Massachusetts Craft Beer Blog
Craft Beer Scene Exploding in Southeastern Mass.
Once A Craft Beer Desert, Southeastern Massachusetts Now Awash in Great Beer Let's get this out of the way right now - we're both a little bitter. When it comes to craft beer, the Millennials have no idea how good they've got it. We grew up in the southeastern part of...
Will a Bay State Brewery Get Bought by Big Beer?
Regional Brewery Sales Are on the Rise, Could it Happen Here? Those of you who've been following us for a while know that back in April we speculated that there might be a Bay State Craft Beer Bubble. Despite our fear of being labeled the chicken little of the local...
New Craft Breweries Continue to Open in the Bay State
2016 Could Be A Record Year For Brewery Openings in Massachusetts Hopefully you're thirsty, because craft beer continues to boom in the Bay State. Including Lamplighter Brewing, who debuts this week, sixteen new breweries have already opened in 2016, and at least six...
10 Fall Beer Festivals You Don’t Want to Miss
10 of the Best Fall Beer Festivals in Massachusetts Glass half empty observation: Labor Day has come and gone, and with it, so has the summer - bummer. Glass half full observation: there's nothing quite like autumn in New England - spectacular foliage, crisp days and...
23 Bay State Beers to Drink Before You Even Think About Pumpkin Ale
Try These Beer Styles Before Having A Pumpkin Ale Don't look now, but Shipyard Pumpkinhead has already hit package store shelves. And it won't be long before dozens of other breweries start flooding the beer aisles with their gourd-flavored offerings. Would't it be...
8 Great Bay State Beer Destinations
8 of Our Favorite Massachusetts Craft Brewery Destinations With the number of visitable breweries in Massachusetts at an astonishing 89 (8 have opened just this summer), and climbing, the options for brewery visits are practically endless. Especially since we've...
South Shore Gets an Oasis With Opening of Barrel House Z
New Weymouth Brewery Not Serving Up Your Average Beer South Shore craft beer drinkers are about to get their minds blown. This isn't your father's beer is a phrase commonly thrown around in the craft beer world, but Barrel House Z in Weymouth, which opened yesterday...
Saltbox Kitchen Celebrates 1st Anniversary by Debuting it’s New Brewery
With the Addition of Saltbox Kitchen Brewery, Massachusetts Now Has 85 Visitable Breweries More great news for Massachusetts craft beer drinkers, especially those in the metro west area. West Concord's Saltbox Kitchen, a farm-to-table cafe featuring fresh produce from...
Why Our Bay State Brewery Map is Better
7 Reasons We Think Our Massachusetts Brewery Map Is Better Than the Rest Admittedly, our Massachusetts brewery map wasn't the first. And as of last week, it's not even the latest. But with all due respect, we think it's the best. Our main ambition when we started our...
Bay State Beers That Are Perfect for Summer Fun
10 Massachusetts Beers (in Cans) That Are Perfect for Summer Fun Hopefully you had a happy 4th, but now that it's passed it's time to start planning the rest of your summer fun. The glass-half-empty types have already taken notice that Labor Day is just two months...
