Tag: High ABV

  • DIPA Battle: Fat Head’s Hop Juju versus Dark Horse Double Crooked Tree

    DIPA Battle: Fat Head’s Hop Juju versus Dark Horse Double Crooked Tree

    Fat Head’s Hop Juju versus Dark Horse Double Crooked Tree For this review we take on two double IPAs that are super fresh, released to markets the same week. With similar IBUs, we were inspired to compare the two Midwestern breweries efforts in this category. And so, we bring you our DIPA Batttle: Fat Head’s…

  • Oskar Blues Ten Fidy

    Oskar Blues Ten Fidy Writing this on one of the coldest night this city has recorded in meteorological recorded history, the soul craves certain things. Soup, tonight provided by Souper Market, specifically the new Kamm’s Corner location which, despite being furthest from the cellar was more importantly, the only one brave enough to stay open amid…

  • Best Double IPAs in Winter

    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…

  • AleSmith YuleSmith Winter Holiday Ale

    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? [dropcap]A[/dropcap]s the sun takes half days and the wind turns from refreshing to painful, man’s tastes change. Warm, thick,…

  • 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…