Once a year in New England, we see the light at the end of the long winter tunnel. We all know it’s best not to waste even a single second of this short reprieve, because in a blink of an eye we’ll be sinking back into wintertime hibernation. Since the season’s too short to be […]
For the next installment of my infinity-part series exploring beers crafted right here in the ol’ Ocean State, I turn to my friends down south at Grey Sail. If you’ve never been, their tap room is beautiful. They basically annexed an historical home next door to the brewery and turned it into part tap room, […]
Let’s dive right into the latest batch o’ brew news: Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Co.’s Barrel-Aged Beer Night is happening this Saturday (May 19). Brewmaster Derek Luke will hold forth on the brewing and aging processes and serve samples of the wide range of beers that have been magically transformed by wood. The […]
The inbox is overflowing with beer news. Here’s a baker’s half-dozen of enticing items! Providence Brewing Company owner Efren Hidalgo is thrilled to note that Rhody’s newest beermaker will be “having its Grand Opening on Memorial Day weekend (May 26-28), Saturday through Monday from noon-4pm. Food trucks, fanfare and beer will be the rule of […]
Welcome to another installment in my infinity-part series to explore the latest and greatest beers produced right here in RI. In the time it took me to write that sentence, four new local beers came out. I have much work ahead of me. For my next local Rhody Brew, I return once again to trusty […]
Greetings, Motifians! We missed y’all in the Spring Alcohol Issue, but we had to pass on the intoxicating fun and assume the role of designated driver after our attempts to get a virtual roundtable discussion with the state’s brewers failed to ferment (see what we did there?). But we’re bellying up to the bar this […]
Dave’s Coffee, which is not to be confused with Dave’s Market or Dave’s Bar & Grill or Dave & Busters or Dave, the Kevin Kline movie about a president’s look-a-like, is a well-known local coffee company that you can usually find in Dave’s Market. Well, now you can also find it in Grey Sail’s Dave’s […]
Do you feel that? In the air? It’s time. Cocktail menu changes are upon us. For SPRING. Yes, despite March roaring in like a lion and, uh, out like a frozen lion, we still believe spring will spread over New England. While we wait for the weather to turn warmer and green things to sprout, your […]
Rum. No other liquor has stronger connotations of tropical paradises, lofty sea breezes and thanks to certain movie franchises, pirates. Rhode Island even has its own rum brewed by the folks over at Newport Storm, Thomas Tew, named after a swashbuckling pirate of the same name who sailed the seas, allegedly founded an anarchist pirate […]
Cocktail modifiers might not just be for cocktails anymore. Lately, many bars have taken to serving mixers, such as vermouth or bitters, by themselves, without any hard liquor to accompany them. This has apparently been a large part of drinking culture in various parts of Europe, but the US is only recently catching on. One […]