Last week I posted a ranking of the 21 best beers I reviewed in 2021 and I was a little disappointed in the style diversity in my list. I am usually pretty good about writing reviews of a wide range of beer styles, but my list ended up being about half IPAs. I am a […]
Tag: Lamplighter
Lamplighter Professor Lupulin
Sometimes it can be really difficult to separate the art from the artist. Despite a life spent loving epic fantasy, from Tolkien and Lewis to Martin, Jordan and Sanderson, I didn’t get into the whole Harry Potter craze when the books first came out. I was probably just a little too old and it didn’t […]
Lamplighter Cloud City
As I’ve mentioned many times before on the blog, I am a huge geek. It extends way beyond just beer, I get geeky about many other things including science, music, video games, and fantasy novels. Another big thing I geek out about is Star Wars, ever since I watched the original trilogy when I was […]
Lamplighter Atari’s Lantern
I’ve often thought about the beers I would feature if I started my own brewery. I don’t think I would ever make that leap into beer as a career, I love my day job, but as a beer geek it’s fun to consider. In addition to the regular rotation of hop bomb IPAs that would […]
Lamplighter Rabbit Rabbit
My “real” job is as a research scientist in biotech, working on finding new treatments for cancer. The entire biotech industry seems to be centered in the Boston area these days, especially in Cambridge, so it was little surprise that this has been the location of my first two jobs after finishing my post-doc. There […]
Lamplighter Major Tom and Nocturne
I mentioned earlier this week that I rarely make it to beer releases due to massive constraints on my time caused by family, work and life. One reason that I failed to mention, but probably tops the list, is that I refuse to wait in line for beer. If a brewery is doing a big release that […]
Lamplighter Werewolves of Cambridge and Birds of a Feather
Lamplighter Brewing Company had it’s first birthday this month, and they have been celebrating with a series of special events and beer releases. It is crazy how quickly Lamplighter transitioned from an exciting new brewery in town into one of my go-to local breweries. Most places have a bit of a learning curve in their first year, […]
Lamplighter Watchman
There are a number of major milestones that a brewery goes through as it starts up and begins to establish it’s place in the market. Opening the doors and starting to sell beer is obviously the first huge event, along with seeing your beer on draft at local bars. Starting to can or bottle beer is another big […]
Lamplighter Blitzen
Merry Christmas (a day late) and Happy Holidays! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend celebrating with friends and family, and that it included a number of delicious beers. I am enjoying a large variety of styles over the holidays, from hop-bomb IPAs to malty stouts and barleywines. In my opinion you don’t need a specific style for […]
Lamplighter Lucid Nonsense and Easy Tiger
I rarely make it to the grand openings of breweries, usually by the time I can make the trip a brewery has been in operation for a little while. In fact, my life has been so crazy that there are a number of places that have been on my must-visit-soon list for way too many months. […]