beer

Todd English hasn't finished rebuilding Olives but might be opening Belgian beer bar at Faneuil Hall

The 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

Megan 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."

Lewis' Bar and Grill.

FDA shoots at Four Loko, hits Cohasset craft brewer instead

A 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

While 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.)

The old Schlitz is back with a vengeance

Jon 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

In 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?

Sam Adams
35% (76 votes)
Harpoon
24% (52 votes)
Cambridge Brewing
20% (44 votes)
Another local microbrew
5% (11 votes)
Give it up, serve something from Chicago
15% (32 votes)
Total votes: 215

Now just beer with us

Beer shipments nationwide dropped in June, but not in Massachusetts, where we can't get enough of the stuff, the Boston Business Journal reports.