The first stop in our 2022 Lagers of the World series is Iceland! We caught up with Gudjon Gudmundsson and Justin Dearborn at Einstök Ölgerð in Akureyri, Iceland to talk about beer and brewing in the Icelandic tradition. Iceland has had a unique history with beer. Like many countries they imposed a prohibition in 1915.…
DetailsSHIPPING OUT SERIES 2021 By Rob Day, Sr. Director of Marketing Hello, I am Rob Day and this is Shipping Out! That’s how we introduce each video so it felt appropriate to start at that same place for this blog. Shipping Out is a perpetual series that we launched in 2021 with a simple…
DetailsGrab a crock pot and let’s get cookin’. Ingredients: 1 lb beef cubes 1 cup Smoke & Dagger Black Lager 1 cup beef broth 2 tbsp tomato paste 1.5 tbsp flour 2 cups carrots (more or less as desired) 2 cups celery (more or less as desired) 2 cups potato chunks (more or less as…
DetailsEnd the year with a one-two…three, four, five…ok there’s a lot of ingredients in this Punch but it is DELICIOUS. When Blood Orange Wheat is involved can you really go wrong? The recipe: PUNCH: 1 cup Trader Joe’s Winter Wassail Punch 2 cups apple cider 12 oz. tonic water 16 oz. Blood Orange Wheat Lager 12 oz.…
DetailsFrom Joe Connolly, Director of Springdale Beer Co.: The end of my whirlwind first trip to Germany snuck up on me quickly enough that I had to do a double take on my calendar. A week traveling all over Bavaria disappeared in a blink of an eye; dozens of breweries, uncountable steins of golden…
DetailsFor the next stop in our Lagers of the World series, we’re headed to Japan! We caught up with Bryan and Sayuri Baird of Baird Brewing in Numazu, Japan to talk about their brewery, Japanese brewing tradition, and native ingredients. Check out our interview with Bryan, Sayuri, Jack, Rob, and Kat on our YouTube channel:…
DetailsLooking back on 10 years of lager! Check out our full-length feature story here:
The First Sip. That’s the title artist Mia Cross picked to name the massive mural she’s painting on the side of our building. It also describes the piece itself. “I sat down with my dad at our kitchen table up the street,” she explained. “We opened a Post Shift and had paper in front of…
DetailsWhat’s the best part about working for a brewery? Well, there’s a lot of things actually…but getting the chance to brew your own beer is definitely one of them. That’s what recently happened for Jim Trainor, Western MA and CT Jack’s Abby Brewery Representative. It’s the first time he’s brewed since he joined the team…
DetailsBack in January when we were dreaming of warmer months and reopening our outdoor Beer Garden, we got to thinking about how we could improve the space. We decided that the big blank wall that spans the length of our building in the Beer Garden needed a facelift. That’s where local artist Mia Cross comes…
DetailsWhen we last checked in on our Quest For Quality I introduced you to our new partnership with the QC2 Lab at The University of Southern Maine. This partnership is meant for our two teams to dig into some of the most beer-geeky details of lagering and attempt to learn something new. To that end,…
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