This is Part Three of an ongoing series chronicling the Maine Beercation of late July, 2011. To start at Part One, click here. Zounds! What epic façade be this? Why, verily, ’tis The Maine Beer Company! Oh yeah. It’s all Taj Mahals and Versailleseses over here. Brewers truly lead lives […]

Upta Potlind, Paht 3: Maine Beer Company

This is Part Two of an ongoing series chronicling the Maine Beercation of late July, 2011. To start at Part One, click here. Aaaaaaaaallagash-y where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain And the wavin’ wheat can sure smell sweet When the beer isn’t made from barley graaaaaain Yikes. Enough […]

Upta Potlind, Paht 2: Allagash

This is Part One of an ongoing series chronicling the Maine Beercation of late July, 2011. It’s summah time up dere in Maine, ayuh. The ol’ Lady Friend and I ventured north to the City of Portland, ME (Pot-lind) for another round of dastardly drinkable destinations. Apparently you CAN get […]

Upta Potlind, Paht 1: Gritty McDuff’s

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If you’re a beer nerd, live on the South Coast of MA (or anywhere reasonably close) and haven’t been to the Rose Alley Ale House, you’re a dbag. Seriously. Why didn’t you people tell me about this place?? There’s some craft beer craziness going on there. Save me, Jeebus. Following […]

Rose Alley Ale House

New Bedford, on the south coast of Massachusetts was once one of the most important whaling ports in the world, along with Nantucket. Herman Melville lived and worked in New Bedford, and wrote the novel Moby Dick in the early 1850s. When whaling died out, the town industry turned to […]

New Bedford

So it’s come to this. A wine post. Yikes. I’ll down a beer, savor a cocktail and wax poetic on the magical properties of a good whiskey, but when it comes to wine… that’s my exit on the highway of booze. However, Lady Friend is a big fan, and chose […]

Wining and Whining

I don’t remember where or when I became aware of Just Beer brewery, but it’s been in the back of my mind for awhile. Since we had nothing planned for the weekend, on a whim I proposed doing a trip down to the south coast of Mass. The Just Beer […]

Just Beer.

Last week, Lady Friend clued me in to something she noticed while flipping through the Improper Bostonian. It seems that a craft distillery had opened in Boston. A. Craft. Distillery. In Boston. Let’s just get everybody on the same page here. A distillery. Not a brewery. Breweries make beer. We […]

Bully Boy!

Irish Lad and I are comrades in beer. His counterpart, Wifey, is not a beer drinker, and has started to get irritated when we hang out, because he and I geek out with beer talk, for hours if left uninterrupted. We both enjoy a wide variety of craft brews, as […]

Beeriffic Brews

Apparently, I was mistaken by saying the Pegu Blog was my first official blog shoutout. The Irish Lad accomplished that right after the public launch of my ramblings. Oops. Go read it here. I comment as “O’Flanagan” on his blog. I have many aliases. Never tell an Irishman your real […]

Shoutout: The Prequel

Squirrel Farts, The Blog has its first official shoutout. Much thanks to The Pegu Blog. Click here. I’ve been following The Pegu Blog for awhile, and it’s a great source of information, opinion and reviews. Be sure to check out the posts on Boston, and the series on Building a […]

Shoutout