A great meal starts with the cheese course, then the main, and then it's time for dessert. Boston Beer & Sweets Fest is our pinnacle of that process! We're bringing together 8 of the best local sweets options in the area, ranging from donuts to cookies to candy to chocolate to ice cream and more! […]

A great meal starts with the cheese course, then the main, and then it's time for dessert. Boston Beer & Sweets Fest is our pinnacle of that process! We're bringing together 8 of the best local sweets options in the area, ranging from donuts to cookies to candy to chocolate to ice cream and more! […]

Craft Beer Tasting to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampden County featuring local craft beer, food and an auction.

Featuring beers made right here in Massachusetts.

On December 5th, 1933, Utah, the final state needed for a three quarters majority, ratified the 21st Amendment, repealing Prohibition and restoring the American right to a celebratory drink. We celebrate Repeal Day® because December 5th marks a return to the rich traditions of craft fermentation and distillation, the legitimacy of the American bartender as a […]

Celebrate Lager Beer! Lager, from the German for storehouse, is a lower hop beer using bottom fermenting yeast and stored at colder temperatures. They may be pale, golden, amber or dark in color. Examples of the style include: Pilsner, Bock, Marzen, Dunkel and Helles.

National Pretzel Day celebrates pretzels of all shapes and sizes. How do you like your pretzel? Thick or thin? Straight or twisted? Crisp and crunchy, or soft? Salted, unsalted, mustard flavored, perhaps? There's no shortage of types of pretzels. If you are having trouble deciding which ones, we suggest you mix a bunch of different […]

National Hangover Day is observed annually on January 1st.  The day follows New Years Eve, a day that traditionally is spent celebrating to bring in the New Year. How to Prevent that Hangover Eat – A fat and protein loaded meal before or during the first round of drinks will slow the absorption of alcohol […]

Beer Can Appreciation Day recognizes when beer was first sold in cans. The “official” birthday of the beer can is January 24, 1935. That's the day cans of Krueger's Finest Beer and Krueger's Cream Ale first went on sale in Richmond, VA. But the beer can really made its debut some 14 months earlier – just before […]

  Since 2013, craft brewers with an interest in making gruit ales have banded together to mark February 1 as International Gruit Day. The day is intended to pay homage to the historical traditions of brewing with botanicals. What is Gruit Ale? https://www.gruitday.com/what-is-gruit-ale/   https://www.gruitday.com/2017participants/