Our friends, Greg Gallagher and Melissa Jernigan, headed west a few months ago to search out their brewing dreams.  They ended up in Russian River, California, and now are spreading the beer gospel with their colleagues at Ruth McGowan’s Brewpub. Last week, they came into town and made a bee-line to our place to meet […]

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IPA, “Hoptical Illusion”, Bluepoint Brewing Company, Patchogue, New York (6.8% Alc) I’m feeling the hops.  Like mad feeling the hops.  I dream of immersing myself in a McDonalds Playland where the balls have been replaced with barrels are barrels of hops.  And there must be some freak out there whose managed to stuff their pillows […]

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