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A Year’s Worth of Winners!

Hello long overdue winners blog post. We meet again. Pintley members! Gather ’round. It’s time to announce the last 11 months of Contest and Sweepstakes winners! May 2012 Contest Winners stephen r. Brett B. Jeff Daniel W. Kyle F. Tatum T. June 2012 Contest Winners Tyler C. jeffery m. Eric W. Brett B. stephen r. [...]



Pintley’s Free Craft Beer Winners for January - April!

It’s high time to announce the Winter-into-Spring Free Craft Beer winners! As I’m sure you’ve noticed, we’ve changed our prize structure, so now the top 15 every month can win Free Craft Beer for a Month as long as they pass the 20,000 point threshold! For tips and chances to earn points, don’t forget to keep [...]



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Bringing Australian Beer to the US: Interview with Mountain Goat

A few months ago, we were introduced to a brewery from halfway across the world just as they were entering the US market. I hadn’t really spent much time thinking about craft beer in Australia…it just seemed like one of those places that didn’t “get it” when it came to craft beer, and at first, [...]



Left Hand Nitro Milk Stout Bottles Hit Shelves!

If you haven’t had a fortunate enough life to have tried Left Hand’s Milk Stout on Nitro, leave now. Find your nearest craft beer bar, and demand it. Let me know when you’re back. … Now that we’re all on the same “Milk-Stout-on-nitro-is-fantastic-and-as-creamy-as-it-gets” page - something wonderful has happened! Left Hand has become the first [...]



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Night Shift Brewing Receives Federal License Approval

If you’ve ever met me, you’ve probably heard me rave about Night Shift Brewing, one of the new start-up breweries based here in the Boston area. Nearly a year ago, they invited Tim and I to check out the beers that they had been homebrewing in their Somerville house (actually, they basically converted the whole [...]



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Fall’s Craft Beer Winners!

It’s now time to announce Pintley’s Winners of Free Craft Beer for the Fall! Fall is, in my mind at least, now officially over since there’s snow on the ground the day after Halloween. Speaking of snow, anyone feel like flying the Pintley team (all three of us!) out to San Diego for some sunny [...]



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Sam Adams 13th Hour Stout Pre-Release Party

Last Friday night, I ran into Rob Gotti, of Sam Adams fame. Rob asked me if we could invite some Boston-based Pintley users who loved Belgian-Style beers to an exclusive pre-release party for Sam Adams’ new Belgian-Style Stout. If I were clever, I would have responded by asking him if IPAs have hops. Alas, it took [...]



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Summer Comes to an End, More Free Beer!

Ah, the end of summer. I can honestly say that the only thing that really excites me about August coming to an end is all of the fantastic Fall Beers that await my gullet. That, and making my house smell like cinnamon for a month strait. Happy Beginning of Fall Beer Season, beer drinkers. Here [...]



July Winner Time!

Happy Tuesday, beer drinkers. Here are July’s winners for our Free Craft Beer for a Year Sweepstakes and Contest! July Contest Winners Justin Coons Kyle Fidalgo Tyler Cox ItsAllOurBlood Nick Hoffmann July Sweepstakes Winners Jacob K. Paul Moyer Alex Dougherty Nick Flowers AzimuthBrew You should receive an email with information on how to claim your prize [...]



Double Great Divide Points, in honor of AMERICA.

In honor of the 4th of July and delicious American brewed beer, all actions for Great Divide Brewing will be worth double points for a limited time! So go, my fellow Americans, to your local craft beer store, and patriotically demand some Great Divide beer. If they don’t sell it there, patriotically scoff at the store manager, [...]