Beer Reviews
Tröegs Nugget Nectar
TRÖEGS NUGGET NECTAR REVIEW AMERICAN HOPPINESS MEETS AN AMBER ALE TRÖEGS Founded in 1996 in Harrisburg Pennsylvania, brothers John and Chris Trogner created a portmanteau from their surname and the Dutch word for pub, ‘kroeg’, to make Tröegs for the name of their new brewery. In 2011 they expanded and moved to Hershey, adding a tasting room, snacks, even [...]
Maui / Dogfish Head Liquid Breadfruit
Tropical vacations usually mean uninspired local beer. Can a Maui / Dogfish Head collab change our expectations? hen James Cook discovered Hawaii in 1778, his crew bartered iron nails with the locals for a break in their erotic loneliness. The prices for vices have gone up on the isolated American paradise in subsequent years, but is [...]
Best Double IPAs in Winter
Cold weather months are the time of stouts, porters, and winter warmers. But a few brewers are magnanimous enough to grant a hop fan respite. Here we look at three of the best double IPAs in winter. Through winter-time we call on spring So who the hell decided that winter-time has to be all [...]
Avery Odio Equum
AVERY ODIO EQUUM Our first taste of a limited release barrel-aging sour program from Boulder Colorado’s Avery Brewing. ROCKY MOUNTAIN SOUR? Avery, known to me for their amazing double IPA the Maharajah and their bourbon barrel-aged Uncle Jacob’s Stout, apparently has a huge lineup. Their limited barrel-aged series sours do not make our market so I had [...]
Three Floyds Zombie Dust
THREE FLOYDS ZOMBIE DUST In this review we once again examine a beer from the legendary Three Floyds. WHY THREE FLOYDS? Founded in 1996 by Nick Floyd in Munster, Indiana, Three Floyds is the brewery we at The Barley Whine have reviewed more than any other. Rated the top brewery in the world by RateBeer.com [...]
AleSmith YuleSmith Winter Holiday Ale
ALESMITH YULESMITH WINTER HOLIDAY ALE REVIEW Happy holidays beer fans! For this beer review, we take a look at an unusual take on a winter seasonal, AleSmith YuleSmith Winter Holiday Ale. WHAT IS A WINTER ALE? s the sun takes half days and the wind turns from refreshing to painful, man’s tastes change. Warm, thick, [...]
De Proefbrouwerij Flanders Fred Collaborative Ale
DE PROEFBROUWERIJ FLANDERS FRED REVIEW Who is Alan Sprints? Hair of the Dog Brewing Company out of Portland Oregon makes some of the Pacific Northwest’s most delicious beers. Head brewer Alan Sprints brewed up one of those big beers, a massively flavorful American barleywine (they call it a golden strong ale) named Fred, and blended it with the guys at [...]
Three Floyds Moloko Milk Stout
THREE FLOYDS MOLOKO MILK STOUT REVIEW WHAT IS A MILK STOUT? Milk stout, or “sweet stout”, is a variant of stout with a sweeter finish and thicker, creamy mouth-feel, generally from unfermentable milk sugar. Left Hand Milk Stout may be the best known American variant. One of the first milk stouts I recall tasting was from Willoughby Brewing Company at a beer tasting [...]
The Bruery Oude Tart
Flanders Red ales are a favorite style, so I’ve been looking forward to our review of the award winning Oude Tart from The Bruery. But first we need to take a slight detour into the price of craft beer. Craft beer is, by its nature as a small batch product, expensive, when compared to Big Beer’s [...]
Bell’s This One Goes To 11 Ale
When visiting San Diego earlier this year, a town known as perhaps America’s best beer city based on their invention and output of hugely hoppy IPAs, a surprise came to me. Visiting local bars, I always search for the common denominator between various establishments. Some places will all have the same video game in the corner, or [...]