Craft beer Twitter can occasionally be a cesspool of bad-faith arguments and hype worship, but at it’s best it is a great community of passionate beer fans having interesting and engaging discussions on a variety of topics. One thought-provoking series of recent Twitter threads discussed how you started on your path to becoming a beer […]
There were a number of different breweries that I was excited to check out in Portland’s East Bayside neighborhood (and a few that I didn’t get a chance to visit on this trip), but the biggest draw was probably Goodfire Brewing Company. I had heard so many rave reviews about Goodfire’s beers, especially their NEIPAs, […]
My regular readers have probably noticed a little trend in my beer reviews from the last couple weeks. I’ve been trying to write about the majority of the breweries I visited on my trip to Maine at the end of August. It looks like I will wrap up the series just in time for my […]
On my way back from my parent’s house in Maine a couple weeks ago I made a stop in Portland and visited a few breweries in the East Bayside neighborhood, which has quickly grown into another beer hub in a city full of amazing breweries. One of the places I stopped with Lone Pine Brewing. […]
In addition to the brewery stops I make in Maine, and I made quite a few on my recent trip, I usually try to swing by a local beer store and grab a little variety of beers from places I will probably miss. As I’ve mentioned before, there is a small convenience store in the […]
There are very few beers that reach true unicorn status, where people will literally camp out by the brewery in order to assure their ability to purchase the beer on release day. One beer that was very much in that category for years was Dinner, the double IPA from Maine Beer Company. Before their recent […]
I have seen way too many articles recently about the impending death of craft beer, mostly bemoaning the rise in popularity of hazy IPAs and pastry stouts. A particularly egregious example was written for The Growler Magazine, and frustrated me to the point that I felt the need to pen this response. Craft beer isn’t […]
I am trying to do a better job of taking quality photos when I visit breweries, this effort is part of a larger goal of working on improving all of my beer photography. It is still a work in progress, but I think I am making strides. It is especially difficult when I am trying […]
Barreled Souls Brewing Company in Saco, ME is probably best known for their big beers, a selection of stouts, barleywines and other high gravity styles that are often brewed with adjuncts and aged in a variety of spirit barrels. These beers are delicious, but just a piece of the breweries repertoire. Barreled Souls also cans […]
Last week Simon Nielsen, the head brewer of Central Waters Brewing in Wisconsin, wrote an opinion piece for The Growler Magazine that generated some buzz on craft beer social media. He argued that craft beer was dying, that the innovation and spirit that highlighted the rise of craft beer has faded into a monoculture that […]
