It continues to be a great thing that friends send me beer related emails and pictures quite often. Even better than that is when I can take one of those messages and turn it into a guest post (of sorts). Some of my reasons for doing that today are as follows:
- I ate way too many Christmas cookies last night and am feeling a bit sluggish today.
- I am attempting to make “The Artist Sometimes Known as Ken” a household name in the New Year.
- I am pretty jealous that I don’t have a sampler paddle like that anywhere in my near future.
- Maybe some of you are in that area of Massachusetts and this might persuade you to stop in for a pint.
With that, I bring you his message of good beer this holiday season (of course minus the incessant use of curse words) . . .
Here is a glimpse of my lunch today… (8) 6 oz beers. Here is what we had, plus a good sandwich.
We go back every time we come up to Mass. Beer before shopping in 10 degree weather, if you pee your pants, at least its warm for a while.
http://www.northamptonbrewery.com/index.php
Black Cat Stout: A full bodied, rich and creamy, dry Irish stout. It is deeply complex with lingering notes of roasted coffee. Great on its own, but even better with dessert.
Daniel Shays Best Bitter: This English style best bitter starts off malty on the palate and finishes hoppy; named for our area’s historic “bitter” rebel.
Old Brown Dog: An old favorite, “a malty beer with a little hop bite” best describes this nut-brown ale. It won a silver medal in the Great American Beer Festival.
Black Boots: The evil twin of our Blue Boots IPA, it’s our first Black India pale ale. A dark ale that’s anything but malty, it has all the hoppiness you expect from our IPAs
Jess’ Goodbye Rye P.A.: An India pale ale brewed with rye. It has a hoppy, spicy bite, a dry finish, and some say the bitter sweetness of a friend leaving. Brewed to commemorate 9 years of hard work.
Humbug: Our Holiday ale for 2008 a hybrid IPA, darker in color with an intricate hop aroma. Strong enough for the holidays.
Mean Green: This double India Pale Ale is a hop hammer. Loads of hops and a solid malt backbone, this balanced ale is the dry-hopped until delicious.
Pucker Power IPA
All lined up and ready.
A job well done!
Thank you to Ken for today’s post. It is nice to know that the beer still flows well in the cold of the great white north!
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