It’s no secret there is a lot of attention on hazy and intense IPAs and DIPAs in the craft beer scene these days. They’ve attracted millions of new consumers to the industry and have turned family owned and operated breweries into industry powerhouses. Four Seam and Six Seam have played a huge part in expanding ... Read More

While the pace of production in a professional brewery is far from slow, sometimes it’s better to slow down when it comes to unwinding and as always patience is rewarded. With that being said, let’s talk about the “slow pour.” For those of you that have visited Idle Hands (and if you’re on this mailing ... Read More

If you’re an avid reader of our little spotlight corner, you’ll know that I am a VERY seasonally oriented imbiber.  With spring time closing in (runs away to knock on every piece of wood in this brewery), we feel inspired to craft flavors and aromas of fresh blooming flowers and bright fruity characteristics reminiscent of ... Read More

It’s not everyday that our goal here is to brew a beer that’s meant to command your attention with intense characteristics.  We celebrate the fact we like to keep a diverse portfolio of beer, and as we grow, intensity is something that we’re going to have to take a shot at every once in a ... Read More

Hey everyone!  Hope you had a good weekend!  We had a pretty eventful one here in Boston between Extreme Beer Fest weekend and the Super Bowl.  The former brings in a lot of beer focused tourists to the area and as always we’re out to win over new fans to our work.  We saw a ... Read More

Hey readers, first off I’d like to say sorry for the delay in my inaugural spotlight of 2019 but I have a good excuse; we’re hitting the ground running here!  We grew a ton last year, producing almost double the amount of beer than we produced the year before!  This is a huge accomplishment for ... Read More

With the holidays fast approaching, you’d think we’d be slowing down a bit but we’re far from that.  We’ve had an extra canning run with one of our most popular beers and today the return of our beloved American Stout, Check Raise (you can read my previous Spotlight on Check Raise here).  We have many bottles ... Read More

As we’ve watched the professional brewing industry grow, I believe there’s been a shift towards the importance of a formal education in the science and engineering behind brewing.  In other industries an undergraduate degree can help a candidate get their foot in the door or help a lower ranking employee move their career forward.  Universities ... Read More

Thanksgiving is all about spending time with family and friends over a great meal and hopefully some great beers too! Our Thanksgiving Week hours are as follows: Monday 11/19: 3-9pm Tuesday 11/20: 3-9pm (Kill Your Idles: Crantastic Release) Wednesday 11/21: Noon-9pm Thursday 11/22: CLOSED Friday 11/23: Noon-11pm (Funky Friday) Share: ... Read More

I am beyond excited to see Klara return to the taps this Wednesday for a couple of reasons.  The first being that I absolutely love this beer for its combination of malt character and interesting, drying minerality that you don’t normally find in lagers. And second for the nostalgic feeling I get when I’m drinking ... Read More

Tis’ the season for creativity, silliness, and mischief.  What better way to celebrate those than with our outside of the norm ale, the sweet, tart, fruity and vibrantly colored Kill Your Idles. This time we brewed a truly sinister (looking) beer.  Poured with a deep red hue from heavy amounts of black currant and tart ... Read More

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I get more excited with each release from our Funky Town program.  It’s not just one beer but a year long project that challenges us to adapt a new house mixed culture and harness its full potential for experimental flavors and aromas.  This past week, we ... Read More

First, I absolutely need to start off by sending out a HUGE thank you to everyone that came out to our 7th Anniversary Oktoberfest party last weekend.  The day was a huge success for us and the support we we’ve been shown from our friends, family and community over the years Idle Hands has been ... Read More

Howdy folks, Assistant Brewer Xandre here with a quick word on our latest beer. Keeping with the theme of the annual gift list for anniversary beers, we present year 7: Wool! Given no one wants to drink wool, we thought about it in more abstract and geographical terms. Lucky enough, New Zealand has a hilariously ... Read More

I’m very excited this week to finally be able to release our next offering from our mixed culture program.  This is a beer that we’ve shared sporadically at special events events like BeerAdvocate’s Belgian Beer Fest and at our most recent Brato Beer Dinner. Now we’re thrilled to put it out for everyone to enjoy. ... Read More

Hey, all! I was thinking this week that I should bring you, our readers, up to speed on some of our more long term projects here at Idle Hands. Namely, some barrel-aged projects that have been sitting and developing in our production space for as little as a few months to nearly two years. While ... Read More

Hey all. Another sweltering week here in the brewery to keep the beer churning out. (For those that have been over to Gillette Stadium recently, you might have noticed Four Seam has been a regular on tap! Let’s just say they’re asking for A LOT MORE kegs over the next few months that we have ... Read More

Wow, what a great weekend.  I got to spend my Saturday watching my sister marry her best friend and I couldn’t have been more grateful for them to invite me to be a part of it.  So much so, that after some careful thought and a perfectly timed empty fermentor, I was fortunate enough to be able ... Read More

Hey all! Hope you’ve been surviving the heat and humidity haha. It ain’t easy in our little warehouse brewery but the patio and access to more cold beer than a small army could drink helps. I wanted to take the time to shine our spotlight on the return of a staff favorite variant of our ... Read More

It’s been a bit since we’ve talked beer.  Don’t worry, it certainly doesn’t mean we haven’t been hard at work in the mean time brewing fresh batches of beer and keeping the tanks filled.  Now that we’re all back with our game faces on to close out the summer, I wanted to shed our spotlight ... Read More