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Stone Espresso Imperial Russian Stout
[schema type=”review” url=”http://34.233.121.37/2013/08/05/stone-espresso-imperial-russian-stout/” name=”Stone Espresso Imperial Russian Stout Beer Review” description=”Craft beer review of Stone Espresso IRS” rev_name=”Stone Espresso Imperial Russian Stout” author=”Steve” pubdate=”2013-07-31″ user_review=”9.0″ min_review=”0″ max_review=”10″ ] Stone Espresso Imperial Russian Stout Starting in 2011 Stone began releasing reworked versions of both their barleywine, Old Guardian and imperial stout, IRS. I don’t recall 2011’s…
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Dogfish Head Noble Rot
Dogfish Head Noble Rot Review Fine beer sells itself, up to a point. The better pale ales or stouts in a market should sell well enough. But every brewer has at least one of these styles in their lineup. What is a brewer to do when they want to do more than perfect the standards?…
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Boulevard Brewing Love Child No. 3
BOULEVARD BREWING LOVE CHILD No. 3 REVIEW WHAT IS A WILD ALE? Sour beer, as a broad category, is one of the most helpfully descriptive of all beers terms. Brewed with the introduction of wild yeasts such as brettanomyces and lactobacillius, sour beers are a complex bunch. Bringing funky, sour, even tart notes to the usual malt/hop…
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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…
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Maui / Dogfish Head Liquid Breadfruit
Tropical vacations usually mean uninspired local beer. Can a Maui / Dogfish Head collab change our expectations? [dropcap]W[/dropcap]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…