When: July 22nd, 2023
Where: 1275 Cromwell Ave, Rocky Hill, CT
Still Hill gets its name from the conveniently named hill that the brewery is located on, where a working still was back in the 1800s. As many small craft breweries, Still Hill began as a homebrewers dream to open a brewery. After a successful kickstarter campaign, the brewery opened in Rocky Hill and has been brewing ever since. The brewery is located in the back corner of an industrial park with some limited outdoor seating and parking. Once you walk in you can see that they have tried to give the place a more barn feeling with wood plank wallpaper and a wooden bar. The inside can sit between 30 and 40 people and they have an extensive mug club collection on the back wall. Most nights spent at the brewery will include live music, trivia, or comedy shows.
Chris: The atmosphere of the taproom didn’t blow me out of the water, but the beer is the most important part of any brewery. My favorite beer was their Muga-Joe coffee stout at a whopping 8%. It had a nice coffee taste that didn’t overpower the overall flavor, and did a good job of not letting on that it was 8%. Other than the Muga-Joe, none of the other beers really stood out. I had the Sluggy Buggy oatmeal stout, VanHilla Imperial Porter, and the Still Hill Strawberry Blonde ale, and they were all decent but didn’t leave me with any desire to take a 4 pack home.
Nick: I have been to a lot of breweries and what I am always looking for is something to impress me. I was very interested in trying the Fruitatious Sourpuss Sour series but while the Keylime and Raspberry was good I wasn’t blown away by it. I also tried the Blood Orange Pomegranate from that series and found it was so light that it really didn’t taste like much. The same went for the HoneyB Lager, it was so light that I tasted only a very subtle hint of Honey.
Other cool things:
- Multiple events every week
- Growlers and cans to-go
- Mug club
What we drank:
Chris: Muga-Joe (Stout) 8% – 4.5 out of 5
Chris: Still Hill Strawberry (Blonde Ale) – 3.5 out of 5
Chris: Sluggy Buggy (Stout) 5.5% – 3.5 out of 5
Nick: Fruitatious Sourpuss Key Lime with Raspberry (Sour) 5.5%- 3.5 out of 5
Nick: HoneyB Lager(Honey Lager) 5.7%- 3 out of 5
Brewing Persuasion:
Beer: 3 out of 5
Location: 2 out of 5
Atmosphere: 2 out of 5
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