My meads have a terrible track record of being mediocre to rubbing alcohol. Try as I might I just never got the knack of making a good standard mead. In researching what I may have been doing wrong, I ran across this excellent sticky thread on the Homebrew Talk forums. The secret, they said, was[…]
Local Author Meet-up – Belmont, MA
One of our customers just gave us the heads up that Audacity of Hops author Tom Acitelli will be appearing at the Belmont Public Library next Tuesday, 4 March 2014 at 7:PM. This is to be a free event with a beer tasting provided by the Craft Beer Cellar. Should be a good time! Link[…]
Seasonal Yeast – White Labs WLP510 Bastogne Belgian Ale Yeast
This article is one in a series describing the seasonal yeasts put out by our liquid yeast manufacturers. This one is.. White Labs WLP510 Bastogne Belgian Ale Yeast “A high gravity, Trappist style ale yeast. Produces dry beer with slight acidic finish. More ‘clean’ fermentation character than WLP500 or WLP530. Not as spicy as WLP530[…]
New Rochelle Now Open Mondays!
Our New Rochelle location is now open on Mondays from 11 am to 6 pm. Come visit us!
Meet the Author: Beer Terrain
On Thursday, 20 February 2014 we’ve arranged for Beer Terrain author Jonathan Cook to be at the Harvard Square John Harvard’s Brew House in the semi-private room at 7:PM. He will be discussing his book Beer Terrain: Field to Glass from the Berkshires to the Maine Coast. The focus of the book is on locally[…]
Hop Rhizome Pre-order now OPEN!
Here’s the complete list. You can pre-order at your local store or shop online!
Seeking Enthusiastic, Casual beer drinkers
Want to spend an afternoon drinking other people’s beer? Expand you beer palate. Try things that probably aught not have been tried. Drink beer AND get a free lunch! The 19th Annual Boston Homebrew Competition is looking for judges. Experience not necessary! They’ll match you with other experienced and BJCP-certified judges on flights of a[…]
Trappist Ale now made in the U.S.A.
Once the chants of U. S. A. U. S. A. die down, your ears will catch a different kind of chanting. A holier kind that adheres to the dictates of Saint Benedict. Established in 1950, the Trappist monastery in Spencer, Massachusetts has decided to join their European brethren and produce one of the most strictly[…]
NERAX 2014 Approaches!
One of the real joys of living in the Boston area is the annual NERAX festival, the New England Real Ale eXhibition. Real ale is a delicious way to approach tasting a beer as the lower carbonation and slightly warmer temperature allows the full flavor of the beer to emerge. This flavor evolves over time[…]
Avangard – A new malt from Germany
We are pleased to announce that we now have access to a new malting house, Avangard. Established in 2006, Avangard is only now being introduced to the American market. While we’re always happy to see greater variety in our ingredient stock, we’re not planning on bringing it into regular rotation as yet. Such an honor[…]