Spicket River -- Anyone Been?

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  1. mrmattosgood

    mrmattosgood Maven (1,301) Nov 6, 2010 Canada (BC)

    Despite my BA geographical claims to be a resident of Lichtenstein, Monaco, and New Hampshire at various times, I spent my summers on the Spicket River fishing, boating, and finding dead bodies. Is there anyone here who has been to this brewery? It looks like it just opened a couple weeks back. Their social media presence is enormous and the place looks to be packed, but I've been nothing about the beer.

    Is it good? What's actually on tap? Is there anything to go?
     
    #1 mrmattosgood, Oct 31, 2019
  2. jlordi12

    jlordi12 Pooh-Bah (1,856) Jun 8, 2011 Massachusetts
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    If there flagships are any indication you won’t like them
     
    #2 jlordi12, Oct 31, 2019
  3. mrmattosgood

    mrmattosgood Maven (1,301) Nov 6, 2010 Canada (BC)

    Ahhhh, their website wasn't working on my phone, but comes up on my laptop. Weird.

    LOVE the name Uno Mas (which was, for ages, the name of my fictional bar I was going to open in Mexico when I won the lottery).

    Hey, maybe they're going to the old school method of making IPAs that are balanced, floral, and finish with a nice little bitter backbone. Maybe not. But, damn, let's mix in a little stout or brown ale in there huh??

    Bonus: As a hip-hop fan, how can you beat "The Infamous" for a name. I might go for that, though Menace II Society is inferior to Boyz in the Hood.
     
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  4. SunDevilBeer

    SunDevilBeer Pooh-Bah (1,945) May 9, 2003 Massachusetts
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    I dropped by last Friday. Place is pretty tiny (bar seats 7, maybe 20 more at inside tables. Plenty of outside seating, but they missed the boat on that for now.

    It's in an old restored mill building, which I always like. Kind of a hipster-artist vibe to the place as it's located under an art gallery.

    Seems like they'll have a small food menu. They had some pizza cooking in the brick oven that smelled & looked pretty good.

    As for the beer, I had their hazy IPA and golden IPA (forget the names) which were just OK, not particularly memorable and not bad either.

    Good to see something beery going on in Lawrence though.
     
    #4 SunDevilBeer, Nov 5, 2019
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  5. meefmoff

    meefmoff Pooh-Bah (1,922) Jul 6, 2014 Massachusetts
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    Navigation Brewery in Lowell has exactly that same setup and I really enjoyed their space. Look forward to checking this place out.
     
    #5 meefmoff, Nov 5, 2019
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