Central CT & Long Island local beer

Discussion in 'New England' started by FLBeerGuy, Jul 2, 2014.

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  1. FLBeerGuy

    FLBeerGuy Grand Pooh-Bah (3,028) Feb 6, 2007 Florida
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    Heading up to Central CT for the 4th. Any good/not to e missed local NE beers that might be in the area bottle shops at this time? Also taking a trip to Long Island during the week, same question for there.

    Thanks!
     
    #1 FLBeerGuy, Jul 2, 2014
  2. Shyla987

    Shyla987 Zealot (599) Jul 18, 2013 Connecticut

    Best bet for great beers is the breweries themselves, not bottle shops. Most breweries are closed on the 4th. Do you have leeway for the 5th? If so, New England Brewing in Woodbridge.
     
    #2 Shyla987, Jul 2, 2014
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  3. FLBeerGuy

    FLBeerGuy Grand Pooh-Bah (3,028) Feb 6, 2007 Florida
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    I'm there for a week. Do any of the bottle shops carry their stuff?
     
    #3 FLBeerGuy, Jul 2, 2014
  4. Beericjb

    Beericjb Initiate (0) Jan 9, 2012 Connecticut

    Definitely check out New England Brewing in Woodbridge, CT. Stores do carry their cans, but they do a lot of brewery only stuff for growler fills. For cans they have Sea Hag IPA. Elm City Pilsner, 668 The Neighbor of The Beast Belgian Strong Golden Ale, and occasionally, and much more hard to find, Gandhi-Bot Double IPA. You are definitely better off going to the brewery if possible, and grabbing some growlers and throwing them in coolers with ice. They are closed this friday and then Sunday-Tuesday. OEC brewing in Oxford makes awesome sours if you are into that. You can only get their beer at the brewery in growlers and maybe bottles. Relic brewing is pretty awesome and is in Plainville which is near Hartford. They sell growlers and bottles out of the brewery.
     
    #4 Beericjb, Jul 2, 2014
  5. FLBeerGuy

    FLBeerGuy Grand Pooh-Bah (3,028) Feb 6, 2007 Florida
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    Thanks for the advice, I will try and get to the brewery.
     
    #5 FLBeerGuy, Jul 2, 2014
  6. Robtobfest

    Robtobfest Initiate (0) Oct 21, 2009 Connecticut

    Def grab some Back East Summer cans! Hoppy blonde with Citra, Simcoe and Galaxy and under 5%. Its really good. Also I would grab some tall boy cans of Hopstillo IPA by Broad Brook Brewing, not amazing but good ipa in cans for a local
     
    #6 Robtobfest, Jul 3, 2014
  7. Shyla987

    Shyla987 Zealot (599) Jul 18, 2013 Connecticut

    @FLBeerGuy Oops, just noticed on New England Brewing's FB that they're closed tomorrow (Sat), thought they might be open. Sorry. If you stop at some local package stores you should/might be able to get cans of their Sea Hag, which is a great IPA.
     
    #7 Shyla987, Jul 4, 2014
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