Looking for a New England (One for the Road) | The Craft Beer Channel
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
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Our first ever feature-length documentary simply HAD to be in New England. No other region has had more of an impact on the brewing scene in the last decade, but we wanted to cut through the hype and meet the people, see the places and try the beers behind the New England IPA. What we discovered was not just a recent revolution - but another one about to hit.
Join Jonny and the Brad as they roadtrip around one of the most exciting brewing scenes in the world, taking in Allagash, The Alchemist, FOAM brewers, Bissell Brothers and Notch and interviewing the key people behind it all.
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Hey everyone - me and Brad just wanna say HUGE thanks to everyone who has posted. We've been blown away by the kind words and positive comments. This was a massive project for us and a big risk to invest so much time. But it was so worth it to see all these comments.
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Want a part 2 to this! Loved watching it for a second time :)
This was an excellent production. As a New Englander, I have been to all of these breweries in this documentary. I love their beer but had no idea on their efforts to reduce waste and our carbon footprint. Thank you for capturing this. Looking forward to watching another production of yours. When you come back to New England, hit Connecticut. We have some amazing breweries, New Park, Counter Weight, Fox Farm and many more.
Don't forget Back East Brewing too.
Matt at Counterweight and Rob at NEBCO are some of the best people!!
Glad I finally took the time to watch this masterpiece after checking out many of your videos. Really quality work. Entertaining, informative, and just passionate people talking about what they love to do.
So, when are you coming to the West coast Portland? No shortage of fine breweries here. Cheers!
Thanks so much Kevin! We really want to come to the west coast again, especially portland. Will have to see how COVID goes...
How am I only watching the second half now?! Damn Jonny killed it on the karaoke! What a voice!! 😂 fucking great documentary guys I love it (yes I know Im late on this train)
Haha thanks Peter! Better late than never!
The karaoke was lit. And those cubes and waste “water” from Alchemist... just brilliant.
John Kimmich is the man!
NEW ENGLAND BABY!!! Wicked video! Keep em coming!! We should have you on our NEW ENGLAND show one of these days!
WoW, what a nice documentary! Thnx for taking me 'with you' on a journey.
Oh man the intro is just so freaking amazing! The music, the cuts, the typography placement. Love it!!
Brad did an awesome job there that's for sure
Hey guys, thanks for taking the time to do this. We, in India are now where the craft brewing scene and breweries were 20-25 years ago. I had the opportunity to visit Maine and MA and try out some fantastic beers (including a stop at Allagash) . There's a goodbit to learn here and I truly enjoyed watching this.
As a native of New England (Maine, VT, CT) I'm glad you guys got to enjoy the history and beauty of our little corner of the world!!!
Great documentary, having lived in Burlington VT you captured the beauty of the beer and place really well
Thanks so much Oliver! What a place you get to live!
I am absolutely floored by how well this documentary was made, really well done something I would expect to see on a premium network.
As a resident of New England and having spent most of my life here I have been to many of the breweries and tap rooms you visited but never really knew their stories and watching this has me planning a summer beer tour to revisit my favorites and discover new favorites.
As a home brewer I truly appreciate the craftsmanship and dedication the local breweries put into every can, bottle and pint but as a beer lover I love the experience and atmosphere of the locations.
Allagash white is probably the beer that first made me want to brew. I was on vacation and visiting friends at the same time a couple from Maine were visiting and they both worked at allagash sitting by the fireside drinking the white and hearing them talk about the process is what inspired me to start brewing, so happy to see them featured here and heady topper is just a source of local pride for new Englanders.
Thank you for making this documentary and re introducing me to the places in my backyard. Cheers
Great video! Living in Massachusetts, I’ve always wanted to visit Notch but never got around to it. I will have to make a point to do so as well as visit the other great breweries in New England. Thanks for the inspiration!
"liked" before even watching in it's entirety. keep killing it dudes..
I went to a small college near hill farmstead. expensive beer for a college student but would make occasional trips. the first time i had the the Everett porter i was blown away. Amazing balance of sweet, chocolaty, coffee/toffee flavors balanced by a subtle grassiness.
Absolutely love your guys' documentary style. Now I too want to travel to New England just to try beers at each of these wonderful looking breweries. Wish I could get my hands on the famous Heady Topper IPA where I'm at, amongst others you showed here.
Awesome doc. Amazing how many of those very same roads I have driven down many times to get that can of Heady, or arguably the best farmhouse beers on the planet at HFS.
Also can't imagine how boring a life the two losers that have given a thumbs down to this, have.
Thanks for the kind words...as for the thumbs down, we have some trolls but hey they gotta get their kicks where they can!
@@TheCraftBeerChannel I suppose, if they are hating, likely still watching!
I've watched this about 20 times.
Wow! What a journey. I felt like i was watching Michelangelo or Bach or Renoir speaking. The passion, and the opinions, were intense. John was my favorite. It almost felt like a lecture from a professor
This was great, really didn't feel like an hour long. Beautiful scenery, interesting interviews. "fuck railway arches" LOL
Great doc! You guys have an awesome perspective on beer in the states. PLEASE keep coming back and making these kinds of vids
I live in new england been here my entire life the beer in this area is great the micro brewery business is great you can take day trips and enjoy beers from all over new england
Epic video guys, well done!
Great work! As a born and raised New Englander, I can attest to how authentically and beautifully you represented the area. Glad y'all had a good time
Thanks so much! Great to hear from a local.
BRAVO! BRAVO! Im not sure how/why it took me so long to find/watch this, but so glad I did. To see you visiting places in my backyard, with people I actually know (Carla Jean and Chris Lohring), experiencing the queue/standing in line (which I dont do), and the New England perspective. Great work. Hope you come back again sometime. I just had to leave a comment. Cheers!
You guys sure thing worked hard for this,u will still say it ,YOU LUCKY BUSTARDS!! well done ,u hope one day I'll visit them,not to mention,go to England and pub crawl in London! Cheers
I hate to critique a 4 year old documentary. and I love allagash, but they are not the start of NE craft brewing. That title really belongs to Sam Adams, which is the start of USA craft brewing in general for the most part, and Geary's which is the oldest craft brewery in New England, founded in 1983 (11 years before Allagash). they were the first craft beer to be readily available in grocery stores in the area, and are generally regarded by other Maine breweries as the trailblazer in the region
that said, Allagash is my favorite beer, one I always get when I see it on tap especially after moving away
Really interesting and enjoyable documentary to watch!, it really has opened my eyes up to how much work and time that goes into every glass and how biig the community is for it. I'm very new to the craft beer world, having only properly discovering and trying it the past month or so and I would love to experience those brewery's in New England for myself, as it looks incredible!. Is there any IPA's and brewery's in particular in the the UK you would suggest to check out, to someone who's new to the craft beer industry?.
I love your channel and Thank you for sharing this video and your journey with us! and keep up the great content!.
Hey Ryan! There are SO MANY! If you want to experience the kinds of beers we talk about here we recommend DEYA and Verdant for New England IPA, Burning Sky and Wild Beer Co for mixed fermentation stuff, then Lost and Grounded and Donzoko for lagers.
@@TheCraftBeerChannel thankyou for the reply, I will be sure to check them out soon !
Not a beer guy at all. I'll stick with my whiskey but I'm so glad the algorithm sent me this video. Well made, informative, fun. Props to the channel.
What John said is so true.
I find that at the moment NE, WC or classic IPA all are starting to taste the same and not in a good way. And the NE IPAs have for sure lost that refreshing feeling.
There are still great brewers out there but being in Europe these days they seem to be fading away and being replaced by hazy swill that tastes of nothing.
Ether way this video does make me want to get back to the search and revived my interest in beers.
Best beer doc of all time
Good video! If you ever come back towards New Hampshire, we have dozens of small places that can give any of those breweries a run for their money.
This is the most epic beer trip ever! Sorry I just missed you at Omnipollo’s church.
Vermont’s beer is definitely smoking out the rest of New England.
Y’all should come to Alberta, Canada and scope out some of the breweries here!
You Drove right by Portsmouth? You didn't go to one brewery in NH?
Amazing film....For someone who will never have the change too go.
Fantastic, fantastic, brewery Journal. Thanks
Great work guys! If you read this; What is the reason Pete Bissell have a straw(?) in his beer? Also nice and creative "headlines". I will sure follow your footsteps and plan a trip like this post-corona. Cheers from Malmö, Sweden! //Martin
that fucking music at approx 35 minutes. spare me please.
Great doc and have had a great time running through a lot of your videos tonight. From NYC and have lived in Boston and visited New England many times. You guys have hit some great breweries, but would actually argue Chicago or Denver are much better beer towns in terms of breweries and def beer bars. Half Acre is a favorite.
Cheers. We have both those cities in our sights when this pandemic dies down!
Round of applause to you both on this video. Came across it today and watched it transfixed to the screen. Genuinely one of the best beer documentary-style videos out there on UA-cam. America looks so good for beer, especially the area you visited.
Look forward to seeing more videos of this calibre soon.
Thanks so much! We are in the process of planning the next documentary. Will hopefully be out late summer or autumn.
@@TheCraftBeerChannel Excellent news will look forward to watching that then when it comes out.
I love that even the founder of New England IPAs says exactly what is West Coast Fan Bois have been saying for years, modern NEIPAs are TOO SOFT AND INSIPID
What I really liked about this was you let the brewers talk. And you were excellent listeners. And I speak as someone who is a subscriber (in Hong Kong) and normally I'm here to hear YOU guys speak, to share your expertise. But as a journalist, sometimes (most times) it's best to let the players say their piece. And you guys shined with that over an hour plus. And it was because the brewers had a great story to tell.
Fantastic fantastic brewery journal! Thanks!!
my favorite part of your crowdfunded beercation to pick up king julius you call "beer journalism" is that shaun didn't want to be in your corny video.
Hi Derek - not quite sure what this documentary did to offend you but it won several awards including North American Broadcast of the Year and British Broadcast of the Year, as well as being part of a body of work that won Jonny British Beer Writer of the Year in 2019.
We didn't know that King Julius was being released that day, and we never approached Shaun for an interview because it didn't have any relevance to the story we were telling. But thanks for watching and commenting!
I have to add one thing. Allagash is NOT where New England craft brewing started. That would be Sam Adams. I personally don't like Sam Adams, but they are MOST DEFINITELY the first craft brewery in New England, predating Allagash by 11 years. Again, I do not care for Sam Adams and think Allagash is head and shoulders a better beer BY FAR.
You are totally right! There were loads of breweries open before Allagash but we see the region's reputation for fantastic modern brewing as starting there.
well and now sam adams would no longer be considered craft. So visiting them would be off-theme.
Stunning. That was cinematic visual gorgeousness at its best. And years later you're both still making high quality content. Love 'n beer!
Notch used to brew out of Ipswich Ale in my home town of Ipswich. Only seems fitting right? Some of the oldest homes in New England town, nurtured such a brewery. Visited them in Salem shortly after they opened up and they were the best beer I had that weekend.
Amazing video, particularly considering it’s your first effort in this kind of format. I’m not really a NEIPA kind of guy but you guys sure know how to make it appealing, to the point that you’re making me consider a similar road(beer, really)trip to NE,
Glad you had fun visiting my home, New England. Come back soon. Allagash is my favorite brewery
Damn.. amazing video😍😍. This is next level🍺👍🏼
Thanks!
Excellent documentary - we spent some time in Burlington a few years ago and was lucky enough to go to Alchemist (and foam) then and this just makes me want to go back!
Shame I missed you guys in St Pete, but I recently went to Burlington last year and you guys have brought back lots of memories. I want Foam right now! This doc is really good and high quality. Can't wait for the Florida one. Cheers! 🍺
Awesome video!! The detail, the quality of interviews, the music, the editing...all top-notch!! Thanks for the time and effort put into this to share about the NE beer scene!!
One thing worth mentioning...unless it has changed, the reason for the long lines at Tree House is that the only place to purchase the beer is at the brewery - zero distribution to stores or kegs to bars. This has been their business model from the beginning and it seems to have worked out as they currently have three locations.
Great video. Glad you like our beer. Allagash is king. I love Belgian style beer especially their stuff. So happy to support them
Was looking for the New England stuff for ages before I realised you had done a feature length docu! Okay that's me sorted for the next hour. Awesome content lads, cheers!
bloody amazing just getting into IPAs and I love your work. keep on smashing out the good.
This film was awesome! Went on a little pilgrimage up to Vermont earlier this year but with restrictions we couldn’t tour or go to a taproom on site but getting the beers from the source was an experience! Can’t wait to revisit lawsons and alchemist as well as the others you guys covered here!
I really had to chuckle when you were talking to the guy from Notch. He said that New England IPAs are what everyone does, and it is refreshing to have a Czech-/German-style Lager. This is the polar opposite of what I am used to. I grew up drinking Helles and Märzen on the Austrian countryside, it is what I am used to and have been drinking for my whole life. A few weeks ago I tried my first New England IPA after watching some of your videos, I was as excited as a young puppy and blown away by the aroma and flavor and juiciness I never thought was possible in beer. I cannot imagine growing tired of something so exciting and perceiving good old lager as something new and fascinating. This showed me that the place where you grow up strongly influences your views on beer and what is exciting and what is normal to you.
Ha indeed! lots of Americans would say they can't imagine getting bored of great pils!
@@TheCraftBeerChannel And also British bitter is something very exciting for me, I believe I've had only two different ones so far (London Pride and Thornbridge Lord Marples)
Hey this rules, I'm sorry I didn't see it two years ago
Really cool documentary gentlemen! It was well shot & well produced with a lot of great interviewing and incite into the New England scene. I look forward to more of these in the future... cheers!!
The right side of the road is THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD! 🤣🤣🤣
Heady topper is definitely not the best beer in the world.
And of course support your local brewery ! I didn't say don't buy a bottle of Cantillon when you can put your hand on one :)
You guys should go to Night Shift brewing next time you come to Massachusetts.
our head brewer was born and raised in Maine, that whoopie pie... made me drool, can't get them anywhere else :(
Whenever I pack that many beers to go to the lake my wife tells me I have a “problem”.
I'd call it a solution!
Fantastic doc guys. Come back soon, many more outstanding breweries in NE to visit and do a part 2
This is great! Love a NEIPA and nice to find out more straight from the source.
Great job on the video. Nicely paced. Now I gotta go visit more New England breweries.
Absolutely brilliant lads 👍 I love everything you guys do & New England is a big bucket list for me, so perfect combination. Bloody long way from me in Melbourne, Australia though 🤣
Haha, yeah that is a LOOOOONG way. West Coast aint so bad though and plenty to see there too!
So good. Loved watching it. Quite informative too. Brilliant work guys! Waiting for many more.
This was an absolutely phenomenal video. Well done, fellas.
Still watching this one. Since my initial comment after finding this videos, I've become a professional Brewer at a pretty big place in Colorado. I STILL go back and watch this video. Your channel inspired me to leave what I hated and do what I wanted. And Allagash white is still winning gold medals, hahaha
wow great video, well done guys and hopefully one day I can do this road trip as well cheers
"I like it, when people call our beer old school." That's pure gold for someone who still prefers his/her IPA with a good amount of bitterness. Nowadays there are to many to overwhelmingly sweet IPAs and IPAs that taste like a bowl of oat meal. I love New England IPAs but I'm sad that West Coast IPAs have falling that heavy out of fashion.
It is a real shame but beer is like fashion - it goes in cycles and West Coast beers will make a comebackcof sorts. Though never to the point it was at.
Superb video (as usual!) I've learnt so much from your channel. Keep up the amazing work ❤️🤟🍺😉
I've just watched the whole video again. This has to be the best craft beer video/documentary I've ever seen. A proper look into brewing culture and New England style. Personally I'm with John Kimmich, I'm sick of hop burn, out of balance neipa with no bitterness. 🍺🤟🍺🤟🍺🤟
This was an awesome video.
It was great to see the different breweries that brew the new england style ipa but at the sametime it wasnt just about that. You guys went to show that there is a lot more going on with beer in the new england area than just that style.
I may be late to the party but fantastic work guys! Keep up the good work 👍
Good job guys, that's a hell of a lot of work! Can we give a small tip? Beware of your audio clipping. In the digital domain it's better to record audio at a moderate level, you can always crank it up in post. Cheers guys!
Ha we now the techie side, but in some pubs the noise is so loud you cant even hear the audio to check! Plus...you know...we're usually a few beers in.
@@TheCraftBeerChannel Recording good audio is indeed really difficult in those circumstances, especially if you can't rely on metering. You might consider using a separate audio recorder, well worth it! And now back to the beers ;)
Great video, come back soon! This a great time for craft beer in New England and pretty much everywhere
Fantastic job! The best documentary I've seen on brewing, period. (Full disclosure, I'm from New England...)
Wow, thank you! And lucky you for living in such a great part of the world.
Looked like my kinda heaven great film 👌
Wooohoooooow!
Wish we could come and watch it live with you guys, but unfortunately it's slightly too far :)
Have a great evening, schol!
My god guys. I went to school at UVM in Burlington and I teared up when you walked out on frozen Lake Champlain. I have many fond memories wondering around on that lake and many of nights over a pint at all the great brew pubs and bars. Thank you.
What a great place that must have been yo go to school!
Lockdown and no way to travel or meet people. Solution: spending time with you guys talking to various legends in the industry. Hopefully we will get a chance to meet you in Finland one day. Smaller number of businesses but the same passion behind it ♡
Cheers Otto - glad we're providing some escapism!
Awesome video! I have been blessed to grow up in New England and enjoy all of these great breweries. Cheers!
Beer tourism in Maine, USA? Never thought I'd say this, but now I almost wanna go there. Massive thank you for sharing this journey!
It is a beautiful part of the world on top of the beer
Exceptional. What an enjoyable program. Professionally made and worthy of a bigger stage (BBC or CH4). Thanks
Thanks so much for the kind words! Hopefully one day....
"Fcuk railway arches man"...🤣
I had fallen out of my love for craft beer but after watching this doc, Im back on the wagon.. the attention to detail from these brewers is seriously impressive. It really is a labor of love in every can. Also, great job showcasing the beauty of New England
This is so great to here! I think we all get a bit jaded about beer every now and then, and a great story or amazing beer reels us back in.
Always wondered what the hype is about this NEIPA. Now I know. Great documentary. Never got bored. And I don't even live in the USA.
Thanks! Glad we explained our love of this style in all its forms - as well as all the other amazing stuff coming out of the region
Just found out my best friend in the world has cancer so I’ve come to have a beer and watch this for about the 6th time, it’s helping. Thanks brothers 👊
Chad I am glad this helps and so sorry to hear the news. All the best to you and your friend - we will raise a glass to his recovery.
I wish I could give this episode ten thumbs up! this was so good, better then some others on Netflix/Hulu/Prime. I will be looking to see if I can get any of these in Minnesota such as Allagash white.
haha we wish you could too!
Wonderful documentary guys! I've enjoyed it!
Brilliant work lads really enjoyed it your come a long way since i first started watching your channel ( maybe 3 years) f.y.i enjoyed a doppelbock while watching 😀
Haha - Carla will be delighted!
Wow... What a well produced and genuinely personal film this is. So eye opening. As Brad says... Might need to make a trip out there to taste it for myself!
Cheers! Highly recommend a similar road trip. One of my life highlights
This was awesome! Finally watched it after watching so many of your other videos. Really enjoyable and informative.
Cheers Marcus! One of the best things we have done I think!
Thanks CBC for this wonderful and informative video. I enjoyed watching the full video without forwarding for a seconds and keep up doing the great job.
Thanks so much Sandeep!