What breweries have you recently visited?

Earlier this year I went to Moat Mountain in NH after snowboarding at Wildcat like I have done before and a quick visit to Night Shift in Everett, MA and their neighbor brewery next door Idle Hands. We stopped by Sixpoint a few months ago on our way to VA for a wedding. Other than that we hit up Sam Adams for their monthly open house events, Blue Hills for growlers, Portsmouth Brewery on our way to or from Old Orchard, and Baxter in ME. We usually hit up more breweries while traveling, but haven't done much this year. Keeping brewery visits local to New England.

 

Last weekend I went to Green Flash, Ballast Point, Alpine, Societe, Modern Times, AleSmith and Stone. Needless to say it was a fairly painful weekend with all the hangovers.

 

So?

 

Drinking and DJ-ing at Harriet Brewing Company Taproom at the moment. Currently, "Jimmy Mack", Hank Crawford. With a Divine Oculust Belgian-style Golden Ale in hand.

 

was at Lost Abbey & Stone over the weekend

 

So....I guess you missed the whole "Visited New Glarus for the first time today'' thread

 

I hit up the new Funky Buddha brewery in oakland park weekly, great stuff as always.

 

Portsmouth a few weeks ago. Going to check out Night Shift and Idle Hands Thursday with my girlfriend. I'm pretty excited for it.

 

southern brewing. Best local homebrew shop and brewery in Tampa.

 

hill farmstead and the alchemist recently, finally going to kane soon ! i plan on going to darklord day next year, hopefully pipeworks has a tap room open by then as well i definitely wanna check that spot out

 

Went to Singlecut Beersmiths in Astoria, NY last Sunday. Friend of mine works there and the beer for the most part is pretty darn good. She set me up with a 10 beer sampler for free; can't beat that!

 

My wife and I make frequent brewery road trips and have done so many this year it's hard to count. Since summer/late spring:

Tired Hands (for the umpteenth time)
Victory (for the 5th or 6th)
Forest and Main (ditto)
Nodding Head (1st)
Mckenzie Brewhouse (1st)
Alchemist (many times)
Hill Farmstead (first, finally)
Foley Brothers (don't bother)
Murray's (australia, first and likely only time!)
Trapp (many visits)
Peekskill (first time)
Kane (first time)
Captain Lawrence (twice)
Newburgh (many times)
Rushing Duck (first)
Bethlehem Brew Works (first)
Neshaminy (first)
508 (twice)
Drop-In (first)
Defiant (third)
Long Ireland (third)
Iron Hill(s) (countless)

 

guess I did.

 

Highly recommended.

 

Just drove up to Kalamazoo, MI to visit Bells, then to Grand Rapids, Mi to visit Founders for the Mango Magnifico release with my wife. It was a nice drive up from chicago. I thought Bells was a much more interesting visit, more on tap selections, good food and nice people. I usually visit 3F every few weeks or so, and I love the place. Food is always good, and i always leave feeling glad I stopped by. Just picked up some drunk monk, im excited to try it!

 

This past weekend went to Odd Side ales and Founders. Both were worth the trip

 

The last commercial brewery I visited was the now-defunct LoneStar facility downtown, which folded in the 70's, I think. Lots of good local brew joints that I need to check out, which I haven't yet. Stopped in at a couple of friends' homebrew operations over the years, tho'. If that counts. The beer was dicey, at times, but the tours were spectacular.

 

In August I've been to...

Genesee - had to because I was there (and a rep took me there)
Southern Tier - out of the way but totally worth it (amazing place)
Great Lakes - Ive been here many times and it's still a favorite of mine

This week I was in the NJ, NY, and CT region for 3 nights.
Harvest Moon - okay but I wouldn't go out of my way for it again
Defiant - Never again
Captain Lawrence - certainly worth the visit if you're near by
Singlecut - a really great place with great beers; 100% worth a visit

Next week = Michigan. I've already been to a slew of breweries up there this year but I'm hoping to hit Jolly Pumpkin for the first time (excited!).

 

Last 30 days:
VT: Hill Farmstead, Alchemist, Rock Art, Fiddlehead
CA: Russian River, Firestone Walker, Barrelworks, Beachwood
Qc: Dieu Du Ciel, Benelux Brewpub, St. Bock, Brasseurs De Montreal, Les 3 Brasseurs, Broue Pub Brouhaha, Le Cheval Blanc

Not a bad month!

 

Ale Asylum, Madison, WI... about 5 hours ago. Very, very cool! New building, larger facilities, hopefully equals better distribution. Bedlam and Hopalicious are worth sharing with the world outside Wisconsin.