Beer. And Lots Of It I began this particular page in 2008 when there were four breweries in Connecticut: Cottrell, Hooker, New England, and Olde Burnside. Only one had a tasting room (Hooker) and each was pumping out only a handful of beers. There were a few brewpubs operating as well. And we only had five … [Read more...]
Stony Creek Brewery
From Heron Out... Stony Creek Brewery, Branford October 2015 & August 2022 Stony Creek has existed in some form for a full decade as I write this in 2022. And it has had a rather interesting and at times, stony path on their way to what they are today - a pretty darn successful taproom and brand. Some of the heat … [Read more...]
Hog River Brewing Company
Turning Hartford's Bathroom Into Its Living Room Hog River Brewing Company, Hartford Multiple Visits 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 memorialized by the nearby and awesome Little River Restoratives. If … [Read more...]
Outer Light Brewing Company
Lights Out Outer Light Brewing Company, Groton Multiple Visits Outer Light makes really good beer. Outer Light has always made really good beer. I'm starting this page with that because I've always felt that the brewery is sort of "forgotten" by much of the state. Partly due to its location down in Groton, … [Read more...]
Hanging Hills Brewing Company (Closed)
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...]
Armada Brewing River Street
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...]
Bad Dog Brewing Company
Bad to the Bone Bad Dog Brewing Company, Torrington February 2022 There have been over 100 breweries in Connecticut for a few years as I write this in 2022. There had never been a brewery inside a museum - or a museum inside a brewery - in Connecticut before 2020. (I write that having no idea how true that … [Read more...]
The Boroughs Brewing Company
Digging Out of a Burrow The Boroughs Brewing Company, Killingly July 2022 *Peeks around the corner* ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... I... I can't do it. I was trying to live by the credo of "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say … [Read more...]
Black Pond Brews
Black Swamp (Yankees) Black Pond Brews, Killingly July 2015 & July 2022 Black Pond Brews has been around since 2014. I don't know why that surprises me, but it does. I think it has something to do with the fact that they've been doing their thing out in Killingly, one of those black holes of Connecticut. They … [Read more...]
Epicure Brewing
Epicurio Epicure Brewing, Norwich August 2017 Summer of 2017... approaching that assumed critical mass of 50 Connecticut breweries (Epicure was the 48th to open) and how that was going to be absolute maximum that the state could support? Epicure Brewing is located right next door to These Guys Brewing - both … [Read more...]
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