Category: Opinion

Birthdays only come once a year (unless you were born on February 29th, then only once every four years, which must be really weird), so it is important to take some time and celebrate. If you are a beer geek that celebration needs to involve some of your favorite brews, ideally shared with some of […]

I get asked regularly by friends and readers if I used the popular beer app Untappd. My response is typically that I have an account but I rarely use it. Occasionally someone will connect with me on Untappd, I’ll make an effort to check in a few beers and then fall out of the habit […]

Last week I picked 10 beers for the inaugural class of the New England Craft Beer Hall of Fame, the beers that were most important in building the amazing craft beer scene in the region. I knew that the article would be of interest, but I was blown away with how much, in one week […]

What beers do you think belong in the New England Craft Beer Hall of Fame? Vote below, you can pick up to 10 choices. Feel free to add a write-in as long as it fits the criteria outlined HERE. Cheers!

Twitter (and other forms of social media) has an amazing ability to be both a cesspool that amplifies the voice the worst parts of humanity and an awesome source of community that connects people who have similar interests. My frequent readers know that I have written a number of articles based on conversations with fellow […]

I’ve been thinking a lot about how prevalent the IPA style (and it’s various sub-styles and varieties) has become in craft beer. A number of breweries that started focused entirely on Belgian styles, barrel aged beers or traditional lagers have given in and started brewing hop-bomb IPAs (or hoppy lagers that are essentially IPAs with a […]

I did a two part article for The Full Pint covering the New England Style IPAs you need to try from every state in New England. Check out both pieces below and let me know which NEIPAs are your favorites from every state! Part One covers beers from Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire Part Two […]

There is a significant movement in craft beer right now, and it comes as a surprise to many. The craft sector is best known for their bold flavors, beer geeks go wild for hop bomb IPAs, boozy imperial stouts and mouth puckering sours, and these styles dominate craft tap lists and rating sites. Many popular […]

One of the major criticisms of New England style IPAs is their extremely short shelf life. While all hop-forward beers suffer from this shortcoming, it especially hurts a beer that relies on late/dry-hopping for flavor and aroma as a predominant feature. The aromatic compounds that give these beers their fruit juice flavor and pungent nose dissipate or […]