Now that we are fully into the fall I’ve finally turned over my beer fridge, the lighter summer beers are mostly gone and the fridge is stocked with darker, heavier and maltier offerings. Marzen/Oktoberfest beers aren’t the kind of beers I want to drink year round, but it’s nice to go on a run of […]
Author: ryanbrawn
Bent Water Thunder Funk
I’ve spent a bit of time recently bemoaning the number of breweries I want to visit for the first time, or places I really need to return too. Fortunately I’ve been able to knock a couple breweries off of my list recently and I am making plans to get to a few more. One that has been on my need-to-visit list since […]
Should we care about medals/awards for beer?
Last weekend was the 30th Great American Beer Festival, a massive celebration of all things beer that takes place in Colorado every fall. In addition to the festival itself, and the myriad of events that take place in and around the area over the weekend. There is also a beer competition where beers from all over the country […]
Proclamation Derivative: Galaxy
I’ve made it pretty clear in this space that I don’t usually go out of my way to chase “unicorns” or “whalez”, the craft beers that are so hyped up they cause otherwise rational people to wait in line for hours in order to buy a couple cans or bottles. That being said, I do have […]
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. […]
Bucket Brewery Pawtucket Pale Ale and Black Goat of the Woods
There are so many breweries that have opened in the last few years that I have a hard time keeping track of the beers being produced in Eastern Massachusetts, let alone keeping up with all of the new breweries throughout New England. I’ve considered keeping Hoppy Boston’s focus on MA beers, but it’s fun to try things from across […]
Berkshire Brewing Oktoberfest
We are into October and I am finally (almost) finished with the backlog of beer reviews that had piled up over some late summer travels. This means I can focus some of my effort on fall beers. As many long-time readers know I am not a fan of pumpkin beers, not an attack on the style just not […]
Medusa Black Ale Project
As promised, since I took so long to make the trip out to Medusa Brewing I am doing a second review this week. To be honest, this idea also gave me a reason to buy two 32 oz growlers (not that I needed and excuse). I usually prefer the smaller serving of multiple beers anyways, and […]
Medusa Mesmerist
I think every beer fan has a brewery or two that they are always meaning to check out and for one reason or another just haven’t had the chance to make the trip (except for maybe the Mass Brew Bros, I think those guys have hit every place in the state at least once). I […]
Marshall Wharf Bitter Truth
I am a bit behind on my reviews, I did a major stock up run in mid-August and then my trip to Maine, and while I’ve sampled and taken notes on all of those beers I haven’t written the reviews yet. Need to get used to this two articles a weeks schedule, it’s just too hard […]
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