Favorite breweries/beer from CT?

Counter Weight is my # 1. Doing a variety of styles exceptionally well. Few highlights for me: Galaxy Space Coyote, Van Art and Void. But Workhorse is my favorite.

Fox Farm is fantastic as well. Roam: Nelson was amazing as are the Pils and Porter. Unfortunately, 60 mile round trip for me so the visits are infrequent. Don’t care for growlers, either.

New Park has potential but their growler policy and pricing is extremely off putting.

I must be in the minority because I don’t have the love for Kent Falls as many others do. Around a dozen or so beers at this point and all forgettable.

Trying to think of specific beers to add to the list...

 

Kent falls is absolutely amazing in every way, and relic who’s IPAS are over the top good.

 

Kent Falls has been very disappointing lately to me, for the last year or so.

Fox Farm and Counterweight are my personal favorites.

 

Haven't been out to Fox Farm yet but definitely need to make the trip. I'm a huge NEBCO proponent. Most of their beers are on a solid-excellent scale for my tastes, Locust Reign + Coriolis being the favorites.

Not surprisingly, Counterweight is up there for me, too. Enjoyed the Void + Void w Coffee as well as a number of their IPAs. Heard good things about the Ceno Stout (and the BA Maple variant). The Audition series is a nice way to switch things up, too.

 

NEBCO is and has always been great. I have really enjoyed every Counterweight beer that I have tried. Was not a big fan of relic, but I am now and not just because of their hoppy beers. Some of their other beers are very good as well...

 

Couldn’t agree more on Kent Falls, never have I seen a brewery be more inconsistent.

 

My favorite beers from CT.
NEBCO
Fox Farm
Counterweight
Two Roads


Favorite Brewery/Tap Room Experiences:
Back East
Fat Orange Cat
Fox Farm
Du Vig
Two Roads

 

Agree on this one. Have had some great beers from them this year. Buddy Sprinkles Saves The Day, Glitter Rainbow were awesome. But the lemon coconut gose was probably the worst beer I ever had. Tasted like soap.......

 

Beer'd Brewing in Stonington, Fox Farm in Salem, Epicure in Norwich. I've only had one Kent Falls Brew, and it was friggin delicious!

 

I agree with all of the love in this thread for Counterweight, NEBCO, and Fox Farm and would probably consider those my 3 favorite in the state. All of them feature impressive variety and consistency in execution.

I'd also mention Forest City, which has quietly been making some of the best hoppy stuff in the state IMO (and the non-hoppy stuff is solid too). I find everything they do really refined, especially in comparison to some of the other hazy IPA producers in the state that receive more hype.

 

Kent Falls is consistently great, IMO. I've never had a beer from them I haven't liked and the brewery experience is second to none. Counter Weight, Fox Farm, NEBCO help round out my top four. I could make a long list of others who could vie for that fifth spot, including Beer'd, Back East, Fat Orange Cat. And considering how much I loved Jon-era Steady Habit, I think Parable will sneak its way into that conversation very soon.

 

I sing my praise for Kent falls and a few hours later I have my first beer from them I didn’t like... AZ AM was not that great. Supposed to be a citrusy sour but all I tasted was sour. Kinda upset.

 

OEC. Hands down doing the most interesting stuff in CT.

 

In addition to the great breweries listed already, I would add Armada to the list. They are currently brewing out of the Overshores location in East Haven. Several of their IPAs have been solid.

 

oec, twelve percent, new park.

fox farm is on my list to visit.

 

OEC is small but they are leaps and bounds better than anything else in CT.

 

I feel ashamed I left off OEC, I guess I overlooked them because typically when I talk to people, they're just looking for IPAs/Stouts and not Sours.

OEC is probably my favorite CT brewery.

 

NEBCO, Fox Farm, Counter Weight, Lasting Brass and OEC. Best news of all is that the middle three are only about a year old each. Bodes well for the future as their line ups will expand and all have significant barrel aging systems in place. Wait until those fine elixirs start rolling out. Couple that with 2 former NEB brewers starting Tribus Brew and the state of CT craft is trending upwards quickly.