If you're just getting started in home brewing and buying your first brew pot, or up-grading to something larger if you've moved up to all-grain, Maltose Express has a wide selection of brew pots to choose from.…

Maltose Express has a wide variety of beer glass styles and sizes to add to your collection and spice up your home bar.

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If you're looking to make a great fall beer for Thanksgiving, or maybe start to brew something…

Dear Cork & Brew Friends,

Cork & Brew will now offer free Beer & Wine Making classes on Saturday's by appointment only at 10am or 1pm.  Before we accepted walk in's for the classes, but we feel that making an appointment makes more sense.  The classes are still free.  Just email or call Cork & Brew to sign up for a class.

860-863-5655

info@corkandbrew.com…

Southington, Conn.  – Cork & Brew became the area’s latest home brew specialty shop and the first to offer on premises beer making in the state when they celebrated their official grand opening on Oct 13, 2011.

Cork & Brew, located at 35 North Main St in Southington,…

        Re-posted from my blog: Malted Musings.   

         In my last few…

So after months and months of planning... it all came down to this past Sunday. The stage was set... the field was locked. Out of the new craze that is Pumpkin Beer, I found several individuals that were willing to embark on a journey that not many would DARE try.



...oh yes, we dared.



Including myself, I found 8 adventurous people, willing to put…

         Earlier this month (the 4th) Eli Cannon's Tap Room in Middletown welcomed Boulder Beer Company as their featured beer. There were four Boulder beers at the weekly beer tasting: Hazed and Infused; Cold Hop IPA; Hoopla IPA; and Mojo IPA. Boulder specializes in pale ales, and the expertise was well appreciated by the usually large Tuesday night crowd, even though the Hazed and Infused keg wasn't…

Folks, we’re trying to get the best things available. While we have access to Ruby St Brewing all grain system (and the most competitive prices, just ask), it is a bit large for our humble floorspace. Oh, we’re still looking into that, but for now I’d like to share what we’ve squeezed in.

EQUIPMENT

Blichmann Engineering’s Top Tier brewtree is now in stock (with three…

Thank you to everyone for coming to your open house party.  It was great to see old freinds and to meet new ones.  Photos will follow!

Kristin

Ribbon cutting @ 6:15pm.  Hopefully the rain stops.

Kristin

For a while now, I’ve been a part of the Connecticut Beer Trail, an online group dedicated to craft beer and local breweries, brewpubs, restaurants, and other beer-related events.

The beer trail’s been part of the reason I’ve been so supportive of Connecticut breweries in my pairing (the other reason being that the beer is just downright delicious).

I wanted to share this new community and get its name out there to show just how quickly craft…

Check out our new photos of happy beer & wine makers at Cork & Brew.

Kristin

Just ordered our pilot brewery from MoreBeer! Pro, should hopefully be doing test batches by the end of the year! If you are interested in participating in our not-so-focused focus group tasting sessions at the brewery in Stamford (location TBD) in the spring, where will be soliciting your input on our beers in exchange for info on where you like to live in the moment and look forward to more, send a quick email with "Put me on the list" in the subject to info@halffullbrewery.com…

In the tradition of history’s great explorers, the folks from the CT Beer Trail challenge you to explore Conn. this Columbus Day weekend and discover one of the state’s brewpubs. 

“Connecticut has some top notch brewpubs,” said Bryon Turner, CT Beer Trail founder.  “While they are scattered across the state, all of them offer hand crafted beer and great food and are worth the trip.” 

The list of brewpubs associated with the CT Beer Trail boasts locations that…

Simsbury, Conn.  – Once again the unlikely marriage of bicycles and beer will be celebrated by area cyclists and craft beer fanatics during the latest installment of the “Bikes & Beers” event series this Sunday, Oct 9, 2011 at Plan B in Simsbury, Conn. 

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Cork & Brew has Brewer's Best Pumpkin Spice Porter Ingredient Kits.  Limited supply!

Just posted a number of new store photos.

Cheers,

Kristin

Hey CT!

We just wanted to tell you about 2 new brews we have on tap starting just a couple days ago. We are now offering our Beautiful Dreamer for a limited run (only 30 kegs!). This is our take on the classic Octoberfests you will no doubt be tasting during the fall. One of our regulars, David, just got back from Germany for a "boys' week" sipping on all kinds of Bavarian goodies. As soon as he got home and gave the Beautiful Dreamer a shot, his thumbs went straight up! So…

Re-posted from blog: Malted Musings. It is two articles over there that I put into one for convenience over here!

It is officially Autumn, which means the air is getting crisper, the days are getting shorter, and the pumpkin beers are flowing freely! In a previous article I had a look at a couple pumpkin micro-brews…