Beer

[karstenkibbe]

Pale lager and English pub ale, both from Marlowe, at New York Craft Coalition today. Delicious and highly crushable.

 

[Waquoit]

Looks very sanitary

 

[karstenkibbe]

Looks very sanitary

The best breweries usually are… from the brew house to the bar to the bathrooms. Many learned from Treehouse.

 

[Waquoit]

The best breweries usually are… from the brew house to the bar to the bathrooms. Many learned from Treehouse.

I like character more than operating room.

 

[karstenkibbe]

I like character more than operating room.

I like good beer, like the ones in the photos I posted. You can have “character”. It’s a brewery, not a neighborhood bar.

 

[Dove]

Tox Brewing in Groton has this wheat beer called Ergot. It's on the deserted island list. Wow!! Soft orange notes blossom.

 

[Dove]

Here's a sinfully smooth crackish brew called Double D

art from Tox.

 

[AreBee1969]

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Once a year Tox brews Triple Dart which is unreal. Poltergeist is a Double Dry Hopped Triple and is probably my favorite hazy.

 

[karstenkibbe]

Once a year Tox brews Triple Dart which is unreal. Poltergeist is a Double Dry Hopped Triple and is probably my favorite hazy.

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Have to admit I haven’t had a Tox beer in a few years. Solid, but not memorable. Between you and @Dove singing their praises, looks like I need to revisit.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Anyone been to Caius Farm brewing in Branford? Looks solid on IG

 

[AreBee1969]

Anyone been to Caius Farm brewing in Branford? Looks solid on IG

I have not been there but just checked out their website. What a wide array of beers on tap. Lots of German influence most likely from his brewing studies in Munich.

Only one IPA and only one Imperial IPA. They're going to go out of business!

 

[karstenkibbe]

Anyone been to Caius Farm brewing in Branford? Looks solid on IG

I have not been. I know many people in the craft beer scene in CT who have visited. Universally, I have heard:

• Great vibe and comfortable spot
• Solid, but not spectacular beers, both traditional styles and the few IPAs he brews.
• Dude must have majored in the classics, based on his Instagram posts and the names of his beers.

@Dove could probably provide some color. He just raved about his IPA on Instagram an hour ago.

 

[Rocktheworld]

I have not been. I know many people in the craft beer scene in CT who have visited. Universally, I have heard:

• Great vibe and comfortable spot
• Solid, but not spectacular beers, both traditional styles and the few IPAs he brews.
• Dude must have majored in the classics, based on his Instagram posts and the names of his beers.

@Dove could probably provide some color. He just raved about his IPA on Instagram an hour ago.

Yeah looked like a great spot to go, glad to hear the beer is serviceable

 

[Dove]

I'll just say this...the brewskis I have had there are excellent. Pictured here is an American Pale Ale with mosaic and citra. So damned good...

 

[Dove]

I have not been there but just checked out their website. What a wide array of beers on tap. Lots of German influence most likely from his brewing studies in Munich.

Only one IPA and only one Imperial IPA. They're going to go out of business!

They're gearing up for their OktoberFest brews.

 

[storrsroars]

Something to think about while you're nursing your hazy out on your deck...

Beer makes humans more attractive to malarial mosquitoes

Drinking beer, it seems, could increase the risk of malaria.

www.nationalgeographic.com

 

[HuskyHawk]

local Octoberfest here in South Carolina. Good one.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Counter weight in Cheshire has some solid Oktoberfest stuff going on, but especially their weissbier. Tastes exactly like a weissbier you’d get at a Biergarten in Munich

And they do liter steins if you ask

 

[Patman]

I am having some stupid thoughts of doing travel during a government shutdown. Updating my CT targets (my real preferred trip is a multicity swing through the lower-midwest DC-Louisville-STL-KC-STL-IND-CIN-DC).

So I've been to Aspetuck, Two Roads, Black Hog, NEBCO, Relic, and Paddle Creek out of those that still exist.

I have pencils on Tox, Fox Farm, Counter Weight, and Beer'd. My map I have pencils on a couple of Manchester CT locations but anything on that I-84 plan has always been preferable as I'm targeting North Central Mass usually. Sometimes I pick up random places and they turn out good (Paddle Creek I really liked)

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I keep penciling in trip ideas. New England I still havent done any real time in Western MA, Vermont, and Rhode Island and then there's one offs I haven't gotten to like Schilling in northern NH and Lamplighter in Cambridge. I want to do extended weekend trips to Greensboro/Winston Salem, Charlotte, and Asheville as separate trips. Then there's return visits into Central Pennsylvania, I ought to do Pittsburgh but nothing inspires me, and then there's a return trip to Roanoke and points further down. Still some trips are more elusive than others. i also want to sketch out an upper midwest plan.

 

[storrsroars]

I ought to do Pittsburgh but nothing inspires me

Pittsburgh doesn't have a Treehouse. But it does have a bunch of other places I'd consider far more interesting than some of the others you've mentioned. I'd add Brew Gentlemen to this list to make it an even dozen.

The 11 Best Breweries in Pittsburgh

Here it is, your roadmap to the best craft beer in the Pittsburgh, PA. Recently, the Steel City's beer scene has welcomed ambitious new brewers that deserve a visit, or three.

www.hopculture.com

And how in hell is Marlowe in Nyack not on your to-do list?

 

[Waquoit]

My map I have pencils on a couple of Manchester CT locations

I like 2nd Bridge, it's hole in the wall and they are big soccer fans. And Elicit might be worth a stop, it's right near the highway. It's a big beer hall that does their own beer as well as having many guest taps that include plenty of CT beer. They usually have a selection from Great Falls, owned by a Boneyard alum.

 

[Waquoit]

Sometimes I pick up random places and they turn out good (Paddle Creek I really liked)

I was happy to read this. It's a cool little place, I was surprised to see it on your list. They have a tap line at the Yard Goats.

 

[Patman]

I was happy to read this. It's a cool little place, I was surprised to see it on your list. They have a tap line at the Yard Goats.

I wanted to stop SOMEWHERE and that seemed to be the most convenient.

And how in hell is Marlowe in Nyack not on your to-do list?

Never heard of them and they're in NY. I mean in theory I should skip CT and go up to Suarez

I keep a map...

Breweries Visited To Visit – Google My Maps

Breweries Visited To Visit

www.google.com

 

[storrsroars]

Never heard of them and they're in NY. I mean in theory I should skip CT and go up to Suarez

I keep a map...

Breweries Visited To Visit – Google My Maps

Breweries Visited To Visit

www.google.com

@karstenkibbe turned me onto them - there are multiple posts about them in this thread. "Eager to Share" was my favorite beer of 2022.

I'm out in Pgh so I'm not all that familiar with everything in CT, although I visit CT once or twice a year and have tried beers from a number of the breweries you mentioned. Marlowe is better than all of them. I don't know what you're referring to vis a vis Suarez. but I'd highly recommend making that beeline over the Tappan Zee (or Cuomo, I guess now).

Also, in Pgh, Church Brew Works is pretty much the worst microbrewery in town. There was a time 20 years ago when it was decent, but it also had almost no competition. I'd take it off your list. OTOH, I have some Helltown "Buffy" in my fridge right now - it's a solid, if unspectacular, non-fruity hazy, and priced reasonably (sixer for $13).

 

[Patman]

@karstenkibbe turned me onto them - there are multiple posts about them in this thread. "Eager to Share" was my favorite beer of 2022.

I'm out in Pgh so I'm not all that familiar with everything in CT, although I visit CT once or twice a year and have tried beers from a number of the breweries you mentioned. Marlowe is better than all of them. I don't know what you're referring to vis a vis Suarez. but I'd highly recommend making that beeline over the Tappan Zee (or Cuomo, I guess now).

Also, in Pgh, Church Brew Works is pretty much the worst microbrewery in town. There was a time 20 years ago when it was decent, but it also had almost no competition. I'd take it off your list. OTOH, I have some Helltown "Buffy" in my fridge right now - it's a solid, if unspectacular, non-fruity hazy, and priced reasonably (sixer for $13).

Church was 10 years ago at the Frozen Four. Suarez Family Brewing is in Hudson, NY and is supposed to be highly regarded but also out of the way to the spawning grounds.

edit: I'm not against Pittsburgh, but it isn't even they don't have somebody elite like treehouse. I just did Raleigh-Durham in July and nobody OMG is there either. Red is places I have gone. Blue is ideas.

edit #2: Helltown was a one-off stop when I did a Ohio swing. Moron driving while using phone looking for a one-off. I keep wanting to do a larger road trip but something keeps getting in the way. So yeah I did Jackie O's to C'bus for the night, up through Hoppin' Frog and into Cleveland then back to DC.