Differently than the actual 49ers who went west during the Gold Rush, the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs will rush (and pass and kick) for gold this Sunday. The victors’ deliriously opulent Super Bowl rings will be smithed from that prized metal, then studded with dozens or even hundreds of diamonds—treasures paid for […]
Anchors Down, Bottoms Up
Armada Brewing is on a quest. After five years docked at The Beeracks, a collaborative brewery in East Haven, the company has found new harbor at 190 River Street, in part of the historic Bigelow boiler factory. Armada’s commander, owner John Kraszewski, spent years checking listings, visiting facilities and, upon landing on River, battling tempests—the […]
Beer in Mind
“We started off four years ago with about thirty-five hundred bucks each in our bank accounts and a dream of making some beer,” Hoax Brewing co-founder Sean Ricci says. As bartenders and drinkers, he and business partner Austin Scott had spent years geeking out over beer together, but the deeper learning had come in the […]
Beer We Go
Since it opened in 2018, The Beeracks, a collaborative beer brewery in East Haven, has flown under the radar. The name, a play on “barracks,” is a little puzzling, and (more…)