Massachusetts Craft Beers
The Bay State brews some of the best beers in the world, thanks to Tree House, Trillium and other fantastic craft brewers.
7.4% Imperial Porter
Campfire KingBarrel House Z
A hint of sugary graham cracker goodness comes through in the aftertaste of Barrel House Z's Imperial S'more Porter.
6.9% New England IPA
SinshineBay State Brewing Company
Ol' Tatted-up Bay State Becky picking fruit from the orange tree.
7.5% IPA
Pollock RipDevil's Purse Brewing Company
Presumably named after the Pollock Rip Channel that is adjacent to the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge. Just South of the Chatham Lighthouse.
6.5% New England IPA
IPA To Be Named LaterIndependent Fermentations Brewing
A balanced, fun, if a touch ordinary, IPA that could be sipped on the sooner side of noon if you so wanted.
5.6% Blonde
Blonde AleLlamaNama Beer Labs
LlamaNama brews a really fun blonde ale, because everything about a Llama in a bow tie and ski goggles should be fun.
5% Blonde Ale
Hay BaleLookout Farm Brewing And Cider Company
Hay Bale is a tasty golden ale. Good for chorin', tractorin', mowin' and any other farm-related thing you need to get done.
5.5% IPA
AngelicaLord Hobo Brewing Company
It's juice. You're drinking actual juice. Angelica is a screwdriver in a 16oz can.
6.5% New England IPA
PhantomMedford Brewing Company
MBC's The Phantom is 16oz of a fairly smooth and crispy golden haze voyage. Yarrr.
8% Double IPA
Cosmic DistortionMighty Squirrel Brewing Company
Despite its awesome branding, Cosmic Distortion comes in a bit under the radar. Good beer. We think?
7% New England IPA
FluffinityNight Shift Brewing
Does it taste like a fluffernutter? Actually, ya, sort of. Is it supposed to? We don't, uh, well, think so?
6.8% IPA
A Beer Called QuestSpringdale Beer Company
Some funky, Where’s Waldo style artwork on A Beer Called Quest.
8.5% Double IPA
InsightTimberyard Brewing Company
Amazingly drinkable. Easily one of the smoothest DIPAs we have consumed. And, one of the best tasting.
8% Double IPA
Breathing - ConversationsVitamin Sea Brewing
This Double IPA is actually a recipe from New York's Finback Brewery. It's an awesome recipe. If it wasn't 8% abv, we could drink these all day.
6.2% Fruited Sour
Lemon Next to the PieVitamin Sea Brewing
Not even sure this beer is real. We just assume it's a liquified lemon curd based pastry.
7.4% New England IPA
Coastal HazeWestfield River Brewing Company
What an interesting and eclectic flavor profile the Coastal Haze possesses.
6.5% Amber Ale
Insane ManeWhite Lion Brewing Company
White Lion introduced the Insane Mane just over five years ago at a Springfield event.
7.1% Milkshake IPA
Martin & LewisWidowmaker Brewing Company
A full-bodied Milkshake IPA without being overly saturated. The vanilla is tasteful and complementary. We will agree on the maximum creaminess. A "making dinner" beer.
5.6% Pilsner
WidowlagerWidowmaker Brewing Company
A really good Football Sunday pilsner. Light, crisp, easy drinking, and enjoyable.
5.5% IPA
KatieAmherst Brewing Company
A generally smooth beer to drink, Katie pours straw colored and enjoys hints of citrus.
8% DIPA
The Saga ContinuesRiverwalk Brewing Company
Special News Bulletin - we've just received a report that your liver is under attack by swarms of killer beers.
7.1% New England IPA
Blue CometWidowmaker Brewing Company
Widowmaker knows how to make a great NEIPA, as evidenced by the Blue Comet.
6.7% NEIPA
Route 14067 Degrees Brewing
One of the brewery's signature beers. An all-around drinker that didn't excel at any one thing, but managed to stay balanced and do a bunch of them right.
7.3% IPA
JessAmherst Brewing Company
Jess is a flight crew member of the Jane Doe experimental hoppy series that ABC brews. The IPAs are named to go along with their WWII-inspired pinups.
7% IPA
508Bad Martha Farmer's Brewery
Indulgent is a good descriptor for Bad Martha's 508. A medium-bodied IPA for sure.
9.3% Double IPA
Jigsaw JazzFort Hill Brewery
Bottles and Cans and Just Clap Your Hands and Just Clap your Hands!
8.2% New England IPA
GG VibesGreater Good Imperial Brewing Company
Good flavor. Hazy as advertised. Fun to enjoy. 16oz of brewers listening to Phish on repeat vibe.
6.2% IPA
OutermostHog Island Beer Company
A draft that can be found on tap around Cape Cod, Hog Island's Outermost IPA is well-hopped with a balance of citrus flavor and bitterness.
6.8% New England IPA
War CastleRedemption Rock Brewing Company
As far as War Castles go, Worcester could be defensible along Lake Quinsigamond. So there's that.
6.5% IPA
Maya MaeWash Ashore Beer Company
Wash Ashore's Maya Mae IPA is the type of beer you could see yourself drinking with a plate of buffalo wings, especially hot hot wings, as you want some of the bitterness to distract from the heat.
8% Double IPA
Things We Don't SayWandering Soul Beer Company
An all-around solid DIPA. A bit fruity at times. A beer to enjoy whilst sitting around a room and talking about music for hours. In some ways, music is the basis of the things we don't say.
5% Kolsch
Handline KolschDevil's Purse Brewing Company
If you are in South Dennis, you can get yourself a Handline Kolsch straight from the source.
6% Fruit Beer
Blueberry Pancake AleVitamin Sea Brewing
Vitamin Sea Brewing nails it with this entry into their Sour Pipe Project. It is a liquid version of Blueberry Panckes. For real.
10% New England IPA
Wooo!!Greater Good Imperial Brewing Company
Always a good move to brew a beer for the city/town you're in.
9% Double New England IPA / Norida IPA
Atlantis Will Prevail/Turn Back the SeasFermentations Arts Brasserie (FAB) / Oslo Brewing Company
8% New England IPA
DDH Pulp DaddyGreater Good Imperial Brewing Company
Take your most popular beer and double dry hop it. That's what Greater Good has done here to great effect.
10% Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Chocolate Stout
EvanaGreater Good Imperial Brewing Company
In a cool note, it was the very first beer brewed at the Millbrook St. brewery. Evana is smoother than Gretzky with a puck.
8% New England IPA
PulpGreater Good Imperial Brewing Company
The gateway beer into Greater Good fandom, Pulp lives up to it's juicy, tropical name.
8% Juicy Imperial 5-Hopped IPA
VGreater Good Imperial Brewing Company
V is what happens when you combine five different hops and expect magic. The symmetrical nature of the letter is also well representative of the journey from East to West Coast in the IPA itself.
6.8% IPA
Cloud CityLamplighter Brewing Company
We love the pillowy name play with the 100% Strata hops. Good on you, LBC.
8% Double IPA
400Mayflower Brewing Company
Oh Mayflower Brewing, we suppose you can be "America's Hometown Brewery" ... especially with a beer like 400. Man was this a tasty bevvy.
8.5% Double IPA
FuncrusherHonest Weight Artisan Beer
Brewed out in Orange, MA, a town that is definitely, uhh, somewhere in Massachusetts. Nah, jokes aside, Honest Weight is up on Route 2 just North of the Quabbin reservoir. Presumably there is good water to brew with out there.
8.5% Double IPA
LarryWachusett Brewing Company
Larry was a rich beer. It didn't hide, it didn't sneak, it didn't mask any flavor. It justs rolls off the canning line in 12oz form ready to be all it can be.
10.2% Triple IPA
Triple EcstasyWidowmaker Brewing Company
An incredible beer. It's scary how easy it is to drink this Triple IPA. Such is the legacy of Widowmaker's Triple Ecstasy.
6% NEIPA
How 'R Ya NowNight Shift Brewing
A beer made for chorin'. Or, for skating around pheasants. Orrrrr, for fighting upcountry degens. Our pick? ... All three.
6% New England IPA
Poke in the IPAIndependent Fermentations Brewing
A good beer for a crisp October day.
5.6% New England Pale Ale
To Be FairNight Shift Brewing
So you were discussing All-Dressed Chips the other dayyyyyyy ...
10% Triple IPA
Triple LindyMayflower Brewing Company
This beer is perfect a late September day trip to the beach. Even better for explaining to your business professor how business works in the real world - not Fantasyland.
8.4% Double IPA
LovebirdSecond Wind Brewing Company
Lovebird contains pureed passionfruit and milk sugar. You can't miss it. Almost a bit tart, Lovebird is certainly not a relaxed IPA.
5% Pilsner
BuskerBerkshire Brewing Company
This American take on a Bohemian classic gets a passing grade from us.
8% IPA
Pulp DaddyGreater Good Imperial Brewing Company
Delicious. Everything Greater Good makes is delicious. Just call your Worcester Brewery Greater Great and be done with it.
5% Hefeweizen
Das WeizenSpringdale Beer Company
A fantastic hefeweizen that is, as Springdale boasts, well balanced.
5.4% New England IPA
Dolphins on ParadeBarrel House Z
A 32oz crowler of Dolphins on Parade. Highly drinkable, which is good, because it's twice the beer.
11% Imperial Milk Porter
Good Night MoonGreater Good Imperial Brewing Company
A super smooth porter, Good Night Moon is. Start this Imperial Porter after the kids go to bed, not before. This is definitely not a beer to rev up during Wheel of Fortune or Jeopardy.
5.3% White Ale
Cold SnapSamuel Adams Brewery
Sam Adams Cold Snap is the beer you wish you had in your hand when you realize that you just said yes to a Blue Moon.
4.3% Lager
Nite LiteNight Shift Brewing
Night Shift rolling out their Craft Light Lager and stealing a piece of big beer's profits.
4.5% Lemon Radler
Porch RockerSamuel Adams Brewery
Brewer/Patriot Sam Adams gives us the unofficial beer of a New England Summer with Porch Rocker. Ok, Sam Adams isn't still alive. But if he were, we're confident he'd like this radler.
6.5% Milkshake IPA
Strawberry Cream LifesaverRiver Styx Brewing
Part of the Nectar of Aristaeus series, this Strawberry Cream Candy beer tastes exactly as it sounds.
6.5% Blonde Ale
Strawberry BlondeBlack Hat Brew Works
Black Hat brings us back to the mid 90s with this tasty treat.
8% Double IPA
Throw Me The IdolBrick & Feather Brewery
Gotta purchase this Brick & Feather beer just for the name alone. They're really good at naming their beers.
8% Imperial Shandy
Shandy BeachNight Shift Brewing
Definitely beach material right here. Even has a little ABV boost.
5.1% Witbier
SurfcasterTree House Brewing Company
Tree House jumps off the IPA train to brew up this relaxed Witbier.
6.9% India Pale Ale
Hops Sugar Yeast MagicBlack Hat Brew Works
A beer for drinking under bridges. Just don't give it away.
5.2% Golden Ale
Neponset GoldDorchester Brewing Company
Sure sure, lie to us and tell us that you didn't sneak a four-pack onto Wollaston Beach.
8% New England IPA
Bigg SummerGreater Good Imperial Brewing Company
You want fruit? You got it with Bigg Summer, a pineapple laden NEIPA.
10% Triple IPA
Venom of CerberusRiver Styx Brewing
Haunting is the elixir of River Styx, both to the tastebuds and the liver. In a good way.
5.2% Belgian-style Wheat Ale
WhiteSpencer Trappist Brewery
Brewed with sweet orange peel, this White (Wheat Ale) is a great complement to that adirondack chair you have in your backyard.
4.4% American Pale Ale
CandlepinCastle Island Brewing Company
Beer to be enjoyed whilst watching Stars & Strikes
12.8% Belgin-style Abbey Quadrupel
OdinAbandoned Building Brewery
A Belgian Quad in Bourbon Barrels makes us get off our wallet. And now we have Odin.
5.4% Gose
Pina Colada GoseTimberyard Brewing Company
You can thank Timberyard, not Rupert Holmes, for this tropical sour.
8.4% Pastry Stout
Beer MineNight Shift Brewing
The chocolate and raspberries are a delectable touch to this candy-heart inspired beer for lovers.
6% Spiced Ale
Cake!Exhibit A Brewing
Who doesn't want to drink a vending machine breakfast with booze?!
6% New England IPA
Soup Du JourGround Effect Brewing Company
Ahh yes, the Soup of the Day. That sounds good. We'll have that.
6.9% Imperial Sour Ale
Parlor Trick - Orange DreamsicleNight Shift Brewing
Brewed with orange, vanilla, and lactose.
5.4% India Pale Lager
Shower BuddyNight Shift Brewing
Beers, Rubber Ducky, and Silence. A very serene setting.
5% Wheat Ale
Yacht RockerRiverwalk Brewing Company
Another beer to enjoy whilst listening to Toto and sitting in or on the bow of a boat.
5.4% Marzen
OktoberfestTimberyard Brewing Company
A beer that lets you slip into the Oktoberfest spirit with ease.
12% Imperial New England IPA
GreylockGreater Good Imperial Brewing Company
Like the mountain itself, Greylock is easier going up than down, thanks to a walloping 12% ABV.