Visiting CT from the southeast

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  1. Elephantbear

    Elephantbear Initiate (0) Aug 14, 2014 South Carolina

    I have a good friend visiting Connecticut in the next week or two, and I was hoping you guys could provide some advice on specific bottle shops to visit and beers to grab (that aren't available in the southeast obviously).

    He's going to be staying around the Old Saybrook area. I've checked out Connecticut's beeradvocate page already, but a lot of the local stores pages seemed very outdated. Any good recommendations for good beer/stores?
     
    #1 Elephantbear, Aug 23, 2015
  2. Keithengelke

    Keithengelke Zealot (556) Jun 23, 2015 Connecticut
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    Not sure about bottle shops around that area but beers around here you should seek out are Sip, Nebco beers (sea hag, 668 and doubtfully ghandi bot) captains daughter and fair maiden from the foley brothers. Less hyped but still good are back east pallet mallet. Also, All Maine beer co beers if you dotn get distribution down there.
     
    #2 Keithengelke, Aug 23, 2015
  3. brblanch

    brblanch Devotee (367) Jun 19, 2013 Rhode Island

    If Jacks Abby makes it to CT I'd recommend that as well. Mass Rising my personal fav of their beers that see distribution
     
    #3 brblanch, Aug 23, 2015
  4. BranfordBound

    BranfordBound Initiate (0) Apr 7, 2010 Connecticut

    Can you take him to a brewery? If so go to Beer'd in Stonington. Otherwise look for NEBCO, Back East, Grey Sail, Lawson's. Not sure of the stores in that area though, sorry.
     
    #4 BranfordBound, Aug 23, 2015
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  5. DougC123

    DougC123 Savant (1,186) Aug 21, 2012 Connecticut

    JA is in CT.
     
    #5 DougC123, Aug 23, 2015
  6. jhavs

    jhavs Grand Pooh-Bah (3,587) Apr 16, 2015 New York
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    Beer'd is pretty close to Old Saybrook: http://beerdbrewing.com/. A couple breweries close in Brandford too (stony creek, Thimble Island, DuVig) they are OK. Stony Creek, great location/space, "ok" beer. Thimble has a few good brews, and same with DuVig. NEBCO and Two Roads are little farther away, but make some great stuff. SoS cans are hard to find, but if you look at the lawson's website and the SoS CT lookout thread you may get lucky http://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/lawsons-sos-ct-lookout-thread.278317/
    NEBCO has a forum too, could get lucky with some of their brews too...
     
    #6 jhavs, Aug 23, 2015
  7. AaronF

    AaronF Initiate (0) Jun 23, 2012 Connecticut

    Near Old Saybrook... Beer'd is probably 45 mins. Have hime go to Haddam a few towns north and go to Tony's. If he's lucky he can hit Steady Habit behind Tony's. Open on Friday and Saturday.
     
    #7 AaronF, Aug 23, 2015
  8. Elephantbear

    Elephantbear Initiate (0) Aug 14, 2014 South Carolina

    Thanks for all the responses. Just found out he's flying into new haven so any bottle shops around there are fair game for grabbing something to bring back. Any suggestions around that area?
     
    #8 Elephantbear, Aug 23, 2015
  9. BranfordBound

    BranfordBound Initiate (0) Apr 7, 2010 Connecticut

    Amity Wine and Spirits, Coastal Wine and Spirits, and The Wine Thief.
     
    #9 BranfordBound, Aug 23, 2015
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