I’ve visited more breweries in Maine than any state other than Massachusetts, and it isn’t even close. While Massachusetts is home now, I spent the first 22 years of my life in Vacationland and during normal times I make frequent trips up north to visit friends, family and for alumni events at my alma mater. […]
For a while it seemed like the Oktoberfest/marzen style was losing a lot of steam in American craft beer. Pumpkin beers were all the rage and wet-hopped beers were appealing to hop-heads, so many breweries were passing the idea of brewing Oktoberfests as their fall seasonals. Fortunately for all of us who love the marzen […]
When you ask beer fans about their go-to fall beer styles you’ll probably get 3 major answers; marzen/Oktoberfest, pumpkin beers, and IPAs (from the hop heads who drink only IPA all year long). A couple other styles might trickle in, brown/copper/amber ales or lagers, maybe porters/stouts/dark lagers as the weather gets chilly, and the wet-hopped […]
On a recent quick stop in Worcester I was finally able to check out Greater Good Brewery, unfortunately just to quickly pick up an online order since I am still avoiding any sit-down brewery visits. I have enjoyed a number of Greater Good beers since they initially launched as an all-imperial contract brand, and I […]
Non-alcoholic beer is a significant market, with estimated sales around 18 billion in the US in 2020. Despite this, the vast majority of non-alcoholic beers are mass-produced light lagers like O’Douls. A handful of brewers have seen the opportunity to move into the non-alcoholic space by making craft beers with a more diverse flavor profile. […]
My beer thoughts/links article for September will be a little shorter than normal. Some of this is due to issues with time, I am crazy busy right now and have much less time to search for articles about beer on social media. To be honest, while I still love tasting and discussing new beers and […]
If the last decade in craft beer has proven anything it’s that there is no single “right” business model, as long as you make a quality product there are many ways to build and run a successful brewery. I have always been intrigued by breweries that take a different approach to their business, either by […]
When I was younger and just starting my journey to craft beer geekdom I used to make fun of a few of my friends who drank blueberry beer. Growing up and going to college in Maine these beers were all over the place, they were typically light ales loaded up with artificial blueberry flavors and […]
I think every beer geek has a list of out-of-state breweries that they would love to see expand distribution into their home region. My list is relatively short since I focus my beer purchases almost entirely on New England beers, but there are still quite a few breweries in other parts of New England (and […]
I’ve written a lot about the importance of developing a strong brand in a competitive beer market. One way to do this is to focus your beers on a specific subset of styles. For example, every beer brewed under the Notch label is a “session beer”, with an ABV of 4.5% or less, although the […]
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