Posts Tagged: Massachusetts
In Search Of The World's Most Averagest Hip Beer
Posted by on Saturday, January 21, 2012 in - 12 comments
Just when you think collaborations make muddled beer... just when you couldn't wait for beer by committee to be the next big thing... we give you statistically averaged beer recipe formulation: • “We’re asking them as a group to help us design a beer,’’ Koch explained Friday. Through a special …
An Interesting Story About Those Importing Dorks
Posted by on Thursday, December 2, 2010 in - 7 comments
It's funny when arseholes tell you that you are only treated as a fool because you don't understand things as profoundly as they do. In web design the arsehole's joke went like this: "Funny? If you understood that joke on as many levels as I do, you'd really know what funny meant." This article on …
Samuel Adams And Weihenstephan Invent Saison?
Posted by on Friday, November 26, 2010 in - 7 comments
It is odd listening to people describe things. Jim Koch of Boston Beer was on NPR today being interviewed about this new-esque beer that was made along with the Weihenstephan Brewery of Germany. Aside from learning he pronounces his name "Cook" and not "Cauch" - you know, like the former NY Mayor …
New York: A Restaurant In Albany With A Beer List
Posted by on Saturday, August 28, 2010 in - leave a comment
OK, sure there are 700 wines at the subtitled restaurant dp, An American Brasserie - but they have Blue Point Lager, Dogfish 60 and Ommegang's Hennepin and others on tap as well as ten or twelve well selected bottles. The stash in the back of van might be better today at the end of our trip but I …
What Beer Goes With Non-Stop Rain?
Posted by on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 in - 6 comments
There are summer beers for cooling you off in the sunshine. There are Octoberfest beers. There are imperial stouts for sipping as the winter weather howls beyond the doors. But what beer to have when the holiday is awash with rain? • I had a Mayflower porter last night which made a reasonable …
Massachusetts: Kappy's Liquors, East Falmouth
Posted by on Monday, August 23, 2010 in - 2 comments
Not a full report yet but stopped at Kappy's in East Falmouth, Cape Cod yesterday to have a look. It gets good word of mouth on the review websites like RateBeer and certain deserves the attention. I had to ask at a grocery store about the rules for beer buying in Massachusetts. Unlike New York …
More Travel Advice Needed - Any Perry Or Cider?
Posted by on Saturday, August 14, 2010 in - 6 comments
The advice so far has been great. Now we are working on the route - it looks like we are heading from Binghamton NY to Cape Cod through Connecticut and Rhode Island. Looking for real makers of apple cider or pear perry. Pete got me thinking. Any ideas?
Beau's Thursday Night Tasting In the Backyard
Posted by on Thursday, August 12, 2010 in - 5 comments
A fun way to spend the evening. Beau's had their quarterly business meetings in town and they all came over for a few hours of opening bottles - including the father, son and a sizable host. We nine started well with two saisons and biere de garde: Hennepin, Jack D'or and 3 Monts. Batch 10 from …
Summer RI, MA, CT Travel Advice Needed
Posted by on Sunday, August 8, 2010 in - 19 comments
We have a ten day stretch coming up hanging out with family at Cape Cod. This means snack shacks, maybe a brewpub or two and definitely beer shopping. But this is largely unknown territory for us. We are northern New England travelers. A few years ago we tried to find Connecticut for a few days … read more »
Massachusetts: Baby Tree, Pretty Things, Holyoke
Posted by on Monday, January 25, 2010 in - leave a comment
The second Pretty Thing in a week. A quadruple ale with dried plums. Hmm. Where I come from that's a prune. And what better beer to have of Rrrrrrrrobbie Burrrrrrns than one with prunes - "the beerrrrrr that gud fir yir bowellllls." So, maybe I shouldn't quit my job and go into marketing. • I …
