Archive for Smuttynose

Complete your bracker for the 2010 National IPA Challenge

The brewing news is hosting an IPA March Madness. Just like the tournament of college hoops, we don’t get to “play” the game, but we can follow along and pick who we think will win. I’ve never joined in this madness, until now.
Here are some of the New England Breweries getting into the action:

Harpoon Brewing [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Saturday, February 13th, 2010

BEER EVENT: The Greenpoint Beer Festival at Red Star Bar

The Greenpoint Beer Festival at Red Star Bar featuring John Forté
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. – Red Star Bar, Brooklyn’s premiere sports bar will be hosting the first annual “Greenpoint Beer Festival” set to kick-off at 1:00pm on November 7, 2009.
Featuring over 20 craft and microbrews attendees will enjoy a variety of specialty brews from [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Allagash Vagabond Ale is about to sell out – within 2 hours

Allagas Vagabond Ale Release – Monday, October 19th, 2009:
If your a resident of Portland, get on over to Allagash Brewery before the Vagabond Ale is sold out.  As of 10:30, Allagash announced that they had sold 462 of the 500 bottles of Vagabond Ale. 
If you weren’t aware, today was the official release date for the [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Monday, October 19th, 2009

Event Recap: Haverhill Tap Fall Festival 2009

Haverhill Tap Festival Starts the Fall off with a Bang:
- Haverhill, Ma -  On a warm September Saturday, the Haverhill Brewery welcomed over 500 beer lovers over two separate sessions at the 4th Annual Haverhill Brewery Riverfront brewfest.  The weather was great and the day was packed with live entertainment, tasty food and good friends.
Two [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Sunday, September 20th, 2009

Local September Events: Lowell Ribs n Brew, Beer Summit, Tap Fest, and More

September is a very busy month for beer lovers. There’s almost too many beer events to go to, all in a short period of time. If you’re looking for something to do, maybe one of these events will spark your interest:

Sept 9: Magic Hat 9tacular
Click here to learn morre about the Block [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

PASSPORT: a craft beer & culinary world tour

A Craft Beer & Culinary World Tour
August 22, 2009
Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth, NH

VIP Early Admission – 5:30 PM (til 10 PM)
General Admission – 7 PM (til 10 PM)
Don’t miss New Hampshire’s premiere craft beer and food pairing event at beautiful, historic Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth. Sample over a dozen hand-crafted beers from Smuttynose Brewing [...]

Posted by: Ian on Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Recap of the Portsmouth Brewery – Dogfish Head Beer dinner

It’s been two days since the beer dinner and I finally have a spare moment to share my story. It was an amazing night and I was very happy to attend the event with my wife Amber, brother Ryan and sister-in-law Jen.

Amber, Ryan and I are frequent visitor to the Portsmouth brewery, but this [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Portsmouth Brewery and Dogfish Head Beer Dinner

Tonight  a group of us will be attending the beer dinner at Portsmouth Brewery with Special guests from Dogfish head. I am really excited about this event.
The tickets only went on sale last Monday and they sold out within a couple of hours.
Here is some information about the event: (from the Portsmouth [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

REVISED – Craft Beer Education Series Session #10 moved to Apr 29

Due to circumstances beyond our control, we have moved session #10 of the Craft Beer Education Series to Wednesday, April 29th.

Posted by: Ian on Friday, April 17th, 2009

Beer WARS, Beer Summit and ACBF 2009

BEER WARS – THE MOVIE    *****    ONE TIME VIEWING – ONLY
We are planning on going to the cinema in Burlington, MA. Stop by and say hello.
link to movie trailer
What’s it about?

In America, size matters. The bigger you are, the more power you have, especially in the business world.
Director Anat Baron takes you on [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Tuesday, April 14th, 2009