I recently reviewed Stand Out, a single-hop pale ale from Long Trail Brewing that features the Equinox hop. As a homebrewer I love beers that feature single hop varieties, it helps me plan fun ways to use the hops in future homebrew batches. I wasn’t very familiar with the Equinox hop variety, and while I […]
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Jack’s Abby House Lager
A few weeks ago I wrote an article on house beers, the types of beer you keep around the house for all occasions. My readers seemed to agree with many of my selections, or they didn’t disagree enough to comment on it, but there were a few other beers that people suggested. One was Jack’s […]
Two Roads/Evil Twin Geyser Gose
For a long time I was hesitant to try gose beers. It took me a little time to warm up to sour beers (I am still working on some of the more aggressively sour styles), and the description of a gose sounded a little strange. Gose is a kettle soured wheat ale that is traditionally brewed with salt, and occasionally […]
Troegs Cultivator Helles Bock
The Hoppy Boston style of the month for May is actually a combination of styles, Maibock/Helles bock and Helles lager. I felt the need to combine the two because there were a limited number of examples for each style that I could easily obtain, especially when you factor in the beers I’ve already reviewed. Maibock […]
Pale Ale Month Wrap Up
I had a great time sampling and reviewing American pale ales in April. I know that IPAs are the king (and I love a good IPA), but pale ales can provide plenty of hop flavor and aroma in a lighter, less bitter and very easy to drink package. I would love to see more brewers use the APA […]
Trillium Fort Point Pale Ale
Next week my son turns a year old, it is incredible how quickly the time flies. When my wife was pregnant she completely abstained from drinking, there are plenty of women who have a drink here or there (which is fine, no judgment), but she decided not to and stuck to it throughout. Probably the closest […]
Maine Beer Co. Mo
Hoppy Boston pale ale month continues with a review of Mo from Maine Beer Company. Mo is a great example of a beer that gets lost a little due to the success of other beers produced by the brewery. Popular IPAs Lunch and Another One typically fly off the shelves, and people sleep in their […]
Cambridge Brewing Le Saisonniere
More breweries are dabbling in barrel aging, buying up used wine or spirit barrels and filling them with all types of beer. While the most common barrel aged beer is still the bourbon barrel aged imperial stout, you are starting to see a whole variety of beer and barrel combinations hit the shelves and taps. I am […]
Hoppy Boston’s House Beers
Most beer enthusiasts (myself very much included) are promiscuous drinkers, we are constant looking for new and exciting beers to try. There is nothing wrong with this, but sometimes you spend so much time trying new things that you forget about old standbys, beers that are consistently great and easy to find. I’ve started to notice […]
Long Trail Stand Out
One of the reasons that I enjoy single hop beers (or other beers that showcase a particular hop variety) is my love of homebrewing. I enjoy developing my own brewing recipes, but I occasionally get stuck in a rut with my hop selections. I have a few standout hop varieties that I tend to use in […]
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