On Colonial Spirits of Acton’s beer blog page, you will find posts from our team of beer experts. Topics range from trends in the beer industry, appreciation for and personal recollections of craft beer, and debates on the right amount of hops needed to make the perfect brew. Good beer blogs cannot exist without the participation of our friends and customers, so we invite you to get in on the discussion and post your reactions to our entries. You can also jump over to our liquor blog if spirits are your preferred beverage. And if wine is the type of alcohol you love, check out our wine blog for thoughts and opinions on all things wine. Whatever topic in the wine, liquor, and beer industry interests you, Colonial Spirits wants you to join the conversation. Post here or contact us with questions, suggestions, and comments. Or feel free to come in to meet us at one or our weekly alcohol tasting events. Leave the computer behind and talk to us face to face about your favorite beer, while sampling beer that breweries and distributors are bringing in for our customers to try.
Some of you may know that in addition to being a wine nerd and a beer geek I also hold dual citizenship, I have passports from both the United States and the Republic of Ireland. I was born in Dundrum, a suburb of Dublin, and although my family didn’t live there long enough for me to acquire the accent (I wish!) I do take pride in my heritage and try to educate myself about it. Continue reading Remember When We Fought the Black and Tans?
In the past couple of weeks, I’ve seen a pretty interesting trend in the beer department. We’ve had some releases from Founders and Maine Beer, with completely different levels of demand. In particular, I’m speaking about the Backwoods Bastard from Founder’s, a bourbon barrel-aged ale, and King Titus from Maine, a porter. I had the pleasure of trying both beers (I had to buy the Backwoods elsewhere!), and although I wouldn’t claim to be an objective reviewer I feel confident in saying that there’s a pretty clear discrepancy between the quality of the two. Continue reading Manufacturing the Craze!
I doubt that I am breaking any news addressing the “session” trend in beer, but it is noteworthy, and, in my opinion, quite exciting. There are many recent trends in beer that we can recall. The onslaught of Pumpkin beer is in our face now. Oak aged beer, imperial ales, double IPA, ‘brett’ beer… all came on strong and have left their mark on the beer world. The slowly developing session trend is the best yet.
American brewers are among the best in the world and their skill shines through in every category of brew. Putting that skill towards the creation of the bold flavors that beer lovers crave –and that won’t keep you out of work the next day– is a commendable feat. Beer is a fine accompaniment to a meal and serves as a fantastic sharing experience with friends. The option to enjoy fine flavors repeatedly over the course of an evening is something our friends across the pond have been choosing for years. After all, England is the spiritual home of session beer. Continue reading Session Beer
For those who aren’t aware, my position in the store changed recently, I moved to a new role as the craft beer buyer. Of course, Tim remains very involved with the beer department that he essentially constructed, but there’s a new set of eyes looking at everything we do with beer now.
Of course, my background in wine is fairly extensive, while my knowledge of beer is still being developed, and so I’m taking great care to think about the beers that I drink in order to better understand their character and use. The great difference that I have observed is that the world of wine is governed by terroir, the concept of a wine’s “sense of place”, but this is not the case with beer, where everything is governed by process. Continue reading Seeing with Beer Goggles
Colonial Spirits is pleased to offer our first exclusively brewed beer, made by OPA OPA Brewing – Tavern Disorder Porter! Available in growlers, while supplies last – only $9.99+dep
The Mayans predict that the world will come to an end in 2012. At Colonial Spirits, we thought this would be a great time to discuss what drink we’d want to go out with. In this video, Nicolay, Nic, and Tim tell us what they’d be sipping on that final day. Nicolay would enjoy a Champagne. Nic opts for a Riesling. And Tim chooses an India Pale Ale.
Please let us know what would be your last drink, too!
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