Massachusetts Craft Beer Blog
Local Pink Boots Chapter To Celebrate International Women’s Day With Bigger, Better Brewing Event in 2019
The Boston Chapter of the Pink Boots Society, a national organization that highlights women’s roles in the beer industry, will celebrate International Women’s Day in 2019 with a bigger, better, and arguably even best-in-the-world collaboration brew day next month....
Kick Starter Campaign Could Help Dream Come True for Sick Homebrewer
Like thousands of other impassioned home brewers out there, Neil Kade has dreamed of having his own brewery one day. He's made hundreds of trips to his local brew supply store, spent countless hours making a mess in the kitchen, and developed his share of new...
We’re Embracing Flagship February
Join the Movement and Drink Flagship Beer in February After utilizing Untappd's Year in Beer to see the breakdown of what, where and whom we drank in 2018, it became clear that we probably drank too much, definitely drank a lot of IPAs and certainly drank a...
Why The State’s Newest Brewery, Redemption Rock Brewing, Is Donating Its Taproom Tips To Charity
As writer Jeff Alworth recently observed in one of his many notable blog posts, craft beer enthusiasts often preach an ethos that their beverage of choice, and the breweries that produce it, are different. That unlike big beer, it's about community and connection. In...
Check Out The Results From Our Blind Taste Test of 12 Metro Boston Lagers
How much do we love beer? While most of you sat on the couch watching the first half of the Patriots AFC Championship game Sunday night, we braved the elements to conduct the latest of our blind taste tests, this one of Metro Boston Lagers. Believe it or not, we...
Massachusetts Taprooms That Let You Bring Your Dog Inside
This blog post was UPDATED in January, 2020 with more than a dozen changes and additions. Featured Image: Cleo is the official brew dog at 7th Wave Brewing in Medfield, which recently upgraded its tasting/retail space to a full fledged taproom that now serves flights...
23 Beers You Must Try at the Upcoming Extreme Beer Fest Boston
23 Bizarre Beers At Beer Advocate's Extreme Beer Fest Feb. 1 & 2 In a couple of weekends, thousands of craft beer enthusiasts will flock to Boston for a chance to indulge in hundreds of so-called extreme beers: those that push the boundaries of brewing, often...
5 Charity Beers You Should Seek Out & Support
While you're out and about over the next several weekends, consider catering your beer drinking plans to do some good. Several Massachusetts breweries have made that relatively easy, taking part in charity or fundraiser beer projects that help worthy causes. Here are...
These 49 New Breweries, And 5 New Taprooms, Plan to Open in 2019
* Since first publishing this story two months ago, we've learned of several more breweries planning to debut in 2019. Additionally, eight of the pending breweries we initially mentioned have opened. Here's the latest update. Despite seven consecutive years of...
The 26 New Breweries, And 9 New Taprooms, That Opened in 2018
It was another banner year for new brewery openings in Massachusetts, with 26 debuts. Even more if you include the seven existing breweries or brands that opened new taprooms. Though well short of last year's record 36 openings (42 including new taprooms), it was the...
