“Sometimes it seems like modern craft brewing is one episode after another of Fun with New Hops! Case in point, take the Wolf of All Streets from Virginia Beach’s Commonwealth Brewing Company. (No, seriously. Take some … before we take it all!) …”
Read More“The Skipping Rock Belgian Dubbel sits squarely between the world of American Dubbels and Belgian Dubbels …”
Read MoreThis Shiraz, also made by Natasha Williams, has plump plum and bramble fruits and a portion of the wine is aged in new french oak. This is exactly the kind of red wine to have on hand for February evenings.
Read More“From Brooklyn New York comes our second beer from Interboro Spirits & Ales. People (us included) use the word ‘juicy’ when describing New England Style IPAs. However, Interboro’s Lifted represents a deep dive beyond ‘juiciness’ into how the characteristics of juice can interface with beer …”
Read More“Today, the Bourbon County Stout still sees an annual fall release, but it is also joined by a handful of variants — some rebrews, some new. We have two of the 2022 variants in the shop. If you’re up for big, rich beers, these are well worth your time …”
Read MoreWe are pretty big fans of Chenin Blanc and have been enjoying this one (a Tremendous value at full price) for a couple vintages now. You should too!
Read More“To further sweeten the kettle, when we talk about hops, we’re not just talking more hops … but new hops …”
Read More“Joto (meaning “Highest Level”) is a sake importer. What they do is take Japanese artisanal sakes and wrap them in American friendly branding (like English language labels). In this way, they intend to make quality sake available and accessible without ‘dumbing down.’ This Junmai Sake is made by the famed Eiko Fuji Brewery in Yamagata prefecture …”
Read MoreWhen customers ask us for the most immediately friendly and flexible Italian red wine;or when they are seeking an extraordinarily reasonably priced organic wine from a small family winery, this immediately comes to mind. This is a wine to buy in quantity.
Read More“Do you remember when grapefruit IPAs were all the rage? The idea seemed to be, “We’ve got all these IPAs with grapefruit notes from the hops. Why not just put actual grapefruit in?” It wasn’t like the resultant beers became grapefruit Slushees; they just became more of what they already were. That’s what’s gone on here. Hoof Hearted has made a double New England style IPA with Amarillo and Mosaic hops and also pineapple …”
Read More“Yes, the Peanut Butter Porter is definitely a thing, and it’s time for Winchester Brew Works get their thing in action …”
Read MoreMedium bodied with ripe stone fruits and bright acidity, and is totally delicious.
Read More“The In the Hollar is a beer that really wants you to taste the grain, and taste it you shall …”
Read More“The Agree to Disagree is whiskey barrel-aged Barleywine. Made in the English style, the core barleywine enjoys moderate hopping so that (at least, we imagine so that) the resultant beer can be more about what the malts and whiskey notes can do for each other. If that was the intention, it was a good call …”
Read MoreThe perfect thing for whatever hearty and richly flavored winter meals you have planned. Maybe your own Big Night moment with a carefully labored over Timballo/Timpano?
Read More“The Währing is named after the Vienna district in which co-owner John Branding lived as a kid. So that means we have a Vienna Lager brewed by someone who’s actually from (or at least has lived in) Vienna. Can you get cooler than that? Well, actually, they can …”
Read More“We love a good cider with ginger, and we really liked Winchester Ciderworks’ English Style, Off-Dry cider Malice. So, when we said, “What else does Winchester Ciderworks have?” and saw this gingeratious number, we had to try it …”
Read MoreA lovely, round Pinot gris with a tiny hint of spice.
Read More“We were ready to laugh this beer off as all marketing and no merit when O’Connor slapped us down with their phat brew game. For only the second time we’ve encountered a hazy IPA that successfully straddles the old and new hop profiles …”
Read More“We’re so used to Trappist beer being synonymous with “Belgian beer,” it’s refreshing to be reminded that that need not be so. Case in point, the English St. Bernardan monks make a very English ale. The Tynt Meadow is a strong dark ale (Well, strong for the English - 7.4%.) made from English hops, malt, and yeast, and it is a shocking surprise …”
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