While I am a proud beer geek, I am also a serious science nerd. My job as a chemist pays the bills but it is also something that I am passionate about. Brewing beer involves a ton of science, from chemistry to physics to microbiology, so these interests often intersect. When Sierra Nevada announced their new Hop […]
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Rising Tide Printemps
Happy Marathon Monday/Patriots Day! For those of you that don’t live in Massachusetts, today is a state holiday where most of metro Boston closes work and has a big party while some elite athletes/insane people (or both, depending on your perspective) run 26.2 miles. This is one of the best days to live in Boston, […]
Victory Moving Parts IPA Batch #3
Many craft beer drinkers are obsessed with trying new beers. There is so much variety available now that you could probably go years without ever drinking the same beer twice (if you wanted to, not recommending that). This works well for small brewers, they can augment their flagship products with one-off test batches and brewery only releases […]
Trillium PM Dawn
I don’t drink coffee. Not hot coffee or iced coffee, no Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks. It’s not that I dislike coffee per se, I just never started drinking it and I have a few reasons to keep that trend going. Due to some sleeping issues I’ve had to deal with I try to avoid caffeine in […]
Allagash White
There are certain beers that I will always associate with specific eras or moments in my life, and Allagash White definitely is one of those beers. About 4.5 years ago I met a girl for a first date. I chose Audubon Circle as the venue, that was always a go-to place for me, cool atmosphere without being stuffy, noise level that […]
Geary’s Hampshire Special Ale
Hoppy Boston classic beer week continues with a review of Geary’s Hampshire Special Ale. I grew up and then went to college in Maine, while Boston is now home I still love vacationland. Throughout high school and during breaks in college I worked at a local specialty grocery store that catered to many of the […]
Founders Porter
I’ve started to notice that I tend to over-focus my beer purchasing, consuming and writing on the newest beer releases. I know I’m not the only one! A great new beer almost always has way more buzz amongst craft beer connoisseurs than the re-release of something that has been brewed before. I really started to think about this last month when I […]
Bog Iron Middle Child
A couple weeks ago I was participating in a casual Twitter conversation about local beer with some other enthusiasts and someone mentioned drinking a few of Bog Iron Brewing’s selections at a Boston area bar (The Independent in Somerville). I replied that I was excited to see their beer in metro Boston, I’ve been impressed with […]
Down The Road Pukwudgie Pale Ale
Few things are more exciting to a craft beer enthusiast than having a new brewery open right in your neighborhood. Down The Road Brewery officially launched this week, and although they don’t have a tap room yet they are headquartered in Newton, very close to where I currently reside. The first product released by Down The […]
Beer Bar Review: Brewers Coalition
I haven’t been doing very many bar reviews lately. Part of it is that my wife/beer tasting buddy is taking a 9-ish month break from drinking (for a very good reason), so we’re not exactly going bar hopping right now. In fairness, I have visited a few good bars in recent months and just haven’t gotten […]
Hoppy Boston 