Matt DeLuca

Matt DeLuca is our Unofficial Beer Guy. Matt was raised on the south shore of Massachusetts. While living in Vermont during college where he hoped he'd be able to ski and listen to music, Matt fell in love with the local beer. Now he works as a brewer at one of Boston's most recognizable breweries.

Articles by Matt DeLuca

Unofficial Beer | Beer Discovered And Analyzed From 1840′s Shipwreck

According to Reuters.com Finnish scientists have analyzed two bottles of beer that were originally pulled from an 1840′s shipwreck in 2010.  The wreck was located in the Baltic Sea not … Read More

Unofficial Beer | Wow. First Sierra, Then New Belgium, Now Oskar Blues To Expand East To NC!

What’s in the water in North Carolina? Oskar Blues Brewing Co in Lyons, CO, most notably famous for their Dale’s Pale Ale, will be the third regional craft brewer to … Read More

Unofficial Beer | Pennsylvania Brewery Discovers Ancient Beer Cellar In Their Basement

On Monday during a demolition of a basement wall, members of the Penn Brewery in Pittsburgh, PA discovered something pretty amazing: a 19th century lagering cave from the long defunct … Read More

Unofficial Beer | Lagunitas Now Heading East To Chicago

On the heels of New Belgium’s announcement that they are expanding East and building a brewery in Asheville, NC, Tony McGee, owner/founder of Lagunitas Brewing Co. in Petaluma, CA  announced … Read More

Unofficial Beer | New Belgium to Follow Sierra Nevada to Asheville, NC?

New Belgium Brewing Co., the country’s third largest craft brewery behind Sierra Nevada and Boston Beer Co. is rumored to be building a new production facility near Asheville, NC.  The … Read More

Unofficial Beer | U.S. Craft Beer Growth In 2011 | The Infographic! | Craft Continues to Rage

On Monday the Brewers Association released official statistics regarding the growth of craft beer sales and market volume in the US in 2011.  Up 13% in market volume since 2010, … Read More

Unofficial Beer | Pabst Brewing Co. Hires Former Anheuser-Busch Exec As New CMO

Talk about a power move.  Pabst Brewing Company, which is the largest privately owned brewery in North America, has recently appointed Daniel McHugh, the former Vice President of Trademark Brands … Read More

Unofficial Beer | 2012 Guinness St. Patrick’s Day Promo Clip | I Give It A 9

I thought this clip was pretty clever and funny.  I love the commentary from the start:  “He’s taking a lovely, wide berth there…being very careful not to spook them…”  And … Read More

Unofficial Beer | Molson Coors Set To Debut Iced-T In Canada

Coors Molson announced on Tuesday that they are producing a new product called Coors Light Iced T and will be shipping cans and aluminum bottles by April.  The product will … Read More

Unofficial Beer | Yuengling Light Lagers And The Yuengling King

You don’t miss what you don’t have.  Although I might be flushing that phrase down the proverbial toilet once I settle back in Boston after a brief 3-day trip to … Read More

Unofficial Beer | Could Another Reality TV Show Be Coming To The Craft Beer Industry??

“50 States, 20 Contestants, One Great Brewer” After perusing Beernews.org I came across this article about a potential new reality TV show called “The Next Great American Brewer”. The show … Read More

Unofficial Beer | Chainsaw Wielding Man Storms Into Pub | Caught On Camera

Here’s video of a crazed drunk storming into an English pub wielding a gas-powered chainsaw… The incident happened this past August at the Endyke Pub in Hull, United Kingdom.  24 … Read More

Unofficial Beer Review | Bell’s Hopslam Ale | Holy Sh*t!

A couple of days ago I was sending a fax in the brewery offices when my coworker Jeremy approached me and handed me a bottle of Hopslam Ale from Bell’s … Read More

Unofficial Beer | In Honor Of The Super Bowl | Best 12 Beer Commercials Of All Time

For this week’s post I thought I’d scrounge around the internet and pull together some of the best beer commercials from Super Bowls past.  Some you might remember, some you … Read More

Unofficial Beer | Sierra Nevada To Build A Brewery In North Carolina

Those of us in the industry have heard grumblings about this for a little while now but it was officially announced today that Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. in Chico, CA … Read More

Unofficial Beer | Bud Light Platinum To Debut In Texas Tomorrow

Anheuser Busch/In Bev will release their latest beer, Bud Light Platinum, in Texas tomorrow…one week before the rest of the country reports chron.com.   Platinum will be packaged in cobalt blue 12oz … Read More

Unofficial Beer | Go Drinking With Your Best Friend | English Pub Serves Beer For Dogs

I just read this article about a pub in England that serves ‘beer’ to dogs.  The Brandling Villa, which is located in South Gosforth, Newcastle, offers an alternative beverage for … Read More

Unofficial Beer | The Top Ten U.S. Craft Beers of 2011

I’m not one to qualify your typical “best of” lists that flood the media at the end of the year as the “end all, be all” deciding factor…but I think … Read More

Unofficial Beer | The World Series Of Beer Pong | Las Vegas | Jan 1-5 2012

The seventh installment of the World Series of Beer Pong will take place in Las Vegas at the Flamingo starting on January 1st.  The 4-day event is sponsored and put … Read More

Unofficial Beer | Sierra Nevada’s Celebration Ale | Not Your Typical Holiday Beer

I think most people associate ‘holiday/christmas/winter’ beers as being over-the-top, spicy, dark!, and too heavy…gross! (usually in the tone of someone’s nagging girlfriend).  And a lot of them are. But lets … Read More

Unofficial Beer | Bonfire Brewing Co.’s TEBREW: The Sunday Sipper

Bonfire Brewing Co. in Eagle, CO. will be serving Tebrew: The Sunday Sipper starting at 2pm this Sunday in recognition of this week’s highly anticipated Patriots-Broncos game. Tebrew was actually … Read More

Unofficial Beer | The Drunk History Chronicles! | Comedy Gold

Back in 2007 Will Ferrell and Adam McKay (who directed Anchor Man, Talladega Nights, Step Brothers and The Other Guys) founded an online web program called Funny Or Die that … Read More

Unofficial Beer | Got $15 Million? | The House That Coors Built For Sale in San Francisco

Looking for a new place in San Francisco and have $15 million laying around?  A mansion built by Coors Brewing founder Adolph Coors is for sale in the posh Presidio … Read More

Unofficial Beer | The History Of American Beer | “One Of The Most Incredible Beverages Of Humankind”

Here’s a great history lesson via the History Channel for anyone interested in the development of American beer culture.  And it all started with the Pilgrims in Plymouth, MA almost … Read More

Unofficial Beer | 40 Barrel Fermenting Tank Explodes At Otter Creek Brewing Co.

At around 10am this past Monday an over-pressurized 40 Bbl (1,250 gal) fermenting tank at Middlebury, VT’s Otter Creek Brewing Co. exploded due to a faulty pressure relief valve on … Read More

Unofficial Beer | Founders Brewing Co. & Epic Planks Collaborate on 2012 Models

  Founders Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids, MI announced last week that they have partnered with Epic Planks, a grassroots ski and board manufacturer in Belmont, MI. Epic Planks will release … Read More