Cold Spring Brewery

Nestled among several breweries in Cape May is one that is different from the others for one specific reason: it’s a nonprofit. 

Inside Historic Cold Spring Village, the largest open-air living history museum in New Jersey, Cold Spring Brewery has been serving locals and tourists alike since 2016.

The Cape May County Herald has a good backstory of the brewery's contribution to the overall village. The village was under significant pressure to find new revenue sources outside of the tourist season and the founders alighted on a brewery. It was a great decision.

Annie Salvatore, founder of the Historic Cold Spring Village, told the Herald: "This brewery saved the Village."

During that time more than a few breweries have opened - and some have even closed. But Cold Spring has survived and thrived since then, throughout the pandemic, and now in 2025.