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City Steam Brewery will be closing their door permanently after over 25 years in Hartford! The brewery is located at 942 Main Street in Hartford. The last day will be March 31st. The brewery opened in 1980 as Brown Thomson in a historic-brown stone building in Downtown Hartford. The brewery has become a staple of the city, and distributes its famous 'Naughty Nurse' IPA to restaurants and bars throughout Connecticut. The beer will continue to be distributed after the Hartford taproom closure. The brewery said in a statement: 'It is with humble gratitude and a heavy heart that we announce the closing of City Steam Brewery on March 31- after 44 years in business (26 as City Steam and 18 as Brown Thomson and Company). We opened in 1980 as Brown Thomson and Company, carving out a space in the newly renovated historic circa 1877 HH Richardson Building, regarded as the most famous example of Romanesque Architecture in America. We created an interior area with 5 flights of stairs on two levels with a fifty-foot ceiling, including original wrought iron railings salvaged from the dumpsters as fast as the landlord could fill them. We then filled the space with Victorian antiques with period tin ceilings throughout. We brought new life to downtown. We were packed from the time the doors opened until they closed seven days a week for years. Our 100-item menu was almost impossible to put out, but we did it with speed and flair. Our bartenders had to pass a 100+ item drink test before they could blend their first Banana Split! The Brew Ha Ha Comedy Club soon followed in the lower level. In 1997 we had the vision to open a brewery, so we converted BT to City Steam, the second brewery/pub in CT (now there are over 130!). City Steam was named after our source of power, which is the steam that runs below the streets of Harford.Our Staff- We give thanks to the thousands and thousands of wonderful loyal staff members that made us the most fun place to work in downtown Hartford for over 4+ decades! Working at 942 Main Street was a steppingstone to success in life for many as they learned how to work hard and treated customers as they wanted to be treated. Our customers-It has been a pleasure and honor serving the greater Hartford community all these years! You trusted us with your most treasured events: Birthday celebrations, graduation dinners, first dates, marriage proposals (!), engagement parties-the list goes on and on! Come back over the next two weeks with your wife/ husband or a good friend you met here and enjoy some casual food or a comedy show in the Brew Hall Ha (circa 1987), or just come by for a cold Naughty Nurse! We will continue to distribute our craft beers at over 1500 grocery and liquor stores, and bars/restaurants throughout Connecticut. A special thanks to the City of Hartford for their efforts in supporting the downtown restaurant scene and for working to help us get back up and running, but we could not recover from the aftereffects of a 4-month half million-dollar closure due to a burst sprinkler pipe and the resultant flood. We have had an incredible run, but it is now time to hand the reigns over to another talented and creative restaurateur. This iconic space at the head of the rejuvenated Pratt Street Historic district is ripe with opportunity. We are looking for a restaurateur who may have an interest in buying the business and putting in a new concept- brewery or not- in our incredible 150+ year old historic structure. If you have an interest or know someone who may have an interest, have them contact: [email protected]. Once again, we thank all our staff members and customers alike for your loyalty over the past 44 years!'
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The New Cambridge Project has opened their new brewery at 139 Center Street in Bristol! The new brewery is located in the former home of Firefly Hollow Brewing in the old factory building. The new spot is described as a ‘brewing incubator’ where brewers can try out small batches of beer! The brewery had their soft opening last weekend and poured over 500 beers! Congratulations! The brewery will be open this week: Friday 3-10pm, Saturday 12-10pm, and Sunday 12-8pm. Make sure to follow them on their social media, and on their website at https://www.thenewcambridgeproject.com Dead Language Beer Project will open their new Hartford brewery on Friday March 15th! The brewery will be located at 1429 Park Street in Hartford’s Parkville section. The brewery will be located across from Parkville Market! The brewery replaced Hog River. Dead Language is the brain child of Christopher & Kyle DeGasero, Christopher was a cofounder and head-brewer of Alvarium Beer Co. in New Britain. 
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