David Z.
Yelp
On October 5th, 2024, my niece and I went to Two Roads to try flights of their beers. We left feeling welcomed by the staff that we now consider family.
Bryan was our bartender. He was extremely knowledgeable about the beers, giving us his honest opinions and really wanted our feedback once we tried the beers we selected. We were given a food menu. Two Roads owned a restaurant across the brewery called Two Roads Food Hall + Bar: A Fork In The Road Less Traveled. This is mostly a quick and easily hand held bar food but it's top notch. My neice had the Mac and cheese while I also had Mac and cheese but with barbecue pulled pork. Absolutely delicious. Creamy cheese and perfect pasta but that pulled pork was generous, cooked properly and seasoned just right. An enjoyable experience. A must return to try other items on the menu.
We asked about a tour of the facility. For just $5, paid at the gift shop, and I'll get to that later, we had a well guided tour by Amy. We absolutely loved Amy. She gave us the history of the brewery, the beer brewing process, and the many steps all the way up to bottling or canning. We felt at home with Amy and she answered many questions. Amy also gave us a quick tour of Two Roads' newest brewery, Area Two Experimental Brewery. We didn't have a lot of time to try what the brewery had to offer but we were both impressed with the atmosphere and the potential of this being THE spot to celebrate with friends and family. Maybe I'll return to do a review for Area Two. Hopefully, we will see Amy again.
Before we left, my neice and I fell in love with the brewery and had to check out the gift shop. Makya tended the shop and she was just as pleasant and helpful as the rest of the staff. We bought a lot of items. A lot! We took home some beers in cans, tee shirts and hooded sweatshirt, the flight paddle with 5 glasses plus more but as you would guess we went overboard but it just a perfect way to end the day. Any glass we purchased was carefully wrapped by Makya and it arrived home without any cracks or chips. We entered the gift shop twice and Makya held on to our purchase when we went into the tour for us. We went back a second time to get more merch.
This brewery really is the best in the state. Prove me wrong if you must but Two Roads serves exclusively their own beers, cans other beers like Lawson's Sip of Sunshine from Vermont, and is currently about to branch off to new territory with Area Two that will distill gin, rum, and whiskey and more. You need to come here to try the beers and get a true experience of the great friendly staff and a pride of Connecticut brewing. This is a destination for a perfect travel guide to the state.