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turtlefez — A couple months ago, I was in a meeting at work to view some upcoming TV pilots. One of the network sales women said something (I’m still not sure what it was) and caused our media manager to immediately turn to her and demand “Are you a TURTLE??” “Uh… no…?” […]

Are YOU a Turtle?

26 Oct, 2011 in Drink / History tagged Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles / Ancient Order of Turtles / Are you a turtle / Captain Hugh McGowan / Denis McGowan / drinking club / Hugh McGowan / Hugh P. McGowan / irish lad / lady friend / RUA Turtle / turtle / turtle club / wifey / YBYSAIA by squirrelfarts

rule37redraider — 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 Red Raider

24 Oct, 2011 in Boston / Drink tagged cocktail / irish lad / lady friend / Red Raider / rule 37 / wifey by squirrelfarts

opaopapump&hoegaarden — The Monday Hangover: Other drink adventures of note from the weekend. Following a trip to Curtis Liquors, I returned home with a sample pack of Mercury Brewing Ipswich Ales, including their Original Ale, Summer Ale, and IPA. I cracked an IPA (very nice, decently hoppy, but not out of control) […]

The Monday Hangover: Oct 8-9

11 Oct, 2011 in Boston / Drink tagged ale / amaro / brown / Harpoon / IPA / irish lad / lady friend / Monday Hangover / summer / Union Brewhouse / wifey by squirrelfarts

throwback_beerboard — There’s a brewery in my hometown. If you live in Portland, Boston, Burlington, or even Syracuse, that may not be such a big deal. However, I’m from a small town in the seacoast area of New Hampshire called North Hampton. If you’ve ever heard of Hampton Beach, it’s just north […]

The Homecoming: Throwback Brewery

21 Sep, 2011 in Drink / New Hampshire tagged beer / brown / hefeweizen / IPA / irish lad / lady friend / lady friend's friend / North Hampton / porter / Throwback Brewery / wifey / zero by squirrelfarts

tuesday_XXXcheers — Today was a suck day. Just one of those days where things start off bright, shiny and happy, and then the world spreads its cheeks and drops a steamer right in your lap. Then, you stand up to push it off, and it plops onto your brand new shoes. That […]

Terrible Tuesdays Call For Some XXX

20 Sep, 2011 in Drink tagged beer / DOUGdoug / Dux / Gregor / irish lad / lady friend / lager / SU / wifey 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

sebagobeers — This is Part Five of an ongoing series chronicling the Maine Beercation of late July, 2011. To start at Part One, click here. I say See-bay-go, you say See-bah-go I had stopped by Sebago Brewpub a couple years ago while interviewing for a job in Portland. It was on the […]

Upta Potlind, Paht 5: Sebago Brewpub

8 Aug, 2011 in Drink / Maine tagged beer / brewpub / brown / citra / IPA / irish lad / lady friend / pale ale / Portland / red ale / Sebago Brewing Company / stout by squirrelfarts

biker — If you’re a beer nerd, live on the South Coast of MA (or anywhere reasonably close) and haven’t been to the Rose Alley Ale House, you’re a dbag. Seriously. Why didn’t you people tell me about this place?? There’s some craft beer craziness going on there. Save me, Jeebus. Following […]

Rose Alley Ale House

28 Jul, 2011 in Drink tagged barleywine / beer / bitter / fruit beer / IPA / irish lad / lady friend / oak-aged / quad / Rose Alley Ale House / wifey by squirrelfarts

pourfarmtap — New Bedford, on the south coast of Massachusetts was once one of the most important whaling ports in the world, along with Nantucket. Herman Melville lived and worked in New Bedford, and wrote the novel Moby Dick in the early 1850s. When whaling died out, the town industry turned to […]

New Bedford

27 Jul, 2011 in Drink tagged 21st Amendment / amber ale / beer / irish lad / lady friend / Left Hand / milk stout / New Bedford / Pour Farm Tavern / Rapscallion / Travessia / urban winery / wine / winery by squirrelfarts

justbeerint9kegs — I don’t remember where or when I became aware of Just Beer brewery, but it’s been in the back of my mind for awhile. Since we had nothing planned for the weekend, on a whim I proposed doing a trip down to the south coast of Mass. The Just Beer […]

Just Beer.

25 Jul, 2011 in Drink tagged beer / brewery / Cascade / IPA / irish lad / just beer / lady friend / pale ale / Sorachi-Ace / summer / wheat by squirrelfarts

hops — Irish Lad and I are comrades in beer. His counterpart, Wifey, is not a beer drinker, and has started to get irritated when we hang out, because he and I geek out with beer talk, for hours if left uninterrupted. We both enjoy a wide variety of craft brews, as […]

Beeriffic Brews

18 Jul, 2011 in Drink tagged beer / Berkshire Brewing / boobs / Boston Beer Works / citra / Harpoon / homebrew / IPA / irish lad / lady friend / pale ale / PBR / rye / Sierra Nevada / wifey / zero by squirrelfarts

irishshoutout — Apparently, I was mistaken by saying the Pegu Blog was my first official blog shoutout. The Irish Lad accomplished that right after the public launch of my ramblings. Oops. Go read it here. I comment as “O’Flanagan” on his blog. I have many aliases. Never tell an Irishman your real […]

Shoutout: The Prequel

18 Jul, 2011 in Drink tagged irish lad / oops / Pegu Blog / shoutout by squirrelfarts