North America's Most Innovative Craft Brewery Is in Oxford, Conn.
OEC has seven experimental lines of beers that are pushing the boundaries of craft. Here is what you need to know about them.
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The trajectory of many small craft brewers is the same. They start independent, develop a following, and grow in influence and production capability. Eventually, they might open a bar or restaurant and one day might get swallowed by a larger corporation. Suddenly, your dad is buying it from Stop & Shop.
Not so with Oxford, Conn.'s OEC. (This stands for Ordinem Ecentrici Coctores, a winkingly imprecise Latin phrase that sort of means "The Order of the Eccentric Boilers.") It was conceived in early 2013 as an extension of the importer and distributor B. United, which represents such brands as Belgium’s De Dolle Brouwers, Germany’s G. Schneider & Sohn, and Japan’s Kiuchi Brewery.