The flagship location of Craft Beer Cellar recently opened a huge new store in Belmont (“recent” is a relative term, my sense of time is all messed up since the pandemic). In addition to the beer store, they have a specialty food shop and their own on-site restaurant and beer hall, named Trinktisch. In addition […]
Category: Beer Review
Notch Lojko Polish Lager
When you ask a beer geek about the most important countries for lager beer the inevitable answers will be Germany and the Czech Republic. This makes sense, many of the most popular lager styles originate from regions that now fall within the borders of those two countries (regardless of what their country/principality was called when […]
Seven Saws Echo Trail Pale Ale
Life has been especially crazy in 2022. Between my normal stuff that keeps me busy (a demanding job, home ownership and two energetic young boys), some health issues (nothing serious but my appendix deciding to rupture was a pain), some added pressures and even a few new hobbies (I’m teaching myself to play guitar), my […]
Bunker Bock Beer
While summer, fall and winter each have beer styles that are strongly associated with the season and it’s corresponding weather, spring is a little more challenging. Some of that it the drastic changes in weather, especially in New England where a typical spring feels like it shifts between freak blizzards and ninety degrees in a […]
Allagash Swiftly IPA
I drink beers in a whole range of styles, but my favorite style by-far is IPA. I’m a hop-head, haze bro, and every other term you can find for a lover of hop-forward beers. With that being the case, some may find it interesting that one of my all time favorite breweries is Allagash Brewing […]
4 Quarters Owl at Night
Some people will drink any style of beer during any time of year, pounding pale lager in a blizzard and sipping imperial stout in mid-summer. I am not one of those people. While there are some beers I will drink all year long (cough*IPA*cough), I tend to drink a lot of dark beer in the […]
Schilling Rennsteig
I typically hate writing negative articles, anyone who regularly reads my posts can tell that I spend lots of time talking about beers I enjoy and very rarely write about beers that are mediocre or poor. If I don’t like the beer from a brewery I will just not buy it or write about it. […]
Medusa Wake of the Medusa
Earlier this month we had St. Patrick’s Day, one of the few “holidays” of the year that are not only beer-centric, but also devoted to a specific beer style. While some people might prefer Irish red, pale lager doused in green food coloring, or even whiskey, most people immediately associate St. Patty’s with Irish stouts. […]
Jack’s Abby Destination: Estonia
The two beer styles that modern craft brewers have taken the most creative liberties with are clearly IPAs and stouts. Imperial stouts in particular have been subjected to every conceivable adjunct addition and aged in every type of spirit barrel you can find. Baltic Porters are kind of like the lager version of an imperial […]
Frost Ponyboy IPA
How have I never reviewed a beer from Frost Brewing? I’ve been enjoying their beers for a while, I remember buying some of their IPAs in 750 mL bomber bottles. Frost is one of the many stellar breweries from the great state of Vermont, their brewery and taproom in Hinesburg cranks out a variety of […]