Nah, Man, Nah Sunrise Drive Preserve & Ten Mile River Access, Columbia September 2019 Hello. Thanks for clicking the link to this page. I’ve got good and bad news. The good news is you are an awesome person for reading, apparently, whatever the heck I write about. Thanks for being cool. The bad news … [Read more...]
Barley Head Brewery (Closed)
It Takes a Mystic Barley Head Brewery, Groton June 2019 The brewery closed in July 2024... then reopened with new owners as The Misfit Club a month later, still brewing Barley Head beers. Here we are, together again. About to discuss yet another tiny Connecticut brewery no one ever talks about or seeks out. … [Read more...]
The Beeracks (Closed)
Beer: Rack ‘Em Up! The Beeracks, East Haven Multiple visits Armada Brewing opened up a nearby second location on River Street in New Haven in 2022 and left The Beeracks shortly thereafter. In late 2024, The Beeracks closed. You’re just going to have to go with me here. The path from the original Overshores … [Read more...]
Aspetuck Brew Lab (Closed)
Black Rockin' Aspetuck Brew Lab, Bridgeport July 2019 Aspetuck closed in November 2024. Journey with me, won’t you, to bucolic Black Rock, Connecticut, home of Aspetuck Brew Lab. Or, as we fancy boarding school Connecticutians say, “Ahhspehtuhck Brew Lahhhhhb in Blahhhhck Rohhck, Cohhhnecticuhhht.” No brewery … [Read more...]
Perfection Screw (Gone)
I’m a Child Perfection Screw, Wolcott Perfection Screw was bought by another company in April 2019 and is no longer. There’s no need for this on the esteemed pages of CTMQ. Yet, here we are. Perfection Screw and Rivet (whose signage only said “Perfection Screw”) was founded in 1952 and produced thousands of … [Read more...]
Fairfield Craft Ales (Closed)
Hellooooo Stratford! Fairfield Craft Ales, Stratford May 2019 The brewery closed in September 2022. You want to know how you know Connecticut was starving for independent craft breweries for a long time? You know this because a tiny little 35-seat brewery could open less than a mile from our state’s largest … [Read more...]
Schoolhouse No. 3
A, B, C! School - house 3! R-I-P! Avon (Google Maps location) February 2019 Connecticut museum visit #450. This was closed for decades but is reopening in July 2025 as an Avon History Museum. This museum will remain RIP for the foreseeable future. In the world of historical museums, progress can be quite slow. … [Read more...]
Nordic Moon Meadery (Closed)
Pretty Lo Ki Nordic Moon Meadery, Ellington April 2019 What you're reading right now is a placeholder of sorts. As I write this in August 2019, Nordic Moon's tasting room is not yet open. I don't know when it will be open. It might be open when you're reading this... or maybe it never opened. If and when it does … [Read more...]
Connecticut Valley Distillery (Closed)
Smuggler's Done Connecticut Valley Distillery (Closed), Ellington Closed 2018 You have found yourself on (yet another) page on CTMQ that exists for no other reason than to satisfy my list-completion OCD. I not only never visited the Connecticut Valley Distillery, I never drank any of its signature Smuggler’s Rum. … [Read more...]
The Brewery at Maple View Farm (Closed)
Reassessing Everything The Brewery at Maple View Farm May 2019 The brewery closed at the end of November 2024. I’ve been thinking about the old adage, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” While I’ve been clear in my 13 years of writing everything on this website that I sometimes … [Read more...]
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