About
Radiant Pig creates innovative, high-quality brews with colorful names and labels reminiscent of the street art found throughout NYC.

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/]
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trapped (8673) reviewed
No Half Steppin: El Dorado from Radiant Pig Craft Beers
7 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can, from Nikki's @ Providence, RI. Pours hazy lemon yellow with foamy small off-white head, citrus aroma, adequate carbonation, medium bitter citrus taste with pineapple flavor, thin body, long smooth finish. A nice brew.
Tried from Can on 05 Dec 2018 at 20:14
trapped (8673) reviewed
TV Party from Radiant Pig Craft Beers
7 years ago
7.3/10 — 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.
Tried from Can on 05 Dec 2018 at 17:17
nimbleprop (17244) reviewed
No Half Steppin: El Dorado from Radiant Pig Craft Beers
7 years ago
6.9/10 — 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
Tried from Can on 23 Nov 2018 at 19:41
Clarkvv (17430) reviewed
Save the Robots from Radiant Pig Craft Beers
7 years ago
6.1/10 — 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.
Tried from Can on 10 Oct 2018 at 22:10
Quick3Beers (3143) reviewed
TV Party from Radiant Pig Craft Beers
8 years ago
6/10 — 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.
Tried from Can on 03 Sep 2018 at 04:26
tfontana (8004) reviewed
Save the Robots from Radiant Pig Craft Beers
8 years ago
7.6/10 — 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.
Tried from Can on 18 Aug 2018 at 13:28
yespr (55614) reviewed
Save the Robots from Radiant Pig Craft Beers
8 years ago
6.1/10 — 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.
Tried from Draft on 22 Jun 2018 at 22:50
wombat23 (6579) reviewed
Save the Robots from Radiant Pig Craft Beers
8 years ago
6.8/10 — 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.
Tried from Can on 08 May 2018 at 03:47
Gripweed57 (9190) reviewed
Gangster Duck from Radiant Pig Craft Beers
8 years ago
7.2/10 — 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.
Tried from Can on 21 Apr 2018 at 05:08
Clarkvv (17430) reviewed
No Half Steppin: Mosaic from Radiant Pig Craft Beers
8 years ago
7.2/10 — 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.
Tried from Draft on 20 Mar 2018 at 17:12