Name: Karma Hues (December 2019) Brewer: Half Baked Brewing Collective (Philippines) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 7.2% Review Year: 2019 Karma Hues, a “Juicy IPA” brewed using Citra and Strata hops, marks the first beer of Half Baked to be released in cans. Although this pilot batch will not be released commercially yet, …
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In November, David Wagnon of Brouwerij Van Steenberge flew to Manila for the third time to spread the gospel of fine Belgian beers. Founded in Ertvelde in 1784, Brouwerij Van Steenberge is part of a long list of proud Belgian breweries. Like other breweries in the country, Van Steenberge employs traditional Flemish brewing techniques that …
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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 …
Name: Butter Nut Porter Brewer: The Marc’s & Tony Brewing (Philippines) Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer (Base Style: Baltic Porter) ABV: 8.1% Review Year: 2019 The colder months of the year call for dark, flavorful beers. The Marc’s & Tony just released Butter Nut Porter, a Baltic Porter brewed with peanut butter and lactose. …
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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 …
Crows Craft Brewery & Distilling Co. kicked off its sixth-anniversary celebration at Bar Pintxos in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) on the rainy evening of September 18. It was a night to laud the pioneering contributions to the local craft beverage industry of Josemari Cuervo and the Crows Crew. At the same time, the anniversary feast …
Inside the Half Baked HQ, three men huddled in one corner. They drank with quiet determination, avoiding serious discussions of troubling brews. In doing this they pitched another yeast strain, a wild one. They were brewing a beer of sorts, one not fully thought out. Chapter 1: A Brewmance of Three Parts Chapter 2: Smoke …
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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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Name: Eclipse Brewer: The Marc’s & Tony Brewing Co. (Philippines) Style: American Stout ABV: 6.7 % The latest release from The Marc’s & Tony Brewing Co. takes us to the dark side. This is in contrast to his juicy hazy New England IPAs (NEIPAs) that have pushed further the haze craze in the Philippines. Eclipse …
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 …