From Nutmeg Beer to Beer with Nutmeg Connecticut Beer; A History of Nutmeg State Brewing By Will Siss Reading this book in 2019 is a surreal experience. At least for close watchers of the Connecticut brewery and beer scene. Published in 2015, Waterbury-American columnist and school teacher Will Siss simply could … [Read more...]
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BruRm @ BAR
Grazing the BAR BruRm @ BAR, New Haven April 2019 If you weren't reading a page about the horribly named BruRm @ BAR right now and I asked you, "hey, what's the longest running brewery under the same ownership in the same space in 2019 Connecticut?" what would you guess? Don't even front and tell me you'd say … [Read more...]
Noble Jay Brewing Company (Closed)
No-bull Jay Noble Jay Brewing Company, East Lyme March 2019 Noble Jay closed in late the summer of 2020. I met Jesse Baldwin of Noble Jay Brewing in the summer of 2015. My man was hustling... We were at the first Hops for Hope Brewfest and Jesse was representing his brewery that was to open soon after that … [Read more...]
Great Falls Brewing Company (Closed)
Great Hall From Fire Great Falls Brewing Co., North Canaan April 2019 Great Falls closed at the end of 2024. Just when a brewery opens in some sparsely populated far-flung Connecticut burg, it seems another one pops up in a smaller and farther-flung burg. I happen to love North Canaan and extreme northwestern … [Read more...]
Kinsmen Brewing Company
I've Got Friends in Bro Places Kinsmen Brewing Company, Southington September 2018 Kinsmen: Sure the fancy definition has something to do with relatives and such, but colloquially, your kinsmen are your family. And sure, “family” means blood relatives, but it also means much more. In the case of Kinsmen Brewing, … [Read more...]
Broken Symmetry Gastro Brewery
Not a Clown Show Broken Symmetry Gastro Brewery, Bethel December 2018 In this time of wonderfulness on the Connecticut beer front, it seems like every town gets a brewery. I’m talkin’ Colebrook, Salem, Canaan… and Bethel. Now, Bethel does have a much more vibrant and fun “downtown” area than many people think. In … [Read more...]
Cold Creek Brewery & Tavern (Closed)
Cold Creek Brewery & Tavern Ellington Multiple 2015-2019 visits Cold Creek called it quits in June 2021, noting it had nothing to do with the pandemic. Many are still scratching their heads why they shut down the brewery and were in fact contracting out of Powder Hollow in Enfield for the year before … [Read more...]
Problem Solved Brewing
Problem Solved Brewing East Windsor September 2018 The brewery's ownership and brewer left in March 2025, but a new team immediately took over. A brewery gets too big for its britches and decides to vacate their original space and move to a custom built new joint over in Suffield. What to do with the now empty … [Read more...]
New England Cider Company
Location is BeCides the Point New England Cider Company, Wallingford February 2018 It’s amazing what one can find in faceless corrugated steel and cinder block rows of businesses on a road full of such things in Wallingford. Sure, you can find ambulance chasing law firms and restaurant supply stores and small … [Read more...]
Cross Culture Kombucha
Snoochie Boochies Cross Culture Kombucha, Danbury November 2018 People who are into kombucha apparently call it "booch." I am not into kombucha, but I know a few people who swear by it. They tell me it tastes good and that it's good for their stomachs. Okay, fair enough. But anything I read about "booch" … [Read more...]
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