Craft Beer

Moersleutel “Octane Overlord (2020)” Russian Imperial Stout with Smoked and Peated Malts

Beer Reviews, Netherlands / By

Name: Octane Overlord (2020) Brewer: Moersleutel Craft Brewery (Netherlands) Style: Classic Style Smoked Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 11% Review Year: 2020 The 2020 variant of Octane Overlord is a “Russian Imperial Stout” brewed with smoked and peated malts by Moersleutel Craft Brewery in the Netherlands. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is being evaluated as a Classic …

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Perennial Artisan Ales “Coffee Stout (2020 Dark Matter Coffee)” Imperial Stout

Beer Reviews, United States / By

Name: Coffee Stout (2020 Dark Matter Coffee) Brewer: Perennial Artisan Ales (United States) Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 11.5% Review Year: 2020 Coffee Stout (2020 Dark Matter Coffee) is an Imperial Stout brewed by Perennial Artisan Ales from Missouri. Two blends of coffee beans roasted by Dark Matter Coffee were …

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Bottle Logic “Red Eye November (2019)” Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout with Rye, Molasses, and Coffee

Beer Reviews, United States / By

Name: Red Eye November (2019) Brewer: Bottle Logic Brewing (United States) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 14.09% Review Year: 2021 The 2019 vintage of Red Eye November by Bottle Logic Brewing (California) is an Imperial Stout (14.09%) brewed with rye and molasses, aged in bourbon barrels, and finished with an exclusive blend of Brazil Oberon, …

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Knotted Root “Italian Spaghetti” Double Dry-Hopped IPA

Beer Reviews, United States / By

Name: Italian Spaghetti Brewer: Knotted Root Brewing Company (United States) Style: Alternative Grain Beer (Base Style: American IPA) ABV:  7.2% Review Year: 2021 Italian Spaghetti is a double dry-hopped IPA brewed with white wheat, flaked oats, and a blend of Amarillo, Chinook, and El Dorado hops. This “outcasty” hoppy creation was made by Knotted Root Brewing Company from Nederland, …

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WeldWerks “Advanced Fluid Dynamics: Phantasm” Double IPA

Beer Reviews, United States / By

Name: Advanced Fluid Dynamics: Phantasm Brewer: WeldWerks Brewing Company (United States) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 8.9% Review Year: 2021 Advanced Fluid Dynamics: Phantasm is a “Double IPA” by WeldWerks Brewing Company (Colorado) that features Phantasm powder. Phantasm is a relatively new innovative product from New Zealand derived naturally from Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc grapes and is …

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Palm Tree Abbey “Guyabano Sour” Experimental Kettle Sour Beer

Beer Reviews, Philippines / By

Name: Guyabano Sour Brewer: Palm Tree Abbey (Philippines) Style: Fruit Beer (Base Style: Berliner Weisse) ABV: 5% Review Year: 2021 Guyabano Sour is a special small-batch kettle sour beer by Palm Tree Abbey and was brewed with guyabano (soursop) puree, pilsner and wheat malts, Helveticus Lactobacillus, Citra hops, and Belle Saison yeast. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is …

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Arrow Lodge “Mic Drop” Horchata Milkshake Double IPA

Alternative Sugar Beer, Beer Reviews, United States / By

Name: Mic Drop Brewer: Arrow Lodge Brewing (United States) Style: Alternative Sugar Beer (Base Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA) ABV: 8% Review Year: 2021 Mic Drop is a “Horchata Milkshake Double IPA” brewed by Arrow Lodge Brewing  (California). STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is being evaluated as an Alternative Sugar Beer (31B) with the Specialty IPA: New England …

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Humble Sea x Cerebral “Double Brain Fog” Hop-Fused Foggy DIPA

Beer Reviews, United States / By

Name: Double Brain Fog Brewers: Humble Sea Brewing Company, Cerebral Brewing (United States) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 8.1% Review Year: 2021 California meets Colorado with Double Brain Fog, a “hop-fused foggy Double IPA” brewed by Humble Sea Brewing Company and Cerebral Brewing. Tons of flaked and malted oats, raw wheat, the hop varieties Citra, Galaxy, …

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Ardbeg x Williams Brothers x Brewgooder “The Shortie” Smoky Porter

Beer Reviews, United Kingdom / By

Name: The Shortie- Ardbeg Smoky Porter Brewers: Williams Brothers Brewing Co., Brewgooder (United Kingdom) Style: Classic Style Smoked Beer (Base Style: English Porter) ABV:  6.2% Review Year: 2021 The Shortie is a smoky porter brewed by two Scottish craft breweries, Williams Brothers Brewing Co. and Brewgooder. The same peated malt in the award-winning Ardbeg Ten Years Old whisky was …

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Yeast of Eden x Other Half “Dream Filter” Mixed-Fermentation Saison

Beer Reviews, United States / By

Name: Dream Filter Brewers: Yeast of Eden, Other Half Brewing Co. (United States) Style: Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer (Base Style: Saison) ABV: 6.2% Review Year: 2021 In 2019, Yeast of Eden (California) hosted Other Half Brewing Company (New York) to create a brew that drew on the unique landscapes of their home states. The result is Dream …

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