My latest article for The Full Pint is a brewery profile of Jack’s Abby Brewing Company and the Springdale Barrel Room, along with picks of my favorite Jack’s Abby beers! Previous Full Pint Articles: Brewery Profile: Trillium Brewing Company NEIPAs to seek out in every state in New England Part One: Maine, Vermont and New […]
Five years ago this week I officially launched Hoppy Boston. I had no idea what the blog would become, I was encouraged to start it by some friends after a night out recommending beers off the menu at a beer bar. I wanted to start writing something other than scientific papers and patents with the […]
My newest article for the Full Pint is a profile of Trillium Brewing Company including the picks of some of my favorite Trillium beers! Previous Full Pint Articles: NEIPAs to seek out in every state in New England Part One: Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire NEIPAs to see out in every state in New […]
Pearl Jam is my all time favorite band. I started listening to them when Ten first came out (I’m old), got really into their entire catalog in college, and they became my absolute favorite band the first time I saw them live. Over 27 years after they formed the band is still going strong, selling […]
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 […]
