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wickedbueno_beachbottles_square — You hear a lot about Belgian- or German-style beers, but Mexican? Banded Horn Brewing Company’s Wicked Bueno “Mexican-style lager” is gunning for Corona with this one, though the other rivals of Tecate, Pacifico, Sol, Dos Equis and Modelo are also in the crosshairs. Wow. That’s a lot of NAFTA beer. […]

Wicked Bueno: Corona, Maine-style

18 Jun, 2015 in Beer / Maine tagged adjunct / Banded Horn Brewing Company / beer / lager / Mexican-style / review / Wicked Bueno by squirrelfarts

mayflower_squanto_lores — A new release from Mayflower Brewing Company in their limited-edition Cooper’s Series four-packs, Squanto Farmhouse Ale is an easy-going, tasty saison, perfect for spring. Traditionally, saisons (French for “season), or farmhouse ales, were, well, ales, brewed by, um, farmers during the winter months, then left to ferment and condition until […]

Mayflower Cooper’s Series: Squanto Farmhouse Ale

12 May, 2015 in Beer tagged beer / Cooper's Series / farmhouse ale / MA / Mayflower / Mayflower Brewery / Mayflower Brewing Company / Pilgrims / Plymouth / saison / Squanto by squirrelfarts

drinkingtobeercamp_lineup — I’ll be drinking my way back to Beer Camp With a burn-ing love insiiiiiiide So Beer Camp is a thing. Specifically a nation-wide invite to all craft brewers to join a seven-city tour of brewfests put on by Sierra Nevada. Guess where the New England stop is? No, really, guess. […]

Drinking My Way Back to Beer Camp

23 Jul, 2014 in Portland tagged Allagash / Asheville Brewers Alliance / Ballast Point / beer / Beer Camp / Beer Camp Tour / Bell's Brewery / Cigar City / Firestone Walker / New Glarus / Ninkasi Brewing Company / Oskar Blues / review / Russian River / Sierra Nevada / Victory Brewing by squirrelfarts

review-mayflower5thDIPAdetail — Remember how I used to write this blog thing? Yeah, me too. I’ve been on a bit of a hiatus, which was unexpected, but not entirely unproductive. Lots of content built up, so expect some new posts. In the meantime, Mayflower. UPDATE: Since posting this review and trekking to Plymouth, […]

Review: Mayflower 5th Anniversary DIPA

16 May, 2013 in Boston / Drink tagged 5th Anniversary Ale / beer / Cooper Series / dIPA / Double IPA / Mayflower Brewery / review by squirrelfarts

stella_closeup — “It’s a chalice, not a glass.” So, I belong to a word-of-mouth marketing group called BzzAgent. Every once in awhile they send me some free stuff, and I tell people about it. Pretty simple. Occasionally, they have BOOZE stuff, which is pretty much why I signed up in the first […]

Review: Stella Artois Chalice

20 Jan, 2013 in Drink / Portland tagged beer / Belgian / BzzAgent / lager / review / Stella Artois by squirrelfarts

review-oatisbottle — So, Ninkasi Brewing Company just started following me on teh Twitterz! They’re a West-Coast brewery doing about 56,000 bbls of beer (if facts from Wikipedia can be believed) out in Eugene, Oregon, and they’re one of the fastest growing. It was started in 2006 by two guys, Jamie and Nikos, […]

Review: Ninkasi Oatis Oatmeal Stout

18 Sep, 2012 in Drink / Portland tagged beer / Ninkasi / Ninkasi Brewing Company / Oatis Oatmeal Stout / oatmeal stout / review by squirrelfarts

blatantsession_pint — I certainly hope you’ve heard of Blatant Beer by now. If not, prepare for a trip to the liquor store. BLATANT! Brewery is the ale-producing offspring of brewer/owner Matthew Steinberg, Massachusetts brewing legend. He’s been involved with breweries such as Offshore Ale, Harpoon, Rapscallion, and helped Drew Brousseau with his […]

Review: Why BLATANT beer is awesome and you should buy ...

22 Aug, 2012 in Boston / Drink tagged beer / Blatant / Blatant Beer / Harpoon Brewery / IPA / Matthew Steinberg / Mayflower Brewery / Notch Brewing / Offshore Ales / Rapscallion Brewery / review / session / session ale by squirrelfarts

sam-lf — Well, we did Harpoon Brewery, so it was about time for a post on Boston’s other big brewery, Samuel Adams. Strap in, this is a big one. Now THAT looks like a brewery. I’m going to go ahead and assume most people have heard of Sam Adams. It’s one of […]

Samuel Adams Brewery

17 May, 2012 in Boston / Drink tagged 26.2 Marathon Beer / beer / Boston Lager / brewery / Doyle's / Doyle's Cafe / lady friend / party trolley / perfect pint glass / Sam Summer / Samuel Adams by squirrelfarts

miller-tornado — Yet another travel series that I never seem to finish. This one tells the tales of our Milwaukee adventures in late March of 2012. We went there to do some serious drinking. Oh, and also Trevtastic got married. Yeah, some girl actually married that boy. But still, it was a […]

Mil-wacky in March, Part 4: Miller Brewery

10 May, 2012 in Drink / Wisconsin tagged beer / brewery / lady friend / lager / macrobrew / Miller Brewing Company / MillerCoors / Milwaukee / SABMiller by squirrelfarts

mon-jh — The Monday Hangover: Other drink adventures of note from the weekend. The end of the week was way too hot for mid-April, so a refreshing, tropically named, cocktail was required. Dale DeGroff’s South Beach cocktail worked quite nicely. I also tried a version using grenadine instead of simple syrup, which […]

The Monday Hangover: April 21-22

24 Apr, 2012 in Boston / Drink tagged beer / Bin Ends / cocktail / John Hafferty / Ke$hia Ho / lady friend / Monday Hangover / OtherSide Cafe / Second Glass / Sheraton / SideBar / wine / Wine Riot by squirrelfarts

FJB_bldg — So the Lady Friend and I took a day trip up to our home state of Moo Hampsha for some good ol’ Granite State boozing. This is Part I of the adventure. For those who may have missed it, there’s a handy map on my White Birch Brewing post that […]

Drink Free or Die Part II: Frank Jones Brewing

19 Apr, 2012 in Drink / New Hampshire tagged ale / beer / brewery / Caldwell Inc / Eldridge Brewing Company / Frank Jones / Frank Jones Brewery / Frank Jones Brewing Company / Portsmouth by squirrelfarts

mke-alehousebeerboard — Yet another travel series that I never seem to finish. This one tells the tales of our Milwaukee adventures in late March of 2012. We went there to do some serious drinking. Oh, and also Trevtastic got married. Yeah, some girl actually married that boy. But still, it was a […]

Mil-wacky in March, Part 2: Mil-wacky, Wis-cahn-sin

12 Apr, 2012 in Drink / Wisconsin tagged beer / Double IPA / IPA / Lakefront / Milwaukee / Milwaukee Ale House / Milwaukee Brewing Company / oatmeal stout / pale ale / porter / stout / The Wicked Hop by squirrelfarts