When Chris Went: October 24th, 2020 Where: 1429 Park Street, Hartford, CT 06106 Hog River Brewing Company’s founding has the “traditional” craft brewery story. A husband and wife tire of their corporate jobs and decide to pursue their lifelong dream of owning and operating a brewery. They finally realized their dreams with the opening ofContinue reading “Hog River Brewery”
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City Steam Brewery
When Chris Went: October 24th, 2020 Where: 942 Main Street, Hartford CT 06103 City Steam opened in 1997, making it one of Connecticut’s oldest breweries. Their flagship beer series, Naughty Nurse, is a Connecticut staple. The brewery’s name comes from their method of brewing, with steam. The Hartford Steam Company has engineered a way toContinue reading “City Steam Brewery”
Thimble Island Brewing Company
When Chris Went: October 10th, 2020 Where: 16 Business Park Drive, Branford, CT 06405 If you live in Branford you probably know where Thimble Island Brewing Company gets its name, but if you are like me and didn’t grow up near the Long Island Sound then you might not know that it is named afterContinue reading “Thimble Island Brewing Company”
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