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Hill Farmstead “Marie” Unfiltered German-Style Helles Lager

Hill Farmstead Brewery, Munich Helles / By

Name: Marie Brewer: Hill Farmstead Brewery (United States) Style: Munich Helles ABV: 5% Review Year: 2022 Marie is an unfiltered German-style Helles Lager brewed by Hill Farmstead Brewery (Vermont). It is a delicate beer brewed to honor Marie-Ange, the brewer’s late maternal great-grandmother. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is being evaluated as a Munich Helles (4A) in the context of …

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Cerebral “Cryptic Message” Foeder-Fermented Schwarzbier

Beer Reviews, Cerebral Brewing, Schwarzbier, United States, Wood-Aged Beer / By

Name: Cryptic Message Brewers: Cerebral Brewing (United States) Style: Wood-Aged Beer (Base Style: Schwarzbier) ABV: 5.5% Review Year: 2022 Cryptic Message is a foeder-fermented Schwarzbier by Cerebral Brewing (Colorado). This wood-conditioned German-style dark lager was brewed with a malt bill composed of Pilsner, Maris Otter, Caramunich, Black Malt, and Chocolate Wheat and was hopped with Hersbrucker. STYLE …

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Cerebral x Almanac “Wunderbar” Kottbusser

Almanac Beer Co., Beer Reviews, Cerebral Brewing, Historical Beer: Kottbusser (Unofficial Style), United States / By

Name: Wunderbar Brewers: Cerebral Brewing, Almanac Beer Co. (United States) Style: Kottbusser ABV: 8.5% Review Year: 2022 Wunderbar is a Kottbusser collaboration between Cerebral Brewing (Colorado) and Almanac Beer Co. (California). This take on the historical German beer style was brewed with Hallertau, Hersbrucker, and Saaz hops. STYLE GUIDELINES The Kottbusser is not an official style listed in …

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Wayfinder “Fortuna” Altbier

Altbier, Beer Reviews, United States, Wayfinder Beer / By

Name: Fortuna Brewer: Wayfinder Beer (United States) Style: Altbier ABV: 5.5% Review Year: 2022 Fortuna is a Düsseldorf-style brewed by Wayfinder Beer in Portland. This copper-hued beer was dry-hopped with Spalter Select. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is being evaluated as an Altbier (7B), in the context of the 2021 Beer Style Guidelines of the Beer …

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Wayfinder x Heater Allen x Modern Times “Terrifica” Italian-Style Horror Pils”

Beer Reviews, German Pils, Heater Allen Brewing, Mixed-Style Beer, Modern Times Beer, United States, Wayfinder Beer / By

Name: Terrifica Brewer: Wayfinder Beer, Heater Allen Brewing, Modern Times Beer (United States) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: German Pils + Dry Hopping) ABV: 4.7% Review Year: 2022 Terrifica is an “Italian-style Pilsner” brewed by Wayfinder Beer in collaboration with Heater Allen Brewing and Modern Times Beer. This emerging pilsner style is a twist on …

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Equilibrium x Parish “Ghost in the Laboratory” Hazy IPA

Beer Reviews, Equilibrium Brewery, Hazy IPA (New England IPA), Parish Brewing Co., United States / By

Name: Ghost in the Laboratory Brewers: Equilibrium Brewery, Parish Brewing Co. (United States) Style: Hazy IPA ABV: 8.5% Review Year: 2022 Ghost in the Laboratory is a Hazy IPA collaboration between two craft breweries at the frontier of the hazy beer revolution: Equilibrium Brewery (New York) and Parish Brewing Co. (Louisiana). This Hazy IPA features a mashed …

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Evil Twin NYC x Mortalis “EVEN MORE HYDRA- ETNYC ED.” Fruited Sour

Beer Reviews, Mortalis Brewing Company, United States, Wild Specialty Beer / By

Name: EVEN MORE HYDRA- ETNYC EDITION Brewers: Evil Twin Brewing NYC, Mortalis Brewing Company (United States) Style: Wild Specialty Beer ABV: 7% Review Year: 2022 EVEN MORE HYDRA (Evil Twin NYC version) is a heavily fruited “slushy” beer brewed by Evil Twin Brewing NYC in collaboration with one of the main proponents of this contemporary beer style, …

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Ammonite “Vinifera IV – Sauvignon” Spontaneously Fermented Ale

Beer Reviews, Brasserie Artisanale Ammonite, France, Wild Specialty Beer / By

Name: Vinifera IV – Sauvignon (Lot 17.388965-2.816661) Brewer: Brasserie Artisanale Ammonite (France) Style: Wild Specialty Beer ABV: 6.6% Review Year: 2022 One of 499 bottles, Vinifera IV – Sauvignon  is a spontaneously fermented ale by Brasserie Artisanale Ammonite (Burgundy, France) that was aged for a year in a pinot noir cask and was then transferred to a …

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Northern Monk x Emperor’s x Saint Croissants “Patrons Project 32.01: Imperial Banana Cronut Stout”

Alternative Sugar Beer, Beer Reviews, Emperor’s Brewery, Imperial Stout, Northern Monk / By

Name: Patrons Project 32.01//Saint Croissants//Culinary Concepts 2.0//Emperor’s brewery//Imperial Banana Cronut Stout Brewers: Northern Monk, Emperor’s Brewery (United Kingdom) Style: Alternative Sugar Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 14% Review Year: 2021 Revisiting one of the more memorable Pastry Stouts from 2021: Imperial Banana Cronut Stout by Northern Monk, in collaboration with Emperor’s Brewing and Saint …

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Neon Raptor x Emperor’s “Defeat the Rancor” Maple & Pecan Danish Pastry Imperial Stout

Alternative Sugar Beer, Beer Reviews, Emperor’s Brewery, Imperial Stout, Neon Raptor Brewing Co. / By

Name: Defeat the Rancor Brewers: Neon Raptor Brewing Co., Emperor’s Brewery (United Kingdom) Style: Alternative Sugar Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 13% Review Year: 2022 Defeat the Rancor is a maple and pecan Danish pastry Imperial Stout brewed by Neon Raptor Brewing Co. in partnership with Emperor’s Brewery. This beer was brewed with lactose. STYLE GUIDELINES …

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