I had to shovel a little snow when I got home from work this evening, mostly just cleaning the porch and walkway, but enough to conclude that winter is officially here. With the winter months I am moving some more dark beers into the rotation, expect plenty of reviews of stouts, porters, barleywines and Belgian […]
Tag: Stout
Bucket Brewery Pawtucket Pale Ale and Black Goat of the Woods
There are so many breweries that have opened in the last few years that I have a hard time keeping track of the beers being produced in Eastern Massachusetts, let alone keeping up with all of the new breweries throughout New England. I’ve considered keeping Hoppy Boston’s focus on MA beers, but it’s fun to try things from across […]
Medusa Black Ale Project
As promised, since I took so long to make the trip out to Medusa Brewing I am doing a second review this week. To be honest, this idea also gave me a reason to buy two 32 oz growlers (not that I needed and excuse). I usually prefer the smaller serving of multiple beers anyways, and […]
Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Part 2
Yesterday I reviewed the first three beers in Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp 12-pack. Today I’ll continue with the final three and some thought on the pack as a whole. Moxee Moron Imperial Session IPA: Represents the Pacific Northwest and Rockies in collaboration with Bale Breaker, Barley Brown’s, Black Raven, Melvin and Odell Brewing. The “style” imperial […]
Banded Horn Norweald Stout
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I hope everyone is having some fun and enjoying a few tasty beers this evening. I am battling a massive head cold so my festivities will involve Nyquil and an early bed time. Fortunately I planned ahead, I drank a tasty stout last weekend that would be a quality option for those […]
Maine Beer Co. Mean Old Tom
Paste magazine has been running a series of articles where they have a panel of drinkers blind-taste test a number of beers in a particular style and then rate them. I love that the tastings are all blind, it eliminates any preconceptions about what “should be” good so the beers are rated by their flavor not […]
Backlash Muerte
This week has seen some true winter weather which means we are fully into porter and stout season. When you ask beer lovers the dominant flavors they taste in a porter or a stout the most common answers will probably be some variations of coffee and chocolate. Brewers are now brewing unique variations of these dark styles that take advantage of these […]
Stone Coffee Milk Stout
I guess it is officially winter in Boston, even though it hit 70 on Christmas Eve I now see snow on the ground when I look out the window and I pulled my winter boots out of the closet for the first time today. The one positive to the long and cold winter is that the […]
Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout 2015
If you were amongst the people out getting a head start on your Christmas shopping the day after Thanksgiving you might have noticed a line of customers at your local beer store. I am not a Black Friday shopper, while I imagine that watching people get in a fist fight over a $90 TV at WalMart would drive […]
Pretty Things Babayaga
My frequent readers have probably noticed that most of my beer reviews follow a similar format, the second part has tasting notes and a score while the first is more varied, with information about the beer, the brewery, the style, a personal story, or any other information that I find interesting or relevant. When I am […]
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