IPA

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

rule37calypsocampariorange-detail — Modern Drunkard Magazine’s articleThe 86 Rules of Boozing, by Frank Kelly Rich states: Rule 37. Try one new drink each week. The Rule 37 series of posts chronicle my attempts to accomplish this feat every week. For the recipes of R37s past, click the Htf do I make these drinks? […]

Rule 37: The Calypso Campari Orange

11 Jun, 2012 in Boston / Drink tagged beertail / Calypso / campari / cocktail / homebrew / IPA / rule 37 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

chi-library — Yet another start to a 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, […]

Mil-wacky in March, Part 1: Chicago

6 Apr, 2012 in Drink / Illinois tagged Chicago / Commodore Perry / Congress Plaza Hotel / Daisy Cutter / Great Lakes Brewing / Half Acre / IPA / lady friend / Mad Hatter / New Holland / pale ale / Poag Mahone / Willis Tower by squirrelfarts

mon-sculpin — The Monday Hangover: Other drink adventures of note from the weekend. Friday night started with a mini outing to Bin Ends. Despite mooching at their Meletti liqueur tasting the night before, I returned with the Lady Friend in tow to hit up their Stone Brewing tasting. The sales rep had […]

The Monday Hangover: Feb 18-19

22 Feb, 2012 in Boston / Drink tagged Bin Ends / bock / Hop Goddess / IPA / lady friend / Left Hand / Mayflower Brewery / milk stout / Monday Hangover / Narragansett / nitro / White Birch Brewing by squirrelfarts

sunset_window — Too many beers. That’s the only way to describe Sunset Grill and Tap in Allston. Their website claims 112 taps and 380 bottles. It’s out of control. Not that it’s a bad thing. Sunset at sunset. I don’t pretend to know much about Allston-Brighton. It’s over on the Green Line, […]

Sunset Grill and Tap. Mostly tap.

31 Jan, 2012 in Boston / Drink tagged Allston-Brighton / barleywine / beer / Do Re Mi Karaoke / Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA / IPA / irish lad / lady friend / Sissy / Sunset Grill and Tap / wifey by squirrelfarts

larryglass — Waaaaaaaaaaaa Waaaaa-a-wah Chusettttttt! If you don’t get that, you clearly haven’t spent a winter in New England. The brew was an offering from Wachusett Brewing Company, and one often overlooked; Larry. Larry’s a great guy. A double IPA with no ABV claim on the label (Beer Advocate says it’s 7.5%). […]

Review: That Larry Fellow

27 Dec, 2011 in Boston / Drink tagged beer / dIPA / Double IPA / IPA / kitten! / Larry / review / Wachusett / Wachusett Brewing Co by squirrelfarts

sfo02_magnoliamirror — This here is Part Three of the Grand Caliventure of November 2011. For Part 1, make the clicking to here. I’ll try to break these up a bit more for readability and sanity. Mostly my sanity. Also, we’ve just gotten to Friday morning, so Sissy, you’re going to have to […]

Soused in SanFran – Part 3: SFO D2 Magnolia

16 Nov, 2011 in California / Drink tagged ale / beer / Belgian / bitter / brewpub / gruit / IPA / kölsch / lady friend / Magnolia Pub and Brewery / pumpkin / San Francisco by squirrelfarts

beernbacon — The Monday Hangover: Other drink adventures of note from the weekend. Following last weekend’s trip to Cal-ee-for-nee-ah, it was nice to get back into the weekly routine of cocktail night on Friday. There were Rule 37 fufillments, a whiskey sour made with an overripe lemon (yargh… not recommended) and a […]

The Monday Hangover: Nov 12-13

15 Nov, 2011 in Boston / Drink tagged bacon! / beer / cocktail / Engineer / farmhouse ale / Imperial IPA / IPA / irish lad / lady friend / Monday Hangover / porter / red IPA / wifey 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

pregame_deplanedeplane — This here is Part One of the Grand Caliventure of November 2011. The Lady Friend and I had been discussing a trip out to California, for a number of reasons. She has a friend living in San Francisco, and Sissy moved out to some God-forsaken wilderness camp in Sonora, which […]

Soused in SanFran – Part 1: The Pregame

8 Nov, 2011 in California / Drink tagged beer / Boston Beer Works / IPA / JJ / lady friend / San Francisco / Sissy by squirrelfarts

mon_muffintop — The Monday Hangover: Other drink adventures of note from the weekend. Naturally, the weekend started with a trip to Curtis Liquors for some beer browsing. I had recently heard of Backlash Beer Company, and happened to see their two brews, Convergence and Groundswell on the shelves. Of course, they wound […]

The Monday Hangover: Oct 22-23

24 Oct, 2011 in Boston / Drink tagged Backlash Beer Company / beer / Belgian tripel IPA / black lager / Clown Shoes / Harpoon / IPA / lager / Monday Hangover / rauchbier / Samuel Adams / Trinity Brewhouse by squirrelfarts