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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

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

smutty-plate — 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 I: Smuttynose

16 Mar, 2012 in Drink / New Hampshire tagged beer / brewery / Frank Jones Brewing Company / Peter Egelston / Portsmouth Brewery / Smuttynose Brewing Company by squirrelfarts

cbc_windows — Ugh. Cambridge, The People’s Republic of. For those of you not familiar with the area, it’s called that due to the extreme liberal-hippie-happy-friendly-environmental-more bike lanes-fewer cars-save the whales, bunnies and tsetse flies-hipster-aged college professor-drive a Prius-shop at Whole Foods-mentality. It’s like an east coast mini-San Francisco, and one of the […]

You down with CBC? Yeah, you know me

3 Jan, 2012 in Boston / Drink tagged beer / brewery / brewpub / Cambridge / Cambridge Brewing Company / lady friend / People's Republic of Cambridge by squirrelfarts

whitebirch_happyshelf — Ah, the unspoilt expanses of granite-laden New Hampshire. The Lady Friend and I were up that way to visit Maggie the Thunder Kitten of Doom, and took the long way back to Braintree, by way of Hooksett, NH. It wasn’t exactly on the way; Hooksett is past Manchester on the […]

White Birch Brewing

29 Dec, 2011 in Drink / New Hampshire tagged ale / beer / Belgian / brewery / kitten! / lady friend / pale ale / Tripel / White Birch Brewing by squirrelfarts

sf01_harryslagunitasIPA — This here is Part Two of the Grand Caliventure of November 2011. For Part 1, make the clicking to here. Hold on to your butts, this is going to be a long one. The dawn did done diddly dawned Thursday morning as JJ and her husband scurried about the apartment […]

Soused in SanFran – Part 2: SFO D1

10 Nov, 2011 in California / Drink tagged 21st Amendment Brewery / beer / brewery / brewpub / cocktail / Fresca / IPA / JJ / Ke$hia Ho / lady friend / lager / Lefty O'Doul's / negroni / pale ale / San Francisco / Top of the Mark by squirrelfarts

mayflower_mill — Mini road trip! This weekend’s adventure was a trek down Route 3 to Plymouth, MA, for a tour of the Mayflower Brewery and some bar-hopping in downtown Plymouth. One of my former coworkers lives down there, and is always up for shenanigans in town, though I’m fond of saying that […]

Mayflower Brewery

18 Oct, 2011 in Beer / Brewery / Drink tagged ale / beer / brewery / British Beer Company / golden ale / IPA / Mayflower / Mayflower Brewery / Mayflower Brewing Company / pale ale / Plymouth / porter / wheat by squirrelfarts

syracuse_magesarmour — Day two of the ‘CuseQuest happened to be my birthday. The Lady Friend woke me up in the morning with a very loving, intimate and special surprise in bed. Beers you sickos! Get your minds out of the gutter. Left to right, they were: – Peak Organic Hop Noir black […]

‘CuseQuest! Part 2: Beer Day – Dino BBQ and Middle ...

7 Sep, 2011 in Drink / New York tagged beer / brewery / Dinosaur BBQ / lady friend / Middle Ages Brewing Company / syracuse by squirrelfarts

harpoon_pan_02_jpeg — Harpoon Brewery! A pillar of Boston brewing, to be spoken of both in hushed, reverent tones, and bellowed from the rooftops in joy with several pints coursing through your veins. The first and fiercest of the Boston brew businesses. Alongside the famed Samuel Adams Brewery, they helped to build the […]

Hahpoon

18 Aug, 2011 in Boston / Drink tagged beer / brewery / Harpoon Brewery / hefeweizen / IPA / lady friend / Leviathan by squirrelfarts

bluehillskegs — Ok. So I’ll admit that the cocktail end of these ramblings have turned mostly beer-centric with many brewery/ brewpub tours n’ tastings. But I’m running this show, and beer is tasty, so here’s another brewery tour. Another glittering brewery frontage. Blue Hills Brewery is located in Canton, MA near the […]

There’s a Brewery in Them Thar Blue Hills

15 Aug, 2011 in Boston / Drink tagged beer / black ale / Blue Hills Brewery / brewery / farmer-brewer license / fruit beer / Imperial IPA / IPA / lady friend / wheat by squirrelfarts

justbeerglassrev — So, I’m not sure how many people noticed it, but Boston.com ran an alarming article last week (Aug 4, 2011) titled “Rule change alarms small brewers.” The article discussed the farmer-brewer licensing rule in Massachusetts. Basically, this rule allows smaller, startup breweries to be licensed as a farmer-brewery collaboration, which […]

V-MA Day: Victory in Massachusetts

9 Aug, 2011 in Boston / Drink tagged ABCC / beer / Blue Hills Brewing / brewery / Bully Boy Distillery / farmer-brewer license / homebrew / irish lad / Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission by squirrelfarts