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...]
Transcend Beer Crafters (née 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 contracting at 12 Percent. The third owner, who was the brewer, is keeping the small Southington space as Transcend Beer Crafters. 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...]
Aspetuck Brew Lab
Black Rockin' Aspetuck Brew Lab, Bridgeport July 2019 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 in the state sounds fancier. ~ … [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
Hellooooo Stratford! Fairfield Craft Ales, Stratford May 2019 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 and most profitable brewery and not be … [Read more...]
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