Over the last year or so I’ve noticed that the My Favorite Beers list, a compilation of all the highest scoring beers reviewed on Hoppy Boston, has skewed very heavily towards IPAs. This isn’t surprising, I love hoppy beers so I drink (and review) a ton of them, and so much of the industry is […]
Author: ryanbrawn
Greater Good Evana
A couple times a year I take a break from IPAs, I get burned out on all of the hop bombs so I spend a month or so focusing on other styles of beer I enjoy. The winter is usually one of the best times to go hop-free, I can drink lots of big and […]
Tree House Double Shot Vanilla Bean
Last Friday I took a much needed day off from work and used the free afternoon as an excuse to make a long overdue run out to Tree House Brewing Company. Tree House isn’t a horrible ride from my house, under an hour, but I rarely make the trip, my brewery visits are limited with […]
Mayflower Boomerang
With the dawn of the new year Mayflower Brewing Company announced that they were rolling out an adjusted lineup of core beers for 2019. They teased the announcement and were revealing the beers one at a time on their social media accounts, but the last reveal (on January 2nd) only had four cans in the […]
Random Beer Thoughts: January 2019
Welcome to the first Random Beer Thoughts and Links for 2019! We have a lot to get through, so get comfortable, open a tasty beer and dive in! I personally knocked out a ton of content this month. I led off the year with at article recapping the year on Hoppy Boston and setting goals […]
Barreled Souls/Dancing Gnome Gnome’s Soul
One of my big beer-related goals for the early part of 2019 was to drink my cellar, I had close to 40 bottles in the cellar in December and I would prefer to have that number in the single digits. I had never intended on keeping a substantial beer cellar, but it becomes so easy […]
Clown Shoes Pecan Pie Porter
When I wrote my goals for Hoppy Boston in 2019 I mentioned that I wanted to stop chasing whalez and re-visit some breweries that I had neglected for too long. As part of this I also hope to write more articles and reviews on beers and breweries that are a little under the radar. I […]
Night Shift Out Of Darkness
I wanted to knock out one more Night Shift article and make sure to plug my Night Shift Brewery Profile on The Full Pint. Thanks for everyone who checked the profile out and chimed in with their favorite Night Shift beers. Look for a couple more articles to finish up my Full Pint series on […]
In Defense of Beer Flights
There is a small but very vocal group of beer drinkers and craft brewers that are strongly against beer flights, the series of taster-sized glasses many breweries offer as a way to sample a variety of styles without ordering full pints. These anti-flighters routinely bash the idea of flights on social media and often brag […]
Brewery Profile: Night Shift Brewing Company
My latest article for The Full Pint is a profile of Night Shift Brewing Company including picks of my favorite Night Shift beers! Previous Full Pint Articles: Brewery Profile: Jack’s Abby Brewing Company and the Springdale Barrel Room Brewery Profile: Trillium Brewing Company NEIPAs to seek out in every state in New England Part One: Maine, […]
