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The Rundown, Week of 3/30/15

Wine:

Chateau Feret-Lambert 2010 - Boudeaux Superieur (Back in stock)

The Grinder - Pinotage - Western Cape SA (Really nice entry level Pinotage)

Hugh Hamilton - "The Villain" Cabernet Sauvignon - McLaren Vale (Back in stock)

Chateau Le Jurat 2009 - Saint Emilion Grand Cru (Back in stock)

Cider:

Stormalong - Dry Hop (Cider dry hopped with Citra hops)

Beer:

Anchorage - Calabaza Boreal (Jolly Pumpkin Collab. - Hoppy farmhouse w/ grapefruit)

Cascade - Blueberry (Sour and awesome)

DC Brau - The Corruption IPA (Ltd time in MA)

DC Brau - Penn Quarter Porter (Ltd time in MA)

DC Brau - The Public IPA (Ltd time in MA)

Dieu du Ciel! - Peche Mortel (Needs no introduction, but for the new kids, it's a coffee stout)

Evil Twin - Even More Jesus (Massive imp. stout

Founders - Kentucky Breakfast Stout (We're out)

Founders - Old Curmudgeon (Old Ale)

Green Flash - Mosaic Session IPA

Green Flash - Symposium IPA

Grimm - Gradient (Blackberry Flemish Jong Brune)

Jack's Abby - Barrel Aged Framinghammer

Jack's Abby - Vanilla Barrel Aged Framinghammer

Jack's Abby - Coffee Barrel Aged Framinghammer

Magic Hat - Big Hundo IPA (Magic Hat throws their hat in the ring w/ a 100 IBU IPA)

Maine Beer - Lil One (American Strong Ale)

Revolution Brewing - Anti-Hero IPA (Back in, ltd. time in MA)

Revolution Brewing - Bottom Up Wit (Ltd. Time in MA)

Small Town - Not Your Father's Root Beer 5.9% (Alcholic Root Beer, must be tried to be believed)

Southern Tier - Hop Sun (Hoppy wheat)

Stillwater - Contemporary Works: Stereo (IPA)

Stillwater - Contemporary Works (Oak smoked wheat stout)

Williams Brothers - Midnight Sun (Porter)

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Matters of Life and Death, Week of 3/23/15

Wine:

Chateau Sainte Eulalie - Minervois

Domaine La Manarine - Cotes du Rhone

Hardin - Cabernet Sauvignon - Napa Valley

Maray - Chardonnay - Limari Valley

Maray - Syrah - Limari Valley

Prova Regia - Arinto - Lisboa

Terre Rouge - Tete-a-Tete - Sierra Foothills

Waterstone - Chardonnay - Carneros

Waterstone - Merlot - Napa Valley

Beer:

Bad Martha - IPA (back in stock)

Boulevard - The Calling IPA

Foolproof - King of the Yahd (Imperial IPA)

Maine Beer - Another One (now gone)

Mayflower - Spring Hop

Narragansett - Dell's Shandy (Summer must be here)

Oskar Blues - Gubna (Imperial IPA)

Peak Organic - Summer Session (Hoppy wheat)

Revolution Brewing - Anti-hero IPA

Revolution Brewing - Bottom Up Wit

Rising Tide - Spinnaker (Hefe)

Sierra Nevada - Harvest Single Hop IPA - Idaho 7

Stone - Chai Spiced Russian Imperial Stout

Wormtown - Buddha's Juice (POOF, also gone)

Young's - Double Chocolate Stout Nitro Cans (flippin' delicious)

 

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New In, Week of 3/16/15

Cider:

Downeast - Unoriginal Blend

Beer:

21st Amendment - Monk's Blood (Strong Belgian Dark w/ spices and dried figs, aged on oak chips)

21st Amendment - Hell or High Watermelon (Watermelon Wheat)

Ballast Point - Indra Kunindra (Stout with curry, cumin, cayenne pepper, coconut & Kafir lime leaf)

Brew Dog - 5am Saint (Hoppy Red)

Ettaler - Edel Hell

Great Divide - Old Ruffian (Barelywine)

Hanssens - Oude Kriek

Heavy Seas - Phantom Ship (Bourbon barrel aged Tripel)

Newburyport - Plum Island White

Oskar Blues - Pinner IPA

Smuttynose - Hayseed (Grisette)

Troegs - Nugget Nectar (last case of the year)

White Birch - Birchwood Smoked Stout (limited edition)

 

 

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New! Here! Week of 3/9/15

Wine:

Joseph Mellot - Les Morinieres - Chinon Rouge

Beer:

Alltechs/Lexington - Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Aged Rye IPA

Ballast Point - Grapefruit Sculpin (back in stock after a brief hiatus)

Dark Horse - Double Crooked Tree IPA (Monstrous 12%abv IPA)

Evil Twin - Yin & Yang (Imperial Black & Tan?!)

Firestone Walker - Opal (Dry Hopped Saison)

Founders - Blushing Monk (Belgian Ale with a load of raspberries)

Great Divide - Espresso Oak Aged Yeti (Killer)

Hitachino Nest - Japanese Classic Ale (IPA matured in cedar)

Jolly Pumpkin - La Roja (Flemish Red, also delicious)

Lagunitas - Gnarlywine (Barleywine)

Left Hand - Wake Up Dead Nitro (Russian Imperial Stout)

Ommegang - Upside Brown (Brewmaster's Obsession Series: Biere de Garde)

Pretty Things - Fluffy White Rabbits (Hoppy Tripel)

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New on the Shelves this Week, Week of 3/2/15

Cider:

Crispin - Blackberry Pear

Wine:

Boekenhoutskloof - The Chocolate Block - Western Cape, South Africa

Beer:

Anchor - Berkle's Brown

Anchor - IPA (Back in stock)

Anderson Valley - Huge Arker (Massive 13.5%abv Imperial Stout)

Ballast Point - Dorado Double IPA

Ballast Point - Grapefruit Sculpin!

Ballast Point - Victory at Sea (Imperial Coffee & Vanilla Porter)

Cambridge Brewing - Red God (Hoppy Imperial Red Ale)

Clown Shoes - Clementine (Spiced White Ale)

Clown Shoes - Hoppy Feet 2.0 (Massive Black IPA)

Clown Shoes - Tramp Stamp (Belgian IPA)

Enlightenment Ales - Illumination (Farmhouse IPA)

Franziskaner - Hefe Weiss

Idle Hands - Adelais (Kellerbier)

Idle Hands - Klara (Dortmunder Lager)

Idle Hands - Triplication (Tripel)

Ithaca - Daydreamer (Strong Kolsch)

Mystic - Mary of the Gael (Hoppy Saison)

New Holland - White Hatter (White IPA)

Ommegang - Glimmerglass (Saison w/ Orange Peel & Pink Peppercorn)

Southern Tier - Where the HELLES Summer?

Stone - Delicious IPA (Gluten removed beer, don't let that scare you though)

Troegs - Nugget Nectar (16oz 4pk Cans)

Troegs - Cultivator (Helles Bock)

Victory - 19th Anniversary (Session IPA)

Wormtown - Be Hoppy

Wormtown - Hopulence

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