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64/56. 68% RH in the house. August evening.

Yeah, I had a foot out the door but our head brewer left, I’m tight with Jess, our new brewer and we are going to rock out some good beers. I like our current team (4 of us lol) and my wife pointed out I am lucky to have a job I like in this climate.

I figured this was a much better thread to continue the beer discussion in. I’m just having fun talking about beer with folks, you like what you like and it’s all good if you’re supporting local breweries and they make a product you like. Although not always involved in a professional sense, I have had the good fortune of being connected to the New England brewing revival since 1990. I became more involved as an actual livelihood about seven or eight years ago. Just to be clear, outside of your right beet right time Brewery’s, rarely do small or mid-size players get rich with beer. Wr do it for the love of the art and free beer. Plus it’s really cool when people ask what you do. Enjoy whatever beer you like but it is important to try all styles to make sure you’re not missing something. Reading about styles is also very important to understand what you like or don’t like and why. Randy Moshers “Tasting Beer” is a must read! A true connoisseur, brightly explaining beer in layman terms. Disclaimer: I can, on occasion, be a very cranky beer critic. Style is style and you strive to get it right! Keep practicing if you don’t. The absolute worst quality in a Brewer is not accepting constructive criticism.

Miller High Life tho’. The champagne of beers...

Last year I brought a six pack of Coors Banquet into the brewery. Everybody rolled their eyes except our head brewer at the time and he took three good pulls off a glass and said “Like it or not that is a perfectly executed Beer.“

Kevin, unless there’s a seachange at a brewery, the beers don’t change but our beer palates do. in a few years you might be singing the praises of a quality Pilsner.

Lawsons had a brief quality control issue at Two Roads but I believe, with their new brewery, everything you are getting in Massachusetts is from Vermont.

Oh yeah, round trip was your reference point lol. I can try and find out which NE MA stores will have Alchemist and PM you.

Sorry, as somebody with professional brewing and beer judging experience, Alchemist and Lawson’s still outrank most of the current fanboy haze darlings. Both of those breweries can also make damn good Pilsner’s and lager quality is often a measure of a brewer’s skill level.

Honestly, at that point you are only four hours from their actual brewery, where you can get about 6-10 different types of cans!

Ha, they were going down long before the pandemic. edit: I don’t mean that in a mean way, it’s just that they have been struggling for a while. Information travels fast in the craft beer world. We thought they were done a year ago.

Fresh Heady and Focal Banger all over Greenfield today!!! VT sales must be slow lol!

Lol, he talks about a 1938 redux, he and Whinemixer would find out what life in a refugee camp would be like. Grid out for weeks. No thanks.

I had been thinking about getting into a new line of work but the beer/ brewing world still has some job security so I guess I should count my blessings.

I have some friends who are school administrators in various towns and apparently it is very tight finding new teachers to hire and they are pretty much no substitute teachers available.

Was there much flooding in upstate New York? Seemed like they were the rain jackpot.

The Beirut explosion looks similar in size to the Tianjin China blast.

Yeah, when people say they want another 1938 they have no f’n clue what they are talking about.

Just N of my house. No power just 2 houses up from me but we good. I am sure they will shut us off when they go to fix the lines.

Heard this come down in my neighbors yard around 2 AM. Sounded like a shotgun went off.

Had about an hour of impressive winds for this part of the CRV. Glad power is on. Just over 1” of rain . Grateful we escaped any high winds.

Damn, did all of the mosquitoes get sucked up the coast from the south? After a relatively easy mosquito summer, tonight they are somehow out stinging in gusty winds!

Keep it down there! I’m all set for today.

Another 1”+ of rain in the books. Gon’ wet where it wants to wet. 10” since June 28th.

My road is closed due to downed trees and lines.