Litchfield Hills Brewfest Serves Up Local Tastes

New Hartford’s Ski Sundown hosted the 13th annual Litchfield Hills Brewfest on June 8. A variety of local, regional and national craft beers, wines, ciders and spirits were available for tasting, along with eats from food truck vendors, set to the backdrop of the ski slopes with music by Organized Chaos. Sponsored by Torrington Savings Bank and NeJaime’s Fine Wine & Spirits, event proceeds benefited St. Maron Church, Brooker Memorial and Summit Adaptive Sports.

: New Hartford’s Ski Sundown hosted the 13th annual Litchfield Hills Brewfest on June 8.

: Sharon Vaghi, Brand Ambassador, Litchfield Distillery highlighting Litchfield Distillery Old Fashioned Small-Batch Cocktail.

: Albert Corpus, Two Roads Brewing Company highlighting Two Roads Lushee Lime and Flavortown Spiked Fruit Punch.

: Brand Ambassador Kathi Savage showcasing Corona Sunbrew.

: Annette Keller and Jennifer Leclaire, Latitude Beverage Co.

: Dakota Pollack, Mariette Slater and Kevin Barlow, Full Moonshine from Hickory Ledges Farm & Distillery.

: Adrianne Smith and Jon Ladd, Back East Brewing Company.

: Chris Gallagher, New England Brewing Co. showcasing New England Sea Hag IPA.

: Donny Paez, Bad Sons Beer Co. highlighting Bad Sons Juicefied Juicy IPA and Hazefied Imperial IPA.

: Bill Donovan, Narragansett Beer showcasing Narragansett Lager.

: Josh Pichette, Hartford Distributors, Inc., highlighting Nütrl Vodka Seltzer in Black Cherry and Classic Cranberry flavors.

: Downeast Cider House’s Kevin Messer showcasing Downeast Overboard Cider and Josie Valverde highlighting Downeast Original Blend Cider.

: Peter Reilly, Counter Weight Brewing Co.

: Brand Ambassador Michelle Cassile showcasing Avaline Red Wine.

: Lisa Pantelekos, Ashley Thompson and Gretchen Stelter, The Finnish Long Drink.

: Lady Nichelle and Orlando Cordova, Fishers Island Lemonade.

: Sasha Bajjo and Wayne Crow, Connecticut Valley Brewing Company.

: Mike Vieira, Thimble Island Brewing Company highlighting Thimble Island Juicy Ghost IPA.

: Steve Turpak, Stormalong Cider showcasing Stormalong Massive Appeal Cider.

: Ben Corry, Boston Beer highlighting Samuel Adams Summer Ale.

: Melissa Pavloff showcasing Jack’s Abby Blood Orange Wheat and House Lager.

: Jay Williams and Steve Cueva, Nod Hill Brewery.

: Volunteer Christy Tellier highlighting Victory Juicy Monkey Hazy Imperial IPA and DirtWolf Double IPA.

: Kylen O’Sullivan, Eder Bros., Inc., showcasing Freixenet Cordon Negro Cava Brut.

: Brand Ambassadors Jen Giotti showcasing Litchfield Distillery Straight Bourbon Whiskey and Simon Hunt highlighting Litchfield Distillery Double Barreled Bourbon Whiskey.