Craft Beer

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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Bottle Logic “Reaction State 2019” Imperial Breakfast Stout

Name: Reaction State 2019 Brewer: Bottle Logic Brewing (United States) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 12% Review Year: 2020 Reaction State 2019 is the second batch of the “Imperial Breakfast Stout” released by Bottle Logic Brewing (California). This massive dark ale, which weighs in at 12% ABV, was aged in a combination of maple syrup …

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Nerdbrewing “Override (2020)” Imperial Chocolate Milkshake Stout

Name: Override (2020) Brewer: Nerdbrewing (Sweden) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 10.5% Review Year: 2020 Override is an “Imperial Milk Stout” aged on roasted cacao nibs and vanilla brewed by the Swedish stout mafia, Nerdbrewing. Nerdbrewing was founded in 2015 by Hannes Gruber and Karin Carlsson. A successful homebrewer, Hannes has won …

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Turning Wheels “Mountain King” West Coast IPA

Name: Mountain King Brewer: Turning Wheels (Philippines) Style: American IPA ABV: 7% Review Year: 2020 Mountain King is the flagship “West Coast IPA” of Turning Wheels, a craft brewery from Cebu, Philippines headed by brewmaster and passionate cyclist, Michael Nikkel.  STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is being evaluated as an American IPA (21A) in the context of the 2015 Beer …

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Windswept “The Wolf of Glen Moray” Whisky Barrel-Aged Wee Heavy

Name: The Wolf of Glen Moray Brewer: Windswept Brewing Co. (Scotland, United Kingdom) Style: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer (Base Style: Wee Heavy) ABV: 9.2% Review Year: 2020 The Wolf of Glen Moray is a Scotch Ale/ Wee Heavy brewed by the award-winning brewery from the Scottish Highlands, Windswept Brewing Co. This Wee Heavy was aged in casks …

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Mcleod’s “Smuggler’s Bay Bourbon Barrel Aged Scotch Ale (2019)” Wee Heavy

Name: Smuggler’s Bay Bourbon Barrel Aged Scotch Ale (2019) Brewer: McLeod’s  Brewery (New Zealand) Style: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer (Base Style: Wee Heavy) ABV: 8.3% Review Year: 2020 The Smuggler’s Bay Bourbon Barrel Aged Scotch Ale by New Zealand’s McLeod’s Brewery is a Wee Heavy tucked into some fresh Four Roses Bourbon casks. The Smuggler’s Bay Collection is …

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Taiwan Head Brewers 啤酒頭釀造 “2019 Barrel Aged Spring Equinox Plum Sour Ale/ Guo Ke”

Name: 2019 Barrel Aged Spring Equinox Plum Sour Ale/ Guo-Ke Brewer: Taiwan Head Brewers Brewing Co. 啤酒頭釀造 (Taiwan) Style: Wild Specialty Beer ABV: 11% Review Year: 2020 Brewed by the Taiwan Head Brewers Brewing Co., the 2019 Barrel Aged Spring Equinox Plum Sour Ale aka. Guo-Ke (translated as “passerby”) is a sour beer brewed with plums …

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Highland Park Brewery x Horus Aged Ales “242 MPH” Imperial Stout

Name: 242 MPH Brewer: Highland Park Brewery, Horus Aged Ales (United States) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 13.5% Review Year: 2020 242 MPH is an Imperial Stout brewed by Highland Park Brewery in collaboration with Horus Aged Ales. This Imperial Stout was brewed with massive amounts of coconut and some cherrywood. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is being …

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