I'll have some Nutmeg with my Beer

Connecticut grows tobacco. Surprised? Here's another: MLK worked on a tobacco farm here.

freak folk Yodel Series Peacharine freak folk bier's Yodel Series comprises single-hopped, double-dry hopped, double IPAs. If that sounds like the call for a Starbucks drink, I totally get it. The Yodel Series Peacharine is named for the Peacharine hop, released relatively recently (2023) after development through the Bract Breeding Program of NZ Hops, the New Zealand hop-growers' R&D cooperative. In other words, it's a can't-stop-hippity-hop in tune with the latest hop-orig

Karlův 13º is a Černé Pivo, or Czech Dark Lager, from Schilling Beer Company of Littleton, New Hampshire.  It comes in at 5.3% alcohol by volume. Schilling's Karlův 13º The beer is named for the Karlův Most, or Charles Bridge, the massive, wide, 670-year old, pedestrian-only crossing over the Vltava/Moldau River in the center of the city.  The Bridge was all-important until at least 1841, since it was the only river crossing in Prague until that time. Czech Darks have become

Fritzy is a Rotbier, or Franconian-style Red Lager, from Schilling Beer Company of Littleton, New Hampshire.  It comes in at 5.1% alcohol by volume. Schilling BeerCo's "Fritzy" - a Rotbier Franconian Rotbier is not a style one sees very often.  It resembles a Munich Dunkel or a Vienna Lager, but has more body, more toast, and less sweetness than those beers. Fritzy has a typical red-orange color, with spots of copper, is very well carbonated, and has very subtle bitterness on

THE BREWERY The call came as I was cruising home on I-91, passing through White River Junction, about an hour from the Massachusetts state line: "You're in Vermont, right? Can you get me some Heady Topper?" A few years ago, this would have been easy: a chuckle, an eye-roll, and a "no, Bill, I cannot." This time, I just did a face-palm. I had just spent three days in Burlington, Waterbury, and Stowe, proudly sending photographic evidence of my beer experiences in the Green M