beer
Todd English hasn't finished rebuilding Olives but might be opening Belgian beer bar at Faneuil Hall
By adamg - 7/29/11 - 11:24 amThe Herald considers the rumors the celebrichef is about to turn his debt-laden Kingfish Hall into a Belgian sudser, even as he faces a mid-September deadline from the Boston Licensing Board to re-open Olives in Charlestown or risk having its liquor license lifted.
Search for the best pint of Guinness on the South Shore ends in Norwood
By adamg - 12/13/10 - 7:22 amMegan McPhilemy takes a trained professional bartender with her on a trek to find the best poured pint, but reports they never made it past Lewis' in Norwood:
Despite a slightly quick pour and no shamrock decor, the taste was impeccable. It was pretty, creamy, refreshing, clean and good for a second round.
As black and white as the beer itself, there are good and bad pours.
"It's incredible" says Gillespie “like drinking a whole different beer."
FDA shoots at Four Loko, hits Cohasset craft brewer instead
By Ron Newman - 11/19/10 - 1:01 amA tiny Cohasset craft brewer received a letter from the FDA essentially shutting down her business. She had been producing Moonshot caffeinated beer since 2004, reports the Quincy Patriot Ledger.
Ohio is a foreign country
By Ron Newman - 8/14/10 - 8:18 amWhile visiting my family in Columbus, we went to an Italian restaurant. The menu lists Samuel Adams under the category 'IMPORTED BEERS'.
(Menu is here. Unfortunately I can't link directly to the Dinner->Beverages->2 page because it's all in Flash.)
Drinking it is probably kind of difficult, though
By adamg - 7/5/10 - 7:04 amThe makers of Sam Adams now have their own steak.
The old Schlitz is back with a vengeance
By adamg - 10/21/09 - 9:51 amJon Chesto reports Pabst has stopped selling the yellow water it called Schlitz in the Boston area and is bringing back the 1960s Schlitz formula that put hair on your daddy's arms. First delivery of the new old brew is 4 p.m. at the the Eire Pub in Dorchester.
Court: Massachusetts can keep the King of Beers from becoming the King of Malt Liquors and Distilled Spirits
By adamg - 9/10/09 - 9:50 amIn a victory for local liquor wholesalers, the Masschusetts Appeals Court ruled today the state can bar an Anheuser-Busch subsidiary from branching into hard liquor sales in Massachusetts.
What beer should President Obama serve to Gates and Crowley?
By anonymi - 7/28/09 - 7:30 amNow just beer with us
By adamg - 8/1/08 - 4:45 pmBeer shipments nationwide dropped in June, but not in Massachusetts, where we can't get enough of the stuff, the Boston Business Journal reports.
