Okay ,so I have told you about how I go up to the Berkshires in Mass usually in the fall for a few days (4/5) and tend to try a bunch of beers and bring home a few.Well Saturday night I got an idea and by Sunday morning I was gone. I drove to Mass ,yes all on a whim! Son in-law got back from deployment and has always loved the beer I bring back but knows it's always in the fall. So for Christmas ...from ... me , I am giving him a case of the special beer I get and bring back, 7 hours up and I spent the night at my favorite Inn up there waited till 9 am for the store to open and bought three case's. Took about 6 1/2 hours back to Maryland( I rolled) plus I got him a couple of special "pint glass's ) to enjoy his beverages! The wife can not understand how I could spend roughly 17/16 hours driving ,over $400 dollars for room ,food and gas and over another hundred for the beer,just to buy this beer .She asked why I couldn't just go to the liquor store and get beer and I LOL and said ,NO..Anyway it was a great 48 hours!Berkshires had a good 6-10 inches depending on where you were but it might be gone by now,it was 47 up there.
What beer did you buy?
Giantone
12-22-2017, 02:02 PM
What beer did you buy?
Sorry. Two case's Berkshire Steel Rail Pale Ale, one case Big Elm American Lager and one of Big Elm IPA. All gifts .
Giantone
03-27-2018, 10:29 AM
Just for information purpose's but...April 7th is National Beer Day!!!! Get your pints ready!
Giantone
10-27-2018, 08:15 AM
Just saw this and it reminded me that I won't get up to New England this fall for my annual Beer run.:mad::cheers
https://247wallst.com/special-report/2018/06/27/americas-40-most-delicious-beers/9/
Chico23231
10-27-2018, 08:31 AM
Nice post g1
..have a complaint about some local trends in some beer making, especially ipas...I’ve noticed beers seem to be pouring with less and less body these days. The body seems to be the consistency of lemonade or like a light tea. Several breweries I’ve Been too in the last several months I’ve noticed it. On beers poured there as well as releases usually in cans. To me it taste less like beer.
Don’t like it.
Soap box over...
Had a sweet water single hop hazy ipa Mosaic recently and it was delicious. Good stuff. Sweet water is pretty avg usually, but this stood out.
Giantone
10-27-2018, 11:51 AM
Nice post g1
..have a complaint about some local trends in some beer making, especially ipas...I’ve noticed beers seem to be pouring with less and less body these days. The body seems to be the consistency of lemonade or like a light tea. Several breweries I’ve Been too in the last several months I’ve noticed it. On beers poured there as well as releases usually in cans. To me it taste less like beer.
Don’t like it.
Soap box over...
Had a sweet water single hop hazy ipa Mosaic recently and it was delicious. Good stuff. Sweet water is pretty avg usually, but this stood out.
Trying to find the artical but I read somewhere that there were only so many glass makers basically creating a shortage on bottles and the the "Craft Market" is saving money on the cans.
Maybe this might help...............
https://www.americancraftbeer.com/6-reasons-craft-beer-industry-moving-cans/
sdskinsfan2001
11-08-2018, 05:04 PM
Drake's IPA and 1500 Pale Ale. From San Leandro, CA. Both are amazing.
SunnySide
09-26-2019, 03:20 PM
Yesh, this thread has died. I guess the IPA craze is over.
The guy secretly shipping Ru$$ian River Pl1ny bottles out of San Fran is at it again. Real good prices, $5 a bottle or so but shipping gets you.
PM me and Ill send you the info.
Giantone
09-26-2019, 08:10 PM
Actually driving up to New England this weekend to pick up some beer!
sdskinsfan2001
09-26-2019, 10:49 PM
Love this beer and love this island...
https://www.meijer.com/content/dam/meijer/product/0085/87/9900/20/0085879900202_1_A1C1_1200.png