Name: Starry Night Brewer: WeldWerks Brewing Co. (United States) Style: Spice, Herb or Vegetable Beer (Base Style: Sweet Stout) ABV: 7.5% Review Year: 2020 We revisit Starry Night, a “milk stout” we encountered earlier this year. Brewed by the award-winning Colorado craft brewery, WeldWerks Brewing Co., Starry Night is a “milk stout” that features hazelnut, toasted coconut, milk …
Name: Barrel-Aged Yama-Bushi Cedar Kogen Brewers: Tamamura Honten Co./ Shiga Kogen (Japan), Jester King Brewery, Oxbow Brewing Company (United States) Style: Wild Specialty Beer (Base Style: Saison) ABV: 7.5% Review Year: 2020 The Barrel-Aged Yama-Bushi Cedar Kogen is a special three-way collaboration among Tamamura Honten (Nagano), Jester King (Texas), and Oxbow Brewing Company (Maine). This “farmhouse …
Name: Mario Alarcon-Gesha Origin: Acatenango, Guatemala Variety: Gesha Processing: Natural Roaster: Sweet Bloom Coffee Roasters (Colorado, United States) Roast: Medium Brewing Method: v60 THE GROWERS Mario Alarcon is a coffee grower from Guatemala and is an advocate against “pity marketing” in the coffee industry. “Pity marketing” painted coffee farmers as sad, poor, and powerless people unable …
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Name: Sector 5 Brewer: The Veil Brewing Co. (United States) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA) ABV: 12.5% Review Year: 2020 Sector 5 is a “quintuple dry-hopped Quadruple IPA” brewed by Virginia’s The Veil Brewing Co. originally meant for their fourth-anniversary celebration. This behemoth weighs in at 12.5 % ABV and was …
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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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Name: Way Down DDH Brewer: Outer Range Brewing Co. (United States) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 8.7% Review Year: 2020 Way Down DDH is a hazy “Double IPA” brewed by Outer Range Brewing Co. from Frisco, Colorado. This beer features the hop varieties Wakatu and Mosaic. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is being evaluated as a Specialty …
Name: Alternate Past Brewer: Knotted Root Brewing Company (United States) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 7.4% Review Year: 2020 Alternate Past by Colorado’s Knotted Root Brewing Company is a “Double-Dry Hopped IPA” that features the Enigma, Citra, and Kohatu hop varieties. Knotted Root Brewing Company is a small, artisan brewery from Nederland, Colorado, and is known to …
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Name: Blurry and Green Brewer: Knotted Root Brewing Company (United States) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 8.4% Review Year: 2020 Blurry and Green is an “Unfiltered Double Dry Hopped (DDH) Double IPA” brewed by the Colorado-based Knotted Root Brewing Company. This hazy and juicy beer features South African and Azacca cryo hops. Knotted Root Brewing Company is …
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Name: Alien Church Brewer: Tired Hands Brewing Company, Anchorage Brewing Company (United States) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 8.2% Review Year: 2020 Alien Church is a modern classic by Tired Hands Brewing Company and Anchorage Brewing Company. This New England IPA (NEIPA) was brewed with pillowy malted oats and was dry-hopped juicy American hop varieties. STYLE GUIDELINES …
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Name: ECKHARDT Brewer: Tamamura Honten Co. (Japan), Hair of the Dog Brewing Company (United States) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Belgian Golden Strong Ale) ABV: 12% Review Year: 2020 The Nagano-based brewery, Tamamura Honten joined forces with Portland’s Hair of the Dog for the fifth time to create ECKHARDT, a “Special strong golden ale” brewed …
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