Lamplighter Brewing

Still plenty at the brewery too

 

Jackalope is bomb. Awesome beer

 

Glad you enjoyed !

 

Tried some Jackalope at the brewery Friday night. Definitely their best IPA offering so far. I got some pretty bitter grapefruit on the back end, a little too much for my liking, but it is nice to see them apparently dialing in the system. Excited to see what the next few releases offer.

 

Stardust was decent but Jackalope was a total juice bomb. Really enjoyed that one and hope they distribute closer to me in the future.

 

Just cracked the first of a 4-pack of Pressure Drop pale ale I picked up at Pemberton this afternoon. Really outstanding. Hull Melon is true to its name and plays with the Citra nicely. Fruit up front and a long bitter finish.

IMO compares favorably to Whirlpool (though that's a little unfair given the ABV bump) and Trillium's Small Bird series.

 

Agree. They're cranking out some fantastic stuff. Seemed to have turned a corner in March, or at least for me anyways. Very excited to see what happens with them over the next 12 months or so.

 

How widely are their beers distributed? any accounts in Central Ma?

 

http://www.lamplighterbrewing.com/availability/

Looks like Julios would be the closest. I grabbed a few cans their on Saturday but they did not have a lot left.

 

Been trying as much as I can from them. Really good stuff.

Had the oat IPA Lucid Nonsense last night. Delicious. A nice tropical juicy IPA. Birds of a feather and thus are two great drinks

 

Just cracked my first of the Pressure Drop batch from a few weeks ago, and my initial impression stands: Best locally available < 6% pale. Soft & juicy, but with a great balance of bitterness.

I'm really tempted to try it head-to-head with FPPA (6.6%) sometime.

 

Looks like there going to be doing barrel aged beers. The first one is a blonde ale. Barrel aged stouts and sours close to Boston is what we need.

 

I've been very impressed by this brewery. I like that they sneak in some English styles. Watt would be sublime on cask. Metric Systems gose is super crushable. The taproom makes me think what a men's Anthropologie would look like.

Yeah and the hazy IPAs are good too...

 

Just wanted to give these guys a shoutout. They are quickly becoming my go to after trillium. I've visited probably 3 times over the last few months and each time the beers have been better and better. Last visit tried Rabbit Rabbit and it was amazing, and I grabbed a 4 pack of birds of a feather yesterday and that's drinking amazing. Really excited to grab the double wit. Great to see their distro ramping up as well. Keep it up!

 

Lucid Nonsense has quickly become one of my favorite beers. So damn good.

Agreed about these guys becoming a non-trillium go-to. Really making some killer beers, hoping for a BA stout once the weather gets colder. Haven't got to try Cuppa or the sweet potato porter, definitely going to be on the lookout for those. They're definitely on the tier right below Trill/TH.

Would love to see a collab between them and a brewery like Omnipollo or Evil Twin, so many unique flavors done well between the three I'd love to see Lamplighter team up for a sour or a stout or a non-juice bomb IPA.

 

Hey thanks guys - really appreciate it!

We just marked one year (?!) since we brewed our first batch in the building last week, and I think year 2 is going to be a good one. We've got a bunch of cool stuff coming along in the fall, and our barrels are about to start putting out beer we laid down months ago on the regular.

Some collaborations are on our radar as well - say tuned!

AC

 

Swung by the brewery last night. Of course I knocked back some Kucid and Birds, but man, Lady Know is awesome. Must've had about a half gallon of the stuff. Lovely

 

Cheers !

 

Will be grabbing drinks here in less than a month when we visit Boston for the first time. Very excited!