ALWAYS CREATIVE WHILE STAYING CLASSIC – TWO ROADS BREWING COMPANY
By Andy Crouch Two Roads Brewing opened in 2012 with big ambitions to provide contract brewing operations for smaller breweries, a service in great need. Started by a small group of partners, including Brad Hittle, the former CMO for Pabst, Two Roads made an immediate name for itself with the... Read More
BAY STATE BOURBON
By Kirsten Amann Fall is when most New Englanders make the switch to darker spirits, and with National Bourbon Heritage Month finally here, now is the perfect time to transition. Established in 2007, the observance calls for a month-long toast to bourbon as “America’s Native Spirit.” A Kentucky senator was... Read More
ENDANGERED COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH: THE MILLIONAIRE COCKTAIL
By Pink Lady Cocktails are a form of art, and art is about expressing your deepest desires, so it’s no surprise that a beverage called The Millionaire Cocktail has made its way into the pantheon of drinks. Cocktails with this moniker show up in many books actually, albeit in different... Read More
OBITUARY – HARVEY WALKER ALLEN
HARVEY WALKER ALLEN February 14, 1938 — July 25, 2024 A Life Lived to the Fullest Our industry has lost a true legend. Harvey Walker Allen, Chairman and past President of M.S. Walker, passed away peacefully at 86 years old on July 25th at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, surrounded... Read More
THE BREWERS ASSOCIATION
The not-for-profit trade association has announced the retirement of president and CEO BOB PEASE. After 32 years with the Brewers Association, Pease will step down in early 2025 once his successor is in place. Pease joined the Brewers Association in 1993 as a customer service manager and worked his way... Read More
ENDANGERED COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH-THE TOM COLLINS
By Pink Lady It’s been about 15 years, give or take, since I started writing this little column. How is it possible that in that span I haven’t yet written about Tom Collins? As I write this, it is a beautiful summer evening, just warm and humid enough to inspire... Read More
A DRINK WITH ALYSSA DiPASQUALE
By Maia Merrill Gosselin Alyssa DiPasquale is on a mission. The ebullient owner of The Koji Club in the Charles River Speedway is determined to spread the gospel of sake to as many people as she possibly can. And judging by her remarkable success so far, she’s doing just that.... Read More
DISCOVER THE WINES OF GREECE
By Seema Tikare I went to Greece a long time ago – suffice it to say, it was a different decade. But it had been a place I had wanted to go for years and honestly, nothing I have seen since compares. I went to the Oracle at Delphi and... Read More
OBITUARY – ROBERT GALLO, 89
ROBERT GALLO, 89 The former co-president of Gallo and a Modesto philanthropist passed away on June 22 at the age of 89 years old. Robert Gallo oversaw the expansion of the company’s 50/50 give back program, which sets aside an acre of property for every acre planted in the North... Read More
OBITUARY – MICHAEL MCHENRY, 58
MICHAEL MCHENRY, 58 Colonial Wholesale Beverage General Manager Michael McHenry passed away on June 7 after a brief battle with cancer. Born in Fall River, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and an MBA from Johnson & Wales University. Michael began his career at Fall River Gas Company... Read More