Zen and the art of Connecticut brews
Last Saturday, the quiet town of Waterbury was overrun with relax-fitted baseball caps, half-chewed stogies and beer can-inlaid party hats. What may have looked like the biggest bro gathering this side of “Entourage” was actually the state’s largest annual beer celebration, the Brass City Brew Festival. This year, the festival featured hundreds of craft brews — some coming from as far as Australia and Mexico. Despite the annual festival’s international draw, many came for the local beer — a testament to Connecticut’s flourishing microbreweries and brewpubs.
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