March 28th, 2007
To Cap off this four day beer bonanza, Tim and Danielle (from the Brewers club) invited us over their house to brew a 60 min IPA. The recipe used was provided by Dogfish Head Brewery in their Extreme Brewing book. Extreme Brewing is author and brewer Sam Calagione’s instructive and engaging tell-all on brewing one-of-a-kind […]
March 28th, 2007
On Saturday March 24th, Scott, The Dog Father (Stevie D), Ian, and I ventured to Manchester to the Verizon Wireless center. This adventure included beer and hockey, what could go wrong? Our first stop in the trip was Milly’s Tavern, which is promoted as New Hampshire’s only brewer. Milly’s Tavern first opened its doors in […]
March 28th, 2007
On Friday, March 23, 2007, Ian, Thirsty Beard, Hops, Curley Stout, and I ventured over to the Haverhill tap to say farewell to Steve the brewer. Steve, formerly from Mercury Brewery in Ipswich, was an honorary member of the North Shore Brewers club (brewers have free membership for life), was leaving Haverhill to venture closer […]
March 28th, 2007
On Thursday, March 22, 2007, Ian, Thirsty Beard (Ryan) and I attended our third North Shore brewers club meeting. This even was located at the Topsfield Fair grounds in the club house. This meeting’s theme was a “Ham Festâ€. To join in with the festivities, we brought two growlers of Redhook’s “Long HAMmer IPAâ€. The […]
March 28th, 2007
On March 17, the 2 Beer guys celebrated the St. Patrick’s Day holiday with a group of friends at 10 Center Street, in Newburyport. In a previous blog (Diamond in the ruff…Ten Center Street), Dark Amber, said many kind words of this establishment. We decided that this would be a reputable to celebrate this fine […]
March 23rd, 2007
So I was spraying lacquer today, getting high as a kite of course and it hit me….no not a piece of wood nor a shot from the spray gun…a thought. I have nothing but free mental time when spraying lacquer so it’s a great time for me to think about the other things important in […]
March 22nd, 2007
Raise your virtual pint glasses, y’all, and join me in a toast. To friends, beer and fun To new things just begun To friends of old and stories told and late nights up past one. To the winds of change and this fine age and all that has unfurled I lift my glass to friends […]
March 22nd, 2007
Oh that’s right, last night was the “release” party for Redhook’s new, well, newly named anyway, IPA. At long last, the Long Hammer was dropped on the public, but with such little fanfare it felt less like being hit with a long hammer and more like a pin prick. Driving into the Redhook facility in […]
March 19th, 2007
Friday, March 16, 2007Source: The Wall Street Journal Heineken, Europe’s largest brewery, is opening up a chain of bars worldwide with the goal of becoming the Starbucks of beer. The bars will sell “other beers as well as wine and spirits, but only Heineken-owned brands are available on tap. TV screens show Heineken ads and […]
March 17th, 2007
As you likely read earlier in Sean’s blog about the Harpoon Brown Session Ale release, I had a wonderful chat with Kyle, our new Harpoon rep on the North Shore. With out going into too much detail (mostly because I have none to give) Harpoon is interested in co-sponsoring a promotional event with 2 Beer […]