Actual quotes from across Reddit and Facebook: "I've been saying for awhile that you'd think with a name like New England Brewing they'd make an effort to get with the new style," "They make ok beer. Seems to be an old fashion brewery they don't make any good juicey new england style ipas. Which is silly their name is newengland brewing company. Guess their stuck in the past," "good marketing they are a gimick brewery where the quality of beer comes after the
cool logo and name." I never thought I'd roll my eyes harder than I did when a guy declared that since they're New England Brewing, their locals are really the entire region and they should never do silent releases just for the regular customers in Woodbridge/New Haven, but this definitely comes close.
primebeer and I had a charming conversation with a random guy at a bar a while back who passionately declared that if they had any real business sense they'd completely pull out of distribution, retire their existing IPAs, invest in a 16 oz canning line, and start selling new hazier IPAs directly out of the brewery.