Associate Members
Our associate members are trusted partners of the Rhode Island Brewing Community. Learn more about the benefits of associate membership here. Businesses interested in becoming an associate member of the RIBG, to ensure Rhode Island remains a top destination to visit for its beauty and its breweries, should reach RIBG Executive Director, Nils Weldy, nils@ribrewersguild.org.
Amherst Label
Combining expert knowledge, awesome customer service and a huge variety of printing capabilities to create beautiful and functional labels for over 45 years. www.amherstlabel.com
Restaurent
Restaurent is the ‘open-table’ of booking venues. Want to throw your next party at a brewery? You’re only clicks away! Restaurent.com
Econocorp
Econocorp is recognized as a worldwide leader in manufacturing of secondary packaging machinery for industrial automation. Specializing in low to moderate speed cartoning, tray forming, and case packing across multiple industries including craft beverage & beer. Econocorp's purpose is to help solve our customers packaging needs and provide sustainable solutions that increase efficiency, throughput, and ROI.
Boelter
Boelter is a strategic partner to the most successful breweries, distilleries, beverage distributors, wineries, and cidermakers in the country. We provide guidance and essential products to ensure that through every service and season, our partners are performing at their peak.
Our key product categories include glassware, tap handles, coasters, cups, and umbrellas, but we're happy to help with any POS or promotional product need.
CBIZ Financial Services & Business Consulting
CBIZ, Inc. (NYSE: CBZ) is a leading professional services advisor to middle market businesses and organizations nationwide. With unmatched industry knowledge and expertise in accounting, tax, advisory, benefits, insurance, and technology, CBIZ delivers forward-thinking insights and actionable solutions to help clients anticipate what’s next and discover new ways to accelerate growth. CBIZ has more than 10,000 team members across more than 160 locations in 21 major markets coast to coast. For more information, visit www.cbiz.com.
Country Malt Group
Founded in 1996 by the Bechard family, Country Malt Group has grown to be one of the leading providers of quality ingredients and supplies to the Craft Beer Industry. Spanning the United States and Canada, CMG now has thirteen distribution centers located strategically across North America as well as key partnerships that span the world. CMG provides everything from malt and hops to yeast, fruit, and numerous ancillary items. Visit CountryMalt.com
Huntinghouse Hopyard
“Local Hops for Local Brews” GLOCESTER, RHODE ISLAND
Supplying local and regional craft brewers around New England with fresh high-quality hops. huntinghousehopyard.com
Tapped Apple Cidery & Winery
Tapped Apple Cidery & Winery is a multi-generational owned and operated cidery and winery established in 2017 located in downtown Westerly, RI. We create small batch handcrafted apple wines and hard ciders from RI sourced apples. Our hard ciders and apple wines range from dry to sweet. To date, we are Rhode Island's largest handcrafted cidery.
Hart Print
We’re Hart Print, the first company on the planet to introduce digital printing on infinitely recyclable aluminum cans. Our printing technology offers just-in-time delivery, zero set-up costs, unlimited colours, a stunning selection of finishes and no minimum order quantities.
Champlain Valley Hops
Champlain Valley Hops is the largest hop farm in New England. We grow and process premium hops for craft brewers nationwide. 99% of US hops are grown in the Pacific Northwest where there is an established culture around hop farming and fresh hopped beers. CVH is passionate about local agriculture and is proud to give brewers and beer lovers out East greater access to local ingredients with unique flavors that represent the region. Craft beer deserves craft hops!
Stone Leigh Brew Cleaners
Stone-Leigh Brew Cleaners is a local family-owned organization that engineers, manufactures, and distributes the high east quality cleaning blends specific for brewery application. We do this out of Dudley MA, right over the RI border. The organization has a 60-year history in the dairy industry. Experts in cleaning Stainless Steel.
Malteurop
Our ambition is to make the Malteurop Group the unchallenged leader in the malt industry. We want to be the best and generate value in all our modes of collaboration with our brewer customers.
To fulfill this ambition, Malteurop has developed an original concept – occupying the position of market integrator of the barley-malt-beer value chain.
The environment is more than a priority for Malteurop. Our success depends on preserving the natural resources necessary for the production of malt. Thus, we work to make sure that all our agricultural, industrial, and economic activities are respectful of the environment.
Hopsteiner
Hopsteiner is a vertically integrated global hops supplier dedicated to delivering the finest hops and hop products available. Founded in 1845, Hopsteiner is a sixth-generation grower that continues to advance the industry as one of the foremost international hop growing, breeding, trading, and processing firms in the world. Hopsteiner ships hops globally and partners with breweries of all sizes, offering unique hop varieties and innovative hop products designed to enhance flavor, aroma, consistency, and flexibility for brewing and beyond.
Hanna Instruments
Hanna’s analytical and scientific instruments help food manufacturers and beverage companies improve the quality and consistency of their products while ensuring compliance standards. Our solutions help the scientific community and consumers achieve accurate, precise, and repeatable test results through affordable and customized products with personalized customer service. Thousands of consumers and major brands trust Hanna to help produce products from raw ingredients to shelf.
Aptech Graphics
Aptech Graphics is a full-service label printing and promotional products manufacturing company. We have been supplying labels to the beverage industry for over 20 years. Aptech Graphics has the latest technology to help us deliver labels when you need them.
BrewBox
BrewBox is a subscription-based marketplace designed to connect craft beer enthusiasts with exceptional breweries. Our mission is to introduce beer lovers to a diverse selection of high-quality beers, while providing breweries with a platform to reach a broader audience.
Click here to download our app today!
Breweries: showcase your beers on BrewBox - click here!
Linde Gas & Equipment Inc.
Our gases provide the product characteristics that our customers need. Chilled, fresh, fizzy — it’s all possible with Linde gases and application expertise. When you buy from Linde, you get our total system approach, ensuring that you receive products optimized for your operations and 24/7 support from our in-house beverage technologists and engineers.
Linde has the design and installation expertise to tailor the right gas delivery system for your business needs today and to grow your gas delivery system as your business needs and usage increase. With Linde, you can spend less time focused on your gas supply and more time focused on your business.
BankRI
At BankRI we’re committed to helping you reach your goals with a well-crafted and personalized style of banking, financial expertise, and an array of personal, business, commercial and investment services.
Visit us at any of our 22 branch locations or online at www.bankri.com.
Lathrop Insurance
At Lathrop Insurance, we specialize in providing comprehensive insurance solutions tailored specifically for craft brewery owners. We understand the unique risks and challenges faced by breweries, from production and distribution to taproom operations.
Our dedicated team has extensive knowledge of the brewing industry and is committed to providing personalized service and expert advice to ensure your brewery is adequately protected. Let us help you focus on brewing great beer while we take care of your insurance needs.
Contact: James Kane
401-596-2525 (office); 860-573-4882 (cell)
ChemStation
ChemStation tanks eliminate the hassles and costs of ordering, handling, receiving, inventorying, and disposal of “throw-away” and/or “returnable” containers. Our system offers greater employee efficiency and safety, and better environmental practices, with no drums or totes to dispose of or entrust to others for recycling. It is an overall process improvement.
Learn more by contacting Andrew Wise:
USI Insurance Services
USI’s consultative approach, breadth of resources and market leverage helps employers address the employee benefits challenges of limited personnel and budget, rising medical costs and the need to support employees in understanding and using their benefits wisely. We use the same approach for helping employers with commercial risk, by managing and reducing their costs so that they can focus on company growth. Contact: Dan Neidermire, Dan.neidermire@usi.com, employee benefits and Ed Donovan, edward.donovan@usi.com, commercial property lines.
Rippl
Rippl is a Rhode Island-based design studio built up of RI ppl elevating brands through strategic insights & functional design. View their work Contact Hayley Pires and/or Reilly Kons
Johnson & Wales University
Professional Craft Brewing Program
Love a quality craft beer and want to be a part of making it? Gain the knowledge, skills and real-world experience to enter or advance within the craft brewing industry in JWU’s Professional Craft Brewing certificate program.
Arryved POS System
Built with love and expertise by brewery professionals, Arryved is the most trusted software solutions company for craft beer. The flexible, all-in-one system makes service easy so your staff can focus on charming your guests. We are the market leader in Point of Sale, and have Brewery Management and Web Solutions that are trusted by thousands of brewery owners across the industry. Plus, with a full suite of customizable features, you have the freedom to experiment and identify what’s best for business growth. Learn more by requesting a free, personalized demo!
Cool Air Creations
RI-based Cool Air Creations is your source for screen printing, embroidery, promotional products, vehicle wraps, large format graphics and more.
Call us at 888-288-TEES or stop in at the showroom: 10 Business Park Dr. in Smithfield, RI today!
Polaris MEP
Polaris MEP provides competitive business improvement programs to grow Rhode Island’s manufacturing industry. Polaris MEP is a statewide nonprofit organization, an affiliate of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NIST MEP), and a business unit of the University of Rhode Island Research Foundation.
We help Rhode Island Manufacturers with their top line, bottom line, and pipeline. Our consultants have years of manufacturing experience, which they leverage for customized solutions to client needs.
Insurance Marketing Agencies
Safeguarding your craft is our expertise
IMA is one of New England’s largest family owned and operated Independent Insurance agencies. Our agency blends a personal touch with a national presence. Our expert staff includes a former brewer, a brewery owner and an account management staff that consults for and manages several brewery risks throughout New England. We are focused on understanding your operations and conveying your story to our insurance carrier partners to ensure your operations and livelihood is fully protected. Contact Jim Gibson and Eric Ohnmacht at breweries@imaagency.com
Brewers Supply Group
Since 2004, BSG (Brewers Supply Group) has earned the trust of our customers by being a one-stop-shop for the finest brewing ingredients at competitive prices, all backed by outstanding customer service and depth of industry experience.