My trips to Maine almost always involve stops at local breweries, usually a mix of old favorites and newer places, and the most frequent stop over the years has to be Maine Beer Company in Freeport. There are numerous reasons for this, the beer is consistently excellent, it’s a convenient stop about halfway through our […]
I hope everyone is enjoying their summer, finding some time to rest and drinking some delicious beers! My links article is a little on the light side this month, some of that is the slower news cycles in the summer and some is that I’ve been crazy busy and have definitely missed things I would […]
Bissell Brothers is one of my favorite breweries in Maine, but I am rarely able to visit. The majority of my trips north are with the family, and the timing of when we leave and when/where we stop is based on the needs of the kids, so South Portland is rarely in the cards, and […]
Brunswick, Maine is one of my favorite places in the world, mostly due to my fond memories from my four years as a student at Bowdoin College. While I drank way too much cheap marco beer from kegs at Bowdoin, I also started to develop a taste for better beers, frequently sampling the few available […]
Many newer breweries are launching with a rotating stable of NEIPAs, taking advantage of the huge buzz (and resulting sales) that come with the substyle. I am a huge fan of hoppy beers in general and well-made NEIPAs specifically, so I don’t mind the proliferation of the substyle. That being said, it is frustrating to […]
Earlier this week I wrote about my first visit to Redemption Rock Brewery in Worcester. One thing I glossed over a bit was the beer, aside from saying that I enjoyed everything I tried and brought some crowlers home, I didn’t write much for specifics. This was because I intended to write this follow-up article […]
I am not at the stage in life where I can just visit breweries whenever I want, my life is extremely busy, so I try to find creative ways to squeeze in the occasional stop at a local establishment. A good example was 4th of July weekend, we decided to bring the kids to the […]
I don’t get a ton of time to read right now, my life is crazy between work and family, and after that my small amount of “free” time is taken up by other hobbies, like planning and writing posts for Hoppy Boston. Recently I took a work trip to China, and with the 13+ hour […]
My latest article for The Full Pint details the reasons I love session beers and think they are an important part of the growth of craft beer, with an assist from session beer master brewer Chris Lohring from Notch Brewing! Previous Full Pint Articles: 16 Massachusetts That Need To Be On Your Radar Brewery Profile: […]
The last few times I’ve stocked up at the bottle shop I realized that I am way behind in spreading the love on my beer reviews, there are way too many local breweries that I’ve yet to feature on Hoppy Boston, or haven’t written about in way too long. A good example is Barewolf Brewing […]
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