Beer Reviews

Tucked Away x Elias Wicked Ales “Balikatan Hops” New England IPA

Beer Reviews, United States / By

Name: Balikatan Hops Brewer: Tucked Away Brewing Company (United States), Elias Wicked Ales & Spirits (Philippines) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 8% Review Year: 2021 Balikatan Hops is the first official and offshore collaboration between Raoul Masangcay of Elias Wicked Ales & Spirits and Tucked Away Brewing Company in Manassas, Virginia. A tribute to the …

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BrewHeart “If I Should Fall From Haze With God” Double IPA

Beer Reviews, Germany / By

Name: If I Should Fall From Haze With God Brewer: BrewHeart (Germany) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 8.5% Review Year: 2021 If I Should Fall From Haze With God is a “Double IPA” brewed by  BrewHeart from Otterfing, Germany. Inspired by the 1988 album by The Pogues, this hazy and juicy beer features Nelson Sauvin, …

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Zakkokou Koubou (麦雑穀工房) “Irodori Saison Ver.10” Orange and Yuzu Saison

Beer Reviews, Japan / By

Name: Irodori Saison Ver.10 Brewers: Zakkoku Koubou (麦雑穀工房) Style: Fruit Beer (Base Style: Saison) ABV: 5.5% Review Year: 2021 The Iridori Saison is the tenth beer in the “Brewing From the Field” series of Zakkoku Koubou (麦雑穀工房), a microbrewery on a farm in Ogawa, Saitama surrounded by the Sotochichibu Mountains. This Saison was brewed with locally sourced …

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El Depósito x Half Baked “So Long and Thanks for All the Beers” Double IPA

Beer Reviews, Philippines / By

Name: So Long and Thanks for All the Beers Brewers: El Depósito Brewery, Half Baked Brewing Collective (Philippines) Style: Double IPA ABV: 7.5% Review Year: 2021 So Long and Thanks for All the Beers is a hazy Double IPA made by the newest craft brewery in the neighborhood, El Depósito Brewery in collaboration with Half Baked Brewing Collective. A …

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Turning Point Beer x Celestial Beerworks x Oak Cliff “The Trifecta!” Triple IPA

Beer Reviews, United States / By

Name: The Trifecta! Brewers: Turning Point Beer, Celestial Beerworks, Oak Cliff Brewing Co. (United States) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA) ABV: 10.5% Review Year: 2021 The Trifecta! is a hazy and juicy “Triple IPA” brewed with Citra and Sabro hops. This massive beer, which weighs in at 10.5% ABV, was brewed by a …

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Uchu Brewing (うちゅうブルーイング ) “Birth IPA (#305)”

Beer Reviews, Japan / By

Name: Birth IPA (#305) Brewer: UchuBrewing うちゅうブルーイング (Japan) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 6% Review Year: 2021 Birth IPA is a hazy and juicy IPA from Uchu Brewing from Hokuto City, Japan that features Galaxy and Simcoe hops. This is the seventh beer in the “Space Creation” series of the brewery and is an expression of …

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Half Baked “Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster” Triple IPA

Beer Reviews, Philippines / By

Name: Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster Brewer: Half Baked Brewing Collective (Philippines) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA) ABV: 10.8% Review Year: 2021 The Half Baked Brewing Collective mothership is bound for another realm. Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is the last solo-brewed concoction of the Collective’s founder, Chris, and was inspired by The Hitchhiker’s …

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Westbound & Down “Blended Imperial Stout”

Beer Reviews, United States / By

Name: Blended Imperial Stout Brewer: Westbound & Down Brewing Company (United States) Style: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 11.4% Review Year: 2021 Blended Imperial Stout by Westbound & Down Brewing Company from Idaho Springs (Colorado) is a concoction blended with a 21-month-old Heaven Hill Rye and Dickel barrel-aged Double Absence Imperial Stout.  STYLE GUIDELINES This beer …

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BrewHeart “Snoop Hopp” DDH Triple IPA

Beer Reviews, Germany / By

Name: Snoop Hopp Brewer: BrewHeart (Germany) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA) ABV: 10% Review Year: 2021 BrewHeart from Germany is hoppin’ like it’s hot with Snoop Hopp, a hazy/ juicy Triple IPA. Clocking in at 10% ABV, Snoop Hopp is a superbly drinkable beer that features Nectaron, Strata, Citra, and Simcoe hops as …

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Madbul Cerveza Artesana “Beat the Heat” Blonde Ale

Beer Reviews, Philippines / By

Name: Beat the Heat Brewer: Madbul Cerveza Artesana (Philippines) Style: Blonde Ale ABV: 5.5% Review Year: 2021 Beat the Heat is the neighborhood favorite Blonde Ale of  Madbul Cerveza Artesana from Meycauayan, Bulacan. Head brewer Eric de Jesus recently won the silver medal (commercial category- American IPA) in the first Beer Competition of the Craft Beer Association of …

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