I try to focus my blogging (and thus the vast majority of my drinking) on New England beers, so my knowledge of breweries in the rest of the country is more limited. Occasionally I see other beer geeks get excited when an out of state brewery announces that they are going to begin local distribution and […]
Tag: Double IPA
Sam Adams Rebel Raw
I am a huge fan of the show Top Chef, I have watched every season. When I started grad school and was trying to live in Boston on a small stipend I taught myself to really cook (beyond grilling and a few other simple dishes) and I used food TV as a source of inspiration. There are a few […]
Fiddlehead Second Fiddle
For the last two and a half years my wife and I have lived on the top floor of a split level house, a common feature in many neighborhoods in metro Boston. Anyone who has lived in a similar situation knows that a huge piece to the satisfaction in your apartment is the neighbors you end up with, […]
Mayflower Alden
I have stated many times that I am not the kind of person to wait in line at a brewery for a bottle release, I am too busy and there are so many good beers to try that you don’t need to wait for. That being said, I try to keep track of the non-wait-in-line […]
Trillium Scaled Up
I wish I could drink each beer 3-4 times from different batches before I reviewed it. I suppose I could, but it would mean writing far fewer articles. Every so often I try a beer and something about it tastes “off” to me, it can be actual off flavors in the beer (oxidation, contamination, etc.), that the beer was […]
Singlecut Billy Full-Stack
While some of the beers I review are spur of the moment selections, many are recommended to me from various sources. I read a number of other beer blogs/columns, plus I follow other beer writers on twitter, and they always have ideas. I also follow a number of breweries, and many have added me to […]
Lagunitas Little Sumpin’ Extra
The other day I wrote about the investment deal between Firestone Walker and Duvel, and mentioned that outside of a few vocal opponents most beer lovers have accepted these deals as part of the modern industry. A notable exception to this trend occurred this month when Lagunitas announced that they were selling a partial stake […]
Boulevard The Calling
This spring I wrote an article questioning whether or not it was time to retire the term “craft beer” (full article HERE). I ended up a little on the fence, not ready to call for the end of the term but committed to limiting my own use. In the last few months my opinion on this […]
Cape Ann Dead-Eye DIPA
I don’t make it up to Gloucester, MA very often, but I have had a couple of fun afternoons in this quintessential harborside New England fishing village. Most of these treks have been in the spring for St. Peter’s Fiesta, the Gloucester fisherman’s festival. The Italian American community in the area hosts the festival every year in honor […]
Sam Adams Rebel Rouser
I love to post reviews of new beers soon after the beers are released, but unfortunately it doesn’t always work out. A good example is the Sam Adams Rebel IPA series. When they released the original Rebel IPA I intended to write a full review, but the timing didn’t work out (I tried it at […]
Hoppy Boston 
