Hoax Brewing Company - New Haven, Connecticut

Kim V.

This review is for the Hoax Brewery located in Da Legna at NOLO and NOLO.

NOLO is a restaurant that is known for pizza. They make wood fired thin crust pizza; the type of dough they use is sourdough. The beer is brewed by Hoax Brewing and you can see the beer canisters when you first walk in. There is a parking lot and patio area. The restaurant was chic and trendy.

We stopped in on a whim just to try the beers on a Saturda afternoon. The place was packed so it's best if you book reservations. Since we were only getting beer, they let us use the empty table up front. The hosts and servers were very nice and accommodating. I'm a sour beer fan so I tried two of the beers;

1. Raspberry toasted marshmallow sleight of hand: it has hints of raspberry, chocolate, and marshmallow; a very tasty beer! Definitely would order this again and loved the marshmallow flavor, it's unique when it's in beer format.
2. Tropic Thunder: it has notes of raspberry, pineapple, banana, and guava. It was good and reminded me of summertime.

The pizza looked and smelled so good from afar but we were getting dinner elsewhere. Next time, I look forward to trying the pizza out!

beerventurers

Hoax Brewing Company resides in a pizza restaurant - so come hungry. This awesome brewery serves up complementing pints of beer to pair perfectly with the New Haven style pizzas. Hoax brewing offers a wide variety of beers ranging from traditional Italian pilsners to hearty 10% imperial stouts.

Because this is CT, you will obviously need to try a juicy IPA like the Carrier of the Dead; a 6.5% Citra NEIPA. If you’re a fan of sours like me, the Seany Palmer (play on Arnold Palmer) and the Darkside Sour (with hibiscus, passion fruit, orange and guava) will absolutely hit the spot.

Hoax/Da Legna at Nola (restaurant name) have a large and free parking lot, it’s just off of 91 and every pizza we’ve tried these past two years has always been exceptional even by New Haven standards! We highly recommend stopping here for lunch or dinner if you’re traveling through the area.

Hector G. V. A.

Mugsy morning stout is the best, it tastes like coffee beans covered in chocolate with a syrupy finish I love it.

MSR (.

Very solid beer line up. Didn't have any room for food but the pizza looks amazing.

peter A.

Limited beer selection. 4 on draft and 4 to go. No merchandise. Basic attitude at the bar was take it or leave it

SOTO

Hoax is a one of a kind brewery. When it comes to their sour ales, pale ales , or lagers. My personal favorite is their Sad Boi Lager. The Hoax Folks put lots of hard work and care into everything they do. It’s the only beer I drink. If you’re in Connecticut , grab some Hoax!

Megan P.

Great variety of beers here. Everything from IPAs to stouts and even BD seltzers! Something for everyone and a cute place to hang with friends.

Kat M.

Fun spot, awesome live music and their beer is supaaaa tasty. Say hi to Juan Pedro.