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The Tap Room at Suffield

October 28, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

You Can Take the Broad out of the Brook... Broad Brook Brewing, East Windsor/Suffield October 2013 & September 2020 & ? Jump to Jump past all the Broad Brook Brewing history to the Tap Room at Suffield visit. As I try to do with long-standing (by Connecticut standards) breweries that have changed drastically … [Read more...]

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Carriage House Brewing (Closed)

October 20, 2020 by Steve 1 Comment

What is Wrong With Me? Carriage House Brewing, Canton Carriage House failed to renew their license in 2021 and are officially kaput. This is the dumbest page on this whole website. Or one of them at least. I'm not even going to tell anyone I've written it. So if you've found yourself here of your own … [Read more...]

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Ericit Brewing Company

October 16, 2020 by Steve 4 Comments

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

September 24, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

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Hopmeadow Brewing Company (Closed)

September 9, 2020 by Steve 2 Comments

Hope Meadow Hopmeadow Brewing Company, Avon August 2020 This 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" … [Read more...]

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Half Full Brewery (Closed)

June 17, 2020 by Steve 1 Comment

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...]

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Tox Brewing Company

May 21, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

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Norbrook Farm Brewery

May 8, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

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High Nine Brewing

March 11, 2020 by Steve 2 Comments

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...]

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Luppoleto Brewing Company

February 24, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Buon Giorno! Luppoleto Brewing Company, Windsor Locks November 2019 in June 2026, Luppoleto moved into the much larger space in East Granby vacated by Almost Famous Brewing. They plan on keeping the cute little Windsor Locks space open for a while, but I can't imagine they'd brew there anymore. This page describes … [Read more...]

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