Union: Complete! Traveler Food and Books Here is the CTMQ Guide to Union with my list and stories about everything I’ve done there! After a decade of writing CTMQ, I decided to try to “complete” towns. In that decade of traveling and writing, I had already done a lot of stuff in many of our towns already. … [Read more...]
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Surfridge Brewing Company East
Brah Surfridge Brewing Company East, Essex September 2022 There are three new-in-'22 breweries in the Lower Connecticut River Valley area, and the three couldn't be more different. Myrcene Ale Company in Old Saybrook is a small, straight-up, no-nonsense brewer's brewery. Coastline Brewing in Westbrook is shiny and … [Read more...]
Coastline Brewing Company
What The Floc? Coastline Brewing Company, Westbrook September 2022 2022 was interesting beer in the world of Connecticut craft beer brewing. The industry had exploded between 2013 and 2020, all the way up to the pandemic. But still, through 2020 and 2021, new breweries kept opening with relative few closing. … [Read more...]
Concentric Brewing Company
The Circle of Life Concentric Brewing Company, Portland August 2021 A financial planner, a firefighter, and a physical therapist walk in a bar. "What's it gonna be?" asked the bartender. "I'm gonna open a new brewery in Berlin, one of the world's great beer cities!" said the physical therapist. "I'm … [Read more...]
Myrcene Ale Company
Myr Kinda Cene Myrcene Ale Company, Old Saybrook September 2022 "Oh boy, here comes mean ol' Steve again with another take down of a new Connecticut brewery not many have even heard of..." "Yeah, man, he really needs to give these new businesses that take our money for a product they produce months and months … [Read more...]
Brewbury
100% Missed Shots Brewbury, Middlebury August 2022 Connecticut breweries located along linear/bike paths have become a thing. There are several now, and many play up the relationship between craft brewing and bike riding. I'm happy to be the one to tell you that Brewbury in Middlebury is right along the Middlebury … [Read more...]
East Coast Cidery (Gone)
Why? East Coast Cidery, Enfield September 2022 I see no evidence that this operation still exists. I'm calling it closed in early mid-2023. It crossed my mind for about two seconds to drive up to Enfield to "visit" East Coast Cidery. But only for two seconds. There would be no point in my doing so. East … [Read more...]
Orem’s Diner
"Pancakes Or, Em, an Omelet?" Orem's Diner, Wilton August 2022 Some of Connecticut's oldest (and best) classic roadside diners are located in the ritziest towns. People don't think old school diner when they think about Wilton, yet here we are. At Orem's Diner. Did I say "old school?" I mean ollllld … [Read more...]
WeHa Brewing & Roasting Company
Weeeeeee-Haaaaaaa! WeHa Brewing & Roasting Company, West Hartford October 2021 & 2022 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. I can't think of too many Connecticut breweries that … [Read more...]
Bushy Hill Cidery at Clark Farms
Gridlock in Granby?! Bushy Hill Cidery at Clark Farms, Granby September 2022 "Go to Clark Farms" they said. "It's cute," I was promised. "Quiet little out-of-the-way country store atmosphere," was the pitch. Yes, I'm friends with a few Granby residents. One has taught and worked with my older son for years. I … [Read more...]
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