It seems like many craft breweries are focused on bigger and bolder beers. Imperial stouts, barleywines and barrel aged strong ales can top out at over 12% ABV. Beers that would have been double IPAs just a few years ago are plain IPAs now. This makes it difficult for some beer lovers to enjoy more […]
Category: Beer Review
Geary’s London Porter
D.L. Geary Brewing Company of Portland, ME was the first microbrewery in New England. When Geary Brewing was incorporated in 1983 there were only 13 microbreweries total in the United States. Co-founder David Geary traveled to England and Scotland to train in breweries and learn more about brewing traditional British style ales. Geary’s sold their […]
Gritty McDuff’s Christmas Ale
My wife loves Christmas, it is her absolute favorite time of year. I’ve never been a big seasonal decorator, but our apartment now has a large and fully decorated tree, stockings and a host of other festive Christmas ornamentation. My wife is also a craft beer drinker with a very respectable palate, she loves IPAs […]
Baxter Phantom Punch Stout
Until recently the thought of canned beer brought back memories of cheap, mass produced lagers. There has been a push over the last few years by many craft beer companies to start canning beer. Cans have a few advantages over bottles – they are easier to transport, allow less harmful UV light into the beer, […]
Rock Art Ridge Runner Barleywine
Rock Art brewery has been producing a line of craft beers in Vermont since 1997. Rock Art got their name from petroglyph images that founders Matt and Renee noticed while hiking and mountain biking in Colorado. The beer is available in growlers at the brewery, on draft and cask, and in bottles distributed to most […]
Long Trail Double Bag
Long Trail Brewing started in 1989 with the goal of making quality local beer to compete with imports from Germany and England. Their brewery in Bridgewater Corners, VT now makes a variety of craft ales that are distributed all over the Northeast. The Long Trail lineup includes a number of year-long and seasonal ales inspired […]
Sierra Nevada Celebration
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, CA is one of the original craft breweries in the US. Ken Grossman, an avid home-brewer and owner of a homebrew supply store was frustrated with the quality of the hops available to home-brewers. This led him straight to the suppliers, where he started ordering whole cone fresh hops, […]
Sebago Brewing Frye’s Leap IPA
Sebago Brewing is another mainstay of the Maine craft beer scene. They have been in operation since 1998, and now operate 4 brewpubs in southern Maine (Portland, Gorham, Kennebunk and Scarborough). They also bottle their beer and distribute to most of New England. Sebago brews a number of year-round and seasonal beers, along with a […]
Atlantic Brewing Coal Porter
Atlantic Brewing Company started in 1990 as Acadia Brewing, a single-barrel brewery attached to a brewpub in Bar Harbor, Maine. After a mumber of expansions and a name change, Atlantic Brewing has established themselves as a mainstay of the Maine craft beer scene. They now brew beer on a 10 acre estate down the road […]
Wormtown Be Hoppy
Worcester, MA got the nickname Wormtown from a local magazine detailing the city’s vibrant punk-rock scene in the late 1970s. The name Wormtown Brewery is fitting both because the beer is brewed in Worcester, and also due to a business philosophy that matches the ideals of punk music. Wormtown aims to be innovative, locally focused […]
Hoppy Boston 