Great North is pretty good , Backyard, Long Blue cat, Pipe Dream, 603, Kelsen and FTB all in Londonderry.

To Share is pretty decent on Union St. and as mentioned, great north is right up the road from Candia

Backyard brewery in Manchester. Long blue cat right down the street. From the Barrel and Rockingham in derry. North woods in Northwood.

I haven't been so I can't speak to the quality or experience, but there's Candia Road Brewing Company on Candia rd and Great North Aleworks on Holt Ave

Upvote for Candia - they make some really solid sours

Good to know! I love a good sour

Stark brewing, i find it ok but decent food.

FTB is the tits.

I would add Outhaus if you go to Northwood.

Backyard Brewery and 2 Share are my favorites in Manchester. Nashua, has Spyglass; some of the best beer in the area, including sours. Concord has Feathered Friend with just opened - great stuff. That is all.

Once I found Backyard, I stopped going to Stark.

Pipe Dream makes great beer! Definitely worth checking out OP

So where did you go?

Not Manchester or even NH but if you like sours check out Odd By Nature in Cape Neddick, ME.

We're Just Air Conditioners sounds delicious and I love Branch and Blade. Thanks for the recommendation! I'll definitely be making the trip soon.

How is Blasty Bough Brewing, just up the road in Epsom?

Candia is easily the best spot in manchester for vibes,beer, and food. Other great beer around an hour or less for great beer(assuming you're into NEIPA) able Ebenezer, ( no good but always a regular rotation of food trucks) Kettlehead fantastic food and beer, deciduous, from the barrel.n For non IPA stuff personal preference backyard,concord craft.

Blasty is great.

I have not tried it yet.

If you make it over to the coast, you need to check out Throwback (https://www.throwbackbrewery.com/). It's in a renovated barn and has a cool outside/inside vibe. Beer and food are good as well.

We ended up going to Candia and Great North. We loved Candia. Great North was okay. If I come back to Manchester we’re definitely going back to Candia and then probably somewhere different than Great North!

Always like 2 Share in Manchester on Union and Brook St. Beer is solid, large record collection, free board games, pinball and shuffle puck. Only complaint is I don't care for the name "2 Share", would've gone with "Union St. Brewery" or something but that's irrelevant.