Archive for Smuttynose

Balance, but not in the OM sense of the word

So I’m sitting here drinking a Smuttynose IPA, watching the Celtics, and it got me thinking about balance. The C’s are down 32-13 right now, mostly because they’re not playing balanced basketball. But balance play an equally important part in a successful beer. According to our friend Ignace, the measure of a quality beer lies [...]

Posted by: Ian on Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Weekend Update - Happy Cinco de Mayo

*** HAVERHILL TAP - TONIGHT - to CELEBRATE CINCO DE MAYO ***
I hope that you had a great weekend. For me, it was a very busy beer weekend, in which I attended both Nerax and CBC. In case you forget, here are the Previous blogs:
CBC Birthday Celebration
NERAX 2008 - Be there or be square
Nerax (New [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Monday, May 5th, 2008

Reviews 04-16-08: Smutty Baltic Porter & Lagunitas Shut-Down Ale

It has been way too long since our last review. Last Wednesday, Ian and I decided to get back into action with a quick 2 beer review.
We decided on the Smuttynose Baltic Porter and the Lagunitas Undercover Investigation Shut-Down Ale. Both were enjoyed from 22 oz bottles.
Smuttynose Baltic Porter 
“Native to northern Europe, Baltic porters evolved [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Monday, April 21st, 2008

History of Imperial stouts

In honor of our Stouts and Porter’s class tonight, please enjoy this brief history of the Imperial Stout.
Sean
2Beerguys.com
Drink Craft Beer, You’ve Earned It!!!

American imperialism - Craft brewers build a new age of empires
By Alastair Bland
Belgian ales and barley wines have garnered a lot of credit as the shining stars of the gourmet beer craze in [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Portsmouth’s Smuttynose wants brewery in Hampton

By Patrick Cronin
pcronin@seacoastonline.com
February 26, 2008 6:00 AM
HAMPTON — The Smuttynose Brewing Company is considering the possibility of relocating its brewery to town.
The Portsmouth-based company went before the town’s Planning Board last week with preliminary plans to relocate the brewery to 105 Towle Farm Road.
The proposal was to subdivide the existing 17-acre property into two lots.
A [...]

Posted by: Ian on Friday, February 29th, 2008

Smuttynose Big Beer Series

This was a no-brainer. Please enjoy this story about Smuttynose and their Big Beer series. I am very happy to read this success story. The big bottle series has made a major impact on the 2Beerguys. While I can’t say that I enjoy them all, I am never let down by their quality offerings.Sean
2beerguys.com
Drink Craft [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Sunday, February 10th, 2008

Snow Blower Stout to be offered by Sumttynose Brewery this winter

Snow Blower Stout to be offered by Sumttynose Brewery this winter at the Mason and Barley Pub. Sounds like a great idea. Lets take a trip!!
Sean
2Beerguys.com
Drink Craft Beer, You’ve Earned It!!

Brew for the people: Smuttynose crafts special stout for local pubBy AARON SANBORN
Foster’s Daily Democrat
updated 12:00 p.m. ET, Fri., Nov. 30, 2007
Dover, NH - It’s [...]

Posted by: 2beerguys on Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

New England craft breweries garner awards at 2007 Great American Beer Festival

Denver, CO – Fresh off another outstanding growth year for the craft beer industry, the craft beer world descended upon Denver this past weekend for the largest beer festival in the United States, the Great American Beer Festival (GABF). Over 450 breweries from all over the country submitted their entries into 75 style categories to [...]

Posted by: 2beerguys on Thursday, October 18th, 2007

Lowell Ribs and Brew 2007 - Recap

Weekend Festivities….
Wow.. What a crazy busy weekend… Here’s what we did…

On Friday night Ian had a blast at the Ribs and Brew festival. He ended up working in the Long Trail booth. (Ian - add your comments here)
On Saturday, I tried to arrive at 3:00, but didn’t get there until 4:00 (because of the Homebrew [...]

Posted by: 2beerguys on Monday, September 10th, 2007

Lowell Ribs and Brew Festival

The City of Lowell along with the New England Barbecue Society is gearing up for 2007 Rib’n Brews Festival - are YOU ready?!? The City kicks off this two day Kansas City-style barbecue competition on Friday, September 7th at 6:00pm on the Tsongas Arena grounds.
This event also includes a microbrew challenge, food sampling and sale, [...]

Posted by: 2beerguys on Monday, August 13th, 2007