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)

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)

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)

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

You like new things? I've got new things. Week of 2/23/15

Cider:

Crispin Browns Lane (English Dry)

Crispin - Honey Crisp (w/ honey)

Wine:

Prelius - Cabernet - Maremma Toscana DOC

Valle Dell'Acate - Il Moro -  Nero d'Avola - Scicilia IGT

Vignimaggio - Gherardino - Chianti Classico DOCG

Vignimaggio - Terre di Prenzano - Chianti Classico DOCG

Beer:

Berkshire - Raspberry Barleywine

Firestone Walker - Easy Jack (session IPA)

Hof ten Dormaal - Amber

Hof ten Dormaal - Arcana (Stillwater collab)

Innis & Gunn - Irish Whiskey Aged

Ipswich - Revival (Spring Seasonal Saison Ha!)

Lagunitas - Maximus IPA

Left Hand - Sawtooth Nitro

Maine Beer - Another One (IPA, 1 per)

Notch - Session Pils

Otter Creek - Brewmaster Mike's Citra Mantra

Peak Organic - Simcoe Spring Ale

Saranac - Disruption (Brown Ale Nitro Can)

Saranac - Immortality (Hoppy Imperial Amber)

Saranac - Imperial IPA

Sierra Nevada - Barrel Aged Bigfoot

Two Roads - Honeyspot Road White IPA

Wachusett - Larry (6pk cans)