Name: Citra Ass Down Brewer: Amigos de la Playa (Philippines) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 6% Review Year: 2019 Amigos de la Playa released their first batch of beers in king cans with the juicy IPA, Citra Ass Down. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is being evaluated as a Specialty IPA: New England IPA …
Six craft breweries from the Philippines battled it out for a chance to be crowned the first-ever A Half Baked JamBEERee People’s Beer Champion last 12 October 2019 at Spektral Beer Lounge. For this first leg of the competition, the rules were quite straightforward. Brewers must enter an IPA with six to seven percent alcohol-by-volume …
Name: “Route via Cubao-Antipolo” Brewer: Hideout Craft Brewery x The Marc’s & Tony Brewing Co. (Philippines) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 6.5% Review Year: 2019 Two of the country’s most experimental (and our most reviewed) craft brewers, Tatz Ang of Hideout Craft Brewery (Cubao, Manila) and Tony Sindayen of The Marc’s & Tony …
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Disclaimer: We will come clean. This review was, unfortunately, written at a time when we were not aware that mats of bubbles are symptoms of a dirty glass. Just because we are Drink Me Dirty, it does not mean it is acceptable to drink from a dirty glass. Clean and rinse your glasswares properly. As …
Disclaimer: We will come clean. This article was, unfortunately, written at a time when we were not aware that mats of bubbles are symptoms of a dirty glass. Just because we are Drink Me Dirty, it does not mean it is acceptable to drink from a dirty glass. Clean and rinse your glasswares properly. As …
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Name: Citrus Galaxy Brewer: The Marc’s & Tony Brewing Co. (Philippines) Style: New England IPA ABV: 6% Review Year: 2019 Tony Sindayen, head brewer of The Marc’s & Tony Brewing Co. (MT Brewing), celebrated his birthday at Spektral Beer Lounge with a keg of his latest hazy beer experiment, the Citrus Galaxy New England India …
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Craft beer drinkers in the Philippines have been long acquainted with the India Pale Ale (IPA) thanks to the local brewers. However, the earlier versions of these beers in the country take after the classic American IPA. The Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) defines these beers in their 2015 Beer Style Guidelines* as decidedly hoppy …
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Name: Time Juggler Brewer: Fifth Hammer Brewing Co. (USA) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 7.5% Review Year: 2019 Time Juggler is a “Hazy IPA” dry-hopped with Citra, Amarillo, and Mosaic hops by the New York-based brewery, Fifth Hammer. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is being evaluated as a Specialty IPA: New England IPA (21B) …
Name: Andromeda Brewer: The Marc’s & Tony Brewing Co. (Philippines) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 6.2% Review Year: 2019 The Marc’s & Tony Brewing Co. is one of the few breweries locally so far that have nailed a proper juicy hazy New England IPA (NEIPA). In fact, Andromeda was easily the fan-favorite in …
If there’s one thing to take away from Marvel’s Iron Man, it’s that perfection is achieved through a continuous iterative process. Tony Stark’s first armor, the Mark I, which debuted in Tales of Suspense #39 (1963), is a far cry from its modern counterparts. It was through constant enhancements of his prototypes that Tony brought the …