Radiant Pig Craft Beers
Client Brewer
in New York City,
New York,
United States 🇺🇸
Owned by
Newport Craft Brewing Co.
Established in 2013
The story of Radiant Pig begins in a small Brooklyn apartment in 2013 when a former art school student and homebrewing fanatic decided to merge his two greatest passions: art and craft beer. The name Radiant Pig being a mashup of these two passions.
‘Radiant’ is inspired by Jean-Michel Basquiat, who was dubbed the ‘Radiant Child’ by art critic Rene Ricard. Pig is an acronym that stands for ‘people in gastropubs’, a nod to our customers and anyone who shares a love for craft beer.
Radiant Pig is a favorite amongst beer nerds and novices serving up everything from Hazy IPAs to sours, red ales and lagers. As demand and distribution has grown throughout the Northeast, we’re working on creating a brewery space and taproom in NYC where people can enjoy our beers.
Admin Note: Radiant Pig was acquired by Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling in 2020 [https://www.brewbound.com/news/radiant-pig-acquired-by-newport-craft-brewing-distilling/]
trapped (8300) reviewed TV Party from Radiant Pig Craft Beers 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can, from Nikki's @ Providence, RI. Pours hazy orange with small frothy off-white head, faint citrus aroma, adequate carbonation, medium bitter citrus peel taste with mango, thin body, long citrus-mango finish. Nice, tasty and flavorful.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
16oz can pours a translucent gold with some frothy, white head. Nose has lemon, straw, grass, malt. Flavor is lemony, malt, grass, perfume, some pith. Finishes creamy, lightly bitter. Alright. 7 4 7 3 13
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Save the Robots from Radiant Pig Craft Beers 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Canned 6/14, drunk 9/15/18.
Chill haze, brassy-peach. Dense, white head showing moderate retention.
Ripe canned pineapple in the nose leads to big, malty, booze-accentuated peach-papaya-honey with pine twang/resin on the end.
In the mouth it shows cereal, honey and thick, sweet, pineapple-mango with pine overshadowing everything in a resinous way. Alcohol on the finish. Moderate carbonation and could use more attenuation. Definitely less booze. Not sure why Dorchester Brewing has so much alcohol apparent in all of their beers.
Quick3Beers (3145) reviewed TV Party from Radiant Pig Craft Beers 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pours an amber from a can. Fruity aroma, somewhat tropical, similar flavor, maybe mango. Good beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
Can pour into shaker pint glass from Andover Liquors. Appearance is hazy light yellow with greenish tinge, no sparkle, finger-width white head with poor retention and no lacing. Aroma is strong grapefruit, mild citrus and hints of musk. Taste is stronger musk/herb than aroma, milder grapefruit than aroma, not a huge amount of citrus/tropical fruit. Palate is light-to-medium bodied, smooth texture with late fruit and pleasantly bitter finish. Overall, decent complexity and different balance between aroma and taste.
yespr (55501) reviewed Save the Robots from Radiant Pig Craft Beers 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From tap. Pours cloudy yellow, small white head. Aroma is crisp hoppy, slight fruity. Mellow, slight sweet. Slight strawberry hoppy. Bitter and mellow fruity finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Hazy yellow, white head. Aroma and taste of citrus, pineapple, tropical fruit, pine, resin. Pretty good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
16 ounce can. Bright copper, red color. Large, firm beige head. Faint toasted malt nose has metallic, bean-like notes. Tangy, sourdough toasted malt flavor. Medium bodied and smooth. Tart, bitter, cathartic, xenophobic finish. Unmistakable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Draught at Brewer's Tap, 10/19/17.
Moderately hazy, soft, straw-yellow golden with a small-to-medium sized white head showing moderate retention.
Good amount of juicy hop character in the nose is softened by moderate malt backing. Honey, biscuit, vanilla and such with a pretty clean finish that doesn't have the typical strong resin and green onion/green pepper from Mosaic.
In the mouth it's light, moderately juicy, with long biscuit and well-attenuated grainy notes leading to lemon, nectarine and light grapefruit. Clean and with no alcohol and low resin. Nothing flashy, but competent and nicely avoiding the common Mosaic pitfalls.
tfontana (7277) reviewed Junior IPA from Radiant Pig Craft Beers 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can pour into nonic pint glass from Andover Liquors. Appearance is hazy yellow-orange with nice sparkle, 1.5-finger width foamy white head with good retention and decent soapy lacing. Aroma is moderate tropical fruit, orange/citrus over malt base. Taste is cracker malt, restrained tropical fruit and citrus. Palate is medium bodied with foamy texture, average carbonation and dry, bittersweet finish. Overall, decent aroma and flavor for a session, with decent complexity.