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Article: Taking a new tack: the New England Brewing Co. emphasizes traditional American beer styles.
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- Modern Brewery Age
- Article date:
- July 15, 1991
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The city of Norwalk, CT, was a booming port during the age of sail, and the Norwalk river was thronged with schooners loading manufactures and produce. During that period, Connecticut's local breweries produced beers very different from today's light American pilseners.
The face of the country changed dramatically over the intervening century, and the Connecticut brewing industry changed with it. Prohibition drove many local breweries out of business, and industry consolidation conspired to close the rest.
Fortunately, however, the pendulum has swung back. Small-scale brewing has returned to fashion, and a microbrewery--the New England Brewing ...