CT Hops for Hope Spotlight 16 Hog River Brewing Company, Hartford If you happened to pick up the latest issue of Yankee Brew News you surely noticed the handsome visage of one Mr. Ben Braddock on the cover. Ben is the owner and brewer at Hartford's Hog River Brewing. If you happen to have a chance to speak with … [Read more...]
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Valley Falls Farm Heritage Center
If a Museum Falls in a Valley... Vernon (Google Maps location) June 2017 CT museum visit #355. The organization responsible for this place received a $6,200 grant in 2023 to make it into more of a true museum. Would I bother with this place if not for my goal to completely complete Vernon? No. Of course … [Read more...]
Horse Ridge Cellars
Not Horsin' Around Horse Ridge Cellars, Stafford July 2017 Since this site is mostly read by Connecticutters, I'll assume most of you are familiar with Horse Ridge Cellars. After all, Connecticut is "the richest state in the country," and Fairfield County is one of "the richest counties in America." Spoiler … [Read more...]
CT H4H: CT Girls Pint Out
CT Hops for Hope Spotlight 15 CT Girls Pint Out As a small, all-volunteer, relatively new non-profit, CT Hops for Hope can’t simply go after the corporate sponsors other events can. We have no ties to a business and don’t exactly have a marketing department. In some ways, this frees us to attract the best breweries … [Read more...]
CT H4H Beer’d
CT Hops for Hope Spotlight 14 Beer'd Brewing Company, Stonington For those of you who know me personally or at least have kept up with the explosion of the local brewing industry and my thoughts on it, you know I love Beer'd. I've loved Aaren and Precious and the whole crew in the southeast corner of the state … [Read more...]
New England Civil War Museum
Don't Burpee Here! It's Civil! Vernon (Google Maps location) December 2016 CT museum visit #337. I was speaking with a friend just two days ago. He lives in Vernon. Aware of CTMQ and what I do, he asked if I’d been to the New England Civil War Museum and then laughed. I said yes. He chuckled, “It’s... … [Read more...]
Hockanum River Trail 20: Dart Hill North
Not a Waste Hockanum River Trails (VGV): Dart Hill North, Vernon ~1.4 miles one way, May 2017 If you are reading these Hockanum River Trails south to north, you have already read the Dart Hills SE & SW Trail page. If you haven’t, it’s a fun one and you should. Better yet, start at the beginning with the HRT … [Read more...]
CT H4H: Black Pond Brews
CT Hops for Hope Spotlight 11 Black Pond Brews, Danielson CT Hops for Hope is forced to limit the number of breweries who can pour at the event, as we are a small all-volunteer organization. We simply can't manage a billion breweries nor can we afford space to accommodate them all. (As it is, we WILL have over 40!) … [Read more...]
Talcottville Outdoor Museum
The Main Thing Here Is.. Vernon (Google Maps location) May, 2017 CT museum visit #350. I am hastily writing this page and probably won’t ever call attention to it. This is not a museum. [Update: Now that I've written it, it turned out to be way longer and more interesting than I initially thought.] Now, … [Read more...]
CT H4H: Black Hog Brewing
CT Hops for Hope Spotlight 10 Black Hog Brewing, Oxford This is random, but I just read a bit about the Black Hog crew and am impressed with their resumes. Head brewer Tyler Jones holds a Chemical Engineerin degree. Another guy there is an Army Ranger. Taproom maven Marissa worked at Yale in geochemical research. … [Read more...]
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