At one point in my life I really wanted to be a sports writer. I have always loved professional sports, and while my dreams of playing in the NBA flamed out when I got cut from the middle school basketball team in 7th and 8th grade, I thought it would be awesome to cover the […]
Tag: Hoppy Lager
Oxbow Seaworthy
Lager fans can be extremely particular, especially with “non-traditional” lager styles. While the American craft beer movement was built and has thrived on making ales that defy tradition, many lager enthusiasts prefer their lagers to fit into traditional style guidelines, and many lager-centric brewers are also focused on capturing the essence of the European lagers […]
Jack’s Abby Galaxy Brau
When you hear the names of popular New World hop varieties like Galaxy, Citra, Mosaic, and Nelson Sauvin it immediately brings to mind hop-bomb, hazy bodied New England style IPAs, the beer substyle that these hops are most associated with. Breweries like Jack’s Abby are trying to show that the intense citrus and tropical fruit […]
Wormtown Mass Produced Lager: Fresh Hop
Many breweries are now featuring “rotating series” beers, at least partially in response to the beer drinkers who are always chasing something new and different. Most of these beers are IPAs (or other hop-bombs) with the same malt bill and a constantly changing hop schedule, either showcasing a single variety of hops or a mixture […]
Sam Adams New England Style IPA and Sam ’76
It has been a rough couple of years for the Sam Adams brand. While their parent company Boston Beer has had some success with their hard cider, tea and seltzer business their share of the beer market has slipped. As big beer buys out craft brands and takes them national and the explosion of small local breweries continues the […]
Maine Beer Company Beer V
I am way behind in my beer reviews, first there was the CBC blacklist issue, then end of the year posts and the holidays, and all of a sudden it’s 2017 and I have some beers from November that I still need to review (I’ve already drank these beers and took notes, no worries that […]
Medusa Mesmerist
I think every beer fan has a brewery or two that they are always meaning to check out and for one reason or another just haven’t had the chance to make the trip (except for maybe the Mass Brew Bros, I think those guys have hit every place in the state at least once). I […]
Clown Shoes Third Party Candidate
I try to keep this blog focused almost entirely on beer, occasionally I mix in some personal stories or something to do with Boston sports, but most of the posts are beer-centric. That doesn’t mean I don’t have opinions about other important topics, I have a number of very strong views about current events and politics. […]
Big Elm Tranformer IPL
Today might have been raw and chilly (and we did get some snow on Monday), but there are clear signs that we are moving into spring and warmer weather is on the way. As the temperatures start to rise I will also be transitioning my beer fridge from dark and heavy porters and stouts to lighter, more […]
Jack’s Abby trIPL
In the early days of “craft beer” (I know, I said I was going to avoid that term, but there is no good way to differentiate the ground-breaking breweries of the 80’s and 90’s with the macro beers that dominated the market at the time) many of the iconic beers and brewers got started with brewpubs, restaurants […]