The York Press reports on Phil Saltonstall's plans to import English cask ale here - and ship craft US ale back to the old country - once he moves here with his wife, Harriet, who becomes Her Majesty's representative in New England in August.
And, yes, he's one of the original Saltonstalls, from which line our Brahmins sprang.
H/t Steve Garfield.
The local craft brewers are calling it a day, with their last beer to ship in a couple weeks:
We hope our beers brought you joy and brought you closer together. There’s no greater goal for a batch of beer or a project like ours.
After seven years it’s time to draw the curtains and head off to a new adventure. A poorly drawn grain of barley called Jack D’Or made this whole thing possible. He’ll be coming with us.
Cheers to you all.
The Boston Licensing Board next week hears a request for a license for a proposed craft-beer store in the old substation at Washington Street and Cummins Highway in Roslindale Square. Read more.
Joe Growhoski asks:
Where in Boston can I get grapefruit sculpin on tap?
Beer Advocate assembles tweets from Pretty Things Beer & Ale Project in Somerville on the practice - and why it won't play that game:
Boston is a pay to play town and we're often shut out for draft lines along with many beers you may love.
The Herald reports how sales of the Pennsylvania beer are tanking in Boston and cites our provincial attitudes as one reason.
First, New Englanders are largely suspicious of outside brands and prefer to support our own.
The Herald calls it the Krispy Kreme Syndrome, implying that we rejected them only because the city with the largest number of historic firsts in the country is resistant to change, not because we realized after awhile that their donuts were, in fact, sugar-coated air, served with mediocre coffee.
The Boston Licensing Board next week considers a deal in which the landlord of the defunct Morton's Steakhouse on Boylston Street would sell its liquor license to Boston Beer Works on Brookline Avenue so that Boston Beer Works can in turn sell its beer and wine license to Mei Mei on Park Drive.
Phew.
InsideMedford.com reports the discount chain will start offering discount alcoholic beverages - some of it artisanal - at three stores, including the one in Medford.
Petra Raposo asks:
Do you know if anywhere actually has the Game of Thrones Ommegang beer stocked today like they had said?
D asks:
Anyone know where I can possibly buy a single bottle of Spencer Trappist Ale in Boston/Brookline?
Photo of single bottle by Chris Borger, who writes: "It's real - and it's good! That beer is sitting on my dining room table. It holds its own against the other Trappist ales. I picked it up at Liquorland. Apparently, they asked for 10 cases, were told they could have 5, and were delivered 2."
Jordan Munson wonders where he can get Rogue Voodoo Doughnut beer in Boston.
Nancy asks:
Anyone aware of any stores in the Boston/Somerville area holding any Heady Topper? Please?
Beer Street Journal reports the Saint Joseph Abbey in Spencer is adding a brewery, and its first Trappist offering will be called Spencer:
Spencer is a full-bodied, golden-hued Trappist ale with fruity accents, a dry finish and light hop bitterness.
Dot Rat introduces us to the Percival Beer Co., which is based in Dorchester and which currently has two products: "A Cape Verdean inspired lager called Kompadre and Dot Ale 1630:"
Dot is saturated with a strong aroma of pride and its residents have a welcoming, but rigid attitude. Come and visit our growing neighborhood and share in the good times with a pint of Dot Ale 1630.
CBS Sports reports.
If only there were a Pittsburgh beer anybody in Boston drinks that we could counter-boycott. Prairie Rose Clayton suggests boycotting Iron City, but Matt O'Connor is not sure Iron City really qualifies as beer.
Mark Levy at Cambridge Day noticed that three of the winners in a Boston Magazine "Best New England Craft Beers" article are based in Cambridge and Somerville, so he called them up to talk about local brewing:
There seems to be a lot of Cambridge and Somerville in the package. Is there a reason?
The Herald considers the rumors the celebrichef is about to turn his debt-laden Kingfish Hall into a Belgian sudser, even as he faces a mid-September deadline from the Boston Licensing Board to re-open Olives in Charlestown or risk having its liquor license lifted.
Megan McPhilemy takes a trained professional bartender with her on a trek to find the best poured pint, but reports they never made it past Lewis' in Norwood:
Despite a slightly quick pour and no shamrock decor, the taste was impeccable. It was pretty, creamy, refreshing, clean and good for a second round.
As black and white as the beer itself, there are good and bad pours.
"It's incredible" says Gillespie “like drinking a whole different beer."
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