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The Monday Hangover: Other drink adventures of note from the weekend. Following a trip to Curtis Liquors, I returned home with a sample pack of Mercury Brewing Ipswich Ales, including their Original Ale, Summer Ale, and IPA. I cracked an IPA (very nice, decently hoppy, but not out of control) […]

The Monday Hangover: Oct 8-9

11 Oct, 2011 in Boston / Drink tagged ale / amaro / brown / Harpoon / IPA / irish lad / lady friend / Monday Hangover / summer / Union Brewhouse / wifey by squirrelfarts

Whew. Way too much in the last post to try to squeeze in Empire, which deserves a little space. Empire Brewing Company is down on Walton Street in Armory Square, a historical part of downtown Syracuse. The armory (now the Museum of Science and Technology, or M.O.S.T.) was built in […]

‘CuseQuest! Part 3: Beer Day Cont’d – EMPIRE

8 Sep, 2011 in Drink / New York tagged amber ale / Armory Square / beer / brewpub / brown / cream ale / Empire Brewing Company / fruit beer / Genesee Brewing Company / Genny / IPA / light / stout / summer / syracuse / white ale by squirrelfarts

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

1 Aug, 2011 in Drink / Maine tagged ale / beer / bitter / brewpub / cask conditioned / Gritty McDuff's / IPA / lady friend / Maine / Portland / red ale / stout / summer by squirrelfarts

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.

25 Jul, 2011 in Drink tagged beer / brewery / Cascade / IPA / irish lad / just beer / lady friend / pale ale / Sorachi-Ace / summer / wheat by squirrelfarts

This is Part Three of an ongoing series chronicling the Grand Beercation of July 2011. To start at Part One, click here. Magic Hat Oh so Vermonty. Following a tour of Switchback Brewery, it was off to South Burlington to pop into Magic Hat Brewery. Arguably Vermont’s most well-known brewery, […]

Beercation 2011: Part 3, Magic Hat Brewery

6 Jul, 2011 in Drink / Vermont tagged beer / brewery / Burlington / golden ale / hefeweizen / IPA / lady friend / pale ale / passport / Sister / summer / vermont by squirrelfarts