From Heron Out... Stony Creek Brewery, Branford October 2015 & August 2022 At the end of 2024, Stony Creek stopped brewing and became a bar. Rumors of lawsuits and creditors calling led to rumors of purchase... which happened in July 2025. This nice building and site is now home to New England Brewing. Stony … [Read more...]
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Castle Hill Chocolate
Sheeran Delights Castle Hill Chocolate, Newtown August 2022 I'm on my way Driving at 90 down those country lanes Singing to Tiny Dancer And I miss the way you make me feel, and it's real When we watched the sunset over the castle on the hill (hill) Over the castle on the hill (hill) Over the castle on the … [Read more...]
Hog River Brewing Company (Closed)
Turning Hartford's Bathroom Into Its Living Room Hog River Brewing Company, Hartford Multiple Visits Hog River's Hartford "Living Room" taproom closed in April 2023. As every Hartford area resident knows, today's Park River used to be called the Hog River. (It also used to be called The Little River, which is … [Read more...]
Jennifer’s Ice Cream
Jenny From the Choc Jennifer's Ice Cream, East Haven August 2022 "All Products made fresh daily on the premises.Ice cream cakes, ice cream sandwiches, cones, sundaes, milkshakes." That's it. That's all I can tell you about Jennifer's Ice Cream, located in a busy section of East Haven on a corner lot. … [Read more...]
Outer Light Brewing Company
Lights Out Outer Light Brewing Company, Groton Multiple Visits In 2025 Outer Light formed a partnership with Rhode Island's Grey Sail Brewing (or were bought by them). They will continue to brew and use the Outer Light name and branding. Outer Light makes really good beer. Outer Light has always made really … [Read more...]
Hanging Hills Brewing Company (Closed)
Hanging in There Hanging Hills Brewing Company, Hartford Multiple Visits Hanging Hills closed in March 2020. Sometimes I am forced to write up a brewery after it closes. And that's never fun. Like right now. This isn't fun. Wait... lemme go grab a fresh Hanging Hills beer out of the fridge to lighten the mood a … [Read more...]
Dom’s Creamery
Dommmm-dom-dom-Domp! Dom's Creamery, Avon July 2022 The way things are trending, Avon might be renamed Dom at some point. Unrelated, but I just remembered that in the 17th century, the area that is now Avon used to be called Nod (and Nod Road still exists along the Farmington River here), so Dom is sort of like … [Read more...]
Armada Brewing River Street
Every King Needs His Castle Armada Brewing River Street, New Haven August 2022 Traditionally, Fair Haven has always been the forgotten polyp that hangs on to New Haven. It's an island, of sorts, in many ways. Fair Haven is bounded by the Mill and Quinnipiac Rivers that separates it from it's daddy New Haven and … [Read more...]
Bad Dog Brewing Company
Bad to the Bone Bad Dog Brewing Company, Torrington February 2022 There have been over 100 breweries in Connecticut for a few years as I write this in 2022. There had never been a brewery inside a museum - or a museum inside a brewery - in Connecticut before 2020. (I write that having no idea how true that … [Read more...]
The Boroughs Brewing Company (Closed)
Digging Out of a Burrow The Boroughs Brewing Company, Killingly July 2022 Unceremoniously closed in December 2024. *Peeks around the corner* ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... I... I can't do it. I was trying to live by the credo of "if you … [Read more...]
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