Massachusetts Craft Beer Blog
Grab Your Sunglasses, Here’s A Complete List and Map of Metro Boston’s Pop-Up Beer Gardens
Watch Out Metro Boston, It's Attack of the Summer Beer Garden! We're no meteorologists, but the polar vortex that has been enveloping spring may have finally lifted (Wednesday's forecast calls for temps in the 80's). And just in time, too, because starting as early as...
Slumbrew American Fresh Beer Garden Will Return to Assembly Row
Metro Boston's Original Brewery Beer Garden Is Back For The 2018 Outdoor Drinking Season Family-friendly dining and popular weekend nightlife spot returns for a fourth year Initially opened under a heated tent in November of 2014, the American Fresh Beer Garden, often...
Backlash Plans to Debut its Roxbury Brewery & Taproom in Mid May
It's been nearly a year and a half since former contract brewer Backlash Beer announced its IndieGoGo campaign to "grow up and lay down roots of their own" by opening a brewery and taproom in Roxbury. Despite a substantial number of unexpected delays, and having paid...
Aeronaut’s Pop-Up Beer Garden Will Return to Allston This Summer
Aeronaut Brewing will bring back its Neighborhood Nights Allston for a third year, and this summer's version will feature a revamped space, more bands, and an even bigger, better, badder-assed line up of beer according to Aeronaut CEO Ben Holmes. The dog and family...
We Collaborated on A Special Beer for Upcoming National Pretzel Day
Mass. Brew Bros, Wicked Twisted Pretzels, and Dorchester Brewing Co. Collaborate on A Special Beer to Celebrate Upcoming National Pretzel Day In case anyone needs an excuse to sip suds and eat pretzels all day, three local enterprises with a passion for craft beer...
Beer Braised Pork Loin & Root Veggies
Spring is here…right? It seems like we’re still hovering between Winter & Spring but thankfully this recipe works well across both seasons. I’ve chosen to use a BBQ marinated pork loin here (it pairs so fantastically with the Jack’s Abby Smoke & Dagger)...
Here’s How Upcoming Mass Beer Week is Shaping Up
As Mass Beer Week approaches, April 20-28, we thought it might be helpful to share some of its highlights so you can make the most of the state's third annual celebration of Mass-produced beer. Be sure to use the hashtag #MassBeerWeek on social if you attend an event....
Pink Boots Beer is Now Flowing, Here’s Where You Can Drink It
A month ago, on International Women's Day, 24 Massachusetts breweries participated in a special Pink Boots Collaboration Brew Day. The idea was to promote awareness of women's roles within the craft beer industry. Now, through the magic of fermentation, you can show...
Spiked Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes
I’ve never had a large family. My parents would always cook a holiday feast made for a troop of people, and we’d be eating reiterations of that meal every day for the next week. I’d like to think that I’ve learned that lesson when I package up half of my leftovers and...
For Craft Beer Couple, New Westfield Brewery is Kismet
Rich and Liz DeSousa love craft beer almost as much as they love each other. Weekends, vacations, practically all their free time is dedicated to learning about the industry, visiting breweries, and trying new beers. Now, the craft beer obsessed couple is planning on...
