This is Absurd Drinking and Reviewing a LOT of Connecticut Beer Jump Down to the list [2016 Update: With breweries now opening every couple of months in Connecticut, I need to amend something. Whenever you read on any page that "I will drink every beer in Connecticut" or some variant thereof on any older pages … [Read more...]
Hog Water
Black Hog Brewing Hog Water IPA 1 pint & one 16 oz can, $?, 7% ABV Purchased at Lucky Taco, Manchester & a store April 2016 and August 2017 2017 Cape Cod Vacation Series #4 Thought it would be fair to Black Hog to revisit this beer. I haven’t been too kind to their line-up of IPA’s and the like in the past, … [Read more...]
ROAM: Motueka
Fox Farm ROAM: Motueka 750 mL Flip-top from some brewery, $?, 5.7% ABV Purchased at the brewery, Salem August 2017 2017 Cape Cod Vacation Series #3 I’ve never really understood the hate for “I told you so’s.” Sure, if said with a sneer it is obnoxious. But if it’s said as a way to inform the listener that it … [Read more...]
Water Tower Kettle Sour
Hanging Hills Brewing Water Tower Kettle Sour 1 16 oz can, 6% ABV, $4-something probably Purchased at Harvest, West Hartford 2017 Cape Cod Vacation Series #2 I have a long-standing fake rule that I never ask brewers about the names of their beers. Rather, I prefer to make up (often dumb) stories to entertain … [Read more...]
RUBY
Thimble Island RUBY Grapefruit Blonde Ale 1 12 oz can, $2.99, 5% ABV Purchased at... I forget, August 2017 2017 Cape Cod Vacation Series #1 I haven’t reviewed a beer in forever. I could joke that the reason is that I was observing a self-imposed moratorium during the lead-up to the CT Hops for Hope Brewfest … [Read more...]
Resisting the Obvious
Kent Falls Resisting the Obvious Saison 1 bottle, 6.4% ABV Procured by my man Chris, at the brewery "Honey, will you do me a favor and pull out my binder full of beer reviews?" "Sure. Is it behind your binder full of [Resisting the Obvious]? "Very funny, honey. I just want to be sure I don't repeat any … [Read more...]
June Bug
Hanging Hills Brewing June Bug Saison 1 16 oz can, 6.6% ABV, $3.49 Purchased at Harvest, West Hartford I had this whole idea in my head about how I was going to go on a riff about June Bugs and beetles and grubs in general and ponder if it was a good idea to name a beer after something so may (too many) people … [Read more...]
Prickly Pear Gose, née Floyd
Kent Falls floyd/Prickly Pear Gose 16.9oz, $9.99, 4.6% ABV Purchased from the brewery and later, Harvest, West Hartford June 2017 Let’s cut to the chase for once: This beer is unique and delicious. Super delicious. If that’s all you care about, you can stop reading now. Still with me? Good – and really, … [Read more...]
ROAM: Citra/Mosaic
Fox Farm ROAM 19 oz pour, $6.50, 5.7% ABV Purchased at J. Timothy’s, Plainville June 2017 So there I was, enjoying dinner and a couple beers with friends when it happened... I hear a wind Whistling air Whispering In my ear Our attentive server had gauged her customers well. The “wind” I heard “in my … [Read more...]
Persian Lime Gose
Persian Lime Gose 1 16 oz can, $3.49, 4.5% ABV Purchased at Harvest, West Hartford June 2017 I just read that Two Roads was the 15th fastest growing brewery in the US from 2015 through 2016. They produced about 42,000 bbls in 2016. Two Roads is not small. I also read through a 250+ comment thread on … [Read more...]
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