You can get entrees as well, including fish and chips, a fisherman’s stew, and shepherd’s pie with lamb. The items tried over the course of a couple of visits were very impressive for a brewery, with the beef barley soup having loads of barley and almost being a meal on its own.
BOSTON BETTER BEER BUREAU: CONEHEAD IPA
It’s as simple as it’s perfect, and as a result easy to drink in large quantities—not in the same sense that makes Silver Bullets preferable for pounding, but rather in a way that the precision-focused Citra hops and light complexion make for something that won’t interrupt your dinner should your friend show up late and you end up sipping a few Coneheads before mealtime.
BOSTON BETTER BEER BUREAU: NIGHT SHIFT CROP CIRCLES
The most impressive thing about this beer may actually be what it is not: Not too pretentious, nor too light, hazy, or sweet, it’s balanced magic in a goddamn can.
FIRST LOOK: VILLAGE BAR & GRILL IN EVERETT
A few other Portuguese/Brazilian dishes include codfish cakes; littlenecks in white wine, garlic, and oil; a “village prego” sandwich that consists of a marinated Portuguese steak on a bulkie roll; tripe stew; grilled octopus; and pork with clams and fried potatoes.
DRINKING IN THE RAIN: MEET THE GUY WHO MAKES THOSE UMBRELLAS WITH THE BEER TAP HANDLES
“I made a couple of prototypes with taps from MGD and Wachusett when I was figuring out the design. The one that I used when I finally had a fully working umbrella design was a tap from Goose Island.”
BBBB: LIQUID EQUITY IN DOWNTOWN CROSSING FOR THE BEER-MONGERING SET
We’ll be back to cover new brews as our friends at Democracy keep cranking them out, but last time, in addition to the Consummates, we washed down a hamburger the size of two fists with a seasonal brown IPA chased by a Workers Pint, their trademark basic.
HOPPED UP: HEMPEROR HPA BY NEW BELGIUM BREWING
“The Hemperor HPA is possibly the first beer to deliver meaningful hemp flavors and aromas.”
10 THINGS I LEARNED AT THE MOHEGAN SUN BREWFEST THIS YEAR
I was given a room and a pass to this year’s Mohegan Sun Brewfest at the beginning of October. I drank, and then drank, and then drank a lot more.
