Take the L Ericit Brewing Company, Manchester December 2019 In late 2025, this is a very different place as far as the beer is concerned: For one, I'm sure it's much better and there are now 25 in-house beers vs. 16 non-Ericit beers! Good for them. Ericit now has operations in Danbury and Fairfield as well, but … [Read more...]
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Urban Lodge Brewing Company
Urbane Dodge Urban Lodge Brewing Company, Manchester September 2019 I've returned a couple times since the original visit written up here and am happy to report the beer had improved significantly. They've also opened a cool spot on Pratt Street in Hartford as well. Check this out: The two guys behind Urban … [Read more...]
Hopmeadow Brewing Company (Closed)
Hope Meadow Hopmeadow Brewing Company, Avon August 2020 Brewery closed at the end of 2024. You can't really get a more perfect name than "Hopmeadow Brewing." The name is ingrained in the Simsbury/Avon area, most notably with Hopmeadow Street as a main thoroughfare. But I've titled this page "Hope Meadow" for … [Read more...]
Half Full Brewery (Closed)
You Can Take the Boy Out of Wall Street... Half Full Brewery, Stamford February 2020 This location - the original location - closed in October 2024 in favor of just running the larger, nicer, better located space at The Third Place. My "relationship" with Half Full is a funny one. Until I visited, it was by … [Read more...]
Tox Brewing Company
C2H6O Tox Brewing Company, New London February 2020 In late 2024, Tox moved into a larger space in downtown New London, so a revisit is in order. I'll never forget the first time I heard about New London's Tox Brewing. They were a group of guys at a brewfest that invited homebrewers with branded jockey boxes … [Read more...]
Norbrook Farm Brewery
NorstromBrook Norbrook Farm Brewery, Colebrook April 2019 & September 2024 Colebrook, Connecticut. Colebrook has a brewery. Colebrook has almost nothing else, but it has a brewery. A large, sparkling, 5,300-square foot brewery. A destination brewery that looks like it belongs in an issue of "Country Living". … [Read more...]
High Nine Brewing
High Nine at High Noon High Nine Brewing, Deep River January 2020 “You must be high.” Why? “Because you continue to go to every podunk hole-in-the-wall corrugated steel box brewery with sloppily hung signage in Connecticut, even though every one of them is sort of the same place now, just in different … [Read more...]
Luppoleto Brewing Company
Buon Giorno! Luppoleto Brewing Company, Windsor Locks November 2019 When I began writing about Connecticut breweries in 2009, only Thomas Hooker in Bloomfield was between my workplaces in Windsor and Enfield. Since then, Back East, Powder Hollow, Broad Brook v.East Windsor (now Problem Solved) all opened. Then … [Read more...]
Woodbury Brewing Company
A Place To Chat, Chew, and Drink Brew Woodbury Brewing Company, Woodbury June 2019 There's a formula for naming breweries and it's a pretty boring formula. One brewery began by going against that formula. Of course it would be weird if I wasn't talking about this one, Woodbury Brewing Company. Yes, this … [Read more...]
Athletic Brewing Company
This Place Will Work Out Athletic Brewing Company, Stratford June 2019 Athletic closed their taproom at some point. Probably after reading this an wondering why they had one in the first place. With the incredible rise of the craft brewing industry over the 20-teens, many have been bought/taken over by the … [Read more...]
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