Old Dominion Brewing Company
I stopped at Magruder’s on Friday on my way home from work to pick up some beer for the weekend (September 19-20). I was looking for some good session beer […]
Category Archives: From the Beer Store
Sam Adams Harvest Collection
It’s mid-September 2009, and I’ve transitioned to fall beers. The Sam Adams Harvest Collection is my first foray into fall seasonals. According to the latest Samuel Adams “What’s On Tap” […]
Labor Day 2009
We have a Labor Day tradition — walk up to the Kensington Labor Day Parade in the morning and then hang out in the backyard biergarten for the rest of […]
Harpoon Summer Vacation Mix
Labor Day Weekend 2009 — I was driving home from work on Friday, September 4 and made my usual stop at Magruder’s on Connecticut Avenue to pick up some beer […]
Sam Adams Long Shot
The Boston Beer Company, brewer of Sam Adams beers, holds an annual home brew competition and the winners get their beers packaged into the Samuel Adams Long Shot six pack. […]
The Vacation Continues at Home (New England Beer Vacation Epilogue)
Summer vacation may be over, but my beer vacation continues! I haven’t been to the beer store since we got back to Maryland, because I brought back so much good […]
Haverhill Brewing Company (New England Beer Vacation Part 5)
It was the last day of summer vacation (Saturday, August 1), so I headed to Colonial Spirits to get some beer to take home to Maryland. As I rounded the […]
Summer Beer Tasting (New England Beer Vacation Part 2)
As I searched the shelves and coolers at Colonial Spirits in Acton, MA, I had one thing in mind: Summer Beer. What is summer beer? It’s not a formal style […]
Magic Hat Brewing Company (New England Beer Vacation Part 1)
The first thing on my to-do list after pulling into Carlisle, MA for summer vacation: Visit Colonial Spirits, which is a ten-minute drive away in nearby Acton. Colonial Spirits is […]
A Sam Adams Summer
The Sam Adams Summer Mix Pack is always a highlight of the summer beer drinking season. I’m on the lookout for this twelve pack mix as soon as summer rolls […]
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