Geek out with me over these, week of 4/27/15

Wine:

Boudary Breaks - Ovid Line North - Riesling - Finger Lakes

Beer:

Ballast Point - Grapefruit Sculpin CANS (you wanted it, now you've got it)

Cascade Brewing - Apricot (Sour blonde ale aged in oak on Apricots, 15mo.)

Freigeist - Abraxxxas (Lichtenhainer Weisse [basically a smoked Berliner])

Freigeist - Kopenickiade (Berliner Weisse)

MIkkeller - Wit Fit 4pk Cans (White IPA)

Stone - Pale Ale 2.0 (Rebooted for hoppiness)

Stone - Ruination 2.0 (Rebooted into a more modern DIPA)

Trois Mousquetaires - Baltic Porter (Back and beautiful as ever)

Some New Things for You, Week of 4/20/15

Wine:

Chateau la Boutignane - Corbieres - Cuvee Classique

Ermita de San Felices - Riojo Crianza

Torii Mor - Pinot Blanc - Willamette Valley

Torii Mor - Pinot Noir - Willamette Valley (Back in stock)

Wine by Joe - Pinot Gris - Willamette Valley

Mead:

House Bear - Paradise Unpaved (Sparkling mead w/ passion fruit and prickly pear)

House Beer - Show Bear (back in)

House Bear - World War Bee (Sparkling mead with lemon)

Cider:

Far From the Tree - Sprig (Dry-hopped Cider with mint)

Beer:

Alvinne - Cuvee Freddy (Oud Bruin)

Boulevard - Love Child #5 (Barrel aged sour)

Dogfish Head - 90 Min IPA

Down the Road - Pukwudgie (Hoppy Pale Ale)

Evil Twin - Soft DK (Imperial Stout)

Great Divide - Rumble (Oak Aged IPA)

Green Flash - Cellar 3: Silva Stout (Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout)

Lagunitas - Censored (Copper Ale)

Lagunitas - Undercover Investigation Shutdown (American Strong Ale)

Left Hand - Variety 12pk

Mystic - Wigglesworth: India Wharf Pale Ale (Back In !)

Orkney - Red MacGregor (Red Ale)

Rogue - Chipotle Ale (Back on the shelf)

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)

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)

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)