The Rhode Island City of Cranston is celebrating it’s 100th birthday today. And being the former home of the original Narragansett brewery for all those years, we thought we’d give the city a shot-out. So Happy 100th Anniversary Cranston! Let’s raise a ‘Gansett to celebrate this centennial and many more to come.
Here’s an excellent ProJo [...]
Call them gaggers, or wienies, but whatever you do just don’t call it a hot dog.
The Ice Rink That Changed Boston Hockey
This time of year everyone remembers the classic “How The Grinch Stole Christmas.” Whether it’s the childhood memories of the book or you’re watching the new films to help get in the spirit of the Holidays, Dr. Seuss’s tale is “too good to miss.”
By. Jim Crooks
One of my favorite parts of my job as Narragansett’s sales & marketing guy over the past 4+ years has been receiving all of the e-mails with pictures from Gansett days gone by.
Fancy yourself a collector slash home brewer (or perhaps a home brewer slash collector)? You’d better jump on this beautiful grolsch-style’Gansett bottle with raised “Narragansett” lettering. Only 23 hours left to bid!
By. Jim Crooks
This week I’ve compiled a list of the best New England pro athletes to wear each jersey # from 00-99. This is limited by a) the lack of info out there on this subject, and b) the fact that my personal memories only go back to the late ‘70’s or early ‘80’s. So, [...]
By. Jim Crooks
Wilcox Tavern – Charlestown, RI
This house, built about 1730, was the birthplace of Gen. Joseph Stanton, who was a member of the Colonial Congress and later, Senator from Rhode Island to the First Constitutional Congress. He owned a “lordship in Charlestown” and kept forty horses.
Records tell us that this land was acquired from [...]
