If you are looking for a world-class facility with a team dedicated to making your product the best it can be, you’ve come to the right place to learn more.
Two Roads Brewing Company in Stratford, CT is owned and managed by beer industry veterans with extensive experience. We are the first brewery to be designed, built and staffed to offer contract services including craft beer, barrel aged products, hard seltzers and RTD cocktails. We also produce our own line of beers under the Two Roads brand name. In 2020, the combined production of Two Roads and contract brands ranked us as the 19th largest independent craft brewer according to data compiled by the Brewer’s Association. Over the years the brewery has produced beer, RTD cocktails, and seltzers for numerous satisfied customers. We enjoy a very positive, open and friendly relationship with each of our contract customers. They are welcomed at our brewery at any time without an appointment.
Two Roads was founded by partners with over 75 years of experience in the beer industry. Brad Hittle, CEO, worked for Labatt USA and Pabst Brewing Company as Chief Marketing Officer. Phil Markowski, Master Brewer, has been brewing commercially since 1989. Prior to Two Roads, Phil was at New England Brewing Company and Southampton Publick House and he has won dozens of GABF and World Beer Cup medals. Clem Pellani, Chief Commercial Officer, worked with Brad at Labatt USA and with Phil at New England Brewing Company, and he had prior marketing and sales roles at EJ Gallo and Pabst Brewing Company. Peter Doering, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, had a career in energy finance before joining Derektor Shipyards as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Two Roads VP of Production, Mark Allen, joined the company in 2023. He has 30 years of Production roles at Uinta Brewing, Anchor Brewing and Pepsi Bottling Group. Mark oversees the Brewing, Packaging, Customer Service, QA, Warehousing and Maintenance departments at Two Roads.
Located in Stratford, Connecticut, the brewery is situated in an ideal location to serve customers and distributors throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic areas of the US. In fact, approximately 100 million people are within a 500-mile radius of Stratford.
The brewery sits ¼ mile from I-95, the major trucking artery of the eastern seaboard, and is 56 miles to New York City, 134 to Boston, 136 to Philadelphia and 260 to D.C.
Two Roads fully owns two large manufacturing facilities on 9.25 acres that total 125,000 square feet including outlying storage buildings. The main building is a renovated brick factory that was constructed in 1911 with additions in 1946 and 1954. Upon acquiring the building in 2012, it was gutted, cleaned, painted and then new floors, drainage, electrical systems, boilers, and lighting were installed.
Area Two, the company’s innovation center, is located at bookends with the main facility. This state-of-the-art facility houses our pilot brewery, (7) 100-barrel fermenters, (4) 200-barrel fermenters, and abundant barrel-aging and foeder-aging infrastructure. It also has its own dedicated lab and craft distillery within its walls.
Our brewing system was installed in 2012 and is state of the art and fully automated using Braumat (Siemens based). Below is a list of our capabilities and equipment.
| Production Line | Format Capabilities | Speed / Output | Key Equipment Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can Line |
Sizes: 12, 16, 19.2 oz (202 dia. lids) Packs: 4, 6, 12, 15 pk (Carton); 4, 6 pk (Hi Cone) |
1,000 cases/hr |
KHS 36 valve filler Krones tunnel pasteurizer Switchback cartoner Automated palletizer & Case weigher |
| Bottle Line |
Sizes: 12oz (heritage/long neck), 22oz Packs: 6, 12 pk |
700 cases/hr (300 BPM) |
CFT 40 Valve Filler (Tri-block) P.E. Auto Labeler (Cold glue & PSL) Crowner |
| Kegging Line | Sizes: 1/2 Bbl, 1/6 Bbl | 100 units/hr | Comac 4-head filler |
| Warehousing | Storage: 40,000 sq. ft. | N/A | Full storage and logistics support |
Our packaging lines were installed in 2012 and 2013 and consistently deliver high quality packaged products with low dissolved oxygen levels to enhance your product’s shelf life and consumer experience.
| Container Type | Unit Sizes | Pack Configurations | Labeling & Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cans | 12 oz, 16 oz, 19.2 oz (202 dia. lids) |
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Standard Printed Cans or Sleeved (if applicable) |
| Bottles |
12 oz (Heritage/Long Neck) 22 oz |
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Auto Labeler: Cold Glue & PSL (Up to 3-label combination) |
| Kegs | 1/2 Barrel, 1/6 Barrel | Bulk / Palletized | Standard Keg Collars/Caps |
The quality system at Two Roads combines a highly experienced team and the diligence of data analysis to go beyond expectations for delivering consistency, including a manager specifically dedicated to food safety. Quality checks in the areas of microbiology, chemistry, sensory and packaging integrity are performed by trained QA Technicians and Analysts. Our customers have access to in-process and final data through their own DropBox account.
Our sensory program has a dedicated analyst who oversees 20 active panelists trained on a dozen compounds. Every batch is screened for trueness-to-brand both in the brite tank and in package, and if desired, throughout its shelf life.
Our lab equipment includes top-of-the-line instrumentation such as:
| Equipment / System | Application / Analysis |
|---|---|
| Anton-Paar DMA alcolyzer | For alcohol and densities |
| Hach 6110 Total Package Analyzer | For CO2, O2 (both liquid and headspace), fill volume, TPO and N2 |
| Perkin Elmer Clarus 680 headspace autosampler | For GC/MS analysis of VDK, measured in ppb |
| BioMerieux GeneUp PCR system | For multi-channel detection of beer spoilers |
| CMC Kuhnke system | Can seam teardown equipment and imaging software for can seam integrity |
| (3) Anton-Paar cBoxes | For at-line CO2 and DO |
| Haffmans Pentair CDGM | For DO and CO2 |
| DraughtLab software | For sensory data collection and analysis |
| Rotec test keg | In 1/6 bbls size |
| Nexcelom cellometer | For yeast counting |
| ThermoScientific spectrophotometer | For color and IBU analysis |
| Hach Turbidimeter | For haze |
Our Supply Chain Department is staffed and trained for ultimate customer service. We help you with ordering, planning, purchasing, inventory management, warehousing, and shipping. TRB utilizes an SAP Business One ERP platform called Orchestrated Beer, which is tailored to the beer industry and provides both a scheduling system and a purchasing system to streamline the process.
For inquiries about contract production please contact Brad and Mark.
