Beer Club Meeting - February

The February meeting was held on March 1st. This blog is way over due, but never too late.

Ian, Curley Stout (Andy), Thirsty Beard (Ryan), and I attended our second North Shore Beer Club meeting. The meeting was held at the Tap Brewery in Haverhill, Ma. It was just down the street from Ryan’s house, so Ian and I met at Ryan’s house to go all in one car. Later, this proved to be a wise idea.

When we arrived at the tap, we met Andy upstairs enjoying a beer. We headed downstairs to the function room. The group had arrived earlier and ate before the meeting started.

A guest speaker was invited to the meeting to talk about his book. Andy Crouch, the author of “The Good Beer Guide to New England”, told stories of his adventures touring around New England enjoying and writing a one to two page synopsis of the New England breweries.

Book Description:

This is the first and only comprehensive guide to the bounty of great beers produced by all of the breweries and brewpubs in the six New England states. The guide will leave readers with an unparalleled resource for enjoying the array of quality beers produced in New England.

If you would like to learn more about the book, please visit his website: http://www.beerscribe.com/book.html

After the meeting was over, Ryan, Ian and I enjoyed a beer upstairs in the brewery with Steve the Brewer. We went on a tour of the facility and discussed the beers that he enjoyed to brew. Quickly the brewery closed and we realized that we were the last ones standing…well almost standing… We dropped Steve off and headed to Ryan’s house.