The pandemic did not stop Garage Project (Wellington) in 2020 from releasing the sixth and seventh volumes of their highly-anticipated New Zealand (NZ) hop-centric collaboration series, Hāpi Sessions. The Vol.6 is with The Veil Brewing Co. (Virginia) and is a juicy and hazy beer brewed with fresh Riwaka hops. Meanwhile, Garage Project teamed up virtually …
Name: 242 MPH Brewer: Highland Park Brewery, Horus Aged Ales (United States) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 13.5% Review Year: 2020 242 MPH is an Imperial Stout brewed by Highland Park Brewery in collaboration with Horus Aged Ales. This Imperial Stout was brewed with massive amounts of coconut and some cherrywood. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is being …
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Name: Seven Layer Magic Bar Stout Brewer: WeldWerks Brewing Co. (United States) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Sweet Stout) ABV: 7.5% Review Year: 2020 The Seven Layer Magic Bar Stout is an enchanting concoction by the award-winning craft brewery from Colorado, WeldWerks Brewing Co. This “milk stout” features milk chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, white chocolate chips, toasted coconut, macadamia nuts, …
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Name: Starry Night Brewer: WeldWerks Brewing Co. (United States) Style: Spice, Herb or Vegetable Beer (Base Style: Sweet Stout) ABV: 7.5% Review Year: 2020 We revisit Starry Night, a “milk stout” we encountered earlier this year. Brewed by the award-winning Colorado craft brewery, WeldWerks Brewing Co., Starry Night is a “milk stout” that features hazelnut, toasted coconut, milk …
Name: Barrel-Aged Yama-Bushi Cedar Kogen Brewers: Tamamura Honten Co./ Shiga Kogen (Japan), Jester King Brewery, Oxbow Brewing Company (United States) Style: Wild Specialty Beer (Base Style: Saison) ABV: 7.5% Review Year: 2020 The Barrel-Aged Yama-Bushi Cedar Kogen is a special three-way collaboration among Tamamura Honten (Nagano), Jester King (Texas), and Oxbow Brewing Company (Maine). This “farmhouse …
Name: Mario Alarcon-Gesha Origin: Acatenango, Guatemala Variety: Gesha Processing: Natural Roaster: Sweet Bloom Coffee Roasters (Colorado, United States) Roast: Medium Brewing Method: v60 THE GROWERS Mario Alarcon is a coffee grower from Guatemala and is an advocate against “pity marketing” in the coffee industry. “Pity marketing” painted coffee farmers as sad, poor, and powerless people unable …
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Name: Sector 5 Brewer: The Veil Brewing Co. (United States) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA) ABV: 12.5% Review Year: 2020 Sector 5 is a “quintuple dry-hopped Quadruple IPA” brewed by Virginia’s The Veil Brewing Co. originally meant for their fourth-anniversary celebration. This behemoth weighs in at 12.5 % ABV and was …
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Name: Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Somethin’ (2016) Brewer: Wiley Roots Brewing Company (United States) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 13.6% Review Year: 2020 In 2016, Colorado’s Wiley Roots Brewing Company released the Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Somethin’, a barrel-aged Imperial Stout at 13.6% ABV brewed with hazelnuts and almonds. Earlier this year, …
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Name: Way Down DDH Brewer: Outer Range Brewing Co. (United States) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 8.7% Review Year: 2020 Way Down DDH is a hazy “Double IPA” brewed by Outer Range Brewing Co. from Frisco, Colorado. This beer features the hop varieties Wakatu and Mosaic. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is being evaluated as a Specialty …
Name: Alternate Past Brewer: Knotted Root Brewing Company (United States) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 7.4% Review Year: 2020 Alternate Past by Colorado’s Knotted Root Brewing Company is a “Double-Dry Hopped IPA” that features the Enigma, Citra, and Kohatu hop varieties. Knotted Root Brewing Company is a small, artisan brewery from Nederland, Colorado, and is known to …
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