Cottrell Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Pawcatuck, Connecticut, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Powder Hollow Brewery

Established in 1997

Contact
100 Mechanic St, Pawcatuck, CT, 06379, United States
Description
I felt this desire to make better beer. While studying in London, I developed a passion for quality ales and when I returned to Connecticut with my family, I knew I wanted to leave consulting and turn my passion into a business. I worked hard to master my craft. My wife, Ann, and I opened the doors to Cottrell and on February 28, 1997, we rolled the first keg of Old Yankee Ale down Mechanic Street to our local watering hole, CC O'Brien's. Our mission was then, and is still now, to produce the best product that we can using fresh, natural, quality ingredients.

If you haven’t tried Cottrell , you are missing out on a uniquely brewed, quality product steeped in New England history and great taste. Cottrell is something I hold dear to my heart and I want to share it with the world

Mechanic St brewery closed in 2022 and brand sold to Powder Hollow Brewing.

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6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Mild hoppy aroma. Cloudy grey amber colour. Very small tan head. The flavour is hoppy, high, clean bitterness. Hint of grapefruity hops. Nice and refreshing.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Oct 2010 at 11:03

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle. Mild malty aroma. Cloudy amber colour. Small tan head. The flavour is malty like the flavour. Mild bitterness. Slightly spicy. Does not stand out much, but nice and well-balanced.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Oct 2010 at 11:03

6.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
From my beer club. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured an orange-amber color with a medium sized orange-white head that lingered and produced incredible lacing. The aroma was sour, bitter and had faint fruits and toasted hazelnut. The flavor was dryish and roasty with light hazelnut and caramel. The finish was long, dry, bitter and slightly roasty. Medium body. Ok.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2010 at 12:24

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
bottle thanks to beerbill, pours light amber with a medium to tall beige head. Aroma is full of floral and leafy hops, very fresh with some faint citrus notes. Flavor is toast and biscuits with a nice bitterness that is predominately grapefruit and pine resin. Very solid.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Sep 2010 at 16:39

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
0.33L bottle, medium stable off white head, a touch hazy dark copper date colour. aroma of aprioct, melon and some herbs, flavour of pine and herb shrubs with some hints of mandarine and light bready backbone, strong and mellow sourness and a long bitter sour aftertaste. Very good IPA.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Sep 2010 at 07:01

3.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 2 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5
Bottle at ChrisO "I’m Trying to see the Stool" pre GBBF2010 tasting. Haze brown. Bit diacetyl. Awful aroma and made it difficult for me to drink the rest of it.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2010 at 07:44

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
0.33L bottle, small stable head, clear deep rusty orange with quite a lot of carbonation, malty aroma with some white fruit notes, flavour of bread and jam with a strong bitterness, a touch thick and heavy. Just drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Aug 2010 at 12:40

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottled@The Chriso Rock The Roof Down pre-GBBF shindig. Amber colour with small slightly off-white head, that leaves quite good lace. Aroma is quite bready and bisquity along with some slight caramel and mild floral hoppyness. Flavour is being quite much the same. Something between a bit sweet and rather bready. Ends with a mild toffeeish touch.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2010 at 20:58

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Beer of the Month club. Slightly hazy deep amber color with a small off-white head. Aroma of citrus, pine needles, tropical fruits, caramelly malt and cookies. Flavor starts sweet with some caramel and biscuits and fruity notes and continues to a bitter hoppy finish with some pine and grapefruit. Medium-bodied. A decent IPA.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Aug 2010 at 12:48

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Beer of the Month club. Clear amber color with a medium white head. Piney-citrusy hop aroma, with biscuity malt, caramel and cookie notes. Flavor has sweet malt upfront, caramel, toasty notes and light graininess, and finishes more bitter and hoppy. Medium-bodied. Decent.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Aug 2010 at 15:28