Lights Out Firefly Hollow Brewing, Bristol The brewery announced its abrupt closure in February 2023, but offered a firefly's glimmer of hope that it will return in some new form down the road. In 2011 there were only a few standalone non-brewpub breweries in Connecticut... in Stonington, East Hartford, … [Read more...]
Travelers Insurance Museum (Closed)
Seeing Red (Umbrellas) Hartford Multiple non-visits True story: Back in the 1990's, when I was an idiot, I landed a "job" at a temp agency that placed me at Travelers in Hartford. Not in the cool Travelers Tower, but in that rectangle block next to it. I have no recollection of what my menial tasks were, but I … [Read more...]
Guvnor’s Brewery (Closed)
Beer, Glorious Beer, Hot Sausage and Mustard! Guvnor's Brewery, Norwalk I never visited Guvnor's Brewery. Pictures stolen from "The Hour" I have no idea why you're reading this page. Maybe you're some weirdo Connecticut beer historian who is a glutton for punishment; reliving all the failed breweries of nutmeg … [Read more...]
Connecticut Brewery Collective (Closed)
Collective Failure Connecticut Brewery Collective, Wolcott Formerly Shebeen Brewing Company, this iteration of the brewery ceased operations in January 2022 before becoming Velvet Libations. The Connecticut Brewery Collective was probably the smartest thing the owner has done with his brewing operations during … [Read more...]
Hell or High Water Brewpub (Closed)
Welp, About That Name... Hell or High Water Brewpub, Norwalk This place closed in October 2017. Pictures below were stolen from Yelp I think. I never visited Hell or High Water Brewpub. Since I began keeping track of and caring about Connecticut breweries in 2008 or so, I've visited and written about … [Read more...]
Velvet Libations (Closed)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Twilight Zone Velvet Libations, Wolcott April 2022 Velvet Libations - yes, that was the actual name - closed in September 2022. 189 Days. Velvet Libations existed in our lives for 189 days. In the year 2022, from their grand opening on St. Patrick's Day until a quiet, unremarkable … [Read more...]
Hartford Police Museum (Closed)
Five-Oh No Hartford This museum closed in... I don't know. I created this website in September 2006. The intent was to visit and write about every museum in Connecticut. With that in mind, I decided back then to write about museums that closed - even the ones I wasn't able to visit. And I think that's a … [Read more...]
Sterling Opera House (Abandoned)
No Ficken Joke Sterling Opera House, Derby I suppose I could have tried to get a personal tour of this place. After all, NBC30 did. So did Atlas Obscura as well as Damned Connecticut. In a way, I consider all three of those outlets peers. I'll also consider them primary source material for this page. Because, as … [Read more...]
Military Historians Museum (Closed)
They Lost The Battle and the War Westbrook, (Google Maps location) September 2022 The Military Historians Museum closed in January 2018. Very early on in this whole CTMQ thing I do... way back when the focus really was just museums... I "visited" some recently closed museums. This was back in 2009 or so. It was … [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...]
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