Happy end of April, we survived a full month of quarantine. I hope everyone is staying healthy, safe, and relatively sane. Needless to say, most of the links this month have to do with COVID-19, and it’s effect on the brewing industry. Earlier this month I wrote some thoughts of my own on life right […]
I have a kind of limited thoughts/links article this month and most of it is on the same topic. This has been the craziest few weeks of my life from a world events perspective, I am honestly not sure what to compare it to. The pandemic has affected us all in some ways, I am […]
A group of beer writers, enthusiasts, and brewers recently started #FlagshipFebruary, designating this month to honor flagship beers in an era when many breweries are constantly rotating new beers in and out. I wrote an article on why, in a time when beer drinkers have nearly limitless options, flagship beers are more important than ever. […]
Welcome to the first Hoppy Boston beer thoughts/links article for 2020! For those of you who are new, this is a monthly feature where I link to articles covering everything that is going on in the local (and occasionally national) beer scene, providing commentary where appropriate. As always, feel free to send along anything that […]
My final beer thoughts/links column for the year is going to be kind of brief, this month was exceptionally crazy between work and then the holidays, so I didn’t to a stellar job keeping track of all of the comings and goings in the local beer world, but here are a few things that stood […]
The most shocking news in local beer this month was the news that Mystic Brewing has decided to close, their last day was Saturday although you can still find some of their beers on local shelves and taps. Soon after the news came out Mystic founder Bryan Greenhagen went on a Beer Advocate message board […]
A couple things from me to start: After my visit to Maine at the end of August I knocked out a quick photo-blog of the seven breweries I visited during the trip. I love the idea of doing a photo-blog for a trip like this but wasn’t completely satisfied with how it came out. On […]
I have seen way too many articles recently about the impending death of craft beer, mostly bemoaning the rise in popularity of hazy IPAs and pastry stouts. A particularly egregious example was written for The Growler Magazine, and frustrated me to the point that I felt the need to pen this response. Craft beer isn’t […]
I hope everyone is enjoying their summer, finding some time to rest and drinking some delicious beers! My links article is a little on the light side this month, some of that is the slower news cycles in the summer and some is that I’ve been crazy busy and have definitely missed things I would […]
One article of note from me this month: a re-cap of my visit to Amory’s Tomb, the Maynard brewery that specializes in Belgian beer styles. There is a fight brewing between the local restaurant industry and the multitude of seasonal beer gardens that have popped up all over the city, with a major restaurant lobbying […]
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