Beer: Rack ‘Em Up! The Beeracks, East Haven Multiple visits Armada Brewing opened up a nearby second location on River Street in New Haven in 2022 and left The Beeracks shortly thereafter. In late 2024, The Beeracks closed. You’re just going to have to go with me here. The path from the original Overshores … [Read more...]
Read this first
Little House Brewing Company
ConnectiCute* Little House Brewing Company, Chester May 2019 Those of you familiar with every Connecticut town, city, and borough certainly know which are the “cutest.”* They have to be small, with compact and walkable “downtowns.” They must be a bit higher-end, with moms and dads piling their MacLaren strollers … [Read more...]
Aspetuck Brew Lab (Closed)
Black Rockin' Aspetuck Brew Lab, Bridgeport July 2019 Aspetuck closed in November 2024. Journey with me, won’t you, to bucolic Black Rock, Connecticut, home of Aspetuck Brew Lab. Or, as we fancy boarding school Connecticutians say, “Ahhspehtuhck Brew Lahhhhhb in Blahhhhck Rohhck, Cohhhnecticuhhht.” No brewery … [Read more...]
Taylor Brooke Brewery
A Swift Kick in the Butt Taylor Brooke Brewery, Woodstock August 2019 Sigh. Like… a deep, heavy sigh. We’ve hit the wall, folks. Here we are in September 2019, nearing 100 breweries in our fair little state and we should all be rejoicing in that fact. But we knew this would happen, right? No way can you have … [Read more...]
Fairfield Craft Ales (Closed)
Hellooooo Stratford! Fairfield Craft Ales, Stratford May 2019 The brewery closed in September 2022. You want to know how you know Connecticut was starving for independent craft breweries for a long time? You know this because a tiny little 35-seat brewery could open less than a mile from our state’s largest … [Read more...]
Charter Oak Brewing Company
TIMMMBERRRR! Charter Oak Brewing Company, Danbury May 2019 My word, where to start with Charter Oak. While they were a newer Connecticut brewery when I visited in 2019, they’ve also been around forever. Okay, 2012, but that’s nearly forever in Connecticut-breweryland. I’ve followed the company’s trajectory since … [Read more...]
Erector Brewing at NOLO (Closed)
Erector, All Set Erector Brewing at NOLO May 2019 Erector hasn't brewed anything at this location since right around my visit - and I was never 100% convinced the beers discussed below were even brewed here. The pandemic appears to have officially put the nail in the coffin. The brewer went to Vermont for a while … [Read more...]
Area Two Experimental Brewing
Two Legit Area Two Experimental Brewery April 2019 Two Roads Brewery in Stratford, Connecticut prides itself on “taking the road not taken.” They are far and away the state’s largest and most successful brewery. They have far and away the widest distribution reach of any brewery in Connecticut. And apparently they … [Read more...]
The Brewery at Maple View Farm (Closed)
Reassessing Everything The Brewery at Maple View Farm May 2019 The brewery closed at the end of November 2024. I’ve been thinking about the old adage, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” While I’ve been clear in my 13 years of writing everything on this website that I sometimes … [Read more...]
Two Roads Brewing Company
Robert Frosty Mug Two Roads Brewing Co., Stratford May 2019 When I visit and write about Connecticut’s museums, I have a bad habit of procrastinating and avoiding dealing with the behemoths. Too many pictures, too much to discuss, too much history… I find them daunting to write about to say the least. I never feel … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- …
- 16
- Next Page »