{"id":7693,"date":"2018-05-02T07:36:41","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T13:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/?p=7693"},"modified":"2018-06-02T14:52:03","modified_gmt":"2018-06-02T20:52:03","slug":"tap-beer-of-the-week-abandoned-building-nightshade-stout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/golf\/lifestyle\/7693\/tap-beer-of-the-week-abandoned-building-nightshade-stout","title":{"rendered":"Tap Beer of the Week: Abandoned Building Nightshade Stout"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the temperatures finally taking an upward turn in these parts it may not seem like ideal stout weather. Abandoned Building Brewery owner and brewer Matt Tarlecki used to feel the same way about his Nightshade Stout, which he originally put forward as a fall seasonal brew.<\/p>\n\"DCIM100GOPROGOPR0177.JPG\"<\/a>\n

But fans complained when he took it off line in the warmer months, so now it\u2019s a year-round beer from the four-year-old brewery in Easthampton, Massachusetts. (Established, naturally, in a formerly abandoned mill factory building, though Tarlecki says he had the name before he’d found the building; he apparently had a hobby of\u00a0 visiting abandoned buildings. Then he opened a brewery and had no time for hobbies.)<\/p>\n

I\u2019m in accord with the fans. This is a most agreeable brew, tasting fine enough in early spring that I might indeed look for it again as the seasons roll on.\u00a0It\u2019s one of eight that will be flowing when Abandoned Building takes over the taps at its neighbor\u2019s place, Wildwood Barbeque<\/a>, in Hadley, on Wednesday, May 2, beginning at 5:30 pm.<\/p>\n

\"Wildwood<\/a>

Smokin’ Que, Awesome Brews<\/p><\/div>\n

The brewery had hoped to brew a version of Nightshade incorporating one of Wildwood\u2019s barbecue sauces, but it didn\u2019t seem to quite work out in time. Still, the dance card looks pretty tempting with Lola’s Saison, a cask version of Lola’s Saison with a peach puree, Odin Quadruple, Pan Galactic IPA, the ever-evolving Hydra Pale Ale (this being version #8), Dirty Girl IPA\u2014the brewery\u2019s most popular beer\u2014as well as Hot and Dirty Girl, a version made with spicy peppers.<\/p>\n

For those whose minds are in the gutter, Dirty Girl was named to celebrate women who work in agriculture. Nightshade was so named mainly because it\u2019s dark; no Deadly Nightshade, the plant, has been used in the making of this beer.<\/p>\n

It is, indeed, dark as night. But there\u2019s nothing really shady about it at all\u2014this seems an open and good-hearted brew. There are semi-sweet chocolate aromas, whiffs of coffee, brown licorice, vanilla, dates. It teeters on the edge of being too sweet, but works for me.<\/p>\n

The palate is biscuity, sweet, bitter and roasty, but all in the mildest of ways. At 6.4% ABV, there\u2019s ample body, but all the varied elements are in such balance that there\u2019s nothing too edgy here. It all goes down quite effortlessly and pleasantly.<\/p>\n

The beer will certainly be well-placed in Hadley; that\u2019s its terroir, with malts from Valley Malt in Hadley, and hops from the brewery\u2019s own hopyard, also in Hadley.<\/p>\n\"Aband<\/a>\n

Along with giveaways from the brewery, representatives from the radio station 93.9 The River will be at Wildwood on Wednesday, giving away tickets to the May 25-27 Boston Calling Music Festival, featuring Eminem, The Killers, and Jack White, among many others.<\/p>\n

Name: Nightshade Stout
\nBrewer: Abandoned Building Brewery, Easthampton, Massachusetts
\nStyle: American Stout
\nABV: 6.4%
\nAvailability: Year-round, Massachusetts
\nFor More Information: abandonedbuildingbrewery.com<\/p>\n

[May 2, 2018]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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