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Breweries, Brewpubs & Cideries

Beer’d Brewing @ The Silo

January 20, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Beer'd: Near'd and Dear'd The Beer'd Brewing Company @ The Silo, Groton November 2022 The two Beer'd Brewing taprooms are probably about nine miles apart as a crow flies. The most direct driving route is about 10 and a half miles. The typically quickest driving route is over 13 miles, much of it on I-95. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Beer'd Brewing, Groton

East Coast Kombucha Company

January 12, 2023 by Steve 1 Comment

Doing the Kombucha-cha-cha East Coast Kombucha Company, Norwalk December 2022 "I hate kombucha." "Really? My wife and I drink it all the time! We love it!" "How? It tastes like vinegary garbage water." "You just haven't had good kombucha!" I've had this conversation a few times. I'm the negative … [Read more...]

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

Spacecat Brewing Company

January 6, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

SoNo More Bad Breweries? Spacecat Brewing Company, Norwalk December 2022 I imagine that those of you casual readers who don't really care about yet another brewery trying to make it in Norwalk (the Bermuda Triangle of Breweries) only care to know why a brewery is named "Spacecat." Totally understand. My first … [Read more...]

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

Tree House Orchard & Farm Fermentory

December 16, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

By The Time They Got to Woodstock... Tree House Orchard & Farm Fermentory, Woodstock October 2022 Tree House began brewing beer here in September 2023, and I revisited this place for the brewery. I'm at a bit of a loss here. On the one hand, there's too much for me to say about Tree House The Company but on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Cideries, Farms, tree house, Woodstock

Quirk Works Brewing & Blendery (Closed)

December 9, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Another One of My Quirks Quirk Works Brewing & Blendery, Danbury August 2022 The brewery closed at the end of May in 2024 after getting a buyout offer from Housatonic River Brewing that they "couldn't refuse." This location is now a second Housatonic spot. "They're onto me! Are they onto me? They're not onto … [Read more...]

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

Surfridge Brewing Company East

November 29, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Brah Surfridge Brewing Company East, Essex September 2022 There are three new-in-'22 breweries in the Lower Connecticut River Valley area, and the three couldn't be more different. Myrcene Ale Company in Old Saybrook is a small, straight-up, no-nonsense brewer's brewery. Coastline Brewing in Westbrook is shiny and … [Read more...]

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

Coastline Brewing Company

November 25, 2022 by Steve 2 Comments

What The Floc? Coastline Brewing Company, Westbrook September 2022 2022 was interesting beer in the world of Connecticut craft beer brewing. The industry had exploded between 2013 and 2020, all the way up to the pandemic. But still, through 2020 and 2021, new breweries kept opening with relative few closing. … [Read more...]

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

Concentric Brewing Company

November 11, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

The Circle of Life Concentric Brewing Company, Portland August 2021 A financial planner, a firefighter, and a physical therapist walk in a bar. "What's it gonna be?" asked the bartender. "I'm gonna open a new brewery in Berlin, one of the world's great beer cities!" said the physical therapist. "I'm … [Read more...]

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Myrcene Ale Company

November 4, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Myr Kinda Cene Myrcene Ale Company, Old Saybrook September 2022 "Oh boy, here comes mean ol' Steve again with another take down of a new Connecticut brewery not many have even heard of..." "Yeah, man, he really needs to give these new businesses that take our money for a product they produce months and months … [Read more...]

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

Brewbury

October 19, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

100% Missed Shots Brewbury, Middlebury August 2022 Connecticut breweries located along linear/bike paths have become a thing. There are several now, and many play up the relationship between craft brewing and bike riding. I'm happy to be the one to tell you that Brewbury in Middlebury is right along the Middlebury … [Read more...]

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

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