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It’s not just Dorchester’s own branded magic that the brewery and tap room are increasingly known for, but rather for those selections as well as a stellar roster of brews they pour from (and in some cases brew for) other companies on Mass Ave.
A 6.2% ABV number packing top notch Citra and Mosaic hops, this relatively new selection from the Connecticut-based Black Hog Brewing Co. is a certifiable standout and delicious social lubricant.
Considering that models it produces diligently do every last thing that products that cost literally six times more can do, it’s no surprise that they are becoming increasingly ubiquitous.
As for the sensation, it really is a microscopic mist, and you can feel it seeping into all of that impressionable real estate in the back of your throat and under your tongue.
As for their effect on me, like I said, my body’s too polluted to tell, but I did replace my regular once-daily dosage of preemptive Advil with these, and I didn’t seem to have any more or less headaches, or really any headaches at all.
There’s a reason the whole country’s hooked on New England IPAs
Wild, sour beer fest brings out the best from the Midwest and beyond
Don’t Worry by Wormtown and CBC Hopheads Guide to the Galaxy
From experimental hop remixes to creative cans, it’s great to have Collective Arts in Boston
Smash by the Virginia-based Commonwealth Brewing Company is a pink grapefruit, lime, and guava gose ale. Which happens to come in a ravishing can.
