The newest seasonal from Peak Organic Brewing Company is now arriving on shelves. This spring offering by the brewery is a pale ale obviously featuring a beer geek favorite hop – the mighty simcoe. The simcoe hops were grown organically Continue Reading →
You have seen this beer before under another name – Shiner Frost. Frost like this spring ale are dortmunder ales. This style first originated in Dortmund, Germany in 1873. It’s pale lager was first brewed by Dortmunder Union for Continue Reading →
2 releases from Mikkeller are now stateside – Koppi & 10. Both IPAs but with a very different ingredients. Let’s review:
10 – American IPA, 6.9% ABV. You have seen Mikkeller’s single hop series – 10 beers with the same IPA base, Continue Reading →
Edition #14 in Terrapin Brewing’s Side Project series is arriving – “Tomfoolery” a black saison ale. The color, like the flavor is uncharacteristic for this kind of ale. Tomfoolery fits perfectly with Terrapin’s experimental mentality. Spike describes:
Made with a silly Continue Reading →
The bourbon barrel aged edition of Mikkeller’s “Big Worse Barleywine” has arrived stateside. It features Mikkeller’s Big Worse Barleywine aged in second use bourbon barrels for eight months.
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It all started with the Big Bad Barley Wine. Then came Denmark’s strongest Continue Reading →
Today, Red Brick Brewing launches a Helluva Bock on the world. Debuting first in Atlanta on draft at all Taco Macs, it hits shelves next week. All states that currently get will get Helluva Bock. (GA, TN, AL, SC).
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Full Sail Brewing kicks off February with the release of Black Gold, an imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels. Black Gold is part Full Sail’s Brewmaster Reserve Series.
The first of the bottles have been released at the Full Sail Tasting Room in Hood River, Oregon, with more bottles being distributed around the state. If this beer is as good as it sounds, it might not get far out of Oregon.
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A hearty brew that is black as night with a strong roasted malt character and a full body. After its initial release in January 2010, our Imperial Stout was aged for a full year in Bourbon casks from Kentucky.
