Stick to Ice Cream, Leave the Puns to Me Mortensen's Ice Cream, Newington January 2023 I'm 50 as I write this. I've lived within 10 miles of Mortensen's for decades. And I rather like good ice cream. Which is why it's really weird that this is the first time I'd ever had Mortensen's ice cream in my life. In … [Read more...]
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BE Chocolat
BEautiful and BEwildering BE Chocolat, Fairfield December 2022 As you'd expect chic-chic Connecticut has its fair share of chic-chic chocolatiers. Places where you can go to buy your sweetheart a Valentines Day gift box with a fifty dollar bill and come up short. (We've also got a bunch of more affordable, yet … [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...]
Thompson Chocolate
Foiled Again? Thompson Chocolate, Meriden December 2022 I had an absolutely full old school CTMQ day of "stuff" to do. I had taken off Fridays in December, so after I dropped my son off at his school in Windsor, I sped towards Meriden. I time out my days like this to the minute, so the plan was to arrive at … [Read more...]
Beer’d Brewing @ The Silo
Beer'd: Near'd and Dear'd The Beer'd Brewing Company @ The Silo, Groton November 2022 The two Beer'd Brewing taprooms are probably about nine miles apart as a crow flies. The most direct driving route is about 10 and a half miles. The typically quickest driving route is over 13 miles, much of it on I-95. The … [Read more...]
East Coast Kombucha Company
Doing the Kombucha-cha-cha East Coast Kombucha Company, Norwalk December 2022 "I hate kombucha." "Really? My wife and I drink it all the time! We love it!" "How? It tastes like vinegary garbage water." "You just haven't had good kombucha!" I've had this conversation a few times. I'm the negative … [Read more...]
Spacecat Brewing Company
SoNo More Bad Breweries? Spacecat Brewing Company, Norwalk December 2022 I imagine that those of you casual readers who don't really care about yet another brewery trying to make it in Norwalk (the Bermuda Triangle of Breweries) only care to know why a brewery is named "Spacecat." Totally understand. My first … [Read more...]
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