2015 BEER DISCOVERY TOUR: Harpoon Brewing, Boston, MA (July 5th, Brewery Stop #28)

2015 BEER DISCOVERY TOUR: Harpoon Brewery, Boston, MA (July 5th, Brewery Stop #28) (recovered post) The 28th brewery visited during our cross-country beer discovery tour (click to read about the whole trip) was Harpoon Brewery in Boston Massachusetts. After a great 4th of July visit with family in rural Maine, we said our goodbye’s and drove down to Boston to find some lunch and give this well known brewery a try on the 5th. We first stopped at Pauli’s in the North End for a quick sandwich that was just awesome, I had a Lobster grilled cheese! We did walk around a bit after to take in this historic Italian neighborhood, then drove in a few circles trying to get to Harpoon (damn you one way streets). We weren’t sure where to park, as their lot was completely full and it was located in the middle of an industrial area. I have a little bit of concern about how popular they are and having such a small parking lot. We ended up finding parking a few blocks away and plugging a meter. If you’re in Boston and want to go there, I suggest you try to catch a brewery tour …

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2015 BEER DISCOVERY TOUR, Portland OR to Portland ME and back… 24 June-9 July, 2015

2015 BEER DISCOVERY TOUR, Portland OR to Portland ME and back…7800 miles later… From late June to early July 2015 I was lucky enough to go on a cross country road trip with Gary and our nephew Devin. We drove my car from Portland Oregon to Portland Maine in just about three weeks. We took a ‘central US’ path East and came back taking a more northern passage. Regarding where we went each day, we made it to about 40 breweries and a handful of tap-houses, bars, and brewpubs to find local beers and food along the way. While the long distance driving was challenging some days (10+ hrs at a time), we really enjoyed the trip with it’s the ever-changing scenery and wonderful cities, towns, and people we met. Before leaving on the trip, we gathered and then took a couple of cases of local specialty beers for our friend Rusty in Pittsburgh. The sucky part was that while we wanted the beers to not get ruined by the heat, we ended up unloading and reloading it a LOT as we stopped each night. This is a valuable learning experience, to stick to mailing stuff like beer and wine, …

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