Gardner Ale House
While on business in Westminster, Massachusetts I had a chance to visit the Gardener Alehouse, in Gardner Massachusetts. Gardener is an old furniture town that has, let's say, lost its edge. Apparently, some years ago Gardner was know as Chair City and the Furniture Hub of New England.
Read moreI have read Short Course in Beer: An Introduction to Tasting and Talking about the World's Most Civilized Beverage more than once and a chapter I have studied is where the author lists some on the best beer places in the USA. Of course there is Monk's Cafe in Philadelphia and it also mentioned Max's Taphouse in Baltimore. It has been on the road trip short list ever since.
Read moreChesepiooc Real Ale Brewery (CRAB) is a small brewery tucked neatly between Washington, DC, and Annapolis in Crofton, MD. Chesepiooc (pronounced “chess-uh-pee-auck”) is not used in many conversations these days. It comes from the Algonquian language, meaning “village at a big river.” Joe Esposito founded the brewery about six years ago (Feb 2018) with the idea of being intentionally small in size but large in beer and community.
