Nothing Sacred Brewing · Our beer is.

CONNECTICUT HOME BREWING / SINCE 2012

our beer is.

Inspired by life. Made with friends.
Simply beers we like to drink.

Explore the beer ↓

NO SINGLE STYLE. NO LITTLE BOXES.

Sunlight shining through steam rising from a Nothing Sacred brewing kettle

SMALL BATCHES.
WIDE-OPEN POSSIBILITIES.01 / NSB

01 / WHAT WE'RE ABOUT

If we find it interesting,
we’ll explore it.

Our beers aren’t focused on any one style, and they don’t all fit nicely into little boxes. They’re simply beers we like to drink.

We take inspiration from life, art, music, movies, food, drinks, friends, and family. Core favorites, seasonal ideas, and experiments all have a place here. We follow our current thirst and never shy away from a challenge. No flavor, ABV, bitterness, or color is too big or too small to try.

Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore it if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world.

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Self-Reliance

02 / THE BEER

Whatever moves us.

A few favorites from the NSB collection.
Past batches, returning ideas, and new inspiration.

AwesomeSauce IPA cans in front of the Oktober can seamer

AN NSB FAVORITE

IPA / HOPPY

AwesomeSauce

A recurring obsession. First place at Smoke in the Valley in 2015 and God Status at Brew w a View in 2016. Xtremely Awesome Double IPA takes the AwesomeSauce idea even further.

NSB / 02

STOUT / DARK

Ka Niu
Kanikona Laka

Chocolate Coconut Milk Stout. First place at the 2018 Brewers Ball.

NSB / 03

FRUITED GOSE / SOUR

Berry
the Dead

Blackberry, blueberry, and black currant. Fourth place at the BJCP-judged Smoke in the Valley competition, 2018.

NSB / 04

STOUT / DARK

German
Chocolate Cake

Dessert inspiration in a glass. Third place at the BJCP-judged Smoke in the Valley competition, 2018.

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PRE-PROHIBITION LAGER

#250

A 2026 brew inspired by America’s 250th anniversary and the lagers that came before.

A collection of our homebrews. Inclusion here doesn’t indicate current availability.

The NSB crew together behind their signed festival bar in matching plum shirts

FRIENDS. FAMILY. A SHARED PASSION FOR BEER.

03 / OUR STORY

A pot. A burner.
A good idea.

Nothing Sacred Brewing began in the summer of 2012 with a pot, a burner, and an extract kit. At its heart: lifelong friends and family who share a passion for beer.

Garret, Jesse, and Tim kept following that curiosity—from backyard batches to festival pours, bigger brew days, and cans to share. The equipment has changed. The reason we brew hasn’t.

Follow the story ↓

2012

The first batch

A pot, a burner, an extract kit. A few batches later, brew in a bag opened the door to all-grain brewing.

THE EARLY YEARS

Room to experiment

A converted cooler mash tun and a 17-gallon kettle brought ten- and fifteen-gallon batches into the mix.

Friends adding grain and stirring the mash together

2017

A bigger brewhouse

A 20-gallon SS Brewtech mash tun, two kettles, pumps, and temperature control marked a new chapter.

THE NEXT CHAPTER

NSB in cans

An Oktober seamer made it possible to put NSB beers in cans. Another way to share what we make.

The NSB canning setup with beer and freshly packaged cans

04 / A LITTLE RECOGNITION

Good beer.
Good company.
A few trophies.

The NSB crew celebrating with a competition trophy

National Homebrew Competition · 2017First place · First roundXtremely Awesome Double IPA — a more intense version of AwesomeSauce.

Smoke in the Valley · 2015First placeAwesomeSauce IPA.

Smoke in the Valley · 2018Third place · BJCP-judged competitionGerman Chocolate Cake Stout.

Smoke in the Valley · 2018Fourth place · BJCP-judged competitionBerry the Dead — blackberry, blueberry, and black currant gose.

Brew w a View · 2016First place · God StatusAwesomeSauce IPA.

Brew w a View · 2016First place · CT Beer Idol#BASIC — apple pie graft; PINESAUCE — red, juicy, piney IPA; Looking Through the Glass — Mosaic blonde.

Brewers Ball · 2018First placeKa Niu Kanikona Laka — Chocolate Coconut Milk Stout.

Brewers Ball · 2019Second place · Three entriesCampfire Stout, Fly IPA, and Scorpion Bowl Fruited Sour.

Brewers Ball · 2019Most Brew-Tal · Fan/podcaster awardEntries: Campfire Stout, Fly IPA, and Scorpion Bowl Fruited Sour.

05 / FROM THE BREWERY

Pages from the past.

A little history from the original NSB website.

Rows of labeled NSB cans beside the seamer

FROM THE ORIGINAL SITE / ARCHIVE

NSB in Cans!

This is not a misprint. Nothing Sacred Brewing’s beers are now in cans!

Read the story ＋

Thanks in large part to Atlantic Data Security (Tim’s job) and OktoberDesign for their efforts to make a canner affordable for the homebrewer.

This announcement is preserved from our original website as part of NSB’s history.

Steam rising from an NSB brew kettle outdoors

NOVEMBER 18, 2017 / ARCHIVE

Brewery Upgrades

A year of hardware upgrades, all in the name of improving the final product.

Read the story ＋

Our Plainville, Connecticut home brewery began with a pot, a burner, and an extract kit in 2012. Brew in a bag came next, followed by a homemade cooler mash tun. A dented 17-gallon kettle doubled the batch size, and a JaDeD King Cobra chiller helped speed up chilling.

The 2017 overhaul began with a Christmas present from Tim’s wife: a 20-gallon SS Brewtech InfuSsion Mash Tun. Two 20-gallon kettles followed, along with pumps, hoses, and valves from BrewHardware and upgraded Bayou Classic KAB6 burners.

Pump-driven transfers, temperature-controlled mashing, and whirlpooling gave the brewers more control and made bigger brew days easier.

06 / BETTER TOGETHER