Last week I wrote an article about the saison style, why I love the style and why I am so disappointed that it doesn’t sell very well, leading some significant local breweries to cut back their production. I am going to keep harping on saisons this spring, and if the articles are ignored by all […]
The Gardner Ale House is a local staple, a classic brewpub serving food and homemade beers to the surrounding community. My wife and I got married in Gardner, and many of our trips out to the venue for various planning sessions were accompanied by lunch and a beer at the Ale House. We even considered […]
As the end of March rapidly approaches I am ready to finish up the porters, stouts and other dark and malty beers in my fridge and move onto some saisons, maibocks and other great spring offerings. I’ve been busy with non-beer review posts recently so I have a little backlog of beers to review in […]
Yesterday was St Patrick’s Day, always a fun holiday for beer fans. While there is nothing wrong with a pint or two of Guinness or even a green colored lager, there are plenty of other appropriate beer options for those celebrating the “holiday”. I tend to lean towards stouts, in mid-March there is still plenty […]
When a brewery moves into a new state for distribution they usually take one of two tactics. The first is to release every possible beer, flood the shelves and do tap takeovers, and try to attract the interest of every type of beer drinker. The second strategy is to pick one or two beers that […]
I’ll start this review by taking one more chance to plug my recent profile of Tree House Brewing Company on The Full Pint. Thanks to everyone who read the profile, shared it on social media and passed along positive comments, it was appreciated. I’ll even take the time to thank the few people who wrote […]
Vermont is loaded with quality breweries, including more than a few that attract regular crowds from way out of state, people who happily drive for hours to stock up on their favorite Vermont beers. Most of these breweries are pretty small and have limited distribution, the only beer that leaves the state is in the […]
My wife and I have never gone overboard for Valentine’s Day, it is kind of a silly holiday and we’ve never wanted to deal with the craziness and jacked up prices at restaurants, especially now that we have kids. We usually try to make something yummy to eat and maybe add in a small gift. […]
Over the last year or so I’ve noticed that the My Favorite Beers list, a compilation of all the highest scoring beers reviewed on Hoppy Boston, has skewed very heavily towards IPAs. This isn’t surprising, I love hoppy beers so I drink (and review) a ton of them, and so much of the industry is […]
A couple times a year I take a break from IPAs, I get burned out on all of the hop bombs so I spend a month or so focusing on other styles of beer I enjoy. The winter is usually one of the best times to go hop-free, I can drink lots of big and […]
