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GretchenS
Aug 9, 2012 09:43 AM
Update: this Saturday, August 11, is last day in old location, then closed next week and opening Monday, August 20 in new location. http://www.karlssausage.com/
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I smell three taps: Notch Session Saison, Smuttynose's Vunderbar Pils or Berkshire's Czech Pilsner, and Jack's Abby Hoponious Union. Oh, and a keg of CBC's hefeweizen during the summer would be nice too (Weihenstephan would do in a pinch too ;-) ).
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re: emannths
Boston_Otter
Jun 5, 2012 12:02 PM
It'd be nice to find Spaten Optimator there to sip with bratwurst and sauerkraut....
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re: emannths
I would rather see them offer real deal imports, than some local's "take" on a proper pils or hefeweizen. I know its not a popular sentiment with the beer geeks, but until US craft quality rises (and I don't think it ever will due to our arrogance that we already are) to that of German producers when it comes to classic german styles, I would rather stick the proven stuff.
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re: LStaff
Do they travel well, or are most examples in the US old and/or pasteurized? I see it so rarely on tap, outside of the few token hefeweizens, that I guess don't have much of a feel for what to expect. Most of my German-style beer consumption has been limited to Prima Pils and the altbiers in Dusseldorf, both of which seem to benefit from freshness.
If they could be a destination for well-handled German imports, that would be great.
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re: emannths
Magoun's is usually worth a visit for this kind of stuff, and I have to guess they go through a lot of it pretty regularly.
The posted beer list on their website looks pretty old (found a date on the mobile version of the page), but I usually end up having a hard time deciding what to drink there. -
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re: emannths
I guess the date on that page isn't accurate. They just posted on Facebook saying this is their current draft list:
Guinness, Harpoon IPA, Stella Artois, Arcobräu Zwickl Lager,Wurzburger Pilsner, Kostritzer, Schwarzbier, Anchor Summer, Berkshire Brewing Co. Steel Rail Pale Ale, Notch Session Pils, Ommegang BPA (Belgian Pale Ale), Weihenstephan Hefeweizen, Paulaner Hefe-Weissbier, Estrella Damm Lager, Fuller’s London Pride, Crispin Cider, Schneider Weiss Original, Sierra Nevada Kellerweis, Palm Belgian Pale Ale, Stone Smoked Porter, Lagunitas IPA, Hoegaarden, Abita Turbo Dog, Pretty Things Saint Botolph’s Town, Reissdorf Kolsch, Dos Equis Amber, Blue Hills Watermelon Wheat
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itaunas
Jun 7, 2012 12:57 PM
Something interesting in Brazil where macros dominate even more than in the US and imports are really expensive (plus poorly transported/stored), is medium size breweries reaching agreements with European breweries to license their recipes and produce them "locally" (some parts of Europe are closer to Boston than between cities in Brazil). This includes brewing engineers and reportedly in some cases dedicated brewing lines. I haven't been able to follow them closely overtime and suspect its a flash in the pan, but when I tried them they were very good -- more reasonably priced than microbrews, fresher than imports, and better than "craft" brews from macro brewers and the micro brewers they had bought. Brazil has taken this approach with other goods and the long-run result for the consumer is not so great, so I don't place a lot of stock in it there, but it would be interesting in the US given that contract brewing is common and some of those breweries could work with smaller breweries overseas as opposed to what is imported. (Yes I have had Guinness brewed in London vs Dublin Guinness and frankly with smaller contract brewers there would be even greater differences than a macro, but that is part of what brewing is about "its different here than there.")
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