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Vocation x Amundsen “Imperial Frappé” Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout

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Name: Imperial Frappé Brewer: Vocation Brewery (United Kingdom), Amundsen Brewery (Norway) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 12% Review Year: 2021 Imperial Frappé is a Bourbon barrel-aged Imperial Stout that blends premium coffee from Antonia & Panesar with rich dark chocolate and salted caramel. This Imperial Stout is a collaboration between Vocation Brewery (UK) …

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Liberty “Darkest Days” Oatmeal Stout

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Name: Darkest Days Brewer: Liberty Brewing Company (New Zealand) Style: Oatmeal Stout ABV: 6% Review Year: 2021 Darkest Days is an Oatmeal Stout brewed by Liberty Brewing Company from Auckland, New Zealand. This beer was brewed to send the message that brewing is not always about the hops. The dark side awaits those that seek it. …

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DEYA x Floc. Brewing Project “Ever So” IPA

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Name: Ever So Brewer: DEYA Brewing Company, Floc. Brewing Project (United Kingdom) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 6.2% Review Year: 2021 Two English craft breweries, DEYA Brewing Company and Floc. Brewing Project teamed up for Ever So, a hazy IPA that features heaps of Galaxy, Citra, and Rakau hops, including a Galaxy dry hop mid …

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Banayad “Cervesa Banayad” Pale Ale

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Name: Cervesa Banayad Brewer: Banayad Craft Brew (Philippines) Style: American Pale Ale ABV: 6% Review Year: 2021 Cervesa Banayad is the latest hop-forward Pale Ale from the Manila-based craft brewery, Banayad Craft Brew. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is being evaluated as an American Pale Ale (18B) in the context of the 2015 Beer Style Guidelines of the Beer …

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The Marc’s & Tony “Frigid” Cold IPA

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Name: Frigid Brewer: The Marc’s & Tony Brewing Co. (Philippines) Style: Cold IPA ABV: 5% Review Year: 2021 Frigid is a “Cold IPA” brewed by The Marc’s & Tony Brewing Co. master brewer, Tony Sindayen. One of the three new releases from the Antipolo-based brewery, Frigid was fermented using two lager yeast strains and was dry-hopped with Cascade …

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Uchu Brewing (うちゅうブルーイング ) x Yakima Chief “HD93129A (#324)” DDH Double IPA

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Name:HD93129A (#324) Brewer: Uchu Brewing うちゅうブルーイング (Japan) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 8.5% Review Year: 2021 Named after the triple star system in the Carina Nebula, HD93129A is a “Double Dry-Hopped (DDH) Double IPA” by Uchu Brewing in collaboration with Yakima Chief Hops (YCH). This collaboration brew features Cryo Pop, a relatively new innovative product from YCH, …

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Engi (縁喜) x Shiga Kogen (志賀高原) “Nigori” Sake IPA

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Name: Shiga Kogen Nigori Sake IPA Brewer: Tamamura Honten Co. /Engi / Shiga Kogen (Japan) Style: Alternative Grain Beer (Base Style: New England IPA) ABV: 9% Review Year: 2021 The Nigori Sake IPA was born out of a collaboration between two brands under the Tamamura Honten Co. umbrella: Engi (sake) and Shiga Kogen (craft beer). …

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Tamamura Honten “Barrel Aged Yama-Bushi Blonde #001 (木樽熟成 山伏)”

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Name: Barrel-Aged Yama-Bushi Blonde #001 Brewer: Tamamura Honten Co./ Shiga Kogen (Japan) Style: Wild Specialty Beer (Base Style: Blonde Ale) ABV: 7.5% Review Year: 2021 Barrel-Aged Yama-Bushi Blonde #001 (木樽熟成 山伏) by Tamamura Honten Co. (Nagano, Japan) is a sour blonde ale brewed with unmalted wheat, barley, and wheat malt. This sour beer was then aged …

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Les Intenables “Mr. Arès” Triple IPA

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Name: Mr. Arès Brewer: Les Intenables (France) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA) ABV: 10% Review Year: 2021 Mr. Arès is a Triple IPA loaded with hops (30g/ liter) by Les Intenables (Mundolsheim, France). A part of the brewery’s Mythical Series, Mr. Arès is based on a recipe that featured Solero, Azacca, and …

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Zagovor “Stamp of Approval” Citra Cryo-Hopped New England Double IPA

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Name: Stamp of Approval Brewer: Zagovor Brewery (Russia) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 8% Review Year: 2020 Stamp of Approval is a “Single Hop New England Double IPA” by Zagovor Brewery (Moscow, Russia) and is a beer that features Citra and Citra Cryo hops. Revisiting this from our 2020 archive. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is …

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