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Breweries, Brewpubs & Cideries

These Guys Brewing

April 7, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Guyyyyyyyyyyysssssss! These Guys Brewing, Norwich August 2017 and January 2023 These Guys Brewing is slated to move in-town to 49 Church Street, into a former Breligious school, in the summer of 2023. You know what's funny? These Guys Brewing is named "These Guys" and it's co-owned by a woman and its head … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: New London County, Norwich

Firefly Hollow Brewing (Closed)

March 10, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Lights Out Firefly Hollow Brewing, Bristol The brewery announced its abrupt closure in February 2023, but offered a firefly's glimmer of hope that it will return in some new form down the road. In 2011 there were only a few standalone non-brewpub breweries in Connecticut... in Stonington, East Hartford, … [Read more...]

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

Guvnor’s Brewery (Closed)

February 10, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Beer, Glorious Beer, Hot Sausage and Mustard! Guvnor's Brewery, Norwalk I never visited Guvnor's Brewery. Pictures stolen from "The Hour" I have no idea why you're reading this page. Maybe you're some weirdo Connecticut beer historian who is a glutton for punishment; reliving all the failed breweries of nutmeg … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Fairfield County, Norwalk

Connecticut Brewery Collective (Closed)

February 10, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Collective Failure Connecticut Brewery Collective, Wolcott Formerly Shebeen Brewing Company, this iteration of the brewery ceased operations in January 2022 before becoming Velvet Libations. The Connecticut Brewery Collective was probably the smartest thing the owner has done with his brewing operations during … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, New Haven County, The Curse of 1 Wolcott Road, Wolcott

Hell or High Water Brewpub (Closed)

February 4, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Welp, About That Name... Hell or High Water Brewpub, Norwalk This place closed in October 2017. Pictures below were stolen from Yelp I think. I never visited Hell or High Water Brewpub. Since I began keeping track of and caring about Connecticut breweries in 2008 or so, I've visited and written about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Fairfield County, Norwalk

Velvet Libations (Closed)

February 3, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Twilight Zone Velvet Libations, Wolcott April 2022 Velvet Libations - yes, that was the actual name - closed in September 2022. 189 Days. Velvet Libations existed in our lives for 189 days. In the year 2022, from their grand opening on St. Patrick's Day until a quiet, unremarkable … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, New Haven County, The Curse of 1 Wolcott Road, Wolcott

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, New London County

East Coast Kombucha Company

January 12, 2023 by Steve Leave a 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: Fairfield County, 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: Fairfield County, 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 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 other hand, I want to keep this page relatively simple and clean. That's how this outpost of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Cideries, Farms, Windham County, Woodstock

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