Run, Forest, Run! (To? Or Away?) Forest City Brewing, Middletown March 2019 Oftentimes, when people suggest that we’re at or near the saturation point for breweries in li’l ol’ Connecticut, pro-brewery folks will chime in with the facts about brewery numbers in places like Portland, OR and San Diego and Denver. … [Read more...]
Still Hill Brewery (Closed)
Still Getting New Breweries... Still Still Hill Brewery, Rocky Hill December 2017 Still Hill closed in 2025 and entered a partnership with Bergen House Meadery in Middletown called The Common Room. That location closed in June 2026, ending Still Hill's run. In the stilllll of the niiiiiight… Still Hill … [Read more...]
Middlesex Land Trust Trails
Middlesex Land Trust Trails Cromwell, Durham, East Hampton, Middlefield, Middletown, Portland and Haddam Hoo boy. This one’s a doozy. While I completely understand that it is nigh impossible for little land trusts to keep and maintain a nice website that allows the few who care to easily tease out the trailed … [Read more...]
Tschudin Chocolates & Confections
Tschop NoTsch Tschudin Chocolates & Confections, Middletown January 9, 2015 I have no idea how to pronounce Tschudin. Is the ‘T’ completely silent, or is it a whisper of a ‘T’ sound? Or does it not even matter, because the mad (in a good way) polymath behind the eponymous chocolate shop has the full name of Rob … [Read more...]
Eversource Land Trust
Eversource Land Trust Multiple towns Surprising, isn’t it? We don’t really think of a giant utility as something that would create and manage a land trust. But here we are. And I’m here because of King’s Island; an oblong piece of land in the middle of the Connecticut River half in Enfield, half in Windsor … [Read more...]
General Mansfield House
A Nice Historic House Museum, Generally Speaking Middletown (Google Maps location) May 2011 As you know by now, there are 2,346 historic house museums in our small state. Give or take. Some are fantastic and dynamic; some exist as museums simply because... the structure exists. I take it as a personal challenge … [Read more...]
Ravine Park
Into the Abyss Ravine Park, Middletown February 20, 2016 Because I'm somthing of a public servant, I sometimes feel the need to start off a few hike reports with "Don't hike this hike." As I explore these tiny little trails around our state, I'm finding a few of these types of hikes here and there. I'm not … [Read more...]
Middletown’s Town Trails
Middletown's Town Trails Now THIS, folks, is how you do it. Middletown is one of our fine towns that puts major effort into a town trails guide. The 2016 edition was 75 pages long. SEVENTY-FIVE pages! I love it. And now that I've compiled a trail guide for the other 168 towns on CTMQ, I expect to see more of this. … [Read more...]
205. Joe Webb Peoples Museum of Natural History
Caught in a Webb of Rockin’ Excellence Middletown (Google Maps location) May 18, 2011 I take great pride in my massive list of Connecticut museums. I’m confident in saying that unless someone has copied and pasted it somewhere, it is by far the most comprehensive list of such things. (The same goes for several … [Read more...]
Westfield Falls
Ironically, the West Field of Vision is Awful Westfield Falls, Middletown January 26, 2012 It’s been a while since I’ve written a waterfall page. This is one of those categories that I’m never too sure how much people want to read beyond, “Is it worth my time and effort and if it is, where is it?” Fair enough. … [Read more...]
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