Name: Shiga Kogen Imperial Coffee Porter (2020) FINCA LOS CONGOS “Pacamara” Nicaragua Brewer: Tamamura Honten Co., Trunk Coffee (Japan) Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer (Base Style: Baltic Porter) ABV: 8% Review Year: 2020 Nagano meets Nagoya for this Shiga Kogen Imperial Coffee Porter brewed by Tamamura Honten Co. This Baltic or Imperial Porter was created …
Name: THE FAR EAST (2020) Brewer: Tamamura Honten Co. (Japan) Style: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer (Base Style: American Strong Ale) ABV: 15% Review Year: 2020 THE FAR EAST is an “Imperial House IPA” (15% ABV) of the Nagano-based Tamamura Honten Co. aged in barrels that housed formerly Ichiro’s Malt Chichibu The Floor Malted. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is …
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Name: ECKHARDT Brewer: Tamamura Honten Co. (Japan), Hair of the Dog Brewing Company (United States) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Belgian Golden Strong Ale) ABV: 12% Review Year: 2020 The Nagano-based brewery, Tamamura Honten joined forces with Portland’s Hair of the Dog for the fifth time to create ECKHARDT, a “Special strong golden ale” brewed …
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In this latest batch review, we take a sensory trip to Bakewell, England not for Bakewell pudding but for three barrel-aged fruit sour beers from Thornbridge Brewery. Collectively, these beers feature gooseberry, cherry, and raspberry, as well as barrels that housed formerly Red and White Burgundy. Thornbridge Brewery was created in 2005 when the founders …
Name: Gravity Gumbo Brewers: Other Half Brewing Co., Parish Brewing Co. (United States) Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 14.5% Review Year: 2020 Louisiana’s Parish Brewing brought some southern flavors north to New York’s Other Half to brew Gravity Gumbo. This Imperial Stout (14.5% ABV) was brewed with coffee, chicory, pecans, …
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Name: Pime Öö Islay BA (Cellar Series) (2017) Brewer: Põhjala (Estonia) Style: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 13.6% Review Year: 2020 Pime Öö Islay BA is an Imperial Stout brewed by Estonia’s Põhjala and was released in 2017. As the name implies, this is a variant of the brewery’s signature Imperial Stout aged for …
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The First Triumvirate is an informal alliance among three names in the Philippine alcoholic beverage industry created in 2019 A.D. to bridge a proud heritage of five generations of master blenders and a young craft brewery that seeks to go against the tide. Two-thirds of the triumvirate, Destileria Limtuaco and Elias Wicked Ales & Spirits …
Name: Blue Blood F*ck You!! Brewer: La Calavera (Spain) Style: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 11.8% Review Year: 2020 Blue Blood F*ck You!! is an Imperial Stout brewed by Catalunya’s La Calavera. This Imperial Stout was aged in barrels that formerly housed cognac/ brandy. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is being evaluated as a Specialty …
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Name: Lakatan Langka Stout Brewer: The Marc’s & Tony Brewing Co. (Philippines) Style: Fruit Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 10% Review Year: 2020 Tony Sindayen of the Antipolo-based The Marc’s & Tony Brewing Co. unveiled a very limited batch of the Lakatan Langka Stout, which as the name suggests, is an Imperial Stout (10% …
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Name: Banana Drip Brewer: Finback Brewery (United States) Style: Fruit and Spice Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 11.5% Review Year: 2020 We revisit a very memorable beer from the Queens-based Finback Brewery. This is Banana Drip, an Imperial Stout brewed with bananas, peanut butter, coffee, and vanilla. This is the first Imperial Stout that featured bananas we …