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Book Review: Connecticut Beer

May 10, 2019 by Steve 1 Comment

From Nutmeg Beer to Beer with Nutmeg Connecticut Beer; A History of Nutmeg State Brewing By Will Siss Reading this book in 2019 is a surreal experience. At least for close watchers of the Connecticut brewery and beer scene. Published in 2015, Waterbury-American columnist and school teacher Will Siss simply could … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Breweries, Everything Else Tagged With: Connecticut Books, Connecticut History Books

BruRm @ BAR

May 6, 2019 by Steve 1 Comment

Grazing the BAR BruRm @ BAR, New Haven April 2019 If you weren't reading a page about the horribly named BruRm @ BAR right now and I asked you, "hey, what's the longest running brewery under the same ownership in the same space in 2019 Connecticut?" what would you guess? Don't even front and tell me you'd say … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: New Haven, Pizza

Noble Jay Brewing Company (Closed)

April 29, 2019 by Steve 4 Comments

No-bull Jay Noble Jay Brewing Company, East Lyme March 2019 Noble Jay closed in late the summer of 2020. I met Jesse Baldwin of Noble Jay Brewing in the summer of 2015. My man was hustling... We were at the first Hops for Hope Brewfest and Jesse was representing his brewery that was to open soon after that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, East Lyme, noble jay brewing

Great Falls Brewing Company (Closed)

April 25, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Great Hall From Fire Great Falls Brewing Co., North Canaan April 2019 Great Falls closed at the end of 2024. Just when a brewery opens in some sparsely populated far-flung Connecticut burg, it seems another one pops up in a smaller and farther-flung burg. I happen to love North Canaan and extreme northwestern … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, great falls brewing, North Canaan

Wentworth Homemade Ice Cream

April 20, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

I Went, For What It's Worth Wentworth Homemade Ice Cream, Hamden June, 2014 Here's the craziest thing about Wentworth's: It's never open on Sundays. "Fine," you say, "they're observing the Sabbath," or, "they want to enjoy a weekend day," or whatever. All valid reasons. But Wentworth's is just outside of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, New Post Tagged With: CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Hamden

Kinsmen Brewing Company

April 3, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

I've Got Friends in Bro Places Kinsmen Brewing Company, Southington September 2018 Kinsmen: Sure the fancy definition has something to do with relatives and such, but colloquially, your kinsmen are your family. And sure, “family” means blood relatives, but it also means much more. In the case of Kinsmen Brewing, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: kinsmen brewing company, Southington

Broken Symmetry Gastro Brewery

March 28, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Not a Clown Show Broken Symmetry Gastro Brewery, Bethel December 2018 In this time of wonderfulness on the Connecticut beer front, it seems like every town gets a brewery. I’m talkin’ Colebrook, Salem, Canaan… and Bethel. Now, Bethel does have a much more vibrant and fun “downtown” area than many people think. In … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Bethel, Broken Symmetry Gastro Brewpub

Cold Creek Brewery & Tavern (Closed)

March 9, 2019 by Steve 1 Comment

Cold Creek Brewery & Tavern Ellington Multiple 2015-2019 visits Cold Creek called it quits in June 2021, noting it had nothing to do with the pandemic. Many are still scratching their heads why they shut down the brewery and were in fact contracting out of Powder Hollow in Enfield for the year before … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Cold Creek Brewery, Ellington

Problem Solved Brewing

January 30, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Problem Solved Brewing East Windsor September 2018 The brewery's ownership and brewer left in March 2025, but a new team immediately took over. A brewery gets too big for its britches and decides to vacate their original space and move to a custom built new joint over in Suffield. What to do with the now empty … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: East Windsor, Problem Solved Brewing

New England Cider Company

January 8, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Location is BeCides the Point New England Cider Company, Wallingford February 2018 It’s amazing what one can find in faceless corrugated steel and cinder block rows of businesses on a road full of such things in Wallingford. Sure, you can find ambulance chasing law firms and restaurant supply stores and small … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Cideries, new england cider company, Wallingford

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