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Knotted Root “Blurry and Green” Unfiltered DDH Double IPA

Name: Blurry and Green Brewer: Knotted Root Brewing Company (United States) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV:  8.4% Review Year: 2020 Blurry and Green is an “Unfiltered Double Dry Hopped (DDH) Double IPA”  brewed by the Colorado-based Knotted Root Brewing Company. This hazy and juicy beer features South African and Azacca cryo hops. Knotted Root Brewing Company is …

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DEYA “My Phone’s on Snooze” Raspberry Berliner Weisse

Name: My Phone’s on Snooze Brewers: DEYA Brewing Company (United Kingdom) Style: Fruit Beer (Base Style: Berliner Weisse) ABV: 3.5% Review Year: 2020 My Phone’s on Snooze is a Fruit Berliner Weisse brewed by the Cheltenham-based DEYA Brewing Company. Loads of raspberry puree were used to flavor this beer. Theo Freyne established DEYA in 2015 …

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Hideout “Hallucination (Pandemic Special)” Mango Milkshake IPA

Name: Hallucination (Pandemic Special) Brewer: HideOut Craft Brewery (Philippines) Style: Specialty Fruit Beer (Base Style: Fruit Beer) ABV: 7.5% Review Year: 2020 Hallucination is the signature “Mango Milkshake IPA” brewed by Tatz Ang of HideOut Craft Brewery. The pilot batch in 2019 was the first beer to be released in cans by the Cubao-based brewery. …

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The Most Wonderful Time for a Beer 2020: Vol. 1

Christmas is indeed the most wonderful time for a beer. To help everyone get in the Holiday mood, we will be covering Christmas-themed beers from our friendly neighborhood breweries in a series of features. In this first volume, we take a look at this year’s Christmas Beer by Mitchell’s Backyard Brewery alongside the Bisperas Peppermint …

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Palm Tree Abbey “Abbey Selects: Saison”

Name: Abbey Selects: Saison Brewer: Palm Tree Abbey (Philippines) Style: Saison (Super) ABV: 7% Review Year: 2020 The Manila-based three-man brewing group, Palm Tree Abbey just released three new beers in bottles. One of the three is their interpretation of the Saison and is part of their “Abbey Selects” releases. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is being evaluated …

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Burning Sky x Fork Brewing “Les Amis du Brassage (2020)” Barrel-Aged Mixed-Fermentation Saison

Name: Les Amis du Brassage (2020) Brewer: Burning Sky Brewery (United Kingdom), Fork Brewing (New Zealand) Style: Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer (Base Style: Saison) ABV: 6.2% Review Year: 2020 Les Amis du Brassage is a collaboration between Burning Sky Brewery (United Kingdom) and Fork Brewing (New Zealand). This mixed fermentation Saison spent a year in oak barrels before it …

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Tired Hands x Anchorage “Alien Church” New England IPA

Name: Alien Church Brewer: Tired Hands Brewing Company, Anchorage Brewing Company (United States) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV:  8.2% Review Year: 2020 Alien Church is a modern classic by Tired Hands Brewing Company and Anchorage Brewing Company. This New England IPA (NEIPA) was brewed with pillowy malted oats and was dry-hopped juicy American hop varieties. STYLE GUIDELINES …

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Tamamura Honten x Trunk Coffee “Shiga Kogen Imperial Coffee Porter (2020) FINCA LOS CONGOS ‘Pacamara’ Nicaragua”

Name: Shiga Kogen Imperial Coffee Porter (2020) FINCA LOS CONGOS “Pacamara” Nicaragua Brewer: Tamamura Honten Co., Trunk Coffee (Japan) Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer (Base Style: Baltic Porter) ABV: 8% Review Year: 2020 Nagano meets Nagoya for this Shiga Kogen Imperial Coffee Porter brewed by Tamamura Honten Co. This Baltic or Imperial Porter was created …

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Tamamura Honten “THE FAR EAST (2020)” Barrel-Aged Imperial House IPA

Name: THE FAR EAST (2020) Brewer: Tamamura Honten Co. (Japan) Style: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer (Base Style: American Strong Ale) ABV: 15% Review Year: 2020 THE FAR EAST is an “Imperial House IPA” (15% ABV) of the Nagano-based Tamamura Honten Co. aged in barrels that housed formerly Ichiro’s Malt Chichibu The Floor Malted. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is …

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