My sampling trip through Connecticut beers continues with a couple selections from Stony Creek Brewing Company in Branford, CT. Looking at their website I kind of wish I had made the trip to Branford instead of just grabbing the beers in a bottle shop, the brewery looks like a great place to hang out. They have […]
Author: ryanbrawn
Stillwater Yacht
With the constantly increasing competition in the beer market, each individual brewery needs something to set it apart from all of the other options available to consumers. In my opinion the best way to achieve this is to do one thing extremely well, become known as the master of a particular style or set of styles. Many breweries have thrived starting with this […]
Half Full Onward APA and Pursuit IPA
A couple weeks ago I picked up a number of beers from Connecticut breweries that aren’t distributed in Massachusetts yet, with the hope of getting better acquainted with the CT brewing scene. My reviews of these beers continues with a couple of selections from Half Full Brewery in Stamford, CT. I wasn’t very familiar with the Half Full lineup, which […]
Newburyport Melt Away Session IPA
The recent explosion of the session IPA style has been remarkable. A couple of years ago the style didn’t even exist and now it seems like every brewery is hopping on the bandwagon and brewing a session IPA. I have had mixed opinions on this particular sub-style from the beginning. On one hand it is kind of […]
Idle Hands Heide
In shocking news last week Idle Hands and Enlightenment Ales, who had merged into a single operation a couple of years ago, announced that they were closing their brewery in Everett. The company isn’t going out of business! The space they use was sold to the development group building the casino in Everett and the facility is going to […]
Down The Road Rasenmaher Kolsch
Down The Road Brewery in Newton is gradually rolling out their introductory lineup of beers. They recently released Rasenmaher Kolsch on draft and in 12 oz. bottles. If you grab a bottle you’ll probably notice something interesting in their artwork. The label depicts Down The Road character Hans Mowermann pushing a lawnmower in his lederhosen. In his free hand, […]
New England Brewing Co. Sea Hag
Last weekend I stopped at Craft Beer Cellar in West Hartford, Connecticut on my way home from a business trip and grabbed a number of local beers that are not distributed to Massachusetts yet. One of the beers I was most excited to try was Sea Hag, an IPA from New England Brewing Company in Woodbridge, CT. I have […]
Cambridge Brewing Company Sgt. Pepper
Cambridge Brewing Company has developed a reputation for brewing some great barrel-aged and wild fermented beers. Due to limitations in cellar capacity most of these beers have been brewed on small scales, and the only way to sample the majority of them has been to travel to the brewpub in Kendall Square. That is about to change with a […]
CBC West Hartford/Connecticut Beer
I spent the last week in New Jersey for a work-related conference/training. I got a few recommendations of local New Jersey beers I should look for but didn’t have much luck tracking them down. The main reason was scheduling, I was booked all day and into the evening every day. A group of people from the conference went out […]
Dogfish Head Sixty-One
Like many other beer drinkers on the East Coast I was introduced to hop-forward IPAs in part by Dogfish Head Brewing and their seminal 60 Minute (and 90 Minute) IPAs. That beer was one of my “wow” beers, the brews that changed my view on what beer can and should be. Hop-forward beers were my first true beer obsession, and […]
Hoppy Boston 