Stony Creek Brewery teams up with Bigelow on tea-infused beers

Branford-based Stony Creek Brewery and Fairfield’s Bigelow Tea brewed up two new beers with flavors of black tea, spices and citrus, the companies announced Tuesday.

The tea-infused beers, a German-style lager and a hefeweizen wheat beer, will be sold at grocery and liquor stores and bars and restaurants across the region. 

Stony Creek’s No Comment lager is flavored with Bigelow’s flagship tea Constant Comment, and its Carpe Tea-em hefeweizen incorporates the flavors of Bigelow’s Earl Grey blend. 

Bigelow Tea CEO and President Cindi Bigelow said, “Partnering with Stony Creek Brewery provides an opportunity to think beyond our core business while supporting a like-minded and local Connecticut business.”

Other recent partnerships for Stony Creek Brewery include a lager released in November to benefit the building of an Afghanistan and Iraq War veterans memorial in the state and a summer lager released to benefit environmental initiatives in and around Long Island Sound.

Bigelow Tea announced expansion plans in January, buying 25 acres in Shelton for a new warehouse and expanding existing facilities in Kentucky and Idaho.