Exhibit “A” Brewing Company: A Road Trip To-Go I had every intention to describe in detail the actual brewery space of Exhibit “A” Brewing Company, the tanks, the ceiling, the brewing process. With every expectation comes a reality. By the time I arrived at Exhibit “A” Brewing in Framingham, Massachusetts, my son was fast asleep […]
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If you think a blind IPA taste test is a way for a few friends to get together on a Sunday and enjoy a few beers, you are wrong. This is science at its finest. It is the reason why the scientific method is taught in biology classes. To quote Walter Sobchak (John Goodman) in
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Norwell and Hanover, Massachusetts I love being a parent. Truly, just watching my son, Danny, play makes me happy. I entered fatherhood in my thirties so I was a little nervous about how my lifestyle would change. Travel has always been dear to my heart and I was afraid that parenthood would limit my ability
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Visiting eastern Connecticut? There’s much more than just casinos and Mystic. Here is my eastern Connecticut top 10 list of (mostly) off the beaten path places to visit.
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When I am in Connecticut and the leaves start to change, Woodstock is a must-visit for me, for my annual autumnal pilgrimage up Route 169. It’s where life is a little less hectic and the pace is just a little slower. Woodstock Orchards fulfills the need for autumn in my life. Woodstock, Connecticut is most
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A view of Bailey’s Ravine on Ayer Mountain in Franklin on a rainy day in autumn. (above) Sharpe Hill Vineyards features wines like their award-winning “Ballet of Angels” to be sipped on their quintessentially New England grounds in Pomfret. (below) The Prudence Crandall House Museum in Canterbury is the stately home and schoolhouse
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Three times a year my family and I would take trips out to Maple Lane Farms. In December we would choose our Christmas Tree there, in June we went to pick strawberries, and in late July their blueberries. While ‘picking my own’ a few years back, I was intrigued to see that Maple Lane had
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HOSMER MOUNTAIN SODA – WILLIMANTIC and MANCHESTER, CT With the craft beer movement taking a stronghold on the state’s palette, soda has found itself relegated to the back of the fridge. Although fellow ‘Connecticut connoisseurs’ may be reaching for a double IPA instead of an Orange Dry soda, Hosmer Mountain Soda knows that trends come and go, but
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