack + tax and deposit
Intergalactic Space Rainbows
Rainbow Sherbet SOUR ALE, 6.0% ABV
Sour ale brewed with Raspberry, Orange, and Lime
$20 per 4 pack + tax and deposit
Peach SLEIGHT OF HAND
SOUR ALE, 4.5% ABV
Sour ale brewed withPeaches
$17 per 4 pack + tax and deposit
General Admission
Italian style Pilsner, 5% ABV
Italian Style Pilsner lightly dry hopped with noble hops.
$15 per 4 pack + tax and deposit
Raspberry SLEIGHT OF HAND
SOUR ALE, 4.5% ABV
Sour ale brewed Raspberries
$17 per 4 pack + tax and deposit
Bitchin Aquarium
strawberry Wheat, 5.6% ABV
Wheat Ale brewed with Strawberries
$16 per 4 pack + tax and deposit
nutmeg state of mind
Imperial Breakfast Stout, 10% ABV
Imperial Stout brewed with Local Maple Syrup from Winter Winds Farms, Locally Roasted Coffee from Perkatory Coffee Roaster, and a touch of Nutmeg
$17 per 4 pack + tax and deposit
Dr. Spruce
IPA, 6.5% ABV
IPA brewed with Locally Foraged Spruce and Juniper Berries. Dry Hopped
$15 per 4 pack + tax and deposit
Killer Limes From Outer Space
sour ALE, 6% ABV
Sour Ale Brewed with Lime and Vanilla
$17 per 4 pack + tax and deposit
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Stash JAR
Terpene Infused IPA, 6.5% ABV
New England Style IPA infused with Terpenes from our favorite strains of cannabis
$18 per 4 pack + tax and deposit
Long daY, LOW PAY
AMERICAN PALE ALE, 5.0% ABV
Single Hop American Pale Ale brewed with Cashmere Hops
$10 per 4 pack + tax and deposit
BEERS No longer in production
Buy Our Beer
We are a completely self distributed brewing company serving over 500 accounts throughout the entire state of Connecticut. If you would like to order our beer for your package store or restaurant please contact our owners Sean Ricci or
Hoax at Nolo
Come visit us for a wood fired pizza at our brewpub located in downtown New Haven, the pizza capital of the world. We offer fun and experimental brews all produced in house as well as delicious cocktails, pizza, entertainment and more. Be sure not to miss out on free live music every Wednesday and Thursday night! Pizza and 4 packs are available for pickup!
Nolo is located at 687 State St. New Haven, CT 06512
