Spice Herb or Vegetable Beer

Wiley Roots “Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Somethin’ (2016)” Imperial Stout

Name: Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Somethin’ (2016) Brewer: Wiley Roots Brewing Company (United States) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 13.6% Review Year: 2020 In 2016, Colorado’s Wiley Roots Brewing Company released the Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Somethin’, a barrel-aged Imperial Stout at 13.6% ABV brewed with hazelnuts and almonds. Earlier this year, …

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Urbanaut “BEER BLENDER! Black Forest Stout x Espresso Scotch Ale”

The BEER BLENDER! series by the Auckland-based Urbanaut Brewing gives its drinkers the choice to drink and enjoy a curated pair of beers on their own or as a blend. For this pair, we reviewed the Black Forest Stout and the Espresso Scotch Ale individually and then concocted a fifty-fifty blend to try it out. …

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Tamamura Honten x Trunk Coffee “Shiga Kogen Imperial Coffee Porter (2020) FINCA LOS CONGOS ‘Pacamara’ Nicaragua”

Name: Shiga Kogen Imperial Coffee Porter (2020) FINCA LOS CONGOS “Pacamara” Nicaragua Brewer: Tamamura Honten Co., Trunk Coffee (Japan) Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer (Base Style: Baltic Porter) ABV: 8% Review Year: 2020 Nagano meets Nagoya for this Shiga Kogen Imperial Coffee Porter brewed by Tamamura Honten Co. This Baltic or Imperial Porter was created …

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Other Half x Parish “Gravity Gumbo” Imperial Stout

Name: Gravity Gumbo Brewers: Other Half Brewing Co., Parish Brewing Co. (United States) Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 14.5% Review Year: 2020 Louisiana’s Parish Brewing brought some southern flavors north to New York’s Other Half to brew Gravity Gumbo. This Imperial Stout (14.5% ABV) was brewed with coffee, chicory, pecans, …

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The Marc’s & Tony x Cycle Philippines “Kafe Porter” Coffee Baltic Porter

Name: Kafe Porter Brewer: The Marc’s & Tony Brewing Co. (Philippines) Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer (Base Style: Baltic Porter) ABV: 8% Review Year: 2020 The latest collaboration beer by Tony Sindayen of The Marc’s & Tony Brewing Co. is Kafe Porter, a Baltic Porter concocted with cold brew coffee concentrate by Cycle Philippines that features …

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Don’t Panic, It’s Achromatic! Vol. 1

We turn to the dark side of the award-winning Colorado-based WeldWerks Brewing Co. as we document and explore the different iterations of Achromatic in this new series of batch reviews, Don’t Panic, It’s Achromatic! Achromatic is a popular stout staple of WeldWerks, with different dessert-inspired versions being released occasionally. For this first volume, we will be …

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Cervezas Yria “Asura” Bourbon Barrel-Aged Russian Imperial Stout

Name: Asura Brewer: Cervezas Yria (Spain) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 13% Review Year: 2020 Asura is a bourbon barrel-aged “Russian Imperial Stout (RIS)” by Madrid’s Cervezas Yria. This RIS was brewed with maple syrup, muscovado sugar, and vanilla. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is being evaluated as a Mixed-Style Beer (34B), combining …

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Equilibrium x Eighth State “Dual Singularity” Imperial Stout

Name: Dual Singularity Brewers: Equilibrium Brewery, The Eighth State Brewing Co. (United States) Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 12% Review Year: 2020 The beer engineers of Equilibrium Brewery (NY) team up with South Carolina’s The Eighth State Brewing Co. for Dual Singularity–a tribute to New York’s famous Black and White …

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