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review-BBASW_bottle — YES. The first of the Bully Boy aged spirits. FINALLY. Now I get to take you to whiskey school. You might learn something. Plus, how awesome does “whiskey school” sound? Bully! So. Bully Boy’s American Straight Whiskey. It’s a small-batch craft whiskey coming out of Boston by (very tall) distillers […]

Review: Bully Boy American Straight Whiskey

22 May, 2013 in Boston / Drink tagged American Straight Whiskey / Bully Boy / Bully Boy Distillery / manhattan / review / the blue room / whiskey by squirrelfarts

review-mayflower5thDIPAdetail — Remember how I used to write this blog thing? Yeah, me too. I’ve been on a bit of a hiatus, which was unexpected, but not entirely unproductive. Lots of content built up, so expect some new posts. In the meantime, Mayflower. UPDATE: Since posting this review and trekking to Plymouth, […]

Review: Mayflower 5th Anniversary DIPA

16 May, 2013 in Boston / Drink tagged 5th Anniversary Ale / beer / Cooper Series / dIPA / Double IPA / Mayflower Brewery / review by squirrelfarts

blatantsession_pint — I certainly hope you’ve heard of Blatant Beer by now. If not, prepare for a trip to the liquor store. BLATANT! Brewery is the ale-producing offspring of brewer/owner Matthew Steinberg, Massachusetts brewing legend. He’s been involved with breweries such as Offshore Ale, Harpoon, Rapscallion, and helped Drew Brousseau with his […]

Review: Why BLATANT beer is awesome and you should buy ...

22 Aug, 2012 in Boston / Drink tagged beer / Blatant / Blatant Beer / Harpoon Brewery / IPA / Matthew Steinberg / Mayflower Brewery / Notch Brewing / Offshore Ales / Rapscallion Brewery / review / session / session ale by squirrelfarts

gtd-wireworksgin — One of the benefits of being a drink blogger, is that you occasionally get some free samples sent your way. In fact, that was the whole reason I started this blog; I saw other bloggers getting stuff to review, and I got jealous. Then I decided since I was doing […]

Review: GTD Wire Works American Gin

28 Jul, 2012 in Boston / Distillery / Drink / Liquor / Massachusetts tagged American gin / cocktail / gin / GrandTen Distilling / liquor / Rehorst Gin / Rehorst Premium Milwaukee / review / Wire Works Gin / Wire Works Old Fashioned by squirrelfarts

rule37flyingtigrecoctel-alt — Modern Drunkard Magazine’s articleThe 86 Rules of Boozing, by Frank Kelly Rich states: Rule 37. Try one new drink each week. The Rule 37 series of posts chronicle my attempts to accomplish this feat every week. For the recipes of R37s past, click the Htf do I make these drinks? […]

Rule 37: The Flying Tigre Coctel

22 Jun, 2012 in Boston / Drink tagged Bacardi / cocktail / Flying Tigre Coctel / rule 37 / rum by squirrelfarts

rule37bostonsidecar-alt — Modern Drunkard Magazine’s articleThe 86 Rules of Boozing, by Frank Kelly Rich states: Rule 37. Try one new drink each week. The Rule 37 series of posts chronicle my attempts to accomplish this feat every week. For the recipes of R37s past, click the Htf do I make these drinks? […]

Rule 37: The Boston Sidecar

16 Jun, 2012 in Boston / Drink tagged Bacardi / Boston Sidecar / cocktail / rule 37 / rum / Sidecar by squirrelfarts

rule37calypsocampariorange-detail — Modern Drunkard Magazine’s articleThe 86 Rules of Boozing, by Frank Kelly Rich states: Rule 37. Try one new drink each week. The Rule 37 series of posts chronicle my attempts to accomplish this feat every week. For the recipes of R37s past, click the Htf do I make these drinks? […]

Rule 37: The Calypso Campari Orange

11 Jun, 2012 in Boston / Drink tagged beertail / Calypso / campari / cocktail / homebrew / IPA / rule 37 by squirrelfarts

So, last Friday night I went to Bully Boy’s speakeasy party. It was pretty sweet. Let me explain. A couple months ago, the Bully Boys started dropping hints on Facebook and Twitter that they were going to throw an exclusive bash to celebrate their one year anniversary of the distillery. […]