Drinking a beer in all 351 massachusetts towns. Need help with landmarks
Hey guys. I am drinking a beer (sam adams) in all 351 towns in Mass and raising money for childrens cancer. I am looking for fun places to hit along the way. To my surprise there are about 70 towns in Mass that do not have a restaurant or bar. So i will have to improvise on those towns (mostly western part of the state).. Those towns I am looking for a fun place to drink a beer. For example tomorrow I will be in Plympton where there are tons of sheep. I will be drinking a beer next to a sheep on someones property. If anyone has any good ideas for towns I will greatly appreciate it. My journey starts tomorrow. Won't be easy. Have to average a beer per day. Should be a fun way to see the state.
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Can you post a list of the towns and I will try to help you. Also, some of those sites may be illegal to drink beer on...
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why?
what's your motivation? are you trying for 15 minutes of fame or a sweet marketing deal with them, like that fat guy that ate Subway subs for a year? I certainly wouldn't go to nantucket and drink sam adams - I'd drink whales tale ale. And in boston I'd go with the very odd Beerworks Blueberry Ale, and Harpoon IPA, and western MA has some interesting stuff going on |
Well there are 8 dry towns (alford,mt washington,hawley,westampton,montgomery,dunstable, gosnold, and some in MV, but i think you can BYOB) Okay here are the ones that I can't find place to have a beer. Also even if there is a place that i can drink, but someone knows a cool place please let me know.
Florida,Monterey,Peru,Richmond,Savoy,Tyringham,Was hington, Buckland,Conway,Heath,LEverett,Leyden,Monroe,NewSa lem, Northfield,Rowe,Shutesbury,Warwick,Whately,Chester field, Cummington,Goshen,Granby,Middlefield,Pelham,Plainf ield, Blandford,Chester,Granville,Russell,Tolland,Hardwi ck,Harvard, NewBraintree,Oakham,Paxton,Petersham,Dover,Ashby,C arlisle, Lincoln,Boxford,Topsfield,Wenham,WestNewbury |
ooops, just re read and understand your motivation is a fundraiser. So what is Sam Adams motivation? Why not incorporate the many other wonderful smaller brewers for your fundraiser? Makes it a bit more globally local.
Woods Hole - Captain Kidd Sudbury - Wayside Inn |
a blog would also be nice, as I am not the only one that might be interested, while having no interest in FB and twitter
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Hey Looking Glass. To be honest a friend of mine and i were trying to list as many Mass towns as possibleabout a month ago(we struggled to get 150) and i said that'd be cool to have a beer in each town.. I was amazed at all the towns I never herad of. (Gosnold, population 30 in the winter, Mt Washginton, Peru, Florida, etc) And raise money for charity if i can. Sam Adams is my favorite beer so I figured that, but it doesnt' have to be exclusive to Sam Adams. I'd drink any beer really. Theres nothing in it for me. I mentioned it to some people and family members and was kinda shocked that everyone thought it was a great idea.. Also I reached out to a charity that I'd like to raise money to. They are excited too, but they don't want me to say the name of the charity until I'm finished because they have a strict policy for me using their name when alcohol is involved, but its probably not a secret what the charity is (childrens cancer, boston). I dont think ill try the charity thing until i get started and maybe 30-40 towns in. See how it goes and see how the following is.
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I will do a blog too
TOO FUNNY!!! BeerWorks blueberry beer is my all time favorite beer!! The only reason i go to sox games |
Look forward to hearing more. I am sure people like Cisco Breweries and other small time brewers would love to participate. It's a fantastic idea. I think you should broaden your vision on marketing this and raising money as well as awareness. Email me your blog when you set it up (my profile page)
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Sounds good. Im not really familiar with this site. Do you want me to PM you? Is that what you mean by profile page?
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How long are you going to be doing this? The reason that I am asking is I would suggest on top of Mt Greylock for Adams but you cannot do that during the winter...
Lanesboro - I would suggest Old Forge as the bar. Great beer selection too. Or Matt Reilly's with Pontoosuc Lake in view. Whately - Old Whately Inn (http://www.whatelyinn.com/design/index.php?lv=1) Blandford - Check the ski area that is there to see if there is a bar open during the winter Richmond - maybe in front of Bartlett's Orchard (not quite legal) Amherst - Moan & Dove Bar |
Heres the website for the Moan & Dove
http://moananddove.com/ I'll post more thoughts as they come to me. |
Need help with landmarks ???
You'll need help STANDING UP with all that beer inside you! All the best |
Mt Greylock is a completely out of the box fantastic suggestion!
Rt 7 Grill -Great Barrington does a lot of communal work and might be a great fundraising stop. |
I'm writing all these suggestions down.. This will be over a year. My 351st will be the Sam Adams brewery. Lookin Glass I took your advice. I already emailed Cisco Breweries. Also if anyone wants to meet me for a beer that'd be great. On my blog I will be posting the towns I will be hitting in the upcoming days. I will have to be fast. Some days I will be hitting 10-15 towns. I will have a driver.
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Cummington: There is a Kingman Tavern Museum, closed in winter. They have a great county fair -- maybe the fairgrounds?
Florida: Its on the top of a mountain, you should be able to get a great view of the valley from a pullout on side of Rt 2. Leverett: Overlooking Leverett pond, maybe? Or outside the Dakin animal shelter? Shutesbury: Overlooking Lake Wyola. Pelham: there is a scenic-looking white building (a church or town hall) and old graveyard on Amherst Road, just west of 202. Granby: There's a building-sized milk can and milk bottle in front of the Earlee Mug restaurant on 202. |
These are all awesome suggestions!! Thanks. Keep em coming!
I think I am going to do all 22 Cape towns including MV and Nantucket in the summer. I will go there for the weekend and do them all friday-sunday. I live in Worcester County. So going to start here. Tomorrow have to go to a wake in Pembroke so going to hit 5-6 towns around that area. |
BT's Smokehouse - Sturbridge BYOB
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Ha just went to BT's for the 1st time last week.. Great Stuff!
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