Supreme Chancellor's Blog about Craft Beer & Living Life

It's Not a Support Group ... I Swear.

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We just like to drink beer and talk about.  Yes, we have our opinions of what we like and don't like.  What works well with food and what doesn't.  Which breweries should be distributed in certain states and which breweries may want to hang it up.

We also understand that it's only our opinion.  The fact that there are over 1,500 microbreweries in the country is a testament to what we do.  We give them life.  At the end of the day, when we look at the bottom of another glass of world class artisanal craft beer we understand that - "They make it.  We drink it."

So as the early evening of Saturday, February 6th began in a local Massachusetts apartment, ten "beer geeks" (It's a term of endearment, believe me.  One gentleman there actually had a shirt that stated it loud and proud.) with little or no background of who or what (there was a list of beers) or where - everyone was from that is - joined forces to toast what has now become the fastest growing and most well respected piece of the beer world.  The craft beer industry.  Here is how it all went down:

1. Let's Get Started: Connect with fellow beer lovers on Beer Advocate.  Set date.  Set time.  Set theme.

2. Build List of Beers: It was pretty much an open door based on the style - the group chose stouts.  Everyone was encouraged to bring a couple of their own and the host graciously opened up his cellar.

3. Meet: With the date, time and location set, we all got together taste beers we have tried, not tried, wanted to try and to be quite honest - may never try again.

Without going into too many small details, there were cheese and crackers available, chips and salsa, pizza, and fresh baked pastries.  Then we tasted on roughly ten different styles of beer.  Some people took notes, some people watched The March of the Penguins.  All in all, it's something I would recommend getting together and trying.

Check out this link for all the beers and descriptions.

Check out this link for some cool pictures.

Cheers!