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Hopping Around: Papa Bolo

Hop around Tagaytay City for the newest craft beer destination: Papa Bolo. The name of the brewpub is a tribute to the folklore origins of Tagaytay’s own name. Located on the bustling side of the crater city, Papa Bolo is a massive sight to behold: a multi-storey glass-walled building with towering brew tanks, cozy furniture, …

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Equilibrium x Fidens “OG’s Axe (Equilibrium)” Hazy IPA

Name: OG’s Axe (Equilibrium version) Brewers: Equilibrium Brewery, Fidens Brewing Co. (United States) Style: Hazy IPA ABV: 8.0% Review Year: 2022 Equilibrium Brewing was joined by Fidens Brewing Co. to create OG’s Axe, a collaborative spin-off to the latter’s recipe, Eugene’s Axe. OG’s Axes starts off with a massive oat base before Citra, Strata, and Galaxy hops …

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Evil Twin NYC “PURPLE RICE LAGER- BATCH 2”

Name: PURPLE RICE LAGER- BATCH 2 Brewers: Evil Twin Brewing NYC (United States) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: American Lager) ABV: 7% Review Year: 2022 Evil Twin Brewing NYC teamed up with MáLà Project, a major propeller in popularizing Sichuan dry pot in New York, for this second batch of PURPLE RICE LAGER. This beer features more …

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Craftwork “Godverdomme” Saison Quad

Name: Godverdomme Brewer: Craftwork Brewery (New Zealand) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Belgian Dark Strong Ale + Saison yeast) ABV: 10% Review Year: 2022 Godverdomme is a “Belgian Quadrupel” fermented using Saison yeast made by Craftwork Brewery from Oamaru, New Zealand. Godverdomme is essentially a Saison yeast-variant of the nanobrewery’s Belgian Quad called, Dark Lord. STYLE …

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Cerebral “Cryptic Message” Foeder-Fermented Schwarzbier

Name: Cryptic Message Brewers: Cerebral Brewing (United States) Style: Wood-Aged Beer (Base Style: Schwarzbier) ABV: 5.5% Review Year: 2022 Cryptic Message is a foeder-fermented Schwarzbier by Cerebral Brewing (Colorado). This wood-conditioned German-style dark lager was brewed with a malt bill composed of Pilsner, Maris Otter, Caramunich, Black Malt, and Chocolate Wheat and was hopped with Hersbrucker. STYLE …

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Cerebral x Almanac “Wunderbar” Kottbusser

Name: Wunderbar Brewers: Cerebral Brewing, Almanac Beer Co. (United States) Style: Kottbusser ABV: 8.5% Review Year: 2022 Wunderbar is a Kottbusser collaboration between Cerebral Brewing (Colorado) and Almanac Beer Co. (California). This take on the historical German beer style was brewed with Hallertau, Hersbrucker, and Saaz hops. STYLE GUIDELINES The Kottbusser is not an official style listed in …

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Wayfinder “Fortuna” Altbier

Name: Fortuna Brewer: Wayfinder Beer (United States) Style: Altbier ABV: 5.5% Review Year: 2022 Fortuna is a Düsseldorf-style brewed by Wayfinder Beer in Portland. This copper-hued beer was dry-hopped with Spalter Select. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is being evaluated as an Altbier (7B), in the context of the 2021 Beer Style Guidelines of the Beer …

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Wayfinder x Heater Allen x Modern Times “Terrifica” Italian-Style Horror Pils”

Name: Terrifica Brewer: Wayfinder Beer, Heater Allen Brewing, Modern Times Beer (United States) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: German Pils + Dry Hopping) ABV: 4.7% Review Year: 2022 Terrifica is an “Italian-style Pilsner” brewed by Wayfinder Beer in collaboration with Heater Allen Brewing and Modern Times Beer. This emerging pilsner style is a twist on …

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Equilibrium x Parish “Ghost in the Laboratory” Hazy IPA

Name: Ghost in the Laboratory Brewers: Equilibrium Brewery, Parish Brewing Co. (United States) Style: Hazy IPA ABV: 8.5% Review Year: 2022 Ghost in the Laboratory is a Hazy IPA collaboration between two craft breweries at the frontier of the hazy beer revolution: Equilibrium Brewery (New York) and Parish Brewing Co. (Louisiana). This Hazy IPA features a mashed …

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Evil Twin NYC x Mortalis “EVEN MORE HYDRA- ETNYC ED.” Fruited Sour

Name: EVEN MORE HYDRA- ETNYC EDITION Brewers: Evil Twin Brewing NYC, Mortalis Brewing Company (United States) Style: Wild Specialty Beer ABV: 7% Review Year: 2022 EVEN MORE HYDRA (Evil Twin NYC version) is a heavily fruited “slushy” beer brewed by Evil Twin Brewing NYC in collaboration with one of the main proponents of this contemporary beer style, …

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