Get Your Fox On Foxon Park Beverages, East Haven Our state’s 3 soda makers are old: Foxon Park is the baby, having been founded in 1922. Hosmer Mountain (1912) and Avery’s (1904) are the elder statesmen. Having just learned their ages, I’m a bit amazed to be honest. Good for these three companies for keeping it … [Read more...]
Gin-Gin Mule, Connecticut Style
Gin-Gin Mule, Connecticut Style Litchfield Distillery/Hosmer Mountain This is a new thing for me; a recipe. I don’t know where I’m going to slot it into the massive infrastructure of CTMQ. I’ll figure that out later – and it’s not like you’ll ever care about that bit of personal OCD. But I’m trying to finally … [Read more...]
Food & Drink Intro
Connecticut Food & Drink Table of Contents Restaurants, Breweries, Wineries, Cheese! Ice Cream! & More! This page now serves as a fairly robust jumping off point for all sorts of food and drink sections of CTMQ. The state has maintained some culinary “trails” over the years and I’ve done them all. I’ve also … [Read more...]
Hosmer Mountain Soda
I Wonder if There's an Actual Hosmer Mountain Around Here? Hosmer Mountain Soda, Manchester/Willimantic My title question was answered by a Hosmer employee in the comments. Yes, there is. See below. No disrespect to Manchester and Willimantic, but Hosmer Mountain Soda may be the best thing about those two … [Read more...]
Olde Timey Soda Pop
Oh, Sugar Hosmer Mountain, Foxon Park, Avery's Beverages Windham/Manchester, East Haven, New Britain I never was much of a soda drinker, as it was only consumed as a "treat" in my childhood home. Maybe at weekend lunches or football games. I always knew it as corn syrup, water, and artificial flavor at a 500% … [Read more...]