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Recent review: Lagunitas Brown Shugga
“An aborted batch of their Old Gnarleywine ended up tasting nearly as good as that they were hoping for, so they bottled it. God bless capitalism.” — Lagunitas Brewing Company Pours a light caramel to medium amber in color producing a very healthy sized tan colored head with a frothy consistency and excellent retention. Despite [...]
Lowell Beer Works Has Opened Its Doors!
Kat and I were on our way home from Albany, NY today and decided we’d make it a relaxing drive home. We drove the slow and winding Route 2, taking our time and enjoying the sights. We realized that at some point we’d need a little something to eat and thought that a thirst quench [...]
Buyer beware!
Last night, we had a review of four beers of different styles to work on cleaning out the queue. Sean picked up a bunch of new beers from Kappys, including one which is the subject of our buyer beware. The Wild Blue, brewed by “Blue Dawg Brewing”, is actually a product of Anheuser-Busch. This also [...]
REVIEWS 05-08-09: Berkshire Cabin Fever Ale, Coffee House Porter and PaperCity Wee Heavy
Official 2beerguys Review: Don’t fret, don’t frown. The beer queue has not dried up. Actually, we have about 30+ beers ready to be poped open and enjoyed. We hope to post at least 2-5 new beer reviews a week. Stay tuned for more to come. Also, don’t forget to sign up for the next Craft [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Latest Reviews: Yulesmith & Holy Sheets
Our latest 2Beerguy tasting adventure took us on a trip visiting an old friend and a new friend. We started with the YuleSmith – Strong Ale – 9.5% (from AleSmith Brewing Company) and Holy Sheets Uber Abbey Ale – Abby Dubble – 9% (from Clipper City Brewing). Upon inspection of the bottle, we determined that [...]
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, [...]
The Dog Flies at Night (or about how we spent an evening drinking Flying Dog beers)
Courtesy of Stephanie Kerchner at Flying Dog, we’d been sitting on two beers (Wild Dog Horn Dog and Wild Dog Collaborator) and had just received their new Spring seasonal, the Garde Dog, a Biere de Garde style beer just in time as the weather was starting to warm. First up was the Garde Dog, which [...]
Harpoon’s Firth of Forth – 100 Barrel Series
Last evening,Ian and I reviewed the latest 100 barrel series beer from Harpoon. It is named “Firth of the Fourth” and the guest brewer was Steve Stewart.“Medium bodied with a bit of water but mostly creamy texture, barely there carbonation, it drinks like a cask ale. Leaves the mouth on cloud nine.” Please check out [...]
