Beer tasting 4pm-7pm Friday April 12

Your host is Mike Weed from Abner Weed brewing.

Last week we officially kicked off our four consectutive months of local breweries! Renzo and the two brothers, Mike and Alex, have been working at this project and we now have the pieces in place.
So what defines local?

Will everything that we are promoting be from here in town?
From our state?
From the Northeast?
Please explain...

In this case, we are very cognizant of the defininition so we'll say it like this...there are not very many companies that brew right here in our state. There are quite a few labels that are owned locally but brew in places like Mass., or brewed here but owned outside of the state, so it isn't an easy task. In the end, it is all about our local economy and trying to keep the dollars spent as local as possible.
Having said that, if you look up Abner Weed brewery you will see that through a very convoluted and, in some ways, idiotic turn of events this Cailfornia based brew is being brewed right here in our state. It is actually a homage to a long since passed Senator from California and brewed here in the state of Connecticut by a family in Bloomfield that shares the Weed name. Some how all of this strange twist and turning gives you an idea of how the next 4 months will play out.
The craft beer world continues to get more serious in our state and things will be clearer, and their local connections more solid as time goes by as places like Two Roads in Stratford dig in. In the meantime, we are going to try very hard to do our part to support the local movement both in beer and business. We are a family owned business that continues to be owned by the same family that opened it more than 70 years ago. Now in our third, proud generation in this business, we are hopeful that our reputation as a leader and our ever humble approach continue to have meaning long into the future.
Help us to support the "local guy" as we spend the spring and summer featuring some of the best brews that Connecticut has to offer.

-cheers 

Abner Weed Amber Ale                   $8.99/6pb

Proudly named after the founder of Weed, this rich ale starts off sweet and malty and progressed into a light, bitter flavor.