Of the 157 closings in the Valley, the Northampton Brewery is NOT one of them!!! We are open all day and night. The hike through the snow, sleet and ice will be well worth it once you are warming up with a couple pints. Hope to see you!
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Monday, March 8, 2010
Blue Boots + Sunshine = Awesome Weekend!!
What a weekend?!?! Not only did the temperature creep over the 50 degree mark, there was plenty of sunshine to help alleviate those of us afflicted with seasonal affective disorder!! Plus, Blue Boots IPA is back on tap. All in all, a good recipe for success!
Like I mentioned, Boots is back for a short engagement. The hoppiest installment yet, I promise! We are using our new method for dryhopping, and it's working out better than I had hoped...chinook, centennial and nugget hops were used in this batch, and I have to say, I believe it's the hoppiest beer in Massachusetts...and maybe New England! (Calm down, Alchemist fans...I'd love to put Boots up against Headdy Topper, just to see the difference. Ok, so maybe the second hoppiest beer in New England! John does make great beers up there in Waterbury, VT)
Speaking of IPA's...we will be unveiling a new IPA at the Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project Social on March 31st. Get ready...tickets are 25$ for the event. I've seen the food menu and I know what Dann and Martha are bringing for beer. Looks to be a kick ass event! Can't wait to see everyone out and about.
Beer update: Steamer is now on tap. A California Common style beer, we ferment this lager at warmer temps. This gives the beer a mildly fruity and crisp taste. Fairly hop forward, too. We dryhopped Steamer with Perle hops and it's clocking in at 5.9% abv...
Catch you later...I'm going outside to play! PLB, Boog
Like I mentioned, Boots is back for a short engagement. The hoppiest installment yet, I promise! We are using our new method for dryhopping, and it's working out better than I had hoped...chinook, centennial and nugget hops were used in this batch, and I have to say, I believe it's the hoppiest beer in Massachusetts...and maybe New England! (Calm down, Alchemist fans...I'd love to put Boots up against Headdy Topper, just to see the difference. Ok, so maybe the second hoppiest beer in New England! John does make great beers up there in Waterbury, VT)
Speaking of IPA's...we will be unveiling a new IPA at the Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project Social on March 31st. Get ready...tickets are 25$ for the event. I've seen the food menu and I know what Dann and Martha are bringing for beer. Looks to be a kick ass event! Can't wait to see everyone out and about.
Beer update: Steamer is now on tap. A California Common style beer, we ferment this lager at warmer temps. This gives the beer a mildly fruity and crisp taste. Fairly hop forward, too. We dryhopped Steamer with Perle hops and it's clocking in at 5.9% abv...
Catch you later...I'm going outside to play! PLB, Boog
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Updates...cables, EBF, new beer and stuff...
What's up, y'all....sorry about the delay in blogging(because, I know you hang on my every word), but my cat-5 cable busted last week and we just got around to replacing it! Anyway...after a long, long Saturday at the Extreme Beer Festival in Boston I'm here to report that I have tried not one, but, TWO beers made with bacon. Yes, that's right bacon. I even tasted a beer called key lime pie. A beer made with lime, marshmallow, and graham cracker. It tasted it exactly like you think it would. Well, the best part of the festival was seeing all of our friends from the likes of Smuttynose and Cambridge Brewing and finally checking out Lord Hobo. Scuba Steve and our manager C-Mack were a ton of fun to hang with. Not to spill the beans, but we came up with our own extreme beer at exactly 6 p.m. on Saturday. It will be on draught June 1...details to follow.
Notes:
40-Love is flying out the door! Feedback has been favorable and the beer has definitely hit its stride. Good carbonation let's a little bit of the strawberry aroma escape and it also has just the hint of strawberry in the finish.
Blue Boots IPA was made yesterday. Most finishing hops ever. I said ever. Stinky, stinky beer. Get ready.
Weizenheimer is pouring. A super dry wheat beer that tastes great. In fact, I'm having one right now. Shhhh, don't tell.
Wee Heavy Weekend...our scotch ale looks to be on tap for the weekend. Big malt. Can't wait to have this one with our ploughman's platter.
Speaking of Europe...If you haven't seen the Irish music up close and personal on Sundays, I highly recommend it! This place goes nuts from 3-6. In fact, we are making stout earlier than scheduled in honor of the crew playing the tunes!
That's all I have at the moment, kids....but now that I have my cable back-beware! PLB-Boog
Notes:
40-Love is flying out the door! Feedback has been favorable and the beer has definitely hit its stride. Good carbonation let's a little bit of the strawberry aroma escape and it also has just the hint of strawberry in the finish.
Blue Boots IPA was made yesterday. Most finishing hops ever. I said ever. Stinky, stinky beer. Get ready.
Weizenheimer is pouring. A super dry wheat beer that tastes great. In fact, I'm having one right now. Shhhh, don't tell.
Wee Heavy Weekend...our scotch ale looks to be on tap for the weekend. Big malt. Can't wait to have this one with our ploughman's platter.
Speaking of Europe...If you haven't seen the Irish music up close and personal on Sundays, I highly recommend it! This place goes nuts from 3-6. In fact, we are making stout earlier than scheduled in honor of the crew playing the tunes!
That's all I have at the moment, kids....but now that I have my cable back-beware! PLB-Boog
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