by Rob | Jan 28, 2019 | Blind Tastings, Blog Posts
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...
by Rob | Jan 23, 2019 | Blog Posts, Most Popular
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...
by Rob | Jan 21, 2019 | Blog Posts
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,...
by Rob | Jan 12, 2019 | Blog Posts
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....
by Rob | Jan 8, 2019 | Blog Posts, Most Popular
* 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...
by Rob | Jan 2, 2019 | Blog Posts, Mass. Brewery Stats
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...