Boondoggle Beers
Wethersfield, CT
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Boondoggle Departure
American Pale Ale · 6.17% ABV
A modern pale ale with generous Citra late hopping that is both refreshing and intoxicating in its aroma. -
Boondoggle Arrival
IPA · 7.2% ABV
A well-balanced IPA with impressive additions of Amarillo and Citra hops -
Boondoggle Layover Double Honey
Double IPA · 9.2% ABV
A big Double IPA loaded with 100% Connecticut honey and Amarillo hops. Almost no taste of alcohol makes this strong Double a real treat. -
Boondoggle The Bay Wolf Honey
IPA · 6.0% ABV
Bay Wolf is a hoppy, approachable Honey IPA dry hopped with Styrian Golding and Amarillo hops. The honey is 100% from Connecticut's Full Bloom Apiaries. -
Boondoggle Gateway
NE/Hazy IPA · 7.8% ABV
A New England Style IPA loaded with tropical fruit aromas from Azacca and Palisades hops. -
Boondoggle Non-Stop to Dublin
Stout · 5.3% ABV
A refreshing stout that will surprise you with its drink-ability. Lacking that burnt taste that often overwhelms dark beers. -
Boondoggle Baggage
Porter · 6.6% ABV
Coffee Porter "Dry Bean" Conditioned over Sumatra Mandheling beans roasted in Connecticut -
Boondoggle Layover
Double IPA · 9.2% ABV
This big double was designed with an incredible amount of floral hops and brewed with 80 pounds of Connecticut Honey. It's is loaded with complex flavors while remaining light in the mouth... -
Boondoggle Non-Stop to NOLA
Stout · 5.5% ABV
This variation of Non-Stop adds a chicory root as a tea blend to the brite tank. -
Boondoggle Tarmac
Russian Imperial Stout · 13.2% ABV
A Bourbon Barrel aged (Four Roses)Russian Imperial Stout that weighs in at 11.5%. We bottled Tarmac in 22 OZ bottles to ensure maximum aging potential... -
A-OKAY + Boondoggle Blonde Is My Color (Cask)
Belgian Blonde · 6.8% ABV
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A-OKAY + Boondoggle Blonde Is My Color (Cask Edition)
Belgian Blonde · 6.8% ABV
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Boondoggle Citra Departure
American Pale Ale · 6.2% ABV
A modern pale ale with generous Citra late hopping that is both refreshing and intoxicating in its aroma... -
Boondoggle Coffee Porter
Porter · 6.6% ABV
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Boondoggle E01 East Terminal Gate 1
NE/Hazy DIPA · 8.4% ABV
Belgian Farmhouse Double NEIPA made with MOSAIC hops and just a little Palisades to help balance and round the aroma. -
Boondoggle East Terminal
Double IPA · 8.4% ABV
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Boondoggle Flyover
IPA · 6.5% ABV
A dry hopped IPA with Centennial and Ahtanum hops. This IPA is a nice balance between West Coast and East Coast styles. The dryness will refresh you and keep you coming back during the warm months... -
Boondoggle Gateway to New England
NE/Hazy IPA · 7.8% ABV
A New England Style IPA loaded with tropical fruit aromas from Azacca and Palisades hops. -
Boondoggle Jet Lag
NE/Hazy IPA · 7.0% ABV
Mosaic and Ahtanum hops added during the whirlpool. Additional Mosaic in the dry hop. This is an absolute Juice bomb with a hazy appearance. -
Boondoggle Jet Lag Haze
NE/Hazy IPA · 7.0% ABV
A bright fresh NEIPA that measures 7% ABV and is loaded with Mosaic and Ahtanum hops added during the whirlpool. Jet Lag is then given additional Mosaic in the dry hop... -
Boondoggle Jet Lag Unfiltered Hazy
IPA · 6.0% ABV
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Boondoggle Life In The Clouds
IPA · 6.1% ABV
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Boondoggle Mosaic Departure
American Pale Ale · 6.2% ABV
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Boondoggle Non-Stop
Oatmeal Stout · 5.5% ABV
A refreshing stout that will surprise you with its drink-ability. -
Boondoggle Red Beach
Red Ale · 5.0% ABV
New Zealand hop series kicks off with a gorgeous red. Loaded with Wakatu hops before being filtered to reveal a gorgeous color. It's beautiful in a glass but built for the beach... -
Boondoggle Roger Dodger
Session IPA · 4.2% ABV
A hoppy refreshing beer. Ideal for tailgating, beach sitting, and concert watching. Roger Dodger comes in hot with a great Amarillo aroma and taste. -
Boondoggle Simcoe Departure
American Pale Ale · 6.2% ABV
A generous Simcoe late hop/dry hopping brings piney, tropical and earthy flavors together with citrus and berry accents—you’ll enjoy every sip. -
Boondoggle Standby
Witbier · 5.5% ABV
Standby is a Hoppy Pale Wit beer designed to be refreshing for the sunny days ahead... -
Boondoggle Vacation Haze
Session IPA · 5.2% ABV
Easy drinking and refreshing Session IPA. Mellow citrus flavor forward with a balanced hoppy aftertaste. -
Boondoggle West Terminal
Brut IPA · 8.4% ABV
A Double BRUT IPA which has recent origins from the Bay Area. Expect a dry beer but one that is dominated with loads of hop juiciness and some booziness.
About the brewery
ABOUT BOONDOGGLE:
Boondoggle has a few meanings, so let’s get on the same page here:
ˈbo͞onˌdäɡəl/ boon·dog·gle
noun
work or activity that is wasteful or pointless but gives the appearance of having value.
verb
waste money or time on unnecessary or questionable projects.
I am not sure if ‘boondoggle’ better describes my past corporate jobs or my efforts to create a brewery. Either way we hope that we get to experience more the other definition of boondoggle which is:
a business trip, often to an exotic destination, in which you do more relaxing/fun stuff than work.
HISTORY:
“I first considered the idea of opening a brewery in 2007 while my department was being outsourced. This change in job stability gave me the chance to re-think my career plans. I didn’t act quickly enough at this juncture and instead, a new corporate opportunity presented itself. Over the years the brewery discussions and ideas continued to pop up again and again at various levels of seriousness. Most commonly, it would be the topic of the evening while enjoying my homebrew with friends. In my free time I would work on business plans and do market research through the Brewers Association and other available resources; all the while commuting to my cubicle.
In the summer of 2012 my wife, Sarah, had a business trip planned for Europe. True to our nature we were able to turn her work trip into a proper boondoggle when we met up in Copenhagen (hello Mikkeller!). We managed a romp from Copenhagen to Bremen (Becks), then Brussels (hello Delirium, Cantillion, St. Sixtus, etc.!) and Amsterdam. This was a beer trip of a lifetime. While cruising on a canal boat in Amsterdam we came to one of the last two standing windmills within the city. As luck would have it, this windmill happened to house a new brewery. BROUWERIJ’T IJ. We abandoned our canal tour to check it out. The ‘windmill’ brewery has one of the most picturesque beer gardens that we had ever seen. The shared tables under a beautiful canopy of trees on the bank of a river created a magical atmosphere. The beer was fantastic as well. We were inspired! We talked endlessly about how we could incorporate these ideas into our very own brewery in the States. We were excited… and then we went home. We went back to work at our corporate cubicles and the magic slowly faded away.
Two summers later in 2014 the stars aligned and Sarah’s job required another trip overseas. Boondoggle 2.0! We managed to include a 23 hour layover in Amsterdam during our travels home. Once we got into town, our first stop was our favorite brewery at the windmill. This visit was quite different from our first. The place was spiffy, the baby hop plants were established, now crawling up the outside of the building. There was a new, bigger bar, cleaner space and a whole lot more people. It was this moment when Sarah put her foot down and said “Let’s do this, we have to do this!”
The remaining hours of our layover consisted of non-stop discussion and brainstorming our new venture. We enjoyed a dinner at another loved spot and went back to our Airbnb to try to get some sleep before catching our connecting flight home. This time upon landing, we got to work! For the last three years we have been working toward realizing our dream. It wasn’t always easy, and true to the Boondoggle definition, there were many wasted or misdirected steps, but today, I know we got a few things right. Cheers to that magical layover!”
– Micah & Sarah
OUR LOGO:
When looking for a mascot for Boondoggle we kept coming back to the idea of a pigeon. Pigeons are city birds, they are tough yet they are smart enough to be taught to deliver messages. The pigeons were constantly there throughout our travels in Europe…eating peanuts we would toss to them as we enjoyed our beers. They were also right outside the windows of our office building back home. When we rationalized that the most ‘boondoggle’ way of communicating is by putting a message in a satchel on a bird and sending it into the air, that was it. Our punky little pigeon sitting atop the globe is yet to be named, but is already close to our heart!