![]() ![]() Fort Point Market, recognized widely as one of the state’s best purveyors of craft beer, sold through eight cases in less than 20 minutes in the middle of the afternoon. 31 and it’s safe to say the majority of cans to hit local shelves were gone within a day, if not minutes. The impact in Massachusetts has been immediate. Signs started popping up on liquor store windows and doors - much like those you’ll find in Vermont on the hunt for Heady Topper. But so have the residents of Massachusetts, a fact not lost on the husband and wife behind the brand. In other words, Vermonters have long been loyal customers of Lawson’s. Massachusetts and the Greater Boston market are huge for Vermont.” And that’s why we’re here,” Lawson told me over the phone, adding, “Vermont is a very tourist-driven state. “Massachusetts is such a huge market for Lawson’s. Just like that, Massachusetts became a Sip of Sunshine state. Not on a limited, trial basis, but in perpetuity. So it was with surprise and elation that the beer-loving residents of Massachusetts learned this month that Sean Lawson, founder of Lawson’s Finest with his wife Karen, had signed on with a local distribution company and would start pushing his liquid sunshine out across the state. At best, you get to drive to Vermont and hope you find some. You don’t get to walk to the liquor store and pick up a four-pack of Sip (unless you live in Vermont). Many who have had both more than once, including me, actually prefer it.īeers of this caliber are not typically delivered to your figurative doorstep. Though it was first brewed in 2014, it’s often spoken of in whispered tones in the same sentence as The Alchemist’s revered Heady Topper. It rates a solid 100 RateBeer and BeerAdvocate, representing a balance of flavors and technique surprising for its 8 percent ABV. Sip, as it’s sometimes known, is objectively one of the world’s greatest beers. And as of this moment, it’s the first time it’s been widely distributed anywhere outside of Vermont and Connecticut. The beer is Sip of Sunshine, a double IPA most notable in this context because it’s not brewed in Massachusetts rather, it’s the flagship IPA of Vermont’s Lawson’s Finest Liquids, a little outfit based in Warren, VT, that contract brews the bulk of its beer at Two Roads Brewing Co. The bright yellow can is hard to miss see it in the wild and you’ll pounce. The ones that do will have it for a matter of hours, or minutes, before it’s gone. Right now, there’s one beer flying off shelves in Massachusetts faster than anything else. You won’t be disappointed.One of craft beer’s smartest nerds. Run to YOUR favorite bodega and ask YOUR beer guy to carry it. I give this little taste of sunshine a 4.2 out of 5.0 on the Viduch Scale. The manager remembered me from all of my previous beer shopping sprees and ran over with this in hand. However, I found it at my favorite little bodega – the Clinton Gourmet Market – on 46th and 10th in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC. Sip of Sunshine IPA is brewed by Lawson’s Finest Liquids at Two Roads Brewing Co. With 240 calories and 8% abv per serving, it is a bit filling, however, it still goes down easy. Always store cold, enjoy fresh and stay cool!Īs an aside, if you are wondering what lupulin is – as I was when I researched this awesome beer – it is a bitter, yellowish powder found on glandular hairs beneath the scales of the flowers of the female hop plant – got that? I still don’t know what it is, but it makes for a great IPA. Pour mindfully, inhale deeply and enjoy a tropical vacation in a glass or can for that matter. This lupulin-ladin India Pale Ale is packed with juicy tropical fruit character, bright floral aromas and delectable layers of hop flavor. What better way to celebrate a beautiful early fall day than with a Sip of Sunshine. ![]()
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