Go LOCAL In A Big Way!!!

On September 17, 2016, Hartford will host the Small State Great Beer festival in Constitution Plaza in downtown Hartford.

The event currently boasts 21 local breweries with more to be added as the event nears.

I know we all love heading out and exploring individual breweries and getting to know our local brewers, but what a great way to show you support multiple breweries in our state!

I'm a beer-snob...I know...but maybe one day Connecticut will rival states like Vermont, Oregon, Washington and Illinois as a craft brew destination.

Cheers!

2016-07-09 Hanging Hills Brewing Company

Grand Opening!

We hit the grand opening of the new Hanging Hills Brewing Company in Hartford with a few friends on Saturday...along with several hundred other beer enthusiasts!  The place was packed!  They offered a flight of 5 beers and, at least with our group, two of them were pretty outstanding - the Wheelhouse Weiss was our group favorite.  The House Mild is a very nice English Bitter style beer with plenty of character. 

The only unfortunate aspect of the brewery is that its located very close to a school and therefore there's no outside area to enjoy your beer. While this is likely not an issue normally, at the grand opening it was packed and it would have been a welcomed relief to head outside to enjoy our flights.

The folks behind the counter were quite friendly (as you'd expect!) and the experience was enjoyable, despite the crowd and lack of a food truck (there was one vendor there selling hot dogs).

We'll definitely be back but are going to give them a couple weeks to settle in.

Cheers!