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New to us! Week of 4.13.15

Wine:

Jean-Luc Colombo - Cape Bleue - Rose - Mediterranee

Terre Rouge - Vin Gris d'Amador - Rose - Sierra Foothills

Cider:

Far From the Tree - Sprig (Dry-hopped mint cider)

Beer:

Allagash - Century Ale (Brett dosed saison, fermented 2 yrs in stainless)

Ballast Point - Habanero Sculpin (Back in stock)

Ballast Point - Indra Kunindra (Back in. Stout w/ Curry, cayenne, cumin, Kafir lime leaf, coconut)

Blue Hills - Wampatuck Watermelon Wheat

Cambridge - Morning Dew (Dry hopped elderflower ale)

Firestone Walker - Parabola (Very ltd. 1 per, no holds)

Jack's Abby - Sunshine Ridge Pils

Lagunitas - Equinox (Hoppy oatmeal pale ale)

Mayflower - Squanto (Newest Cooper's Series, saison)

Narragansett - Lovecraft: Innsmouth Olde Ale

Siren - Lemon Cello IPA (Tart lacto fermented IPA with lemon)

Stone - Mutt Brown Ale (Imperial Brown)

Stone - Russian Imperial Stout

Two Roads - No Limits Hefeweizen

Victory - Deep Cocoa (Imperial chocolate porter)

Wormtown - Be Hoppy

Wormtown - Hopulence

Victory - Summer Love (Blonde)

 

 

 

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Freshies (ok tried it on for size, didn't like it) - Week of 4/6/15

Wine:

Ca' del Monte - Valpolicella Ripasso

Cider:

Thatcher's - Gold

Txopinondo - Sagarnoa (French Basque Cider)

Beer:

Alesmith - Anvil ESB

Alvinne - Kerasus (Sour beer w/ Cherries)

Alvinne - Wild West (Barrel aged sour beer)

Ballast Point - Habanero Sculpin

Berkley - Coffee Porter (Back in stock)

Berkley - IPA (Back in stock)

Berkley - Red Rye (Belgian Pale Ale w/Rye)

Brewmaster Jack - Hoppiness is a Warm Pun (Limited)

Brewmaster Jack - Stray Dog Lager

De Ranke - Saison de Dottingies

De Struisse - Cuvee Delphine (Belgian imperial stout aged in Four Roses Bourbon barrels)

Hanssens - Oude Gueuze

Harpoon - 100bbl Series #53 - Braggot Rights (Double IPA w/ honey)

Jandrain-Jandrenouille - V Cense (Saison)

Mikkeller - Beer Geek Breakfast (Coffee oatmeal stout)

Mystic - Conviction (Barrel aged Imperial Stout)

Ommegang - Game of Thrones - Three Eyed Raven (Black Saison)

Smuttynose - Imperial Stout

Vivant - 9pk Sampler (Ltd time in MA)

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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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