Every November since early in college I have taken a trip to Vermont with a group of buddies to attend a wild game supper followed by an overnight in a hotel joking around and drinking beer. It is one of my favorite weekends of the year, and while the tradition remains it has evolved over […]
On Monday I wrote a post recounting my first trip to Hill Farmstead Brewery in Vermont, a visit I made with a group of my college buddies a couple weeks ago. In addition to enjoying a couple pints at the brewery and a sampling of growler pours later in our hotel I bought a range […]
Every year on the weekend before Thanksgiving I get together with a group of my buddies from college for a guys night away. The trip revolves around the annual wild game supper in Bradford, VT, a church fundraiser that features a feast on wild game meat prepared in different ways. After the meal we stay […]
Earlier this week I reviewed a couple of New England style IPA’s from Hill Farmstead, widely considered one of the best breweries in the world. Hill Farmstead makes some amazing hoppy beers and are rightly credited with helping develop the trendy NEIPA substyle featuring fruity hops, a soft mouthfeel and low bitterness. The thing that […]
There are a number of places that every New England beer fan should visit, and I’ve done a decent job knocking some of them off of my list. I do pretty well in Massachusetts and Maine (where I have family so trips are frequent), I have occasional stops in New Hampshire and Rhode Island and […]
