Hop Haus

What Hop Haus does

Hop Haus is a privately held restaurant group founded in 2014 by Mike Miller and headquartered in Plantsville, Connecticut. The company operates a multi-venue Connecticut hospitality portfolio under the Hop Haus Restaurant Group umbrella, including the Hop Häus Southington Lounge (28 W Main St, Plantsville), the Hop Häus Berlin Restaurant (9 Steele Blvd, Berlin), and the wholly-owned Salty Dog Tavern in Milldale, CT, which was added in 2022. Hop Haus positions itself as a craft beer gastropub concept combining neighborhood pub comfort with a chef-driven kitchen, offering 28–30 rotating draft beers (Untappd-integrated at Berlin), craft cocktails, specialty coffee drinks, and elevated pub fare across its locations.

The business runs on a direct-to-consumer restaurant model with dine-in, takeout, delivery, and offsite catering services, supported by ToastTab for online ordering, gift cards, and reservations, plus the Eat. Drink. Earn. Club loyalty program (1 point per $2 spent, $6 redemption per 100 points, birthday and weekday-lunch bonuses). Pricing is unit-based on menu items (draft beers $3.00–$9.75, cans/seltzers $5.75–$10.25) with Hoppy Hour discounts; revenue streams also include gift card sales, loyalty-driven repeat visits, and a branded Fan Gear merchandise channel. Customer segments are local community residents, craft beer enthusiasts, and late-night social crowds in the Connecticut market, with marketing concentrated on Facebook, Instagram, and recurring community events such as weekly trivia, live music, and karaoke.

Name

Hop Haus

Legal name

Hop Haus

Website

https://hophauscraftbeer.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hop Haus is a privately held Connecticut restaurant group founded by Mike Miller in 2014, operating the Hop Häus Southington Lounge, Hop Häus Berlin Restaurant, and The Salty Dog Tavern. It serves local community diners and craft beer enthusiasts with rotating draft beer programs, chef-driven gastropub fare, online ordering, and a points-based loyalty program.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Gastropub Restaurants

NAICS

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (722410), Full-Service Restaurants (722511)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Pubs & Gastropubs (THAFAEAB)

Keywords

• Craft beer restaurant
• Gastropub dining
• Neighborhood pub
• Offsite catering
• Craft cocktail lounge

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Food and Beverage Sales: Primary revenue from selling food and beverages directly to dine-in, takeout, and delivery customers at two restaurant locations.
2. Gift Card Sales: Digital and physical gift cards sold through ToastTab platform for both Southington and Berlin locations.
3. Loyalty Program: Points-based loyalty program (Eat. Drink. Earn. Club) where customers earn 1 point per $2 spent and redeem for discounts. Generates repeat visits and customer retention.
4. Offsite Catering: Restaurant, Lounge & Offsite Catering services offered as part of the business model.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Hop Haus operates two craft beer gastropub locations in Connecticut: the Berlin Restaurant (a full-service gastropub offering chef-driven food and 30+ rotating craft beers on tap) and the Southington Lounge (an evening-focused lounge featuring craft cocktails, coffee drinks, spirit-free options, and a late-night kitchen with 28+ rotating craft beers). The group also offers offsite catering, digital gift cards, and the Eat. Drink. Earn. Club loyalty program, supported by ToastTab online ordering.

Product overview

Hop Häus Restaurant Group operates two distinct craft eatery locations—Hop Häus Berlin Restaurant (gastropub) and Hop Häus Southington Lounge (evening/late-night focused lounge)—as the core hospitality offerings. Both locations share a unified craft beer program with rotating taps powered by Untappd, online ordering via Toast Tab, a unified loyalty program (Eat. Drink. Earn. Club), and gift card systems. The Southington Lounge is differentiated by its craft cocktail program, coffee drinks, spirit-free options, and late-night kitchen. The portfolio also includes Fan Gear merchandise and offsite catering services. The company is led by founder Mike Miller and operates under the Hop Häus Restaurant Group umbrella, with affiliated brand The Salty Dog Tavern in Milldale, CT.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 28 rotating craft beers on tap at Southington, 30 rotating drafts at Berlin
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Blue Hills OrchardminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHop Haus partnered with Blue Hills Orchard to produce an exclusive unfiltered hard cider reminiscent of their farmstand cider, featuring McIntosh variety blended with other New England favorites. This cider is served at the Berlin location.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Black Hog Brewing Co. Naugatuck, CT craft brewery with a taproom focused on local Connecticut beer drinkers; also a featured Hop Haus supplier and competitor for the same local craft beer experience.
• New England Brewing Company: Woodbridge, CT craft brewery operating a taproom that draws the same Connecticut craft beer demographic; featured supplier on Hop Haus's rotating tap list.
• Counter Weight Brewing Company: Hamden, CT craft brewery with a tasting room that competes for the same CT craft beer enthusiast segment; also a featured Hop Haus beer partner (2022 World Beer Cup Silver Medal winner Workhorse Pilsner).
• Willimantic Brewing Company: Connecticut brewpub combining house-brewed beer with a full gastropub kitchen, trivia nights, and live entertainment. Operates the same hybrid restaurant/brewing concept in a CT downtown that Hop Haus targets.
• City Steam Brewery: Hartford, CT brewpub and restaurant serving house-brewed beer alongside a full menu in a casual pub setting. Closest urban analog to Hop Haus's gastropub-plus-craft-beer model in Connecticut.

Broad incumbents

• Yard House: National gastropub chain with 100+ taps of craft beer and a full bar/food menu. Competes with Hop Haus for craft beer diners but at vastly larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• BJ's Restaurant Brewhouse: National casual-dining chain with house-brewed beer, deep tap lists, and pub-style food menus. Direct competitive overlap on the 'gastropub + craft beer + full menu' positioning, but at national scale.
• Buffalo Wild Wings: National sports bar chain combining a wide beer selection, full bar, and casual food menu. Competes for the same after-work, sports-viewing, late-evening casual diners in Connecticut markets.

Regional players

• Stony Creek Brewery: Branford, CT craft brewery with a taproom and restaurant serving elevated pub food alongside house beer. Comparable Connecticut craft hospitality concept but located on the shoreline rather than central CT.
• Two Roads Brewing Company: Stratford, CT craft brewery with a large tasting room, food program, and events. Operates a comparable CT-based craft beer hospitality experience but in a different region than Hop Haus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/hophausberlin
• Instagraminstagram.com/hop_haus
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hop-haus

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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