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Remembering Adam Smith Sr.
ADAM SMITH SR.
1945 – 2019“My father was born in Dubuque, Iowa. He moved to Texas when he was in his 20’s and ran hundred-foot fishing trawlers in the Gulf. He then moved to Boston, and became quite the name on the Boston Fish Pier running and owning quite a few boats there. In 1980, he met my mother Nancy and had me in 1982. From there he continued fishing around the Cape and North of Boston; he fished for swordfish for years on the Grand Banks. After the dragging industry died about 25 years ago, he took up clamming – he always found a way to keep busy in the fishing industry, with many other ventures in between. We ran a live fish business for about eight years while doing it all. He began green crabbing in this area around 20 years ago, and it has since blossomed into a lucrative and planet-friendly business. We are now working with Roger Warner, the founder of the Green Crab R & D Project, on hopefully starting a fertilizer business. All I can try an do is keep his spirit and livelihood going.”
– Adam Smith Jr.
"Whether Adam trapped more or less than a million pounds of these little green crabbies in his lifetime is unknown … he might not have kept an accurate track himself ... but he was undoubtedly the biggest trapper and dealer in New England, and Canada, for that matter.
Adam was a key player in turning crabs from an ecological pest into something more like a resource. While he primarily sold our local crabs for low-cost bait (as far south as Long Island Sound and even Virginia), he was actively interested in opening up high-end and higher-profits culinary markets. He wanted to try everything, and he loved the flavors … crabs for making stock or broth, soft-shell green crabs, and roe or caviar from green crabs, a fall specialty. He was present at the first-in-the-nation restaurant serving of fried soft-shell green crabs, at Woodman’s in Essex, and he organized an early tasting at Tonno restaurant in Gloucester, where our political representatives, Rep. Brad Hill and Sen. Bruce Tarr, were guests of honor. Adam was his own man, running his own business, but he frequently had people from the Ipswich-based nonprofit, Green Crab R&D, over in his driveway, sorting, counting and talking about all the deadly things we were gonna do to these critters. He had a cameo role in a documentary film that just came out, called Recipe for Disaster and he was so colorful and articulate that he basically stole the show. He was a tough, smart guy who spent most of his life along the waterfront. And he will be missed by his friends.”
- Roger Warner, Founder & Coordinator of the Green Crab R & D Project.
1945 – 2019“My father was born in Dubuque, Iowa. He moved to Texas when he was in his 20’s and ran hundred-foot fishing trawlers in the Gulf. He then moved to Boston, and became quite the name on the Boston Fish Pier running and owning quite a few boats there. In 1980, he met my mother Nancy and had me in 1982. From there he continued fishing around the Cape and North of Boston; he fished for swordfish for years on the Grand Banks. After the dragging industry died about 25 years ago, he took up clamming – he always found a way to keep busy in the fishing industry, with many other ventures in between. We ran a live fish business for about eight years while doing it all. He began green crabbing in this area around 20 years ago, and it has since blossomed into a lucrative and planet-friendly business. We are now working with Roger Warner, the founder of the Green Crab R & D Project, on hopefully starting a fertilizer business. All I can try an do is keep his spirit and livelihood going.”
– Adam Smith Jr.
"Whether Adam trapped more or less than a million pounds of these little green crabbies in his lifetime is unknown … he might not have kept an accurate track himself ... but he was undoubtedly the biggest trapper and dealer in New England, and Canada, for that matter.
Adam was a key player in turning crabs from an ecological pest into something more like a resource. While he primarily sold our local crabs for low-cost bait (as far south as Long Island Sound and even Virginia), he was actively interested in opening up high-end and higher-profits culinary markets. He wanted to try everything, and he loved the flavors … crabs for making stock or broth, soft-shell green crabs, and roe or caviar from green crabs, a fall specialty. He was present at the first-in-the-nation restaurant serving of fried soft-shell green crabs, at Woodman’s in Essex, and he organized an early tasting at Tonno restaurant in Gloucester, where our political representatives, Rep. Brad Hill and Sen. Bruce Tarr, were guests of honor. Adam was his own man, running his own business, but he frequently had people from the Ipswich-based nonprofit, Green Crab R&D, over in his driveway, sorting, counting and talking about all the deadly things we were gonna do to these critters. He had a cameo role in a documentary film that just came out, called Recipe for Disaster and he was so colorful and articulate that he basically stole the show. He was a tough, smart guy who spent most of his life along the waterfront. And he will be missed by his friends.”
- Roger Warner, Founder & Coordinator of the Green Crab R & D Project.
Brewer's Partnership
Ipswich, MA (2/1/2019) – Following a growing national trend of craft brewery mergers, Ipswich Ale Brewery is proud to announce its partnership with the Newburyport Brewing Company. The partnership will allow both breweries to maintain separate product portfolios, taproom spaces, and events while utilizing shared resources for production, sales, and marketing.
“We’re extremely excited about our new partnership with Newburyport Brewing – in a very short time the brewery has become an iconic New England brand, and we’re pleased to be able to help them meet their production goals,” said Ipswich Ale Brewery President, Rob Martin. “This relationship is also great for us, it enables us to utilize their 7-barrel system to innovate and experiment within our own product line.”
“Working together to bring world-class beer to the market will now be both more efficient and more fun,” said Chris Webb, Co-Founder and CEO of Newburyport Brewing. “We are currently building a new brewery on the oldest farm in the industrial park in Newburyport. Our vision is to create an amazing destination brewery that will combine our love of music with the ability to innovate and brew small batch beers.”
Newburyport Brewing Company will begin production at the Ipswich brewing facility on February 4, 2019.
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Residents of Boston’s North Shore were first introduced to Ipswich Ale during the spring of 1991. With more than 25 years of history behind it, Ipswich Ale Brewery’s portfolio of beers have developed into a tradition shared by not only the residents of eastern MA, but across New England. In January of 2016, the Ipswich Ale Brewery opened an onsite restaurant, the Ipswich Ale Brewer’s Table, which features 15 tap lines of Ipswich beers and an eclectic lunch and dinner menu.
Newburyport Brewing is a privately held craft brewery dedicated to brewing the highest quality craft beer products. Co-founded in 2012 by two local Newburyport entrepreneurs, musicians, and home brewers - Chris Webb and Bill Fisher - the company captures the essence of Newburyport's quaint seaside character across a line of great tasting handcrafted beers. The brewery uses premium quality natural ingredients in its products: Green Head IPA®, Newburyport Pale Ale®, Plum Island Belgian White®, Melt Away Session IPA™, Maritime Lager™, and 1635 Series™ small batch beers.
“We’re extremely excited about our new partnership with Newburyport Brewing – in a very short time the brewery has become an iconic New England brand, and we’re pleased to be able to help them meet their production goals,” said Ipswich Ale Brewery President, Rob Martin. “This relationship is also great for us, it enables us to utilize their 7-barrel system to innovate and experiment within our own product line.”
“Working together to bring world-class beer to the market will now be both more efficient and more fun,” said Chris Webb, Co-Founder and CEO of Newburyport Brewing. “We are currently building a new brewery on the oldest farm in the industrial park in Newburyport. Our vision is to create an amazing destination brewery that will combine our love of music with the ability to innovate and brew small batch beers.”
Newburyport Brewing Company will begin production at the Ipswich brewing facility on February 4, 2019.
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Residents of Boston’s North Shore were first introduced to Ipswich Ale during the spring of 1991. With more than 25 years of history behind it, Ipswich Ale Brewery’s portfolio of beers have developed into a tradition shared by not only the residents of eastern MA, but across New England. In January of 2016, the Ipswich Ale Brewery opened an onsite restaurant, the Ipswich Ale Brewer’s Table, which features 15 tap lines of Ipswich beers and an eclectic lunch and dinner menu.
Newburyport Brewing is a privately held craft brewery dedicated to brewing the highest quality craft beer products. Co-founded in 2012 by two local Newburyport entrepreneurs, musicians, and home brewers - Chris Webb and Bill Fisher - the company captures the essence of Newburyport's quaint seaside character across a line of great tasting handcrafted beers. The brewery uses premium quality natural ingredients in its products: Green Head IPA®, Newburyport Pale Ale®, Plum Island Belgian White®, Melt Away Session IPA™, Maritime Lager™, and 1635 Series™ small batch beers.