I mentioned last week that my visit to Bog Iron Brewery included an extended tasting and the purchase of a couple growlers. I reviewed their One Down Porter as part of my first post, this second will focus on my other purchase, Stinger IPA. The IPA style is so popular it is almost a requirement […]
Category: Beer Review
Long Trail Harvest Barn Ale
This weekend I did a bit of a stock up run at Craft Beer Cellar in Newton, and I noticed that many breweries were swapping out their fall seasonals for winter beers. This is actually reasonable, November is close enough to winter to justify starting this transition, this is nothing like pumpkin beers showing up on store shelves […]
Bog Iron One Down Robust Porter
Last week I wrote a post about finding the best brewery in Massachusetts (HERE), mostly as a response to Gary Dzen’s #HotBeerTake declaring that Trillium Brewing was the best brewery in the state. I hoped that my post would be a conversation starter and I would get a number of responses supporting the various breweries I mentioned or […]
Peak Organic Hop Harvest
Outside of the now ever-present pumpkin beers, there are a couple other trends that seem to predominate craft beer fall releases. An always popular fall style is the malty German marzen/Octoberfest style lagers. A newer trend is wet hopped beers, brewing with the freshest possible hops right after the fall harvest. I guess it should come as no surprise that at […]
Night Shift Thunder Moon
Apparently today is National Stout Day, so to celebrate I’ll review a porter (just to be difficult). Who needs a specific day to celebrate a certain style of beer? I love stouts (and porters) when the weather gets cool/cold. Living in New England that means they are seasonally appropriate pretty much from September through June (ok […]
Rogue Dead Guy Ale
Rogue Brewing Company was founded in 1988 as a 60 seat brewpub in Ashland, Oregon. From there they have grown into one of the most widespread and well known craft breweries in the US. Rogue is a unique operation, their website (HERE) is full of statements, rules and missions outlining their “revolution”. The basis of this revolution is […]
Jack’s Abby Brewery/Hopstitution BAM
Life has been a little hectic recently, work, travel, family commitments, all the stuff that makes you feel like you barely get a chance to sit down, let alone relax. My wife and I both felt a little burned out late last month and decided to take a day off just for us, no big plans, just […]
Sixpoint Sensi Harvest
One of the reasons I love IPAs and other hop forward beers is the smell, that huge burst of succulent hops the smacks you right in the nose as you drink. Most of the aroma in hoppy beers comes from dry hopping, where dried hops are added as the beer ferments and conditions. Dry hopping adds little […]
Firestone Walker Oaktoberfest
I started reading beer blogs as a way to pick up suggestions of tasty new beers to try. When I decided to write this blog I hoped it would be a great way to get more recommendations, and my readers have complied! I love it when I get a tweet, comment or facebook message either endorsing a beer […]
Harpoon Rich and Dan’s Rye IPA
This post is big #200 for Hoppy Boston. Considering the fact that I started this blog on a bit of a whim I never really thought I would get to this point, but here I am. Two hundred posts in and I am still having a blast writing the blog and interacting with my readers and fellow craft […]
Hoppy Boston 