A year or two ago (I don’t remember exactly, it all seems to run together as you start to get old) I was having a Twitter chat with Night Shift brewer Isaac Boucher about our mutual disappointment that Night Shift had decided to not brew any saisons that spring/summer. Isaac and I both love the […]
As I mentioned in my article on Monday I am trying to work in some more curbside pick-ups at local breweries in the coming months. As much as I miss sitting at a taproom bar with a pint or a flight, and I hope to do it again soon, it has been nice to order […]
During the pandemic I’ve done what I can to support local breweries, mostly with beer and merch purchases. Most of this has been through online orders and curbside pick-ups or deliveries from my favorite local beer stores. I’ve done limited brewery visits, some of that is to spread the love a bit across the region […]
The issue of exploding fruited beers was back in the spotlight after reports of Trillium Daily Serving cans exploding when warmed. Jim Vorel at Paste had some thoughts on this phenomenon and Trillium’s response. My thoughts were pretty blunt, if a beer explodes it is the brewers fault, and it is ridiculous to blame the […]
My first real apartment in the Boston area (outside of a couple months in a summer sublet in Harvard Square) was near Davis Square in Somerville. It was a fun place to live, especially in my early 20’s, sharing a place with some college buddies, and having a bit of money and minimal responsibility for […]
In a “normal” year, one where we aren’t dealing with a pandemic, I probably make it to almost as many breweries in Maine as I do in Massachusetts. I usually take 4-5 trips to Maine in a year and every one of them involves multiple brewery stops. Despite that there are still many breweries in […]
I made an explosive beer once. I was homebrewing a dry-hopped saison at my old apartment in Watertown. I pitched the yeast, got a nice strong fermentation, transferred to the secondary for the dry-hopping when it slowed to a crawl, then bottled it a week later. After waiting the nominal 2 weeks for the bottling […]
As we hit the four month mark of social distancing/shut-down I am evaluating what has changed for me, especially because it seems like it will be a long time until life gets back anywhere towards “normal”. I miss restaurants even though they were an occasional treat for me, and my bar visits were even more […]
When a new local brewery is trying to fund-raise in an effort to get off the ground I usually try to throw in a few bucks, I am fortunate enough to be able to afford it and I am always on board with more local beers. I am especially interested in supporting new breweries with […]
Craft brewers have been dealing with the business changes caused by COVID in all sorts of creative ways, from new beers and artwork to an increased and improved social media and marketing presence to different ways of getting their creations into the hands of their customers. Aeronaut Brewing in Somerville has started posting a whole […]
