Ready for Summer
Ipswich Ale Brewery in Ipswich releases its seasonal beer Summer Ale in April, available in 12-packs of 12-ounce cans. The Fourth Annual Ipswich Ale Half Marathon takes place on April 27 at Crane Beach in Ipswich. Proceeds from the race benefit Ipswich Rotary Incentives, which includes scholarship opportunities for local high schoolers.
Thorough Coverage
Exhibit ‘A’ Brewing in Framingham has signed on with Atlantic Beverage Distributors for Massachusetts and Rhode Island. This move will help Exhibit ‘A’ increase its distribution footprint and expand its on- and off-premise retail accounts.
“We know that Atlantic is going to provide the professional, white-glove service that we want for our beer and that our customers have come to expect from us,” said Matthew Steinberg, co-founder and head brewer at Exhibit ‘A’. “We know they will treat our beer just as good as we do.”
Just in time for spring, Exhibit ‘A’ releases Tart Reform, #4 in the Full Disclosure Bottle Series, a Belgian-style “table beer” aged for one year in Caledonia Spirits Tom Cat Gin oak barrels and finished with lime purée.
Cheers to Fifteen
Cape Cod Beer in Hyannis is now also the official taproom of Shoal Hope Ciderworks. Visitors to the brewery will be able to sample and enjoy at least four styles of Shoal Hope’s ciders.
“I’m committed to making my product in Provincetown,” said Rob Brosofsky, Shoal Hope’s founder and cidermaker, “and hope to someday be able to open a tasting room in town, but that can’t happen in 2019. When Beth and Todd tossed out the idea of featuring Shoal Hope Ciders in the Cape Cod Beer taproom, it seemed like a perfect interim solution.”
The Fourth Annual Cape Cod Beer Race to the Pint, a 5k/10k event to support the Barnstable Clean Water Coalition, takes place April 27. The race starts and ends at the brewery and includes a pint of beer, pint glass and t-shirt for each runner plus an after-party with live music by 57 Heavy.
The Second Annual PINTwood Derby, an adult Pinewood Derby to benefit the Cape & Island Council of the Boy Scouts of America, is on May 11.
Carrot Cake Belgian Golden Strong Ale V2 (7.4%) is a pilot beer available April 12. It’s a second batch of a favorite pilot batch from 2018, and it’s only available at the brewery. On April 15, a new release, a 15th birthday beer (named TBD), will be released. It’s a barrel-aged sour red ale available in bottles. On April 29, Hot Blonde, a specialty annual release, of Beach Blonde Ale aged on poblano, serrano and jalapeño peppers is available on tap and in growlers in time for Cinco de Mayo. On May 20, the annual seasonal beer Cape Cod Summer Ale is available.
Come On In!
Mayflower Brewing in Plymouth hosts its annual Open House on May 18 from noon-9 p.m. with local food vendors and live music from the bands 3rd Left and The Jonny Bass Trio. The brewery will be open with games outside (weather permitting) and special beers will be released.
Waggle Dance, a new farmhouse ale brewed with honey, is available in May.
Get Ishmael a Beer
For April and May, Moby Dick Brewing in New Bedford releases its 100th brew, Leg and Arm Brut IPA, named after the 100th chapter in Moby Dick. It also releases Eternal August American Pale Ale, dry-hopped with Cascade hops, a first time a blueberry ale (name TBD), Careful Disorder, a German-style pilsner hopped with Hallertauer Hersbrucker, Spalt and Saaz hops and Cinco De Mayo, a jalapeño lager.
Hopped Every Which Way
Wormtown Brewery in Worcester releases its brand-new Don’t Worry IPA hopped with Mosaic, Denali and Idaho 7 hops. This year-round beer will be available everywhere in draft and in 16-ounce cans.
Citrus and Sunshine is an American wheat ale brewed with Valley Malt Warthog Wheat, a myriad of hops including Four Star Farms Magnum and Pepite and fresh lemon and lime peel. It’s available everywhere in draft and in 16-ounce cans.
Hopulence DIPA (8.5%) from the Underground Series features Amarillo, Horizon, Summit and Glacier hops added whole leaf in the mash, hop-forwarded (lautered through whole cones), hop-backed, first-wort-hopped kettle-hopped with pellets and extract and dry-hopped in the fermenter and Brite tanks. It’s available in limited amounts on draft and in 16-ounce cans.
Where It All Begins
Start Line Brewing in Hopkinton celebrates the marathon season with two seasonal beer releases: Marathon Wheat, an American-style wheat ale, and Marathoner IPA, a limited-edition IPA. All proceeds from Marathoner IPA benefit the 26.2 Foundation in Hopkinton.
The Marathon Spectacular takes place on April 15. It’s a full day event, 7 a.m.-4 p.m., at Weston Nurseries featuring marathon viewing, live music, food trucks, Start Line brews, wines from Marty’s, activities and exhibits.
A More Adult Frostee
Stellwagen Beer in Marshfield releases Ocean Bluff Saison, a first time limited release hopped with Stone Path Malt’s Nor’East Gold and Hallertau Blanc hops. Brian Gose Dancing: Blackberry, a fruited sour ale, is a first time release as part of a rotating series of fruited sour ales brewed with two-row and wheat malt, and hopped with Magnum hops. Blackberries and Himalayan pink salt are also added.
Mango Frostee (7.5%) is a milkshake double IPA with mango. It’s a first time release as part of a rotating series of milkshake double IPAs brewed with two-row and lactose malts, flaked oats and hopped with Mosaic, Centennial and Columbus hops — plus mango, of course. All beers are available on draft and in four-packs of 16-ounce cans.
Celebrate Good Times
In April, Purgatory Beer in Whitinsville releases a series of Belgian-style and farmhouse ales in recognition of spring and the Blackstone Valley’s Low Country heritage. The weekend of May 17, Purgatory Beer holds it’s “573” Party, a celebration of the 1970s, 80s and 90s, with a return of Abbott Rd Cream Ale and 573West Coast DIPA (8.0%). There will be entertainment, food trucks and games.
