Last weekend I managed to finally make it to the new incarnation of the Dock Street brewpub, which is pretty pathetic considering I had planned to go when they first opened. For those who don’t know, Dock Street was a Philadelphia-based pioneer of micro-brewed beers back in the 80s, at one point vying with Sam Adams for tops in the market.
I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. I expected a slightly too slick and slightly too large brewpub along the lines of a Triumph or the former Dock Street locations in Center City Philadelphia. This one has a much …read more

It’s been a rough ride for Colorado thus far in the World Series, so I thought I’d give them another chance by comparing the strength of beers from Colorado with those of Massachusetts (much of which, let’s face it, is a suburb of Boston anyway). Now, both states have a lot of good brewpubs, but for those of us sitting elsewhere, that’s not very useful right now, is it? So, here goes.
Looking at the Colorado brewer’s guild list of breweries, I see a few that I recognize and two that I’ve quite enjoyed. One is Left Hand, which I’ve already …read more