Saying Night Shift has come a long way in the last several years is a bit of understatement at this point. The brewery has ramped things up so much over the last few years that the ghost-white sheetrock walls of its first facility in Everett are surely as distant a memory for the brewers as the neon, 10-gallon orange homebrew buckets the three first used in a Ball Square kitchen to prototype beers. More
Saturday marks Saison Day, the second iteration of a holiday conceived last year by Portland, Maine’s Allagash Brewery. After a grueling winter that’s tested the mettle of all of its inhabitants, Boston is long overdue to enjoy a few spring-like beers. More
There was a time, long, long ago that Boston beer nerds could go to their local liquor store and find bottles from Brasserie Cantillon, the tiny, much-lauded Belgian brewery best known for brewing world-class lambics. The bottles – nuanced, tart, often tough to find beers – gathered dust alongside other Belgian beers. More
Beer and fine dining – the two just don’t seem to tango. That hasn’t been the case in Boston until chef and co-owner Brian Poe came along to create a culinary craze at The Tip Tap Room. If craft beer and classy new American cuisine were adopted, Brian would be the proud Daddy. We got the chance to sit down with the man behind the menu to hear his side of the story, and of course knock back a couple of cold ones. More
Anyone looking to celebrate Germany’s World Cup win a few days late this week could do worse than downing a chalice or two of local Berliner Weisse, the refreshingly drinkable German-style wheat beer. More
The Boston Globe’s owner, the benevolent and unstoppable John Henry, has vowed to make our news organization “aggressively relevant,” so HERE’S SOME TIMELY, SIGNIFICANT SMALL TALK, YA JERKS! But seriously, whether it’s Trafficgate, the future of fashion, or the latest marine medical oddity, here’s some barroom chatter that will make the guy on the barstool next to yours curse himself for getting his news from the Drudge Report. More
Maybe it’s time to break in the new Kindle you got for Christmas or get cracking on your resolution to read more in the New Year. Whatever your reason is for book perusal this winter, why not supplement your heroic beer intake by learning more about your favorite beverage? The number of books on craft beer has been steadily growing, with options ranging from beer 101 to growing your own hops to constructing elaborate beer and food pairings. Whatever your niche, there’s a beer book sure to pique your interest. More
The new year approaches and with 2014’s arrival, Yuengling returns to Massachusetts in March after a two-decade absence. Cue the cheers! I was born and raised in the Keystone State, so when I heard the news that America’s oldest brewery, Pottsville, Pa.’s own D.G. Yuengling & Co., would be making one of my favorite beers available down the street in my adoptive home, you bet I was pleased. And I’m not the only one — this Facebook group imploring the beer’s return to the region has more than 16,000 likes. But I guess some people, like BDCwire’s Perry Eaton, think it’s just a fad that can’t compete in an already crowded beer market (and others just think it outright sucks). So before we could properly sit down over a pint of Yuengling, Perry and I decided to hash it out. More
Bust out your party hats — Pretty Things Beer & Ale Project is turning 5 years old. The beloved local brewery will be hosting a free party at the Precinct in Somerville’s Union Square on Sunday, Dec. 1, from 6 p.m. to midnight with 12 Pretty Things beers available, plus the release of its latest brew, Barbapapa, a 12 percent Russian Imperial Stout. More
There’s a pivotal moment in the 2006 seminal comedy Beerfest that serves today as an allegory for the increasing prevalence of beer festivals throughout the country. More
