Ferreting Out the Ice Cream Canton Creamery, Canton June 2021 Yes, this is the place you drove past and did a doubletake. Yes, that building where Routes 44, 202, and 179 merge/split that sells tractors, chicken feed, hamsters, fishtanks, dog food, liquor, beer, flowers, and ice cream. Welcome to Petal & Paws in … [Read more...]
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NewSylum Brewing Company
The Hills Are Alive NewSylum Brewing Company, Newtown November 2020 NewSylum is such a doofy name for a brewery... or any business for that matter. It wasn't the founders' original choice, but they were sort of forced into it. But we'll get to that in a bit. NewSylum was Newtown's second brewery and it opened … [Read more...]
Cherry Brook Farm and Vineyard (Closed)
Cherry on Top Cherry Brook Farm and Vineyard, Canton June 2021 Cherry Brook closed in November 2021. I've always been honest about Connecticut wine. It's no secret that our climate isn't exactly perfect for varietal grape growing, and pretending otherwise is foolish. And most of our wineries don't pretend, … [Read more...]
Waddicor’s Winterplace Farm and Creamery
Just Chill Winterplace Farm and Creamery, Pomfret November 2020 Check this out: Winterplace's Pub Cheese spread was a Gold Medal Award winner in the UK World Jersey Cheese Competition as a savory spread! And to think, you've never even heard of Winterplace Farm and Creamery in Pomfet! Congratulations to … [Read more...]
Brewport Brewing Company
Hot Off the Presses Brewport Brewing Company, Bridgeport July 2019 Brewport Enriches Lives with thin crust pizza, gourmet salad, and Connecticut style beers so amazingly great, that staff and guests keep coming back for more. That's Brewport's tagline. And it's really weird, right? No one is going to Brewport … [Read more...]
Reverie Brewing Company
Daydream Believer Reverie Brewing Company, Newtown June 2019 There is nothing wrong with Reverie Brewing. It is located right off of I-84 in an big, rectangular industrial warehouse space. Not exactly the beauty one often associates with Newtown, but typical of a brewery in early 21st century America. As … [Read more...]
The Chocolate Shell
Where Being a Shell of Oneself is a Good Thing The Chocolate Shell, Old Lyme February 2020 I've struggled for a decade to figure out how the state's tourism folks decide on what chocolate shops get to be on the Connecticut Chocolate Trail and which are left off. Most are no-brainers of course, but then there are … [Read more...]
Bear Hands Brewing Company
The Right to Bear Hands Bear Hands Brewing Company, Putnam November 2020 My friend Adam and I have an ongoing inside joke between us that isn't suited for this family website. (Although, this page is about a brewery so it's not really a family page.) It involves the baddest of the bad words and the town of Putnam. … [Read more...]
Hillside Sweet Shoppe (Closed)
A Hillside I'd Die On... Hillside Sweet Shoppe, East Haddam June 2016 This placed closed at some point during the pandemic. ... And what is the "Hillside I'd die on?" That it's okay for me to write about candy shops that used to be on the Connecticut Chocolate Trail just because they used to be on the … [Read more...]
Niantic Public House
"NP... Wait For It... H" Niantic Public House, East Lyme February 2020 Every brewery's rise from idea to actual production and patronage is different. Some quietly open on a random Tuesday in February and only friends and family even knew they were trying. And then some others announce their arrival in 2014 and … [Read more...]
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