Road Trip Tasting

After my 2014 summer road trip in which I drove through Boston, Portland, Vermont and New Hampshire I brought up a great crop of beers.  We had an impromptu tasting the following day given the fact I had so many great growlers of Hill Farmstead among many other amazing beers.  So we didn't really rate the beers or anything, but I will say it was definitely in my top 3 day/nights of drinking in my life.  Take a look below at what was being tasted:

 

We kicked all off with a few Hill Farmstead growlers.  They included Society & Solitude #4, The Susan and The Abner. All were incredible but it seems the overall thought was Society and The Susan stood out just a little more than Abner..but all 3 were top IPAs I've ever had. 

Who we are kidding with Heady Topper? Speaks for itself..but no worries that Heady lasted us a few weeks!

As for the others..they all had great things about them hence why I brought them home.  The Maine Beer Co beers were cheap and bottled the day I was at the brewery. Unfortunately Lunch just didn't do it for us sadly in the bottle..on tap it was incredible dunno what happened. Mo, Zoe, and Another One though were incredible out of the bottle.  

Trillium Brewing offered some FANTASTIC brews especially Fort Point Pale Ale which drinks like a hoppy IPA, Wake Robin Red was awesome and their Farmhouse was the best farmhouse I've ever had.

Allagash had a good effort for a Belgain IPA with fellow Maine brewers Maine Beer Co and Rising Tide. Speaking Rising Tide their Session IPA called Maine Beer Trail was in my top 3 Sessions. 

SoMe from southern Maine was a session I picked up..it wasn't bad.

Harpoon had a Citra IPA I grabbed, great for Harpoon!

Jacks Abby made a great line of Bourbon beers with their Framingham base.  The Coffee outshined the regular Bourbon Aged. 

Lastly Anna from Hill Farmstead...well it speaks for itself..incredible.

Great line up and so glad I could bring home such wonderful beers from the East coast.  These beers are hands down some of the best beers in the country, more specifically best IPAs.

Another awesome roadtrip!

The 2014 Summer Road Trip had come to an end sadly...Boston, Vermont, Portland, New Hampshire, and Salem were all great! As my last post for this trip I wanted to show all the goodies I can home with...growlers of Hill Farmstead, cases of Heady Topper, lots of other great local beers I grabbed and of course fun different types of glasses from great breweries..enjoy!

Alchemy Brewing - Waterbury, VT

 

Now granted I did NOT actually visit this brewery, however my brother did and I got the low down..however by the end of this year I do plan on going to see it myself.
-This place became popular because of one beer..The Alchemist Heady Topper and after drinking one I know why...it's quite possibly one of the best beers in this country.  It is served in a tall can. You can only buy it at the brewery and limited stores in the area, and from what I was told it isn't extremely easy to find. However with some detective skills, they got plenty of cases.
-This beer is served quite thick, and we learned that turning it upside down for some time before drank will heighten the taste because a lot of the goodies in the beer are at the bottom...don't believe us? Try it for yourself!
-We also agreed, this is one of few micro brews that tastes just as good if not better when drank out of the can.
-Heed our advice...if you live any where in this area or within 8 hours driving this beer is WORTH every penny and every mile driven.
Are you ready for a heady? Check them out!  http://www.alchemistbeer.com/