Foolproof Brewing Company

Bill’s brewery tour was the best I have been on! I liked the originality of the tour. It was not boring and was entertaining throughout!

Great tour today at Foolproof! Bill was an awesome tour guide. Enjoyed learning about the brewery and hearing about «a day in the life» of Bill! The tasting was excellent — love the Revery and La Ferme Urbaine. Will definitely be back.

Bill gave us one of the best tours that I have ever had in this industry. He really showed the process from a perspective on which most people can identify. The beer was amazing, and I particularly enjoyed the saison. It had a great aroma, and was crispy and delicious. I would definitely recommend coming and taking the tour. Not only do you get delicious beer, but the tour is refreshingly different from the standard fare. Thanks, Bill!

I have LOVES LOVED LOVED this brewery for several years, sampling their brews at local beer fests and beer bars, so when I was in the area for a long weekend I knew this was going to he a stop in our itenerary.
Foolproof like several other breweries nearby are located in industrial parks near Mineral Springs Road. It’s a bit comical and also awesome to have three breweries within a one mile radius. I can’t tell you how many times I inputted the directions for a brewery only to realize we were heading back to the same area.
Now on to the most important factor… The beers… Rhode Island alcohol laws are interesting, a brewery cannot our you a pint but can offer you a sampling or in other words a flight. Here for $ 9 we got 4 tickets and a pint glass to try what they had on tap. And the pours (which were genrrous) were poured right into our glass, genius. I sampled the IPA, Porter Imperial IPA and their Augtoberfest… all so much better from the tap.
Traffic was pretty light when I was there on a Friday evening so I cannot attest to how busy they get in the weekend but it’s not a place to grab a pint and chat, the law does not allow that which is so much different from other breweries I have visited. I cannot fault Foolproof for this though.
What was extra special was even though tours are on. Saturday one of their brewers was nice enough to give a quick tour and mentioned a possible peanut butter Porter collaboration over the winter. Hell ya!
When our tasting was over I grabbed some cans of the. IPA and Imperial IPA (sold in a 4 pack) and a bomber of the Augtoberfest. Again Rhode Island rules came into play and this was the amounted ounces I was allotted to purchase.
They have tours and a food truck on the weekends so it’s great for a tasting and tour but don’t expect to spend the whole afternoon there unless you purchase multiple samplings.

I’ve been on brewery tours around the world, but I have to say, this is one of my favorites – and it’s within walking distance of my house! I’ve been a fan of Foolproof beers for a few years now, so it was pretty exciting to see where they actually come from. The place is a little hard to find, but it’s right off Mineral Spring – look for the lot full of buses, and there’s also a tiny Foolproof sign, follow the road back to the T and then turn right.
Most brewery tours walk you through the process of brewing – here are the hops, here are the barley, etc. That’s interesting at first, but gets a bit same same after you’ve been to a few places. Well at Foolproof, Bill gave us a «day in the life» tour, where he basically showed us what HE does in a given week at work, and it was really interesting. Plus, since the place is so small – literally and in terms of staff, the work is a lot more hands-​on than you would find at a huge brewery like Guinness or Coors, for instance.
The tour begins in the tasting room, where you get three pours (about half a pint) and a souvenir glass for $ 10. I recommend getting one pour right away and taking it on the tour with you. After that, you go into the brewery itself, which is basically a single room with massive brewing tanks all around. Bill told us that the tour is different depending on who is giving it, so I may even go back and take it again!
They also do a lot of cool events, that I was not previously aware of. For Halloween, there was a Haunted Brewery tour, and this summer they are doing an Augtoberfest, which sounds like a lot of fun. My main takeaway was that these guys are making delicious beers and having a lot of fun doing it, and I’m so glad they are!

Great new brewery with a great IPA. The tour is cool because the place is tiny and the tour lasts about a minute, which leaves more time for samples.

I really enjoyed both of my visits to Foolproof. This is a great, local brewery that opened up a few years back. They offer great beers and are always coming out with new and incentive variations. They continually try to increase their use of local products, which is really nice to see.
They host private events and have free brewery tours and tastings.
It is a small place, but certainly does the job and does it well!
I am looking forward to their yearly Halloween brewery tour/​event… I’ve heard they really go all out and it’s a lot of fun!

Awesome possum! Very fun, everyone was awesome!
Bill and Eric were awesome! Seriously though they were all super friendly and welcoming. Oh and their beer was good. You can’t take that for granted at these small places. Some small places are hit or miss but they were good delicious beers. And they had a porter so Mom was happy!