Beer

[Dove]

One of the worst Fat Orange Cat brews I've ever had.

 

[pepband99]

Love my stouts with adjuncts. But my faves are not in this stout brewed by Timber Alesx Wayward Lane Brewing (Schoharie, NY). Here, Beneath Covered Bridges.
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They have been at 12% in North Haven in the past. Outrageous monster stouts.

 

[Dove]

They have been at 12% in North Haven in the past. Outrageous monster stouts.

I get IV drips there.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I think I found @Fishy on Instagram.
IPAs

 

[Dove]

Long Trail's VT IPA. At Middlefield's Blackbird Tavern.

 

[Dove]

In Bristol, CT, Firefly Brewing closed over a year ago. Turns out the head breer wasnt into changing careers so he opened his own place where Transcend used to be.
Here, a stout on nitro,

from Vue Brewing.

 

[Northbound]

Love my stouts with adjuncts. But my faves are not in this stout brewed by Timber Alesx Wayward Lane Brewing (Schoharie, NY). Here, Beneath Covered Bridges.
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It's about 10 minutes from me. They've grown like a weed. I remember when I was stepping behind and pouring my own beer from the taps there. Good group of young Colorado transplants. I rarely drink been any more, but I do grab their Cloud Generator when I can.

 

[Dove]

It's about 10 minutes from me. They've grown like a weed. I remember when I was stepping behind and pouring my own beer from the taps there. Good group of young Colorado transplants. I rarely drink been any more, but I do grab their Cloud Generator when I can.

The owner/brewers wife was pouring. I walked in and her sister and brother in law were there. She said her husband learned Brewing in Maine.

 

[Northbound]

The owner/brewers wife was pouring. I walked in and her sister and brother in law were there. She said her husband learned Brewing in Maine.

Adam is the brewer and Allie is his wife at Wayward Lane. I know them personally.

Adam bottled in Colorado for a long time, Andrew's family owned the farm and is the one that does the honey. Kyle runs the retail distribution/sales was friends with Adam in Colorado.

The head brewer isn't from Maine.

About — Wayward Lane Brewing

www.waywardlanebrewing.com

 

[karstenkibbe]

Adam is the brewer and Allie is his wife at Wayward Lane. I know them personally.

Adam bottled in Colorado for a long time, Andrew's family owned the farm and is the one that does the honey. Kyle runs the retail distribution/sales was friends with Adam in Colorado.

The head brewer isn't from Maine.

About — Wayward Lane Brewing

www.waywardlanebrewing.com

I haven’t been able to visit the brewery yet, but have been lucky to drink a lot of Wayward Lane since their stuff entered distro thru DeCicco’s. Adam Rosenthal is a very talented brewer and a seriously good dude. Met him when he came down to Mamaroneck to brew a WCIPA with Zac at Marlowe. Great collab.

 

[karstenkibbe]

I haven’t been able to visit the brewery yet, but have been lucky to drink a lot of Wayward Lane since their stuff entered distro thru DeCicco’s. Adam Rosenthal is a very talented brewer and a seriously good dude. Met him when he came down to Mamaroneck to brew a WCIPA with Zac at Marlowe. Great collab.

Speaking of collabs, this was the front end of the home-and-home with Marlowe, brewed in Schoharie. A 3% (yes, 3%) Czech amber lager that knocked my socks off.

 

[Dove]

It's about 10 minutes from me. They've grown like a weed. I remember when I was stepping behind and pouring my own beer from the taps there. Good group of young Colorado transplants. I rarely drink been any more, but I do grab their Cloud Generator when I can.

Sorry. I thought you responded to my Vue Brewing post. My bad.

The Timber x Wayward Lane stout is bomber for a 12% abv. Brings on the sleepys.

 

[karstenkibbe]

The first of Marlowe’s two 6th anniversary beers. A 7.2% IPA with New Zealand Freestyle Hops Nectaron, Peacharine, and Nelson hops. This is the best IPA I’ve had in 2025.

 

[karstenkibbe]

More Marlowe. I’m in that small minority of American craft beer drinkers who enjoy ESBs. This one is slightly more hoppy than a traditional ESB. It really is an exceptional beer.

 

[HuskyHawk]

View attachment 112433More Marlowe. I’m in that small minority of American craft beer drinkers who enjoy ESBs. This one is slightly more hoppy than a traditional ESB. It really is an exceptional beer.

Nice. Weird that it is hazy/unfiltered. I was always a fan of the old Red Hook ESB, maybe inspired by a brewery visit in Seattle. I think it's a nice fall style, mild and malty.

 

[karstenkibbe]

Nice. Weird that it is hazy/unfiltered. I was always a fan of the old Red Hook ESB, maybe inspired by a brewery visit in Seattle. I think it's a nice fall style, mild and malty.

Just the angle of the sun. This is the same beer once I got back inside the house…

 

[pepband99]

View attachment 112433More Marlowe. I’m in that small minority of American craft beer drinkers who enjoy ESBs. This one is slightly more hoppy than a traditional ESB. It really is an exceptional beer.

member #2. Picked up a taste for them when in England.

 

[Dove]

From Little House Brewing Company in lil Chester CT...a Scotch ale clocking in at 10%abv. Innit...gingerbread cookies, ginger, cinnamon and vaniller.

 

[Dove]

View attachment 112373The first of Marlowe’s two 6th anniversary beers. A 7.2% IPA with New Zealand Freestyle Hops Nectaron, Peacharine, and Nelson hops. This is the best IPA I’ve had in 2025.

"Is there a black purse in here?"

 

[karstenkibbe]

From Little House Brewing Company in lil Chester CT...a Scotch ale clocking in at 10%abv. Innit...gingerbread cookies, ginger, cinnamon and vaniller.
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Been forever since I’ve had a scotch ale. NEBCO Neighbor of the Beast at least 6-7 years. That’s a dark one you’re sipping. Rolling the dice with those adjuncts… how is it?

 

[Dove]

Been forever since I’ve had a scotch ale. NEBCO Neighbor of the Beast at least 6-7 years. That’s a dark one you’re sipping. Rolling the dice with those adjuncts… how is it?

Too freakin' easy. Like a 7%. Will be great near the fire bowl.

 

[Dove]

Been forever since I’ve had a scotch ale. NEBCO Neighbor of the Beast at least 6-7 years. That’s a dark one you’re sipping. Rolling the dice with those adjuncts… how is it?

668, Neighbor of the Beast is so good.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Been forever since I’ve had a scotch ale. NEBCO Neighbor of the Beast at least 6-7 years. That’s a dark one you’re sipping. Rolling the dice with those adjuncts… how is it?

Too freakin' easy. Like a 7%. Will be great near the fire bowl.

I love a good Scotch ale. Will need to look for these. I traded for some Three Floyds many years ago when that's how you got it, and had some Robert the Bruce, their Scotch Ale. Fantastic stuff but it never makes its way here.

 

[AreBee1969]

From Little House Brewing Company in lil Chester CT...a Scotch ale clocking in at 10%abv. Innit...gingerbread cookies, ginger, cinnamon and vaniller.
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I was just coming here to post about Vue in Southington. I was in a local pub in Unionville and they had Vue’s Tarn in cans. A really nice English Brown and I see in their website they have an ESB in the hopper. They don’t have a taproom license, but you can buy beer to go. Glad to see English and Scotch ales making some headway in the IPA dominated landscape.

 

[AreBee1969]

Speaking of English, I stoped by Transcend in Plainville on Sunday. Nice HUGE indoor space in an industrial park setting. Their Octoberfest was very nice and I had to take home a 4-pk of their Dark Mild. Only 3.5% but drinks a lot heavier.

 

[Dove]

I was just coming here to post about Vue in Southington. I was in a local pub in Unionville and they had Vue’s Tarn in cans. A really nice English Brown and I see in their website they have an ESB in the hopper. They don’t have a taproom license, but you can buy beer to go. Glad to see English and Scotch ales making some headway in the IPA dominated landscape.

At the taproom, you get a full pour when you buy a glass.

 

[karstenkibbe]

I’ve heard great things about Vue and I haven’t been to Transcend in what feels like a lifetime… pre-COVID when they were in Southington and had insanely odd hours and sold their cans from behind that counter. Need to get back up to that area for a little beer exploration.

 

[AreBee1969]

At the taproom, you get a full pour when you buy a glass.

Is there a limit to how many "glasses" you can buy? 😆

 

[Dove]

From Beer'd...this used to be called "Hobbit Juice." The LOTR people said, "Nah!" and now here it is under a new name. Single-hopped with Nelson.

 

[karstenkibbe]

From Beer'd...this used to be called "Hobbit Juice." The LOTR people said, "Nah!" and now here it is under a new name. Single-hopped with Nelson.
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I’d like to see Beer’d brew a true hazy with a solid grain bill if they’re going to hop a DIPA with Nelson. They are still stuck in first-generation New England IPA mode. Nothing wrong with that, but when it’s not at a Heady or Focal Banger level, it’s not worth buying in place of better options.