Massachusetts Craft Beer Blog
Slew of New Brewery Openings Ahead for Massachusetts
After A Quiet Start, 2018 Is About To Get Loud After a notably slow start, the Massachusetts craft beer scene is starting to pick up. Following more than two months of inactivity, the first new brewery of 2018 finally opened when Burke's Alewerks debuted its micro...
ABCC Issues “Cannabis in Alcohol” Advisory
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission 239 Causeway Street Boston, Massachusetts 02114 Telephone: (617) 727-3040 Fax: (617) 727-1510 Jean M. Lorizio, Esq. Chairman On July 1, 2018, cannabis is expected to become legal for retail sale in...
Don’t Expect to See A Marijuana Infused Beer in Massachusetts Any Time Soon
If you're a Massachusetts craft beer drinker who believes that a friend with weed is a friend indeed, you may be wondering if and when your local brewery is planning on brewing a marijuana themed beer. Bad news. Today the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control...
Mighty Squirrel Will Open A Brewery and Taproom in Waltham
More than a year after announcing its intention to open a brewery in Metro Boston, contract brand Mighty Squirrel has finalized plans to debut a 23,000-square foot state-of-the-art facility with its own taproom in Waltham later this year. For co-founders Henry Manice...
You’ll Never Guess Who Won Our March Madness Style Blind Tasting of NE IPAs, Because You Probably Haven’t Heard of Them
If there's one thing we've learned during our series of blind tastings over the last year or so, it's this: when you remove preconceived notions and marketing hype and cut right to the chase, in this case taste, the results are often surprising. Our most recent...
Greater Good Imperial Brewing To Debut It’s Worcester Brewery and Taproom
Greater Good Imperial Brewing, "the small company that makes big beers," will be getting a little bigger. That's because they're about to debut their new brewery and taproom in Worcester. In fact, they plan to "soft open" to the public today, according to a recent...
Nano Brewery “Two Weeks Notice” Back in Business
After a brief run as a commercial production brewery last summer, Two Weeks Notice announced today on its Facebook page that it plans to reopen in mid 2018 at a new location in West Springfield. Open for what seemed like a nano-second last year (mid June to mid...
Twist On A Traditional Italian Recipe: Stout-Infused Bolognese Sauce
Customarily, most Italian cooks use wine when preparing a Bolognese meat sauce. Not in The Craft Beer Kitchen. I decided, instead, to put a twist on the traditional red sauce recipe by using beer, in this case Mayflower Brewing’s X Imperial Stout, brewed in...
Burke’s Alewerks Bringing Craft Beer, Karma to Hanover
The flourishing Southeast Region will welcome its 27th craft brewery next week when Burke's Alewerks opens at 200 Webster Street in Hanover. The micro brewery and taproom received its pouring license at the end of February and recently announced plans for an official...
With 2 New Breweries, Weymouth Becoming A Craft Beer Hot Spot
Vitamin Sea Brewing and Article Fifteen Will Soon Be in the Mix Don't look now, but Weymouth may be on it's way to becoming the Southeast Region's newest craft beer destination. Already home to Barrel House Z, known for "brewing small-batch, barrel-aged beers created...
