CT Breweries/Beers

I will add that the Hooker wine barrel saison, despite the price, is quite good.

 

I love NEBCO, and enjoy Back East' stout and Road 2 Ruin too.

Didnt like anything by Relic at all, almost everything was belgian based.


Theres a new brewery opening every week it seems, however I hope the quality improves and not the quantity.

 

Agreed with these

 

I have been thinking the same thing.There is a small article in the latest"yankee brew news" about Thimble Island.Def. want to check them out soon to see what they are doing.I remember reading they had a coffee stout on,and an I.P.A. in the works.

Cheers

 

Speaking of CT. Breweries,
I'll be pouring at the Rising Pint Brew Fest. this saturday at Rentschler Field in Hartford.
I'm sure all above said breweries and then some will be there.
I'll be hitting up Relic and Back East for sure,anyone else thinking of going?

Cheers All..........

 

I gotta give em some love for the Liberator and Imperial Porter too!

Cheers

 

yeah, i hope this is the case. one would think with the resources they have, and the brewer that they have, they should produce some outstanding beers in the future. i'm certainly not writing them off.

 

Not really a ton of info on what will be poured at some of these events for CT Beer Week, but it looks like some Back East casks will be floating around the state next week.
The list of events is here:
http://ctbeerweek.com/events

 

I've frankly been surprised with the pedigree of the brewer and the size of the facility that Two Roads is not doing more already. Basically 4 regular beers and, honestly, very rare one offs given how much space they have. I really thought they'd be hitting the market with seasonal 22 oz-ers or something.

I forgot SBC in my original post. It's amazed me over the years that SBC has stayed in business in so many locations with such poor beer.

 

90% of their facility/production is contracted out i believe

 

I thought their imperial stout was total garbage. It's the only beer I've had from Back East, but it was lousy. ADS/RIS is a highly saturated style on the beer market, and for a new brewery to put out such a weak, bad product was really baffling to me.
I will be weary of buying anything from them again, though your recommendations are making me consider them again.

 

I agree thhey have the most potential, but we'll see. I had high hope for their normal Saison.

That would be sick if the Berliner Weisse thing were true.

 

I went last year for free. Still sucked.

 

I appreciate knowing when and where the events are, but it's almost worthless if they don't tell me what they'll have.

 

Agreed. There are a few details buried in there, but I've seen a few more specifics popping up on twitter/facebook this week.
I heard the Two Roads Doppelbock aged in rye whiskey barrels that My Place will have is a good one to try.

 

Wanna meet there whatever day that is?

 

I don't think it sounds snobby at all, but more detail would be nice. You mention two breweries you have had and imply you enjoy NEBCO stuff, with the Two Roads stuff just being ok. Any other experience with CT beers that cause you to say you have not been impressed in general.

 

Everything I have had from Hooker, Olde Burnside, City Steam, Cottrell, Stony Creek and SBC have been at best fairly drinkable, and at worst completely and utterly undrinkable. Hence why I have not tried that wine barrel aged Hooker saison davey101 mentioned - while that's one of my favorite styles, I just couldn't drop money on something from a poor to bad brewery until I heard plenty of positives. If I could find a bottle now, I'd probably buy it.

Never had any Willimantic or Thimble Islands.

 

That might work. Don't know what the girlfriend has planned for my birthday (which is that week) yet. I will be going to Mikro for the Back East Misty Mountain cask on the 15th. Excited to try that before it shows up in cans in June.

And back on the thread's main topic... not sure how I forgot City Steam earlier. They are very good to my girlfriend's family (kegs of their beer at a wedding years before they were bottling) and the Naughty Nurse is a solid beer for family parties/bbqs or whatever. I just stay away from the Blonde.