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CT H4H: Westbrook Lobster

August 8, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

CT Hops for Hope Spotlight 20 Westbrook Lobster, Wallingford & Clinton Everyone has a favorite place in Connecticut that serves a nice line-up of craft beer. If you’re into “the scene,” you could probably rattle off 10 or so that are well-known. I would sincerely hope that one of those 10 would be Westbrook … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Post, Non-CT Tagged With: CT Hops for Hope

Scantic River State Park (Scitico/East)

August 7, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

More Than Scant Remains Scantic River State Park, Enfield/Somers ~2 miles of mish-mashing around, November 2016 & February 2017 I’ve been procrastinating on writing up my treks in Scantic River State Park for a while. Simply put, it’s all a bit confusing. Parts of it are called Scantic River Linear Park. Some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Damian, Enfield, Hikes with my Boys, scantic river state park, Somers

Scantic River State Park (Hazardville/West)

August 7, 2017 by Steve 1 Comment

Hazarding a Guess... Scantic River State Park, Enfield ~2 miles of mish-mashing around, November 2016 & February 2017 I’ve been procrastinating on writing up my treks in Scantic River State Park for a while. Simply put, it’s all a bit confusing. Parts of it are called Scantic River Linear Park. Some sources refer … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Damian, Enfield, Hikes with my Boys, Industrial History, scantic river state park

CT H4H: SingleCut Beersmiths

August 5, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

CT Hops for Hope Spotlight 19 SingleCut Beersmiths, NYC While CT Hops for Hope certainly focuses on the great breweries of Connecticut, we do venture outside of our borders to bring in some of the best that distribute here. So of course we had to have SingleCut from Queens. When they came to Connecticut, it caused … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Post, Non-CT Tagged With: CT Hops for Hope

Patten District One Room Schoolhouse Museum

August 5, 2017 by Steve 1 Comment

Generally Authentic Stafford (Google Maps location) July 2017 There's nothing quite like chasing down tiny little museums an hour away from my house that are only open a few days for a few hours per year. For those of you who don't engage in this worthwhile pursuit, I'm here to tell here there are a lot more of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Damian, Free Museums, Rarely Open, School Houses, Stafford, Tiny Museums

CT H4H: Counter Weight Brewing

August 4, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

CT Hops for Hope Spotlight 18 Counter Weight Brewing, Hamden I had the pleasure this morning of appearing on First Thing Fairfield County to help promote CT Hops for Hope. (Thanks Ken!) I was all done by 10:30 AM and headed back north. No breweries are open in the morning, but as I passed the exit for Counter … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Post, Non-CT Tagged With: counter weight brewing, CT Hops for Hope

CT H4H: Hanging Hills Brewery

August 3, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

CT Hops for Hope Spotlight 17 Hanging Hills Brewery, Hartford You want Hartford? Hanging Hills is Hartford. Their original pre-opening name was Whaleworks brewing, as a nod to the departed NHL Franchise. They have a beer named Hartbeat; a play on Hartford. One of their owners worked at Aetna for many years (like … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Post, Non-CT Tagged With: CT Hops for Hope, hanging hills brewing

CT H4H: Hog River Brewing

August 2, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: New Post, Non-CT Tagged With: CT Hops for Hope, hog river brewing

Valley Falls Farm Heritage Center

August 1, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Damian, Farms, Valley Falls Trails, Vernon

Horse Ridge Cellars

August 1, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: cold war relics, Other Companies and Businesses, Stafford

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