The local craft beer community suffered a big loss on Christmas day when Dave Witham, proprietor and co-founder of Proclamation Ales in Rhode Island, passed away a month after being diagnosed with cancer. He leaves behind a wife and a seven year old daughter, a GoFundMe has been set up to help them during this […]
Category: Beer Review
Jack’s Abby Pride and Parquet
At one point in my life I really wanted to be a sports writer. I have always loved professional sports, and while my dreams of playing in the NBA flamed out when I got cut from the middle school basketball team in 7th and 8th grade, I thought it would be awesome to cover the […]
Foulmouthed Communist Synthesizer
As much as I love the Boston area beer scene, and as much fun as I’ve had tasting beers in some other US cities, my favorite beer city by far is Portland (the one in Maine, not the pretender on the West Coast). There are a crazy number of great breweries right in the city […]
Bog Iron Bold Move and Swiss Mistress
I’ve always enjoyed my visits to Bog Iron Brewing in Norton, excellent beer, great people, fun place to hang out or grab some beers to go, just a quintessential local brewery. A trip to visit had been long overdue for a while, my life is crazy with a demanding job and two young kiddos, so […]
Amory’s Tomb Barrel-Aged Saison Ella
Every November I travel up to Vermont with a group of my college buddies, we’ve been doing this trip for many years but it has evolved over time. For one thing, now we each get our own hotel room instead of sleeping 4-5 guys to a room like we did in our early 20’s. I’ve […]
Idle Hands Brunhilda
I have a pretty extensive collection of beer glasses. My workhorse glasses are all custom made and Hoppy Boston branded, but I have an entire shelf full of glasses from my favorite local breweries. Usually by the second time I visit a brewery, or the first visit if it’s a place that distributes and I […]
Foley Brothers Long Beards
We’ve hit the toughest stretch of the year, the holidays are over but we still have 2-3 months of cold and dark weather before things start moving towards spring. One positive note, it’s stout season! I love rich, dark and malty beers. While I enjoy the imperial and bourbon barrel aged varieties of stout, and […]
Bent Water Strange Brew 7
As the popularity of craft beer has grown so has the rise in beer pairings. The most common is food and beer, from fancy multi-course beer dinners to pairings of beer with Halloween candy. While food is an obvious choice there are also beer pairings to go with the seasons, specific weather, special events or […]
Backlash Defy the Odds
This year has been rough for most people and for many businesses, especially those in the hospitality industry. With government-based relief far from certain and many more months before things return to any approximation of “normal”, 2021 promises to be another tough year. This will probably have a lasting impact on the craft beer industry, […]
Black Hog Hazy Ale
IPAs with low bitterness, loads of tropical and citrus flavors and aromas, and a hazy/murky appearance have taken craft beer by storm over the past few years. Breweries all over the world have adopted the sub-style, but there is still some debate on the proper name for these beers. Many breweries use descriptive titles like […]