Take the L Ericit Brewing Company, Manchester December 2019 Let's get the important stuff out of the way first. Ericit inhabits the massive space formerly occupied by Adams Mill Restaurant. Everyone in central Connecticut went to Adams Mill at least once - and hopefully on your birthday. For Adams Mill gave you a … [Read more...]
Urban Lodge Brewing Company
Urbane Dodge Urban Lodge Brewing Company, Manchester September 2019 Check this out: The two guys behind Urban Lodge Brewing married sisters with the last name of Lodge. Meaning that everyone who visits the brewery assumes that "Urban Lodge" is nothing more than a description of the motif at the brewery. But you, … [Read more...]
Hopmeadow Brewing Company
Hope Meadow Hopmeadow Brewing Company, Avon August 2020 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 selfish reasons. Because I hope … [Read more...]
Isabelle et Vincent
Oui, Oui, Oui All the Way Home Isabelle et Vincent, Fairfield April 2020 I have been known to bore people with the following story about our trip to France in 2004: A cheap baguette from a random little shop in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere in France is better than a baguette from any American high-end … [Read more...]
Mory’s
A Rare Bit of CTMQ Mory's, New Haven October 2013 Greetings! You have found your way to another of the very few, very rare CTMQ pages where I write about something I didn't really experience. As you see from the pictures, I was definitely in Mory's at Yale, but I must come clean: I didn't eat or drink anything … [Read more...]
Maple Lane/Foggy Harbor Spirits (Closed)
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...]
La Rouge Chocolates by Aarti
Pure Aarti La Rouge Chocolates, Westport February, 2020 Check this out: The owner and chocolatier at La Rouge Chocolates is named Aarti Khosla. She specializes in making high-end chocolates and cakes with hand-painted artistic flourishes. Her little shop is in Westport. And Westport? Arguably Connecticut's … [Read more...]
Half Full Brewery
You Can Take the Boy Out of Wall Street... Half Full Brewery, Stamford February 2020 My "relationship" with Half Full is a funny one. Until I visited, it was by far, the longest-tenured operational brewery in Connecticut that I had never visited. It took me about eight years to finally check the place out in … [Read more...]
Tox Brewing Company
C2H6O Tox Brewing Company, New London February 2020 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 and dreams of professionalism. They played up the Tox thing - as in "toxic" - and I … [Read more...]
Norbrook Farm Brewery
NorstromBrook Norbrook Farm Brewery, Colebrook April 2019 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". In … [Read more...]
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