By Matthew Tota
Timberyard Brewing Co. spent much of 2020 pivoting and belt-tightening.
The East Brookfield brewer furloughed all five of its part-time servers last March, then tried for the better part of the spring and summer to find the hours to piece its staff together again.
This year, though, Timberyard has already hired six new servers and a kitchen assistant. Production has increased by 200%, as the brewery signed a new distribution deal and hired on its first assistant brewer.
Area breweries were rebounding from the pandemic well before the state lifted all COVID-19 restrictions. Now most breweries are not only on sure enough footing to hire their employees back, but also need to add more staff to prepare for the large crowds expected this summer.
Memorial Day Weekend is upon us, and with it, a chance to break out your grill for the season. To help get things started, some local restaurants have put together their own Memorial Day Weekend kits. Four different grill kits are available at Sweet Cheeks Q in the Fenway, featuring dishes like pulled pork, potato salad, buttermilk biscuits, beer can chicken, Texas-style hot links, and more. The Smoke Shop BBQ is offering a weekend barbecue box, stuffed with smoked chicken, pulled pork, cornbread, coleslaw, butter cake, and other barbecue delights, while Myers + Chang is selling a picnic box full of chicken wings, edamame dip, spicy green papaya slaw, pork spare ribs, Chinese mustard potato salad, and Oreo cookies. Kits will sell out, so be sure to order as soon as possible.
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This Father s Day, please consider giving the gift of membership to the Wellesley Historical Society (wellesleyhistoricalsociety.org/membership).
We have enjoyed many virtual events over the past year, including two virtual tastings (Jack’s Abby and Bully Boy), a virtual cooking class with Amy Lipton of Joyful Kitchen Cooking School, and lectures. Staff also incorporated collections into social media, strengthening our presence on Facebook (@wellesleyhistoricalsociety) and Instagram (@wellesleyhistorical).
While we are grateful for our many social media followers, we look forward to in-person interactions.
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Berkshire Mountain Distillers Releases Three New Craft Beer Based Whiskeys
Berkshire Mountain Distillers Releases Three New Craft Beer Based Whiskeys
Berkshire Mountain Distillers continues with its “Craft Brewers Whiskey Project” this month as the distillery recently released three new whiskeys sourced from beer brewers Samuel Adams, Jack’s Abby, and Berkshire Brewing Company.
The five-year collaboration includes, in total, the distilling of a dozen different beers from a limited collection of Northeast craft brewers. Each addition is blended to 86 proof using Berkshire Mountain’s spring water and packaged in custom bottles with brewer-designed labels.
“We’ve dabbled in distilling beer before, originally with
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