Beer Reviews

Fat Pauly’s x Malagos Chocolate “Malagos Porter”

Name: Malagos Porter Brewer: Fat Pauly’s Hand-Crafted Ales & Lagers (Philippines) Style: Spice, Herb or Vegetable Beer (Base Style: Baltic Porter) ABV: 7.1% Review Year: 2021 The Malagos Porter is a Filipino classic– a delectable dark beer brewed by Fat Pauly’s Hand-Crafted Ales & Lagers (Iligan City) in partnership with the country’s award-winning chocolate maker, Malagos …

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Elias Wicked Ales “Far From Home” New England IPA

Name: Far From Home Brewer: Elias Wicked Ales & Spirits (Philippines) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 7% Review Year: 2021 Far From Home is the latest New England IPA (NEIPA) from Elias Wicked Ales & Spirits and is the first “new” beer from Team Elias with their Head Brewer Raoul Masangcay joining them via Zoom all …

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HideOut “Buko-Pandan” Milkshake IPA

Name: Buko-Pandan Brewer: HideOut Craft Brewery (Philippines) Style: Alternative Sugar Beer (Base Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer) ABV: 7% Review Year: 2021 From the creator of the Ube Milkshake IPA and I Got U-Beh Ube Milk Stout comes a brand new Filipino delicacy-inspired beer. This is the Buko-Pandan Milkshake IPA from HideOut Craft Brewery (Quezon …

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BrewDog x Evil Twin “Roaster Coaster” Nitro Imperial Vietnamese Coffee Stout

Name: Roaster Coaster Brewers: BrewDog (United Kingdom/ United States), Evil Twin Brewing (Denmark/ United States) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Sweet Stout) ABV: 9% Review Year: 2020 BrewDog and Evil Twin teamed up for Roaster Coaster, a “Nitro Imperial Vietnamese Coffee Stout” that, as the name suggests, features mainly nitrogen and coffee. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer …

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Turning Wheels “Singlespeed” Imperial Stout

Name: Singlespeed Brewer: Turning Wheels (Philippines) Style: Imperial Stout ABV: 9.3% Review Year: 2021 Singlespeed is a dark and roasty Imperial Stout from the Cebu-based craft brewery, Turning Wheels. The brewery is headed by brewer and avid cyclist, Michael Nikkel. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is being evaluated as an Imperial Stout (20C) in the context of the …

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Tired Hands “Memory Care” Salted Chocolate & Lavender Coffee Stout

Name: Memory Care Brewer: Tired Hands Brewing Co. (United States) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 12.3% Review Year: 2020 Memory Care is a “Salted Chocolate & Lavender Coffee Stout” concocted by Tired Hands Brewing Co. (Pennsylvania). This “Coffee Stout” was brewed with dark specialty and caramel malts, together with a generous helping of flaked oats …

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Calusa “Imperial Dissonance” Imperial Brown Ale

Name: Imperial Dissonance Brewer: Calusa Brewing (United States) Style: Experimental Beer (Base Style: American Brown Ale) ABV: 10.7% Review Year: 2020 Imperial Dissonance is the bigger and more potent version of the Dissonance Brown Ale by Calusa Brewing of Sarasota, Florida. This “Imperial Brown Ale” is a complex beer that features coffee and Saigon cinnamon. STYLE GUIDELINES This …

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Mitchell’s “American Sunrise” Pale Ale

Name: American Sunrise Brewer: Mitchell’s Backyard Brewery (Philippines) Style: Alternative Grain Beer (Base Style: American Pale Ale) ABV: 5.5% Review Year: 2020 The American Sunrise is the flagship pale ale of Mitchell’s Backyard Brewery (Manila) featuring American hops and wheat. A batch of this beer won the silver medal in the Pale Ale category of the …

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Burial “Houtenhamer (2018)” Double Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout

Name: Houtenhamer (2018) Brewer: Burial Beer Co. (United States) Style: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 12% Review Year: 2020 This 2018 vintage of Houtenhamer, the “double” barrel-aged Imperial Stout by Burial Beer Co. (North Carolina), was unearthed in 2020. This menacing dark ale was aged initially in Bourbon barrels for six months and then racked into …

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