Results tagged “beer”

When life gives you beer cartons, make beer carton libraries.

Ever been afraid that you’re being judged by what kind of beer you’re drinking? Ever judge others based on what they’re drinking? Of course you have. Well now one market research company, Mindset Media, thinks they have cracked the code on beer drinkers’ personalities.

When was your first time? And where? We all have a story. When was the first time you sipped a beer, held the glass up to the light reverentially, and said, “I kind of like this stuff”? Drinking in Boston’s survey of beer lovers last week also included this question: What changed your beer-drinking life? And then, what beer are you drinking now?

We were already wary of the suffix -tini, and now it's been combined with Twitter.

What is good? And who says so? How bad is bad? Drinking in Boston performed a quick survey of several beer lovers last week to see what the good beer drinker’s position was on several key beer questions. This week we’ll look at “good” beer versus “bad” beer.

A British study says kids should learn to drink with their parents, because moderate alcohol consumption in a family setting involves less "regretted sex." [BBC]

Chocolate and beer. What would the world do without the Belgians? To celebrate their accomplishments in at least one of those categories, people will be flocking to The Return of the Belgian Beer Fest next weekend, October 16th and 17th.

What can you find more of around Halloween than girls in slutty-nun costumes? Pumpkin beers. They can’t all be good, though; only one can be king of the pumpkins. Here at Bostonist we tried a small selection of the beers in search of the best.

Today is an special and important day for anyone who enjoys a good pour of Guinness. It is the 250th anniversary of the day Arthur Guinness signed the lease on the St. James’s Gate brewery in Dublin. 1759: that’s a lot of beer.

Two new beers have been developed recently, both involving the word wet. One is wet hopped, the other, well, has been spit in.

Nip in the air, colors on the leaves, new television episodes on the tube: all in a bottle! Yes, it’s time for harvest ales and Oktoberfests. Again, we at Bostonist sacrificed a whole evening to test some of this season’s offerings. These are the results.

The Boston Police Department's School Police Unit confiscated a pellet gun from a 17-year old student at Seaport Campus-for the School for Children on Thursday. The student was questioned by school personnel about the gun, which he then displayed under his shirt and in his waistband. After being disarmed, he threatened staff and students and said “I’ll be back and shoot the school up.” The student was charged with possession of a firearm on school property, threats to commit a crime (murder) and disturbing a school assembly. [BPDNews.com]

You walk into a bar. You’ve never been there and you’re unfamiliar with its beer list. In fact (like many bars) it doesn’t even have a beer list, so you’re forced to walk close to the bar and squint at the (possibly many) taps. What do you choose? The bartender is impatient and wants an answer now. Your friends have all ordered complicated cocktails, but you just want something simple. Something reliable. So you go for your old standby.

We here at Bostonist, in an effort to save pennies and look really cool, are about to begin brewing our own beer. To do this right we’ve been studying up. So today’s lesson: malt.

The Beer Summit involving President Barack Obama, Henry Louis Gates Jr., and Cambridge police Sergeant James Crowley happened today at the White House. Someone invited Joe Biden, which means he probably made a dumb joke that will prolong GatesGate. They sat, snacked, drank and talked. Great. And then, Sergeant Crowley held a press conference. He said he was focused on moving forward from the past month. Crowley declined to detail specifics from the meeting except to say he and Henry Louis Gates will meet in the future to continue their dialogue.

In the past few years it has become very fashionable to “go green.” Though this movement may have recently become more trendy than altruistic, Bostonist admires people’s attempts to rescue our planet and tried a few organic beers to honor this development.

Fruit beers: people either love them or steer away from them like they were wearing a Yankee’s jersey. We here at Bostonist wondered if there was any middle ground; any beers that both camps would like. So we swallowed our pride, put aside our prejudices, and sacrificed an evening to trying a mixed sixer of fruit beer. Here are the results:

You’re sitting on the back porch, beer in hand, beads of condensation rolling down its sides. It’s warm outside, very, and you wipe the sweat off your forehead. You take a long swig. It’s a summer beer: light and refreshing and everything you need for a steamy summer afternoon.

The weather may be bad for sunbathing, but it’s always good weather for drinking beer! Several events are slated for July in the New England area that will properly celebrate the beverage.

The huge room teemed with beer lovers. Some displayed their love on their chest with a T-shirt from a favorite brewery. Others showed their dedication through their clipboards and spreadsheets with columns for aroma, taste, and feel. Everyone was out for a good time and for good beer, both of which were to be found. They also were all in search of the perfect brew.

Perhaps embarrassed that Rhode Island remains the only New England state without gay marriage, Narragansett Beer has launched a reimaging campaign designed to recapture its status as the biggest New England beer and establish a New England brewery. Downplaying its origin in the nation's tiniest state and taking on a shiny new sorta Smithwick's-fonted logo, Cranston-born Narragansett is asking drinkers to sign a petition of unclear significance, to buy cases of its mediocre beer, and to spread the word to friends. The premise is that if Narragansett can sell 7.5 million cases of suds annually, it'll be big enough to build a brewery in New England, bringing jobs to the area and supporting Narragansett's home-"brewed" (har har?) image.

Daisuke Matsuzaka is a very rich man because he is an elite pitcher. He was, or should be. We think. His 1-5 mark and 8.23 ERA, made worse by an 8-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Friday, isn't good enough. What Tony Massarotti termed "The Dice-K Dilemma" is now at hand. Theo and Terry Francona are now faced with baseball's version of the Kobayashi Maru.

Attention all Dogfish Head fans! Tonight Redbones is putting on a Dogfish extravaganza: 10 kegs and one cask on tap! That’s a lot of Dogfish. The event will be held in the Underbones bar, with a cash bar and free appetizers from 5 to 7 pm. It’s being billed as a “pre-fest” to the American Craft Beer Fest this weekend. And don’t worry if you can’t make the party; there will be Dogfish Head all weekend long.

We’ve been living a carefree, tax-free lifestyle in the world of liquor for a while now. That all could change soon. Lawmakers finalizing the 2010 budget are proposing a hefty tax on alcohol. They have raised the general sales tax from 5% to 6.25% and are now applying that to the sale of all beer, wine, and alcohol sold in stores.

The Brattle Theatre finally has its beer and wine license from the City of Cambridge, and it will start selling beer today. The new beer menu continues the theater's tradition of selling only independently made beverages. The menu includes Cambridge Brewing Company's Hefeweizen and Cambridge Amber Ale, both Bostonist-approved. The Brattle will celebrate its new found freedom-to-booze with a special screening, and you get to choose the movie for the event. We'll put aside our natural antipathy toward Canada and endorse Strange Brew, with the caveat that we'd actually rather re-watch Shaun of the Dead with a beer in hand.

It’s summer time and you know what that means: beer festivals sprouting up all over the place. In the next two weeks you can join BeerAdvocate at their always-amazing American Craft Beer Fest, visit the Harpoon Brewery, or ride your bike over to Redbones.

B is for beer, not for boy? That’s right it is, and it’s about time someone acknowledged it. Tom Robbins, author of B Is for Beer, recognized the place for the superior beverage at the top of the alphabet. (Perhaps A is for alcohol.) Robbins’ small book is billed as “A children’s book for grown-ups” or “A grown-up book for children,” and to be honest it’s hard to tell which is more accurate. The book is supposedly written as though for a small child, but with plenty of winks to the adults who are actually reading it. However, the prose is clearly aimed at adults, but he writes to them as if they slipped back into first grade.

Spring has come to Boston and with it, graduation season. And with graduation season come the herds of parents, siblings, and friends who want to take part in the big celebration and to seemingly annoy the hell out of every graduate in the city. We at Bostonist pondered this problem for a while and thought, “What better way to ease the tension than to drink?” We realize that liquor is not the answer to all of life’s problems, but having a place to go to entertain the masses will certainly help solve this problem at least.

Well, they’re not quite old enough to drink yet, but they’re certainly old enough to celebrate a birthday in style. Cambridge Brewing Company is turning 20! On Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9, both beer and fun will be flowing at the CBC in Kendall Square from 5pm to closing time.