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CTMQ > Closed/Gone/Former

WeHa Brewing & Roasting Company (Closed)

October 10, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Weeeeeee-Haaaaaaa! WeHa Brewing & Roasting Company, West Hartford Multiple visits between 2021 and 2025 This brewery closed in July 2026. So check this out. I'm writing this (or at least this first part of it) in the brewery. In the morning. A year after first visiting. I'll admit... it feels kind of weird. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, West Hartford

Stony Creek Brewery (Closed)

September 23, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Branford, Closed/Gone/Former

Hog River Brewing Company (Closed)

September 13, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Hartford

Military Historians Museum (Closed)

September 8, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Military History, westbrook

Hanging Hills Brewing Company (Closed)

August 29, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Hartford

The Boroughs Brewing Company (Closed)

August 12, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Killingly

The Ice Box (Closed)

August 10, 2022 by Steve 2 Comments

No Scoop Til Brooklyn The Ice Box, Brooklyn July 2022 After a protracted and absurd battle against the town of Brooklyn, The Ice Box was forced to close. They plan to reopen in a different town. "We make Small Batch Ice Cream." That's it. That's all they say on their website's landing page. And really, what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, New Post Tagged With: Brooklyn, Closed/Gone/Former, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian

Garden of Ideas (Closed)

July 19, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

It Was a Good Idea While it Lasted Garden of Ideas, Ridgefield June 2017 The Garden of Ideas Closed in September 2019. Things open. Things close. That's just the way things work in America. However, when some things close, they continue on in some way. I imagine the Garden of Ideas, nestled in a corner of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Closed/Gone/Former, Gardens, Ridgefield

Epicure Brewing (Closed)

July 14, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Epicurio Epicure Brewing, Norwich August 2017 The brewery closed in July 2026. Summer of 2017... approaching that assumed critical mass of 50 Connecticut breweries (Epicure was the 48th to open) and how that was going to be absolute maximum that the state could support? Epicure Brewing is located right next … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Norwich

Powder Hollow Brewery Middletown (Closed)

July 12, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Hollow Thoughts Powder Hollow Brewing Company, Middletown May 2022 This location closed in May 2023. If you want to read a page on this website that shows you that I know nothing, this is the page for you. Or, looking at it differently, if you want to read a page on this website that shows the 21st century … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Middletown, powder Hollow brewery, second locations

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