I typically don’t write negative reviews on Hoppy Boston. Most of the beers I try range from solid to spectacular, for all of the bitching in certain segments of beer media the vast majority of breweries know what they are doing and make a quality product. Every so often I taste a beer with an […]
I am squeezing in one final Oktoberfest review before the month is over and I start my transition towards winter styles (hooray for porters and stouts!) In general, lager styles are gaining a lot of steam amongst craft beer drinkers. They might not have the buzz on Instagram and Untappd that hazy IPAs and pastry […]
I am going to try and knock out a few more marzen/Oktoberfest reviews in the next couple weeks, I fell a little behind in my review schedule with all of the crazy news in the local beer scene over the last few weeks. So even if a few of these Octoberfest reviews bleed into November, […]
Long Love Brewing has certainly made its mark on the Rhode Island beer scene. Their beers are so popular that they quickly outgrew their original brewery and taproom, opening a much larger new facility in the city earlier this year. I haven’t been to the brewery, it has been way too long since I’ve been […]
One of the great things about drinking local beer is the amazing charitable work that so many local breweries do in their communities. It is impossible to highlight every instance of this, but I am going to make an additional effort to give props to breweries supporting good causes, especially when the causes have a […]
I think it is important for breweries that have a substantial distribution footprint to still make brewery-only beers. People who take the time to visit the brewery should have something special or unique to try, and it allows the brewery to run some small-batch experiments and get feedback from regular customers. If any of these […]
There were a number of different breweries that I was excited to check out in Portland’s East Bayside neighborhood (and a few that I didn’t get a chance to visit on this trip), but the biggest draw was probably Goodfire Brewing Company. I had heard so many rave reviews about Goodfire’s beers, especially their NEIPAs, […]
My regular readers have probably noticed a little trend in my beer reviews from the last couple weeks. I’ve been trying to write about the majority of the breweries I visited on my trip to Maine at the end of August. It looks like I will wrap up the series just in time for my […]
On my way back from my parent’s house in Maine a couple weeks ago I made a stop in Portland and visited a few breweries in the East Bayside neighborhood, which has quickly grown into another beer hub in a city full of amazing breweries. One of the places I stopped with Lone Pine Brewing. […]
In addition to the brewery stops I make in Maine, and I made quite a few on my recent trip, I usually try to swing by a local beer store and grab a little variety of beers from places I will probably miss. As I’ve mentioned before, there is a small convenience store in the […]
Hoppy Boston 