Craft Beer

Cerebral “Cryptic Message” Foeder-Fermented Schwarzbier

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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Wayfinder “Fortuna” Altbier

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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Uchu Brewing (うちゅうブルーイング ) “Cracks (#471)” DDH IPA

Name: Cracks (#471) Brewers: Uchu Brewing うちゅうブルーイング (Japan) Style: Hazy IPA ABV: 7.5% Review Year: 2022 Cracks (batch 471) by Uchu Brewing is a Double Dry-Hopped (DDH) IPA that was brewed with massive amounts of Simcoe, Citra, and Centennial hops. This beer also features a base composed of oats, wheat malt, and rye malt. STYLE GUIDELINES This …

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Equilibrium x Parish “Ghost in the Laboratory” Hazy IPA

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

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

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”

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

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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Elusive x Emperor’s “Imperial Morrisman” Chocolate Imperial Stout

Name: Imperial Morrisman Brewers: Elusive Brewing, Emperor’s Brewery (United Kingdom) Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 11% Review Year: 2022 Imperial Morrisman is the amplified version of the award winning TV famous Morrisman Dry Chocolate Stout by Elusive Brewing. This version was brewed in collaboration with Tim Lloyd and Emperor’s Brewery with more …

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