Craft Beer News
Great American Beer Festival Pivots for 2020
America's largest annual beer competition moves forward, festival will take place online The Great American Beer Festival (GABF), the country’s preeminent beer festival and competition, will pivot its 2020 event, originally scheduled for September 24-26 at the...
“Fest From Home,” Virtual Massachusetts Beer Festival
Proceeds Will Benefit Project Bread’s Efforts to Address Food Shortages & Hunger PRESS RELEASE / May 22, 2020 (Boston, MA) - On May 30, from 1-5:30pm ET, 28 breweries from around Massachusetts will gather for Fest From Home, a virtual beer festival to raise...
Brew Roots Podcast 115: Modern Draught
For its most recent episode, the Brew Roots crew spoke with Shane from Modern Draught, the company behind some of the region's more notable brewery taproom draft line installs, including Vermont's Lawson's Finest Liquids, Notch Brewing in Salem, and Trillium's...
Wachusett Brewing Launches Country Hard Seltzer
PRESS RELEASE / May 13, 2020 (Westminster, MA) - Wachusett Brewing Company is putting a refreshing twist in to the fast-growing hard seltzer category with the launch of Country Hard Seltzer, an exciting fusion of flavored lemonades and seltzer, just in time for the...
Idle Hands Craft Ales Releases 3 Brand New Beers
PRESS RELEASE / May 13, 2020 (Malden, MA) - Idle Hands Craft Ales today will release three brand new beers: Essential Premium Lager, Kill Your Idles: Tiki, the latest addition to their popular kettle sour series; and Time Enough at Last, the lager-centric brewery’s...
Brew Roots Podcast 114: Shovel Town Brewery
Did you know that Easton Mass. is known for creating shovels, more specifically the Ames Shovel which helped build the trans-continental railway? Well now you do . . . Or that there is a brewery deep in the heart of North Easton that specializes in crafting unique,...
True North Ale Company Launches Ice Bucket Pale
PRESS RELEASE / May 9, 2020 (Ipswich, MA) - May is ALS Awareness Month and True North Ale Company has launched a new brew selling in select stores throughout Massachusetts. Dubbed ICE BUCKET PALE, the beer honors the memory of Pete Frates and his Ice Bucket Challenge....
Barrel House Z New Release: Guava Calling Fruited Blonde Ale
PRESS RELEASE / May 6, 2020 (WEYMOUTH, MA) - Ready to pour, sip, and escape to the tropics? Barrel House Z, a small-batch brewery in Weymouth, MA, is busting up the quarantine routine with Guava Calling, a just-released, fruited blonde ale with a 4.3% ABV. Guava...
Harpoon Brewery Releases “For the Frontline” Community Ale, to Benefit COVID-19 Relief Efforts
Proceeds from ale will benefit local Boston and Vermont charities that support frontline workers and hospitality professionals in both communities PRESS RELEASE / May 6, 2020 (Boston, MA) - Harpoon Brewery announced today a new beer to support the frontline workers...
Brew Roots Podcast 113: Brewers Round Table On The Massachusetts Craft Beer Industry, Post Pandemic
This week's episode was inspired by our friends The Mass Brew Bros. The idea came from their most recent blog post on The Future of the Massachusetts Craft Beer Industry, Post Pandemic: Local Brewers Weigh In. If you haven’t had a chance to read it please check it...
