

And, according to Graham, make sure the fridge in your new apartment is stocked. Don’t drive a moving truck on Storrow Drive ( seriously!). Reconsider picking up that used mattress. I tried not to leave too much on my way out but I like to think someone’s currently enjoying my old standing lamp.”įor anyone going through the big move that weekend, there are countless tips for surviving the event: Apply for permits. “Our living room couch was pieced together using various sectionals that we pulled in from the streets, making one massive Frankenstein couch that wrapped around the room.
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“When I first started at the brewery, I was living in a tight seven bedroom apartment over by Ringer Park, so I got the full experience as I moved in and out,” Graham shared. The brewer has personally witnessed the benefits of combining random finds. “We were playing around with some Brut IPA recipes last winter and saw an opportunity to combine the two concepts - and also clean up the brewhouse a bit while we were at it.” “With so many folks from the brewery that have experienced Allston Christmas firsthand, we’d always joked about doing some sort of a beer release for the holiday,” wrote Tom Graham, innovation brewer for Harpoon Brewery, in an email to. Only one small batch of Allston X-Mas was made, so supplies are limited. Notes of citrus, mixed berry, and black currant round out the beer, which will initially be available at Harpoon’s Seaport brewery before being shipped out to bars and restaurants throughout Greater Boston. On August 28, Harpoon will offer Allston X-Mas, a limited-release New England IPA made with Citra, Lotus, Centennial, and Eureka hops, as well as a hodgepodge of ingredients pulled from past projects: rice flakes, English pale malt, and rye malt. The staff at Harpoon knows this ritual all too well - and they’ve decided to brew a beer in its honor. Thousands of undergraduate and graduate students living off campus flood the city to settle in to new apartments on September 1 before the school year begins, resulting in a sidewalk free-for-all of couches, lamps, fans, desks, and miscellaneous items that can only be classified as stuff.

The company’s co-founder and CEO, Dan Kenary, said he is excited to deepen our already significant roots in the Green Mountain State. Bay Brewing Company announced the acquisition on Friday. Harpoon also has seasonal beers such as their Harpoon. To anyone who has moved, considered moving, or helped someone move over Labor Day weekend in Boston, the concept of Allston Christmas is a familiar one. The company behind Harpoon Brewery is buying Vermont-based Long Trail Brewing Company. Though the brewery makes many different styles of beer, Harpoon is best known for its India Pale Ale. Harpoon Brewery is dreaming of an Allston Christmas.
