The Magic (of) Tree House Tree House Brewing, Woodstock November 2024 The first half of this page is a cut and paste from my page about this place when it was just a cidery. Since I separate cideries from breweries, there simply must be two separate pages on CTMQ. I’m at a bit of a loss here. On the one hand, … [Read more...]
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Soulstice Kombucha Brewing Company
Deeper Shade of Sol Soulstice Kombucha Brewing Company, Wallingford October 2024 Oh no. Please don't tell me that kombucha is the next "craft beer" or "overpriced cupcake" thing in Connecticut. I made the ludicrous decision that since kombucha is a fermented drink, I would visit and write about the places that … [Read more...]
Mystic River Chocolate Cafe Brewery
Mystic Mystery Mystic River Chocolate Cafe Brewery, Groton August 2024 If you were to ask anyone how many breweries there are in Groton in 2024, I don't think anyone would say five. But the correct answer is (was in 2024, anyway) five. Outer Light is proudly Groton, but the other three are in the Mystic … [Read more...]
The New Cambridge Project
The New New The New Cambridge Project, Bristol July 2024 When the lights went out on Firefly Brewing in early 2023, many of us took a moment to remember what was not only one of the state's oldest (of the new wave) breweries, but one of the most consistently good ones. Mystery surrounded its abrupt closure but … [Read more...]
Dead Language Beer Project
Magna Cervisia Dead Language Beer Project, Hartford May 2024 Yo. Get yourself to Hartford. Parkville, specifically. Don't be scared. And don't act like you don't know that there are plenty of suburbanites who are scared. I read their ignorant comments all the time on various outlets. There are good reasons … [Read more...]
The Red Brewster Brewery
Shama Llama Beer Pong Enfield November 2023 Do you ever wake up and say, "I want to go chill by a firepit in my buddy's big, muddy backyard and drink some beer out of plastic cups all day long? And it would be cool to have a llama stare at me. And also to pay for the experience." Well, then The Red Brewster in … [Read more...]
Long View Ciderhouse
Taking the Short View of Long View Southington October 2023 Being the guy who experiences and writes about everything in my little state puts me in an awkward position more times than you'd think. Like, I'm certainly not an expert on anything and of course I simply can't truly enjoy everything. I go to museums … [Read more...]
Rule of 3 Brewing
Three is the Magic Number East Hampton January 2023 The post-COVID slowdown of new Connecticut breweries was allayed a bit in August 2022 by Rule of 3 Brewing in East Hampton. And of course I'm here to write about my experiences at the corrugated steel clad brewery. The usual "I had these beers and here's the … [Read more...]
Lost Tourist Brewing
Lost and Found Lost Tourist Brewing, Meriden Lost Tourist is a distribution only brewer with no taproom. This may sound a bit insane - because it is a bit insane - but I've been following Lost Tourist Brewing for years. No, not because I know someone involved (I don't at all) or because I'd been hearing good … [Read more...]
Off The Rails Brewing Company
Something's Off About the Name Off The Rails Brewing Company, Stafford September 2023 I was excited to visit what was, at the time, Connecticut's newest brewery: Off The Rails Brewing Company. From the pictures online it looked beautiful: Large, open, clean, and had an especially attractive outdoor area among the … [Read more...]
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