Mass Brewers Please...

Yup and nope. I wouldn't say this year, they are looking at another property to expand as mentioned in the Treehouse thread.

 

What is disappointing about hanging out at a great place, not waiting in a line. If you bring friends and food the time flies by. Also they make other great beers other than Julius, go on a non-Julius day and you will be in and out in no time.

If people are coming to them for Julius then no need to get into a shitty distribution contract, just follow the heady model.

 

Didn't Ben used to work at Wachusett? I've often thought they should ship them a bunch of Be Hoppy and get it done!

 

? I regularly see and buy fresh Larry. Like, every month for the last couple of years...

 

Cans were at Granite in Weymouth this morning.

 

I bought some Hop Notch IPA cans last week; agree having a local option like this would be nice. I loved the Hop Notch btw, my choice for a canned IPA for now

 

Lots of 12 oz ers available.

 

You win some, you lose some. Some stores turn it over far more quickly than others.

Larry in tall boys - dreams.

 

They had a wonderful ESB on my first of two visits this past fall. I'd love to see them brew it again, but the name escapes me.

 

"Old Man". . .It's in FV #4 as we speak!

 

Meadowlark will be year round once it hits the shelves next week. That and Be Hoppy make two world-class examples brewed right here in MA.

 

Couple of thoughts.

NBPT Green Head is a pretty decent ipa - reminded me of OB Gordon when it first came out. Distribution is supposed to go statewide soon, no?

Thoroughly impressed with Backlash Catalyst DIPA that I had on tap recently. Renewed my faith that a MA brewer can actually make a hop bomb that wasn't too caramelly and was devoid of unpleasant flavors from the hops themeselves.

50+ ipa's that beat hoponius? I once gathered together a list of almost 100 ipa's available in MA and only came up with 10 out of those that I would be willing to purchase.

 

Good news for the few times I go out for a beer, but @ about $4 per serving retail, not a beer I will be buying on the regular.

 

this beer for a 6 pack local can is awesome. Places can't keep it in stock.

 

Hoponius is the best American Pale Lager out there:
http://beeradvocate.com/lists/style/155

 

Found it south of boston over the weekend, the pale ale and belgian.

 

Dude said "canned"

 

That label is wrong...ABV is 7.2% now.

That said, my 3rd take on this beer over the weekend was much better than my 1st two tries early on. Perhaps a re-formulation? But, it's still not a west coast style, too resin-y & not enough citrus to be considered one. Solid drinker though. Wish they offered a 12 pack, would drink more often.

 

Yeah well they can't all be Heady/Hill Farmstead/whatever. Its a great offering for a "usually" readily available IPA. Beats the pants off anything else in the area in that format for that price.