There might not be a more divisive sub-style of beer than “milkshake IPAs”, a version of New England/hazy IPA that is brewed with lactose, a type of sugar that brewing yeast cannot ferment, so it adds noticeable sweetness to the beer. While lactose has been used in other beers, mostly milk/sweet stouts, the addition of […]
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Battery Steele Firn
Some breweries open up and clearly have no idea what kinds of beers they want to make, they spend the first year or so cycling through a myriad of recipes, many of which become one-off beers, until something sticks. Others have a clear plan in place, and beers that are released on week one become […]
Battery Steele Flume
My wife and I have never gone overboard for Valentine’s Day, it is kind of a silly holiday and we’ve never wanted to deal with the craziness and jacked up prices at restaurants, especially now that we have kids. We usually try to make something yummy to eat and maybe add in a small gift. […]
Battery Steele Kineo IPA
Industrial Way in Portland has become one of the most successful brewery incubators in the country. This industrial park houses Allagash, one of the best Belgian style breweries in the US as well as Geary’s, the first post-prohibition brewery in Maine. Across from Allagash is One Industrial Way, a series of small warehouses where many of the […]