New brew

A couple of weeks ago, Kell and I and another couple went to a beer festival at the Higgins Armory Museum in Worcester, MA. There were about two dozen different breweries there (mostly micro brews) which offered samples of their wares.

If you've never been to something like this, here's how it works ... you buy a ticket (in this case, $35 for a drinking ticket, $5 for a designated driver ticket) and you get a 4-ounce "glass" (read: plastic) cup that vendors fill as you try their different beers, ales, stouts, etc. Most vendors had several different brews available so you get to try a real variety of their offerings.

Oh yeah, and there's food, but whatever.

After walking around for an hour and trying most of the vendors, I think I've found my new favorite beer company, the Cape Ann Brewery in Gloucester, MA. Wow, was this stuff good.

They have five main offerings and we sampled the IPA (excellent) but then they had their Fisherman's Tea Party and Fisherman's Greenhorn Double IPA ... ho-lee CRAP. The Greenhorn was amazing, but the Tea Party is hands down one of the best beers I've ever had.

According to brew master, he researched the types of teas that were thrown into the Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party and used those three teas in brewing the beer. It's like drinking iced tea but with a beer flavor. Just amazing.

So, needless to say the four of us are planning a day trip to the brewery for some growlers. Giddy up!