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Tates/Eli Cannon Brew. Coll.
MICRO
ROUTE: CT Route 9 South
Founded: 2024
Impression
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: Standard Deviation: Idaho/Mosaic NEIPA (6.5% abv) Great carbonation, not heavy, with great cream flavor and citrus that is very precise. Excellent ratio of cream to citrus. Complex flavors. Delicious. (Tasted at Tate's 3/20/25.)
Beer 1: Double Standard Imperial IPA (8.2% abv) some faint toast flavor. Good beer with good carbonation, just not flavorful as the Standard Deviation NEIPA. (Tasted at Tate's 3/20/25.)
Beer 1: Lil Nelly NEIPA (5.2% abv) Well-made, but ultimately average+ IPA. (Tasted at Tate's 3/20/25.)
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