by Rob | May 14, 2018 | Blog Posts, Western Mass.
Like everyone else in Holyoke, Mike Pratt was saddened to hear about the closure of Paper City Brewing last spring. An avid home brewer with a fondness for the memorable brewery that opened in the late 1990s, he also saw an opportunity. A popular song lyric from that...
by Rob | May 9, 2018 | News, Western Mass.
Great news if you aren’t among the lucky few who live close enough to Brick & Feather Brewery to get their beers regularly (sadly, we’re in that company). The Turners Falls micro brewery that “works meticulously to produce beers meeting the...
by Rob | Apr 3, 2018 | Blog Posts, Western Mass.
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...
by Rob | Mar 15, 2018 | Blog Posts, Western Mass.
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...
by Rob | Jan 26, 2018 | Blog Posts, Western Mass.
Organized by the Mass Brew Bros., this is the final installment in a series called “So You Want to Start A Craft Brewery?” Five articles, each written by a different blogger, profile a local brewery in planning, followed by a culminating story that explains what the...
by Rob | Nov 8, 2017 | Blog Posts, Western Mass.
Great news if you’re a fan of one of the oldest breweries in Western Mass., Amherst Brewing. Makers of highly rated beers such as Jess, Christmas Morning Stout, and others, they’re increasingly getting their beer out to additional locations, both in the...
