Hello Hello Hello- Here we are at another installment of pre-release tasting notes, and I honestly couldn’t be any more excited.  You see, usually when we produce a new beer we go heavy on how much beer we put into our 22oz bombers.  As such, there’s normally plenty to go around (one 20 barrel batch of our beer will net out 3,000+ bottles, just for some perspective).  However, with this beer we decided to go heavy into kegs.  The reason being it is of utmost importance for this beer to be consumed fresh.  That deserves repeating. IT IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE THAT THIS BEER BE CONSUMED FRESH. Sorry to yell at you.  I do it out of love, I...

In keeping with what I guess we can now call a tradition (I’ve done this for Conquest and War), today I am posting another candid review of our third (and final, in case you missed it) Apocalypse Beer, Famine. First, a little back-story.  As is the case with every beer we’ve done in the Apocalypse Series, we try to tie the beer back to the horseman which it represents.  With Conquest I did this by playing off of the beer’s color (‘white”) to tie back with the white horse which Conquest rode.  With War I also used the color of the beer (kinda sorta red), but in addition I infused the beer with an element of conflict by using...

A couple months ago, I wrote a post describing what people could expect from our first Apocalypse Series beer, Conquest.  Being that our 2nd Apocalypse beer has just gone into inventory at our distributor (in Boston at least), I thought it would make sense to do the same for it. Ladies and gents, I introduce War: As it goes, War is the second horseman of the Apocalypse.  With man’s desire to conquer his fellow man (aka Conquest, the first horseman) set firmly in place, the outcome is almost a foregone conclusion: War. In the spirit of the horseman, I wanted to infuse this beer with an element of conflict.  To get there, I pitted 3 yeast strains against one...

  Alright- So I know  a few days ago we published a blog post about the Apocalypse series/Conquest, but it wasn’t crazy-descriptive about Conquest itself.  Being that the beer is about to hit shelves (like, tomorrow), I thought it would be appropriate to post some tasting notes here so everyone knows what they’re getting into.  I literally just poured myself a glass (10:00 pm on 9/19), so away we go. Appearance:  Hazy golden color – a great billowing head that sticks around for a while and leaves a good amount of lacing on the ol’ glass.  Definitely reminiscent of all that wheat I used. Smell:  Dudes, seriously…do yourself a favor and groove on this beer’s nose.  I’m not kidding. ...

I know I just very recently re-brewed Groundswell for its re-release next month, but after tasting the results I can’t help but try to tweak one last thing before we go full scale.  It’s probably the home brewer in me, I can never just let it be.  Gotta make it better.  Or maybe I’m just neurotic.  Probably that. In targeting a refreshing, citrusy flavor profile for Groundswell, I wanted to mess around with some first wort hopping using a very unique hop to really accentuate some of the other stuff we were already doing with Groundswell to make that citrus note pop.  The yeast has barely gotten started fermenting and already I’m anxious to try some.  Impatient?  That’s an...

So since our launch in July 2011, I’ve had some time to think about/tinker with the Groundswell recipe.  The beer was a pretty huge hit, and a lot of people loved it.  I was really happy with the results, especially given the fact that I scaled up a 5 gallon home-brew batch to 20 BBLs and the result wasn’t a total train-wreck.  I was more nervous about that batch than you can imagine. As you may or may not know, we solicit feedback from just about everyone who tries our beers.  We give coasters out to bars with QR codes on them that direct people to our mobile review site.  We also have the same QR code on each...

So this past Friday Maggie and I made the LONG ASS trek out to Holyoke and back just so we could get a taste of Declaration before the holidays.  I know it seems crazy, but the thought of waiting until after the holidays (2 weeks!) to taste our latest beer really didn’t sit well with me.  I mean, even though the brewing is finished and tasting it earlier wouldn’t change the outcome… I really just needed some peace of mind.  I know a lot of people who follow us on Facebook and Twitter were asking what my thoughts were regarding this beer, so I’ve decided to put some thoughts down here so you know what you’re getting into. Appearance:  The color...

After working long and hard and just drooling with anticipation for our new Saison “Convergence”, the time has finally come.  Our distributor (Burke) just took in a bunch of this beer and we’ll be brewing it again so it’s around longer this time around.  It’s fall and nothing is going to be more refreshing and delicious than this seasonal special.

Groundswell took Boston by storm! Only a few short weeks after releasing our first beer, Groundswell, it seems to be all but gone! We could have never anticipated such a great reception and we are beyond thankful for all the support we’ve been receiving.  You guys really know how to make 2 beer geeks feel special.  The unbelievable success and positive feedback inspires us to keep brewing the best beer possible for you all.  Thank you so much!