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Cottrell Brewing Co.
MICRO
ROUTE: N/A
Founded: 1996
Impression
This brewery is closed. Cottrell was one of the first craft breweries in Connecticut, and it was painful to realize that they had lost their zest for the brewing game. I visited about five months before they closed, in 2021. The brewery was on a classic industrial site that had been a printing company in the family of the brewery owner. Pawcatuck is an old shipbuilding and mill town full of character. One half-expects Captain Ahab to walk out of an alley between warehouse buildings and command the Pequod to get underway.
BEERS TASTED
Beer 1: Glory Czech Pilsner (4.7% abv) Good standard pilsner. Good carbonation & bitterness. A Lawnmower Beer. (Tasted at Cottrell 7/3/21)
Beer 5: Incredibly Pretentious DIPA (7.5% abv) Big, huge hops with bitterness on finish. Made to be juicy, but still too juicy. Over the top. (Tasted at Cottrell 7/3/21)
Beer 2: Off Duty Blonde/Golden Summer Ale (4.9% abv) No flavor. (Tasted at Cottrell 7/3/21)
Beer 6: Perry's Revenge Scotch Ale./ Wee Heavy (8.5% abv) Too much spice, and tasted like coffee candy, not coffee. (Tasted at Cottrell 7/3/21)
Beer 3: Old Yankee Red Ale (5.0% abv) Cottrell's flagship beer. Again, no flavor. (Tasted at Cottrell 7/3/21)
Beer 4: Mystic Bridge Belgian IPA (6.5% abv) More malt than hops, but altogether fairly balanced. Bitter on end; dry. But not really thrilling in any appreciable way. (Tasted at Cottrell 7/3/21)
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