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Distilleries

Litchfield Distillery

February 11, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Other Fabulous Baker Boys Litchfield Distillery, Litchfield March 2016 The Spirit of Hard Work® The three brothers behind Litchfield Distillery actually registered that phrase as their trademark. It's their thing. And that's not a bad thing. In fact, David, Jack, and Peter Baker are pretty much all near or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Distilleries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Litchfield, Litchfield County

Hickory Ledges Farm Distillery

July 1, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Hickory Dickory Hickory Ledges Farm Distillery, Canton October 2015 I've written many times about the allure of Canton. I can't think of another Connecticut town which has such a developed and busy stretch of box stores, car dealerships, and strip malls that is not at all defined by that stretch of box stores … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Distilleries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Canton, Damian, Hartford County

Watercure Farm Distillery

June 25, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Friday I'm in Love Watercure Farm Distillery, Pomfret November 2020 Nice. A Connecticut distillery that is an actual Connecticut distillery. With an actual still that actually distills alcohol. I mostly gave up trying to sort out which of our distilleries are distilleries and which are "spirits producers," … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Distilleries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Pomfret, Windham County

Hartford Flavor Company

March 31, 2021 by Steve 2 Comments

Flavor Flav Hartford Flavor Company, Hartford November 2017 I want Hartford Flavor Company to succeed and flourish and I hope customers remain happy and satisfied with the products and events that come out of the Arbor Street facility. It is an entrepreneurial business, owned by a woman, bringing energy and life … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Distilleries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: CT Spirits Trail, Dubious Claims, Hartford, Hartford County

Polly & Joan’s Cordial Company (Closed)

December 29, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Cordially Closed Polly & Jean Cordials, Wallingford I apologize to Polly & Jean. I apologize for never writing a page about your cold-soaked cordials when you were still in the business of cold-soaking fruit into cordials. Now, I'm not pretending that my doing so would have helped the business at all. I'm merely … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Distilleries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, CT Spirits Trail, New Haven County, Wallingford

Maple Lane/Foggy Harbor Spirits (Closed)

July 14, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Currantly Closed Maple Lane Spirits, Preston This is one of those pages that I write while never being 100% convinced I'm guessing its veracity correctly. I am very certain that Maple Lane Spirits ceased operations in 2018 or 2019. I can't find any sort of announcement to that effect, and therefore I'm not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Distilleries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, New London County, Preston

Connecticut Valley Distillery (Closed)

August 7, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Smuggler's Done Connecticut Valley Distillery (Closed), Ellington Closed 2018 You have found yourself on (yet another) page on CTMQ that exists for no other reason than to satisfy my list-completion OCD. I not only never visited the Connecticut Valley Distillery, I never drank any of its signature Smuggler’s Rum. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Distilleries, Food & Drink Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Ellington, Tolland County

Westford Hill Distillers

December 3, 2016 by Steve Leave a Comment

Eau-de-Wheeeeeeee! Westford Hill Distillers, Ashford June 7, 2013 Westford Hill is internationally renowned and yet it's fairly likely you've never heard of them. Westford Hill is on Chatey Road in Ashford and is owned and operated by Louis and Margaret Chatey and I'm pretty sure you don't live on a road named … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Distilleries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Ashford, Calvin, CT Spirits Trail, Damian, Hoang, Windham County

Onyx Spirits (Closed)

April 11, 2016 by Steve 4 Comments

BACDAFUCUP Onyx Spirits Company, East Hartford January 2016 Onyx closed this location in May 2018 with stated plans of reopening “somewhere.” That was likely never a realistic plan at all and Onyx has disappeared entirely. This is one of those pages that I’ve been waffling on how to write it. I’m very … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Distilleries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, CT Spirits Trail, East Hartford, Hartford County, Onyx Spirits

Waypoint Spirits

February 17, 2016 by Steve Leave a Comment

Point the Way to the Booze Waypoint Spirits, Bloomfield August 2015 & October 2021 Waypoint opened in 2015 and then ceased operations in October 2019. The brand and distillery were purchased by a new group in late 2019, posted "opening soon" on their Facebook page in early 2020, kept the thing alive during the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Distilleries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Bloomfield, CT Spirits Trail, Hartford County

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