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CTMQ > Articles by: Steve

Hog River Brewing Company (Closed)

September 13, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Turning Hartford's Bathroom Into Its Living Room Hog River Brewing Company, Hartford Multiple Visits Hog River's Hartford "Living Room" taproom closed in April 2023. As every Hartford area resident knows, today's Park River used to be called the Hog River. (It also used to be called The Little River, which is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Hartford

Military Historians Museum (Closed)

September 8, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

They Lost The Battle and the War Westbrook, (Google Maps location) September 2022 The Military Historians Museum closed in January 2018. Very early on in this whole CTMQ thing I do... way back when the focus really was just museums... I "visited" some recently closed museums. This was back in 2009 or so. It was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Military History, westbrook

John and Madeline McClean Outdoor Education Preserve

September 7, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

New Trail and It's Grape! John and Madeline McClean Outdoor Education Preserve, Suffield August 2022 The Suffield Land Conservancy seems to have a penchant for long preserve naming conventions. Their newest trailed property (in 2022) follows the pattern. Whereas most organizations would call this the McClean … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Suffield, suffield land conservancy

Jennifer’s Ice Cream

September 6, 2022 by Steve 4 Comments

Jenny From the Choc Jennifer's Ice Cream, East Haven August 2022 "All Products made fresh daily on the premises.Ice cream cakes, ice cream sandwiches, cones, sundaes, milkshakes." That's it. That's all I can tell you about Jennifer's Ice Cream, located in a busy section of East Haven on a corner lot. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, New Post Tagged With: CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, East Haven

Noden-Reed Museum

September 1, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Windsor Locks'ed Down Windsor Locks, (Google Maps location) August 2022 On the surface, I live a pretty normal suburban married dad life. Minivan, yardwork, soccer games. But lurking beneath that veneer of normalcy is a weirdo who aims to go to every museum in the state. Many hundreds of them. And not only that, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: CT Historic Barns Trail, historic house museums, Historic Houses, Rarely Open, Tools, Windsor Locks

Outer Light Brewing Company

August 31, 2022 by Steve 2 Comments

Lights Out Outer Light Brewing Company, Groton Multiple Visits In 2025 Outer Light formed a partnership with Rhode Island's Grey Sail Brewing (or were bought by them). They will continue to brew and use the Outer Light name and branding. Outer Light makes really good beer. Outer Light has always made really … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Groton

Hanging Hills Brewing Company (Closed)

August 29, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Hanging in There Hanging Hills Brewing Company, Hartford Multiple Visits Hanging Hills closed in March 2020. Sometimes I am forced to write up a brewery after it closes. And that's never fun. Like right now. This isn't fun. Wait... lemme go grab a fresh Hanging Hills beer out of the fridge to lighten the mood a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Hartford

Dom’s Creamery

August 24, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Dommmm-dom-dom-Domp! Dom's Creamery, Avon July 2022 The way things are trending, Avon might be renamed Dom at some point. Unrelated, but I just remembered that in the 17th century, the area that is now Avon used to be called Nod (and Nod Road still exists along the Farmington River here), so Dom is sort of like … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, New Post Tagged With: Avon, Calvin, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail

World’s Tallest Uncle Sam

August 22, 2022 by Steve 2 Comments

MAGA World's Tallest Uncle Sam, Danbury August 2022 The funniest thing to me about this incongruous giant Uncle Sam is that it's not the "world's tallest" because there's another 38-foot tall Uncle Sam in Michigan as I write. So what did the showman mayor of Danbury say? When the statue was officially … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: Danbury, Dubious Claims, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests

Armada Brewing River Street

August 19, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Every King Needs His Castle Armada Brewing River Street, New Haven August 2022 Traditionally, Fair Haven has always been the forgotten polyp that hangs on to New Haven. It's an island, of sorts, in many ways. Fair Haven is bounded by the Mill and Quinnipiac Rivers that separates it from it's daddy New Haven and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: armada brewing, New Haven

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