What’s the Point? Milford Point Brewing, Milford June 2019 The shoreline town of Milford will have three breweries in 2020. While this isn’t a unique situation anymore in Connecticut, it does allow us to take a look at the brewery market and perhaps try to sort out why a smaller town like Milford can support … [Read more...]
Little Red Barn Brewers
Little Red Corvair Little Red Barn Brewers, Winchester (Winsted) July 2019 Little Red Barn is one of those breweries that would probably be successful no matter what. Located on the fringes of downtown Winsted, it has a large built-in customer base – many of which can walk home. Winsted is a blue-collar town with … [Read more...]
Hops on the Hill
A Visit to HOTH Hops on the Hill Brewery, Glastonbury November 2019 Most prominently featured in “The Empire Strikes Back,” Hoth is the sixth planet in the remote system of the same name. As you recall, it was the site of the Rebel Alliance's Echo Base. It is a world of snow and ice, surrounded by numerous moons, … [Read more...]
Center Street Brewing Co.
Wallace Avenue Brewing Company Center Street Brewing Company, Wallingford April 2019 The slogan of Center Street Brewing Company is “Welcome to the Center of the Brewniverse.” Tortured as that may be, it is apt. I’ve written before about how Connecticut has so many breweries now that there’s this massive bell … [Read more...]
Redding Beer Company
RedDing-Ding-Ding! Redding Beer Company, Redding June 2019 I am often challenged to write interesting and unique takes on the hundreds of museums in Connecticut that aren’t that discernible from a hundred similar museums. I take pride in being able to do so; sometimes with humor, other times with arcane tidbits, … [Read more...]
Spoke + Spy Ciderworks
Oh Rats Spoke + Spy Ciderworks, Middletown April 2019 Before you read this page, know this: when it comes to hard cider, I’m not that smart. Years ago, I’d say I just didn’t like them. Then I had some really good ciders from some really good cideries and suddenly I liked a few really good ciders. When I read … [Read more...]
Barley Head Brewery
It Takes a Mystic Barley Head Brewery, Groton June 2019 Here we are, together again. About to discuss yet another tiny Connecticut brewery no one ever talks about or seeks out. Owned and operated by a (surely) well-meaning guy whose friends all told him that his free garage homebrew was the best beer they’d ever … [Read more...]
Skygazer Brewing
Beer From Uranus Skygazer Brewing Company June 2019 In June of 2020, two of the three owners announced they would be taking the Skygazer name and beers elsewhere - likely just contracting at 12%. The third owner, who was the sole brewer, is keeping the small Southington space as Transcend Brewing. The original … [Read more...]
The Beeracks
Beer: Rack ‘Em Up! The Beeracks, East Haven Multiple visits You’re just going to have to go with me here. The path from the original Overshores Brewing to today's Beeracks brewing collective was a bit confusing and since I’m me, I’ll probably make it more so. From a legal standpoint, in late 2019 anyway, … [Read more...]
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...]
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