There’s a lot of great beer out there, and a lot has founds its way through my stomach. That leaves me with (at least) two problems though. First, how do I remember what I’ve had, and whether or not I like it. Second, there’s a lot of collecting going on, I’d like to preserve that collection in some fashion or other.

We have spent the last two months researching and traveling all over Connecticut and Rhode Island to find the best craft IPAs to enter into our blind tasting with 15 craft beer loving judges.

These winning IPAs will move on and compete with the winners from the NH, ME, VT and MA contests for the right to claim the title of best IPA in New England!

Gathering all the beer to put on one of our tastings can take unexpected turns. On a recent trip to Connecticut, two such turns in the tasting room at Counter Weight affected our direction both in the car and when looking at our tasting results.

So thanks to all the knowledgeable people who helped guide us on our latest beer run. Cheers!

To kickoff our New England brewery spotlight series, we figured he best place to start would be with Spyglass Brewing Company, the winning brewery in our NH IPA blind taste test!

Spyglass is one of the newest breweries in New Hampshire.  They opened the facility and tasting room in early October of 2018.  They have quickly become one of the most exciting breweries.

We’re already looking forward to the next chapter in our journey; the Best IPAs from Connecticut and Rhode Island! As with the previous states (New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont), we’re looking for the top 15 breweries to forth an IPA to subject a blind tasting. The top 3 winners will represent their state in the Championship to be held later this summer!

Cheers!

Our team has traveled all over Vermont to find the top 15 IPAs and then enlisted 15 craft beer loving judges to try them all and find the best in a blind taste test.

These winning IPAs will move on and compete with the winners from the NH, ME, CT/RI and MA contests for the right to claim the title of best IPA in New England!

A few months ago the Merry Go Down team set out to find the best IPAs in New England.

We started with New Hampshire and then did a blind taste test of Maine IPAs.

Now, we are happy to announce that we will be holding our Best Craft IPA from Vermont blind taste test on the evening of April 13th!

Our first Maine craft IPA blind taste test is done and the judges have spoken!

Our team got 15 of the best IPAs from Maine and enlisted 10 craft beer loving judges to try them all and find the best in a blind taste test.

Here are the results:

Congratulations to Foundation, Saco River and Goodfire!

A few months ago the Merry Go Down team set out to find the best IPAs in New England.

We started with New Hampshire and held a blind taste test in November with 15 of the best IPAs from NH.

Now, we are happy to announce that we will be holding our our Best Craft IPA in Maine blind taste test on the evening of January 25th!

Stocking Stuffers, Hostess Gifts, Secret Santa and Yankee Swap Gift Ideas

You have gifted plenty of bottles for the wine enthusiast in your life over the years.  Think outside the bottle this year with our list of wine inspired gifts.

Help your fellow wine lover protect their tables and other flat surfaces with wine coasters.