Vintage

Wall Of Fame: Curt Gowdy Red Sox Re-Enact...

Wall Of Fame: Gansett Control Of Haffenre...

Check out the above scans from the 1964 announcement that Narragansett Brewing Company will take control of Haffenreffer sales. There's one of the newspaper clipping making the announcement public. The other is a letter from Rudolf Haffenreffer III...

Wall Of Fame: Enjoy A King Size Gansett

This photo comes from Kevin of Massachusetts. His mother is the girl laying on the bench while his grandparents are enjoying a King Size Narragansett lager beer. Looks like a relaxing afternoon.

Wall Of Fame: August Haffenreffer

It's sad to say, one of Narragansett beer's founding father's has passed away. At age 94, August Haffenreffer has gone to the great brewery in the sky. The Haffenreffer family not only built a brewery in Jamaica Plain,...

Retro Band Of The Week: Led Zeppelin

We should probably filed this one under vintage as well. But by from the looks of that poster, this pretty much sums up the bad-assery of Narragansett beer. Mentioned a while back in our Chicago blog that Narragansett...

The Narragansett Brewery Tour: The Conclu...

Thanks to Guy Lister for sharing this wonderful story with us. We hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did. One of the most poignant and lasting memories of the way that one of John English’s...

The Narragansett Brewery Tour: Part Two, ...

The Bock And The Porter By. Guy Lister Another story that John would always tell would deal with a couple of Narragansett’s lesser known but very high quality products: Narragansett Porter and Narragansett Bock Beer. John would start...

The Narragansett Brewery Tour: Part Two, ...

How to Drink Beer and The Perfect Pour! By. Guy Lister John’s Tour was also educational. For instance, john always wanted people to leave the Tour armed with some new information that would enhance their enjoyment of a...

The Narragansett Brewery Tour: Part Two, ...

The Tap - Brewery Fresh Beer By. Guy Lister John would invite everyone to come up to the bar to get a nice cold, "Brewery Fresh" Narragansett out of the tap. The barrel was a fresh one each...

The Narragansett Brewery Tour: Part Two, ...

The Bottling Shop and the GIQ By. Guy Lister After we left the canning Department we would head out once again into the Brewery Courtyard back toward the statue of Gambrinus, the legendary King of Beer. Just next...

The Narragansett Brewery Tour: Part One, ...

The Stock House or Aging Cellar and The Canning Shop By. Guy Lister Next stop on the Tour after the Racking Room was the "Stock House", also known as "the Aging Cellars." The Stock House was 4 stories...

Band Of The Week: Sharks Come Cruisin'

Inspired by Quint’s rendition of ‘Spanish Ladies’ in the film Jaws, Sharks Come Cruisin’ combines traditional songs of sailing, whaling, drinking and sinking with drums, bass, guitar and lots of hollering. No wonder why we used them for...