April 2012 Blog Posts (16)

Location: Eli Cannon's Tap Room, Middletown

Below is a list of Beer Festivals/Events in the state of Connecticut.  If you are a craft beer fan to any degree and you have not been to a beer festival, you must, must, must attend one.  They are such a great time.  They are the best opportunity to sample the widest variety of amazing craft brews from Connecticut, New England and elsewhere.  Beer Festivals are also an awesome opportunity to meet other craft brew aficionados.

There are so many other great aspects to Beer Festivals as…

So which Plan B location has the best draft list today.  Well here they are:

Plan B Glastonbury:

Sebago Elegans Saison

Narragansett

Southern Tier Mokah

Brooklyn Pennant

Pyramid Outburst

Ommegang Witte

BBC Lost Sailor

Wolavers Wildflower Wheat

Blue Point No Apologies

... Dogfish Black and Blue…

Location: Relic Brewing, 95B Whiting Street, Plainville

Date:  Friday, April 27th, 5:00PM - 7:00PM & Saturday, April 28th 12:00PM - 3:00PM

The…

Location:  Coalhouse Pizza, Stamford

Date: Right Now

The Skinny:  The folks at Coalhouse Pizza have gone off their rocker with this insane IPA list.  IPAs are currently dominating 15 of their 52 taps!!!  If you live anywhere in or near the state of Connecticut then you must must must head to Coalhouse to get your IPA…

Everyone know how much we love dogs, cats and all animals at Maltose. We want all of our brewers to know that hops, spent or fresh are potentially fatal to dogs.

Please go to our blog www.whatsbrewingatmaltose.com to read about the dangers of your best friend ingesting hops. Please keep our furry friends safe!…

Bloomfield, Conn.  – Many of the state's craft beer enthusiast will be celebrating American Craft Beer Week on two wheels at the Thomas Hooker Brewing Company on Sunday May 20, 2012.

"Bikes & Beers" is a collaborative effort between the CT Beer Trail and the bike experts from the Pedal Power bicycle shops in Middletown and Vernon.  The concept started in 2011 with a series of organized bike rides developed with the goal of promoting local craft beer and…

Wine $50 cash every week!  Pick up Enterainment Extra in Stop & Shop's in Watertown & Cheshire & go to the back page for the $50 giveaway info.  It's very easy! 

Who doesn't need $50 more dollars?? See ad below.

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Reposted from my blog: Malted Musings.

Goose Island, a Chicago based brewery/brewpub dating to 1988, has officially extended the distribution of its artisan beers through Connecticut. Up until this point you may have come across a stray bottle here and there at specialty package stores, but now (with full distribution plans rolling…

Why yes, yes we can.

But that's not how it used to be...

Not long ago... Anheuser-Busch stormed its way to the top of the Beer Mountain. They were one of 3 games in town along with Miller and Coors. AB…

Location: Monster B's, Stamford



Brewery: Saranac Brewery



Date: Friday, April 14th, 5PM-8PM



Prices: Happy Hour Pricing for All Saranac Drafts ($5 per Beer)



The Skinny: Monster B's of Stamford will be teaming up with Saranac Brewery out of lovely Utica, NY for a Tap Takeover tonight.  So head on down to Monster B's for…

This past Tuesday, Eli Cannon's Tap Room greeted Harpoon Brewery representative Roger Willson and offered a full selection of Harpoon beer on tap. This included Harpoon Leviathan Barley Wine, the classic IPA, Hard Cider, Celtic Ale, Raspberry UFO, and Black IPA. Out of these I had never tried the Black IPA or the Raspberry UFO, and so was looking forward to trying the new varieties. For those that…

Large selection of Hop Rhizomes arriving this weekend for homebrewers. 

Mother of Vinegar arriving next week.  First come first serve!

below is the list of the homebrew finalists..  

Ed Silva 3rd place (please pick up your prize)

geoffry dobos 2nd place

mike patient 1st place

the rest of the twelve finalist (in random order)

tyler reginatto

ryan fitzpatrick

don shala

dan roy

jody rockhill

vincent Scherbner

tom phillips

brandon stack

heath gelinas

once again, i just wanted to thank everyone who participated in our first homebrew event..  it was a smashing…