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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 | 2013 Super Bowl Beer Consumption InfoGraphic!

SaveOnBrew.com, which is a website created to help consumers find the cheapest priced beer in their neighborhood, has created a graphic ad to help illustrate just how much beer is … Read More

Unofficial Beer | Denver’s Wynkoop Brewing Co. Set To Release Bull Testicle Beer

What was originally meant as an April Fool’s Day joke is now a reality. Denver’s Wynkoop Brewing Co. has created a limited-run stout featuring roasted bull testicles.  Rocky Mountain Oyster … Read More

Unofficial Beer | Dogfish Head, Grateful Dead, Fans Collaborate On Special Release Beer

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, DE and legendary San Francisco rock band The Grateful Dead have teamed up to collaborate on a strong pale ale featuring all-American hops and … Read More

Unofficial Beer | The Top 9 Beers That Americans No Longer Drink

On Monday  24/7 Wall St. identified the nine beers Americans no longer drink based on INSIGHTS top 50 beer brands with at least 500,000 barrels in sales in either 2006 … Read More

Unofficial Beer | Budweiser To Release Project 12 Beers

It was announced today that Budweiser has finally announced what three beers will debut in the Project 12 series on October 29.  A deep-amber lager, a deep-golden pilsner, and a … Read More

Unofficial Beer | Scotland’s BrewDog Releases ‘Performance Enhancing IPA’ | Makes Fun Of Hypocritical Sponsorships in the Olympics

This past Wednesday Scotland’s now infamous BrewDog brewery chain announced that they will be releasing a new beer just in time for the Olympics!  Never Mind The Anabolics is a … Read More

Unofficial Beer | Bear Republic Hop Rod Rye

After a six week hiatus Unofficial Beer is finally back on your screen.  And hopefully we can get you thirsty again.  This week’s post is just a blue collar beer … Read More

Unofficial Beer | Are You A Beer Geek?

Capping off the 2012 Boston Beer Week  was the American Craft Beer Festival held at Boston’s World Trade Center this past Friday night and Saturday.  Nearly 15,000 people bought tickets … Read More

Unofficial Beer | Westvleteren 12 | “The Best Beer in the World”

About a month ago I took a ‘beer culture’ trip out to Holland with some work folk.  We did Amsterdam, Den Bosch, and Maastricht over the course of 6 days. … Read More

Unofficial Beer | The Preakness Stakes Are This Weekend | Is This The Sloppiest Event In America?

So on every third Saturday in May the historic Preakness Stakes are held at the Pimlico Racetrack in Baltimore, MD.  It’s the second leg to the U.S. Triple Crown horse racing … Read More

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