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The Beerhunter: How to Age Gracefully (if you’re a beer)

The Beerhunter: How to Age Gracefully (if you’re a beer)

by Hunter Styles | Oct 26, 2018 | Featured, The Beerhunter

Jay Sullivan joins me at a taproom table and sets down a bottle of Real Friends. He flicks open the bottle, then lines up three glasses: one for himself, one for Sean Nolan, and one for me. The beer is a grisette, a Belgian-style farmhouse ale similar to a saison,...
The Beerhunter: What the hell is a Milkshake IPA?

The Beerhunter: What the hell is a Milkshake IPA?

by Hunter Styles | Sep 28, 2018 | Columns, Featured, The Beerhunter

The mountain drive from Montpelier up to Burlington is, of course, beautifully scenic. But a Valley Beerhunter has homework to do, even on the occasional summer camping trip. So I pulled off the highway last month in Williston, VT to stop in at Burlington Beer...
The Beerhunter: New neighboring breweries find homes in old industry buildings

The Beerhunter: New neighboring breweries find homes in old industry buildings

by Hunter Styles | Aug 29, 2018 | Columns, Featured, The Beerhunter

This month’s local craft beer update highlights a pair of new Valley breweries that are opening soon. If your first thought is ‘Oh man, not again,’ this probably isn’t the column for you. Massachusetts is in the midst of another wave of entries into the craft beer...
The Beerhunter’s guide to the 2018 Western Mass Beer Week

The Beerhunter’s guide to the 2018 Western Mass Beer Week

by Hunter Styles | May 30, 2018 | Articles, Columns, Featured, News, Newsletter, The Beerhunter

Raise a glass across the Valley (and throughout the Berkshires, too!) as the third annual Western Mass Beer Week rolls in this month. The eight-day celebration of local craft beer — which runs June 9 to 16 — is jam-packed with limited releases, special collaborations,...
The Beerhunter Abroad: Norway – Despite strict alcohol laws, a new generation of craft brewers is born

The Beerhunter Abroad: Norway – Despite strict alcohol laws, a new generation of craft brewers is born

by Hunter Styles | May 2, 2018 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Newsletter, The Beerhunter

As a New Englander accustomed to long, cold winters, I had never put the Arctic Circle atop my summer vacation list. But in case you missed the billboards along Interstate 91, Norwegian Air now offers discount flights to Europe from Boston, Providence, and New York...
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