Name: Olasz Brewer: Tommie Sjef Wild Ales (Netherlands) Style: Wild Specialty Beer ABV: 8.5% Review Year: 2020 Olasz by Tommie Sjef Wild Ales is a wild ale made from a blend of several barrels of beer of varying ages (one to two years old) macerated with three types of grapes: Olasz Rizling (white), Muscat (white), …
Name: Recuerdos del 2017 Brewer: Madbul Cerveza Artesana (Philippines) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 12.5% Review Year: 2021 Eric de Jesus of Madbul Cerveza Artesana brings back a recipe from his time in Madrid 2017 for his first Imperial Stout release in the Philippines– the Recuerdos del 2017 (Memories of 2017). This Imperial Stout, …
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Name: Prairie-vous Français Brewers: Prairie Artisan Ales (United States) Style: Brett Beer (Base Style: Saison) ABV: 3.9% Review Year: 2020 Prairie-vous Français is a celebration of simple elegance. This “farmhouse ale” was brewed with barley, oats, wheat, Saaz hops, and Brettanomyces bruxellensis by Prairie Artisan Ales (Oklahoma). STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is being evaluated as a …
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Name: Oude Geuze Vieille Vandervelden 137 Brewer: Brouwerij Oud Beersel (Belgium) Style: Gueuze ABV: 6.5% Review Year: 2021 Oude Geuze Vieille Vandervelden 137 is a special gueuze made by Brouwerij Oud Beersel to celebrate their 137th anniversary in 2019. This gueuze is a unique blend of purely three-year-old Lambics was aged in foeders used primarily …
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Name: Mousseux Alban Brewers: Side Project Brewing, The Bruery Terreux (United States) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Saison) ABV: 7% Review Year: 2020 Mousseux Alban is a “Missouri Saison” brewed by Side Project Brewing (Missouri) in collaboration with The Bruery Terreux (California). The shared love of wine inspired the brewers to create this barrel-fermented “farmhouse ale.” …
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Name: Wood Werks Barrel Series #4 Saison Brewer: Great Divide Brewing Company (United States) Style: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer (Base Style: Saison) ABV: 9.2% Review Year: 2020 The fourth edition in the Wood Werks Barrel Series of Great Divide Brewing Company is a Saison brewed with a base that leans towards the spicier side of the style. Spelt …
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Name: Schuylkill Sour Brewer: Palm Tree Abbey (Philippines) Style: Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer (Base Style: American Pale Ale) ABV: 5% Review Year: 2021 The Schuylkill (pronounced skoo-kill) Sour is a tribute to the city the brewers of Palm Tree Abbey love. This sour beer features Lallemand’s new Philly Sour yeast strain and citrus-forward hops. STYLE GUIDELINES …
Name: Sour Daddy Brewer: Palm Tree Abbey (Philippines) Style: Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer (Base Style: American Pale Ale) ABV: 5% Review Year: 2020 Sour Daddy is a “kettle-sour” made by the Manila-based brewing trio, Palm Tree Abbey. This sour ale is one of the first bottled beers released commercially with labels by the brewery sometime late …
Name: Barrel-Aged Yama-Bushi Saison Noir #002 Brewer: Tamamura Honten Co./ Shiga Kogen (Japan) Style: Wild Specialty Beer (Base Style: Saison) ABV: 8.5% Review Year: 2020 The Barrel-Aged Yama-Bushi Saison Noir #002 by Tamamura Honten (Nagano) was brewed with sake rice, aged in Obuse red wine barrels for three years, and then fermented in the bottle for …
Name: Trippin on Grass Brewer: The Marc’s & Tony Brewing Co. (Philippines) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 7% Review Year: 2021 Head Brewer Tony Sindayen of The Marc’s & Tony Brewing Co. (Antipolo) brings back one of his proudest creations in 2020– Trippin on Grass, a New England IPA (NEIPA) brewed with Galaxy, Mosaic, and Topaz …
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