January 27th, 2007
Last night I had the pleasure of visiting the CBC for their annual Barleywine Festival. Let me tell you, it was bittersweet because while the beer and atmosphere were great it was sad because I wished I hadn’t missed the first two! The evening started with a 10 minute walk from my office over to […]
January 25th, 2007
Last night, Kristen, Sean and I went to Harpoon for their latest 100 Barrel tasting. The guest of honor of the evening was #17, the English Style Old Ale. We got to Harpoon right at six when the event was starting, got inside, got ourselves a sampler of the new brew, and settled in. We […]
January 23rd, 2007
I love a black and blue, a black and tan, a black anything made with Guinness! So a few days ago I decided to get creative with mixing Guiness and the result was much more amazing than I could ever hope for! Sam Adams Cherry Wheat Ale mixed black and blue style with Guinness. The […]
January 23rd, 2007
Sunday, I was feeling very ambitious and spent 8 hours cleaning my house, rearranging furniture and doing laundry. At some point, amidst all this, I decided that I deserved a little break and tasty reward for my diligence. I popped into the kitchen and grabbed the very last Sierra Nevada Celebration from my fridge. I […]
January 22nd, 2007
There’s nothing like a fresh cold one after a hard days work. (Well, some may say that I have never experienced a hard day’s work, but lets imagine that I have.) Why not enjoy a tasty treat with your best friend? Well, if I had a dog (and I have no plans to..) It would […]
January 20th, 2007
We’re coming to you live from the Cambridge Brewing Company, just minutes from Andy’s office in chilly downtown Cambridge. With us are Curley Stout and Hops. We’ve reviewed every offering available and, after taking them all in, we have to say that this is a solid brewery. They offer the standard fare of ales, from […]
January 18th, 2007
Saturday night, following the UML Riverhawks shining…er…defeat, Sean, Gavin and I went to the brewery in Lowell (accompanied by Dougie…but he’s not a beer fan). It was Sean’s idea to sit and sip some beer there in bar downstairs. I ordered a Concord Oatmeal Stout (which was…dare I say…yumilicious), Sean ordered a Rapscallion Creation and […]
January 17th, 2007
For your reading pleasure, I have scoured the net for recent articles related to beer. Below are five articles that I’ve grabbed in .pdf format. Happy reading! 10 events that rocked our beer mugs A Yankee Magazine with your beer Beer calories Five stouts and the man who makes them Expect to pay more for […]
January 17th, 2007
NewsTrack – Entertainment Breast-enhancing beer gains popularity LONDON, Jan. 15 (UPI) — Since Bulgaria joined the European Union, sales of Boza Ale, which claims to give women bigger breasts, has skyrocketed. European men have been purchasing the beer, made from yeast and fermented flour, for European women since the extra taxes were removed with EU […]
January 17th, 2007
On a whim, in inclement weather no less, I decided to venture out of the house on Monday afternoon, as I was seemingly one of very few people to have the day off. I headed north in an attempt to find the Smuttynose Brewery, and more importantly the Imperial Stout. Easy to find is the […]