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Anyone have reviews on Connecticut Valley Brewing in South Windsor?
Not a fan, I must say. Haven't been for awhile, when I last visited pre-COVID they had 1 stout and 9 IPA's on tap. I didn't think they had it down, all the offerings had a burn. The tap room is nice but it feels way too corporate to me. It's a room designed by a business consultant not a brewer.
 
Alvarium in New Britain released Citrus Sap in cans in December/January. Off the hook in balanced hoppy dankness. Was crackish. A new batch is coming out soon.

Out of Twelve Percent there is Abomination Brewing always releasing their Wandering Into The Fog single hop varieties. IIPAs. He just released, and sold out, of Mosaic, Wai Iti and Columbus. All kicked ass.
 
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Alvarium in New Britain released Citrus Sap in cans in December/January. Off the hook in balanced hoppy dankness. Was crackish. A new batch is coming out soon.

Out of Twelve Percent there is Abomination Brewing always releasing their Wandering Into The Fog single hop varieties. IIPAs. He just released, and sold out, of Mosaic, Wai Iti and Columbus. All kicked ass.
Wandering into the Fog Mosaic is as close to a perfect beer as anything else I have ever tasted. It’s probably a good thing I can’t find more of it because I would likely remortgage my house to buy as much of it as I could.
 
Wandering into the Fog Mosaic is as close to a perfect beer as anything else I have ever tasted. It’s probably a good thing I can’t find more of it because I would likely remortgage my house to buy as much of it as I could.
The first run was good, but unspectacular to me. This latest canning was unreal, tdrink.
 
With the game coming up tonight, I'm having trouble concentrating. So I called up a guy I knew that usually has some Tree House and invited myself over for a couple. He said, "I'm all out let's go!" So we'll be on the road in an hour and I'll be back later to tell you how long the line is on a Wednesday afternoon in March.
 
With the game coming up tonight, I'm having trouble concentrating. So I called up a guy I knew that usually has some Tree House and invited myself over for a couple. He said, "I'm all out let's go!" So we'll be on the road in an hour and I'll be back later to tell you how long the line is on a Wednesday afternoon in March.

Just checked the lineup, they have fantastic stuff today. Super Treat, King Julius, Very Green, JJJULIUSSS, On the Fly. Wow.
 
Just checked the lineup, they have fantastic stuff today. Super Treat, King Julius, Very Green, JJJULIUSSS, On the Fly. Wow.
I went 4 weeks ago and what a haul. King Jjjuliusss, King Julius, Mega Treat, Doubleganger, Juice Project Citra + Galaxy, Eight, a few others and 6 different bottles of stouts. All the mentioned were exceptional. Spent about $300 but it was worth it!
 
Never knew Derby was quite the beer town.

And finally, New England is home to two of the best small town beer scenes in the country: Portsmouth, N.H., ranked No. 3, and Derby, Conn., ranked No. 5. Portsmouth was lauded for its more than half a dozen breweries and brew pubs, as well as its Granite State Growler Tours. Derby was recognized, in part, for its “huge” taproom at Bad Sons Brewery and new “brew-centric” restaurant The Quail & Ale opening inside its historic Brewery Building. The top small town beer scene destination is Avondale Estates, Georgia.

 
My wife went to Trillium a few days ago. Haven't had any of what she got, but some was new stuff I haven't had. Today she visited some friends and they went to Ravenous Brewing in Cumberland, RI. Now that MA no longer has the travel ban, I can drive the two miles across the border and get a beer without ordering a meal. She brought back some Tilted Barn from those friends and some Ravenous she bought. Tomorrow we are heading to visit friends in Falmouth, will bring some beer and may hit up Bad Martha's the beer is pretty meh, but the Pizza is superb. My friend with the place in Falmouth says Home — AQUATIC BREWING is quite good. It's new, no open taproom now, but we may grab some to go.

Big beer week considering I have yet to have a beer. About to fix that. Happy Friday!
 
Been up on Alaska for all of March. Their beer game up here doesn't suck. I've been smack dab in middle of state around Fairbanks and the choices have been good.

Most everything is Fairbanks or Anchorage centric.

Matanuska Magnitude 9.2 Double Citrus Ale has been stellar.
Matanuska Back Country Blue is a good Blueberry Ale

The Banks Penultimate Blonde

Kassicks Beaver Tale Blonde

Midnight Sun Brewing Panty Peeler Belgium Trippel

Just a few that have made this month tolerable.
 
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Been up on Alaska for all of March. Their beer game up here doesn't suck. I've been smack dab in middle of state around Fairbanks and the choices have been good.

Most everything is Fairbanks or Anchorage centric.

Matanuska Magnitude 9.2 Double Citrus Ale has been stellar.
Matanuska Back Country Blue is a good Blueberry Ale

The Banks Penultimate Blonde

Kassicks Beaver Tale Blonde

Midnight Sun Brewing Panty Peeler Belgium Trippel

Just a few that have made this month tolerable.

Alaska is amazing.

If you need beer to make Alaska tolerable, you should be fed to a bear.
 
Had Maine Beer Company, Mean Old Tom last night. I liked it. Havent drank much Captain Lawrence (west chester) in a while but they did a beer as a collaboration with Capitol Theatre (music venue in Port Chester) called " I will get by" which is a Hazy IPA that I really like.
 
Alaska is amazing.

If you need beer to make Alaska tolerable, you should be fed to a bear.

Eh, the tolerable comment was more about being away from home and the work. Scenery is pretty amazing. Somewhat limited in the winter months with travelling- some of the roads are still closed.

Being able to see Denali from about 100 miles away is a cool thing.

First few weeks temps ranged from-35 to -40 with highs in the negative 0's??

Now that sun is peeking up a bit more temperatures have steadily stayed in the positive numbers and are almost approaching freezing temp. Still haven't seen 32 degrees in 4+ weeks.

Saw one moose.
 
So a big beer day on Saturday with some friends on their deck down in Falmouth, MA. Stopped at Aquatic Brewing, which only opened a couple of months ago. No on premise drafts yet, because Massachusetts still requires that you order a meal to order a beer. Tried 3 beers, a New England IPA, Pale Ale and Hefeweizen. All good. Not Treehouse good, but quite good. It's a nice addition, look forward to visiting when we can sit down and order a draft.

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This was my go-to IPA when I lived in Washington. Hopefully, it travels well. Did you get that in CT?

Boneyard Beer was just purchased by Deschutes Brewery (Mirror Pond) which will increase their distribution reach.
Boneyard makes a double called Hop Venom and a triple called Notorious that is criminally good.
 
This was my go-to IPA when I lived in Washington. Hopefully, it travels well. Did you get that in CT?

Boneyard Beer was just purchased by Deschutes Brewery (Mirror Pond) which will increase their distribution reach.
Boneyard makes a double called Hop Venom and a triple called Notorious that is criminally good.
Love Deschutes.
 
Any particular reason I'm seeing more Double Dry Hopped DIPA's these days? Has it become a thing? If so, I can get behind it. I just had a good one from Hooker. Lone Pine's Oh-J in the yellow can was the first one I noticed, also very good.
 
Probably injecting some controversy here, but I think people should band together and agree to stop going to Treehouse. It’s not like they are a local micro brewery that needs the extra support. These guys are multi gajillionaires with an enormous brewing and canning capacity. People drive sometimes hours, wait in line in their cars for an hour to pick it up. Even before the pandemic the tap room was not great, nor were the food options. But people continue to flock there to the continued benefit of the profit margins.

I love Treehouse beer. I had been going there since they were in a shack and only had growler fills of green and Julius. I wen out of my way to get it when there was nothing else like it available. But now, while Treehouse might even mak an argument for being the best brewer of IPAs, I can always find something at the package store that is on a par and sometimes refreshingly better. And that’s where, at this point, we should be able to get Treehouse beer They should be distributing, like everyone else. But I get that they are effective capitalists and will continue to bank the money they would have to share with truckers and shop owners as long as people go ridiculously out of their way to get beer that maintains a myth of scarcity.

Treehouse does make good beer, and I like it a lot. I make a trip up there once or twice a year and buy a couple cases. I think TH has done a great job creating a passionate following with good beer that allows them to do some really interesting things. I just don't buy into everything they do. They swap out one of six hop varieties in a recipe and then add a bunch of letters to the existing name. Swap out a different hop variety and repeat. Currently six different IPAs and 11 different DIPAs available, and the demand for every one of them is probably feverish. Over the last few years, I've found several breweries that are either closer to me in the Greater Hartford area, and/or distribute locally, and they are just as good Treehouse and some that are better. Tox (UCONN Alumni owned) for example is making fabulous beers. IPAs, stouts, browns, sours. Starting to find them in local stores now too. Alvarium is great, Kent Falls, Abomination, Great Falls (also UCONN Alumni owned) also dynamite and available in stores.
CT Valley is ok. They have a really nice tap room. People can tour the brewing operation. Very clean. They do a good variety of brews, but they don’t compete heavily in the IPA category. I believe the flight boards are made from old plane propellers, which is cool. But the flights were priced exorbitantly.

I am a big fan of their California Triple IPA, The New Frontier. NOT Hazy,11% and smooth as silk.
 

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