Brick and Feather

The beers are quite good. We stopped on the way to Brattleboro last year. I think the main issue is that it's a bit off the beaten path and Turner Falls doesn't have all that much going (at least that I could see). I'm sure there's some kind of Western MA circuit you can do. That said you do make a good point. Hopefully they're doing well enough so they can thrive while still keeping well-kept secret status.

 

Agree. Had a few growlers and some drafts at Armsby. Been wanting to hit up the tap room for awhile. Anybody been? Good vibe?

 

Enjoyed several excellent lagers there during Western MA Beer Week.

 

Five-eyed Fox closed in late spring.

https://www.recorder.com/Five-Eyed-Fox-closed-hopes-of-a-new-chapter-25739127

 

Really enjoy their stuff. Agree that it’s off the beaten path, hit a flash blizzard going through the mountains one time to check the taproom out. Place is easy to miss as well it’s in a small industrial park. Would probably make a good drive during leaf peepers season

 

Worse news I’ve heard in a while.

 

It is pretty close to the highway.

 

Yeah, I enjoyed going there. Supposedly lost their cook and did not want to continue.

 

Another place that does not seem to get much buzz is River Roost in NH.

 

River Roost is in Vermont. I’ve been to Brick & Feather for growlers and pours before it’s mellow, small. Positively 22nd is fantastic.

 

We live near enough to Brick and Feather, I watch out for the occasional Firkin Sunday.
The gravity cask treatment of their offerings is always a home run.
Cheers All

 

I've been waiting for this place to blow up for years and they still haven't. Seems like they're doing enough business that I won't complain. Love their beer, love their beer, love their beer.

 

Great beers, Lawrence is awesome. Always happy to spend some time there when I get the chance.

 

I live smack dab in the middle of River Roost and Brick & Feather and can vouch they are both fantastic and under rated. Some of us are hoping it stays that way lol.

It amazes me how many people plan trips all throughout Vermont and fly right by River Roost on the way. There is a max of 2 maybe 3 breweries that I would put ahead of them in the entire state of Vermont.

Brick & Feather is always a stop for me when heading south to the Springfield area. Both places have super low key tasting rooms as well.

 

For a second I thought you were saying you’re happy to spend time in Lawrence.

 

Stopped in on Saturday. Was super low key and empty (we were there pretty early). Had a 5oz sample of In Absentia and Kitten with a Whip (helles lager). I'd previously had In Absentia at Armsby after Bane's last show in 2016 and thought it was killer. Still do. But the Helles was really, really good and I'm mad they had just run out of cans.

Also picked up some cans of Positively 22nd and Magnetic Aesthetic, but haven't tried them yet. All in all cool little spot.

 

Hit Brick and Feather and then go eat and drink at People's Pint in Greenfield. Some pretty good beers there too I thought.

 

Can also recommend Hope and Olive for food... often have Brick and Feather as well as Honest Weight on tap.

 

Went to NH to adopt a dog and told the wife we're going to BnF, since I'm never up that way.

Fantastic place, very low key, awesome people and beer!

 

and after that I would suggest a visit to Ryan and Casey's liquor store- definitely one of the better selections of craft beer in this part of MA.

 

who asked for a geography lesson. I thought we were discussing small breweries off of 91.

 

Brick and feather is 7 minutes off of exit 27 of I91.
Quick run on 2 East left at the Turners bridge, onto Avenue A.
Right onto 11th st. Park and Delight
Cheers

 

B&F makes some of the best beer in MA, hell, if not the US (IMO of course). I always make it a point to go there whenever I'm in MA, even if it requires a long drive. I find it amusing that there are lines, expansions, etc etc at some of the more "popular" breweries in MA while B&F silently and consistently puts out amazing beer with no hype.

 

Are you seriously mad that people are offering other suggestions nearby?

 

so for someone in the Boston area, without driving to the tap room, any way to get cans? Any distro?

 

no can distro that i know of. very limited draft accounts too. i don't think i've ever seen B&F in greater Boston.

 

As others have said I don't think they have any distro regarding cans... as for draft, I have seen them at Armsby Abbey/Worcester, but I don't remember seeing any draft available in the Boston area.

 

well damn. Maybe I will take the long way next time up to vermont. I am burned out on everything in boston. Trillium anything is a muddled sweet mess that looks like orange juice, lamplighter is ok but fell off a bit, idle hands I enjoy but sometimes a bit further than i want to uber. Mystic is gone, notch is too far in salem, havent been to vitamin sea because weymouth is a dead zone. Castle island doesnt really move the needle, harpoon is mehhhhh, sam adams and turtle swamp are a joke. I am basically just drinking cans of schilling from fort point market and the occasional frost when they get them. Will keep my eyes peeled if anything brick and feather turns up

 

I am the one who said that Brick and Feather is not far out of anyones way.

 

Not angry, was responding to something else. I will would love to hear about all or any places.

 

Ah my apologies then- I would also suggest a visit to Honest Weight Brewery in Orange Mass as well- more of a detour off I 91 but they make some great beer in a variety of styles

 

Sauron's Nightlight has militarized me against pastry stouts.

 

They describe it as a "very robust porter" so I don't know if comparing it to a pastry stout is fair.

 

Literally my point is that it's different.

 

Cool.
First time having it?