beer

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

adamg — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:24:12 +0000

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

adamg — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:22:29 +0000

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

Ron Newman — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 06:01:10 +0000

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

Ron Newman — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:18:50 +0000

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.)

Drinking it is probably kind of difficult, though

adamg — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:04:13 +0000

The makers of Sam Adams now have their own steak.

Via Steve Garfield.

Sam Adams: We're minuscule, no really, you need a microscope to see us

adamg — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:39:29 +0000

Brewery's new ad campaign focuses on its dinky market share.

The old Schlitz is back with a vengeance

adamg — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:51:55 +0000

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

adamg — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:50:47 +0000

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?

anonymi — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:30:15 +0000

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

adamg — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:45:20 +0000

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

Contents under pressure

adamg — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:43:40 +0000

Tammy reports that a friend's husband found out the hard way this past weekend that homebrewing beer is not without its risks.

Wheah's the beah? It's everywheah!

adamg — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:03:32 +0000

Boston Beer Map.

Glass in glass bottles of Sam Adams

adamg — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:14:03 +0000

You might want to back away from the bar if your bottle is brown and embossed on the bottom with "N35 OI".

Sam Adams faces revolt over Sam Adams

adamg — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:00:45 +0000

Has the Boston Brewing Co. started adding chutzpah to the beer whose name it appropriated from one of our local heroes?

Portland, OR has a city councilor named Sam Adams who is now running for mayor. A pair of DJs at a radio station out there set up samadamsformayor.com and said they would give it (and another samadams domain) to him if he came on their show. The beer company found out about the domains and got hopping mad: It is demanding the station pull the site down because it owns a trademark on "Sam Adams."

Associated Press reports:

The candidate says he's amused by the flap, pointing out that while Boston Beer claims to have owned the Sam Adams trademark since 1984, he's owned it since he was born in 1963.

The beer company told the Oregonian it would consider letting Adams use the domains, but only until the campaign was over.

That's not good enough for Portland bloggers, who are foaming mad and are now boycotting Sam Adams - the beer, that is, not the city councilor.

Special bonus Portland fun fact: The city was founded by, surprise, a pair of New Englanders, one from Boston, one from Portland, ME. Both wanted to name the new place after their hometown. What do do? They flipped a coin.

This Sam Adams seems upset (then again, he always seems upset):

Photo by Chris Kirkman.

This Sam Adams doesn't seem to be feeling any pain:

This Sam Adams is no longer being consumed by some Portland bloggers:

He needs your help

adamg — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:59:32 +0000

Ryan McGee has a case and a half of Sam Adams Octoberfest on his back porch. So? See, he's gotten older and realizes it's probably not the best thing to start downing that liquid gold during the week. But dagnabbit, he wants to anyway: I need excuses to crack open the sudsy goodness that calls my name:

... Drop any and all excuses below. Help a bald Bostonian out. It doesn't have to be a good one. Heck, I'd kinda prefer a bad one. Like, "Well, you didn't kill a koala today, did you?"