I met a friend recently at Wormtown Brewery in Worcester, Massachusetts … I enjoyed the vibe and the beer so I decided to add it to my Field Research series, especially as its possible one might pass through on the way to Vermont if coming from central Mass, Rhode Island […]
Hanging around for the start of the Boston Marathon on a unusually snowy Sunday in April, I decided to head out to Springdale Barrel Room in Framingham, Massachusetts. Springdale sits abreast and atop it’s cousin, the more well-known Jack’s Abbey brewery. If you’re not into the many lagers of Jack’s […]
Situated in the Lake Winnipesaukee-bordering town of Gilford, New Hampshire is the small, family-run Cherry Valley Brewing Company. These folks brew in small batches and distribute in the local area around the Lake. I managed to pick up a couple of bottles of their latest creations: White House Honey Brown […]
The New England beer scene is booming, and Vermont ranks 1st in the nation for breweries per capita and beer production per capita as of 2016, according to the Vermont Brewers Association. And a recent article in The Atlantic explored some of the reasons for this recent craft beer boom, […]
What to do on a frigid afternoon hanging out in the Boston area? Go visit a couple of breweries and continue my Field Research Series (this research helps refine my appreciation for Vermont beers!). Like Vermont, there has been an explosion in the number of new breweries opening up in […]
Continuing my Field Research Series, I ventured recently to the city of Norwich, Connecticut, which, coincidently, is just a few short miles northwest of Foxwoods Casino. I was interested in checking out two breweries that I had heard about, Epicure Brewing and These Guys Brewing. First, Epicure. You enter into […]
When I get the opportunity to visit other cities around the country and world, I always try to do a little “research” on what the locals consider “great beer” so I can compare it to Vermont beer. On this occasion I travelled to New Orleans, Louisiana where I popped in […]
