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Sun King GFJ
Sun King Brewing’s Grapefruit Jungle IPA, or GFJ, brings the small Indianapolis brewers vision for a huge tropical IPA to a 16oz can. THE BEER Founded in 2009, Sun King seemed to come out of nowhere to strike a cord with craft beer drinkers from Indianapolis and beyond. Unfortunately, being a startup with limited production…
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Bells Mars
The 1st in “The Planets” series, Bells Mars is offered as a double IPA inspired by Gustov Holst’s opus 32 THE BEER Released in August on 2014 Bells Mars, like all double or imperial IPAs should be tasted as close to brew date as possible. With so many volatile hop oil aromatics packed in, you will lose…
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3 Fonteinen Hommage
Brewed first in 2007 and again in 2013, 3 Fonteinen Hommage is a lambic loaded with raspberries and sour cherries. Located in Beersel Belgium, just south of Brussels, 3 Fonteinen was founded way back in 1887 as a Geuzestekerij, a blender of old and new lambic to produce geuze. Currently run by Armond and Guido…
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Prairie Artisan Ales Bomb!
One of the most sought after 12oz beers of the past year, Prairie Artisan Ales Bomb! is another in the increasingly popular style of spicy stouts mixed with the already popular, and well covered by us, coffee beer. Can an Oklahoma brewer take on this complex blend of flavors? Kickstarter, that micro finance wonder-boy…
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What is the Best Session IPA?
Best of Series: What is the Best Session IPA? The Oxford Companion to Beer reminds us that one definition of light beer is “a beer with lower alcohol than most…” Which might make Joseph Owades ‘Diet Beer’ the first mass marketed session beer after Prohibition. A while back, while reviewing Lagunitas’s then new DayTime IPA we…