New England Breweries in Planning?

The tree house sentiment already with this place huh? Nate's inner circle is shaking in it's potentially muddier boots.

 

Seems to be working okay for Treehouse, Trillium, etc.

 

I have property within sub-DUI distance from Newport Vineyards, so really just looking to get my sip on their new juice. I'm sure it'll be mediocre to start.

 

Redemption Rock Brewing is apparently going to open in the old Coca-Cola bottling plant on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester. That gives Worcester 5 breweries with a 6th being planned. Saturation?

 

Crue Brew Brewery has I believe their soft opening (ticket only) in Raynham right off 495. Very local to me so I William govenit a try when it’s open to the public. Pictures on Facebook look nice

 

Apparently these guys had a loading dock can release yesterday and their taproom is very close to opening.

 

Canned Heat Beer Co has started brewing and should have a taproom soon on the Fall River waterfront.

 

Beer on Earth opened up on 6670 Post Road in North Kingstown, RI this past weekend. Nothing mind-blowing, but very well done and to style for their initial offerings: we tried the coffee porter, farmhouse ale, and IPA. I was a little confused because they are using the Great Harvest Bread Co space during their off hours, so the "taproom" is a little nicer than I expected off the bat.

 

I heard a rumor that Mystic's expansion plans in Malden blew up. I'm pretty bummed - Malden is much easier for me than Chelsea - so hopefully they find a new site in the neighborhood...

 

That's a shame. Hopefully they can still get a bigger space. Would love to see what they can do if the have greater capacity.

 

Steam Mill Brewing in Bethel, ME is opening in about 10 days. 1bbl. Small taproom. Located right in the village.

 

Yup, I was there last night. Wife and I popped in just before closing and had a sampler. SOLID beers across the board. Although selection was a bit one dimensional- Session IPA, Pale Ale, 2 IPAs and a porter. Porter was fantastic, all other beers between good and excellent, forgot which was which, wasn't exactly taking notes. IPA's were fruity and citrusy (they all contained Citra in some fashion) and clean and bright. (not NEIPA turbid yeast bombs) Well made stuff. Atmosphere was a bit BRIGHT, hopefully they warm it up, but they just opened so are probably working on it.

 

And as a follow up to my own post, I believe Stellwagon is having kind of a "grand opening" party today. Food trucks, the radio station next door door will be there, a band starting at some point... I'm sure it's posted on social media somewhere... I know I'll stop by.

 

My 6-week prediction from five weeks ago was pretty meh:
Bad Dream (New Milford, CT) is open.
Tribus (Milford, CT) should be open within two weeks. They have multiple beers in the tanks.
Noble Jay (Niantic, CT) has apparently had some issues with the town, so no idea about that. They haven't posted anything since May 20.

As for the others mentioned in that post:
- Woodbury Brewing brewed their first in-house batch on July 3. Should be pouring it soon.
- East Rock's buildout is going well, but they've mostly only posted pics of their beer hall, nothing about progress with equipment.
- Labyrinth Brewing says they should be open late August/early September (In brewery social media speak, this actually means late September/Early October)
- Problem Solved Brewing has not posted any updates since my last CT update.
- Norbrook Farm Brewery poured a decent amount beer at a festival over the holiday. No indication that they'll be opening other than the possibility that these were pilot batches..
- Niantic Public House and Brewery.. uh.. has a bar. No real updates other than that.
- Erector Brewing Collective is confusing.. I guess they're going to be within a place called nolo run by the owner of Da Legna? Hype through ambiguity is annoying, and this is either that or just bad social media.
- Bear Hands: nada

 

Thanks for the update @Lupin taking over for ctmq?
How long has Noble Jay been in progress? Seems like years.
Hear anything on Coles Road?

 

Steve still keeps track of the master list, but he's no longer making it a point to get to every brewery or review them.

Noble Jay has been like.. 4 years? My buddy contributed to their kickstarter in late 2015.

Coles Road literally posted a news update an hour ago. I need to get invited to one of their shindigs. Have heard nothing but good things. Summary: they are starting build out in the next month, but will not be brewing on their 10bbl system until later on. Seems like a winter opening to me.

 

Yeah, he's all over it, good reporting @Lupin.

Bad Dream is a horrible name for a brewery

 

I actually converted Steve's CT brewery list into a google map while I was trying to get to every one. He's a good dude and we keep each other up to date when we hear news from friends in the industry.

Bad Dream is a terrible name.. I suppose it could have been worse (Wet Dream?) -- it's the only taproom-licensed brewery I haven't visited yet, but I may pop in on the way home from Hudson Valley tonight.

 

Stopped in at Stellwagen last weekend. I thought Invisible Airwaves was a really tasty IPA. They call it NEIPA and the hops are, but like you said cleaner, brighter, less turbid.