Every so often an IPA comes along that gets the hop combinations right. Tröegs Independent Brewing’s double IPA called Nimble Giant is one of those beers. Nimble Giant stands tall among many of the Imperial/Double IPAs I’ve had this year. I picked up a four-pack from Village Beer Merchant on …
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Day 9 of 12. Today’s beer is Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA. This review comes at a good time, as I will be traveling to Dogfish Head Brewery a week from today! I’ve never been there, but heard great reviews, and I’m very excited to travel there next week. Hopefully …
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The beer for Day 2 of the 12 Beers for the New Year is Two Roads Brewing Road 2 Ruin double IPA. I actually managed to find a beer that has both the number “2” and the spelling of “two” in the title. For Day 1, click on this link. …
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Last week I traveled to Burlington, VT, one of the most exciting beer hubs in the country. I was fortunate enough to have a Heady Topper in my hand within 15 minutes of arriving in Burlington, owing entirely to my friend Dave, who resides just outside of Burlington in Essex …
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Have you been wondering why the 2015 seasonal version of Southern Tier Brewing Company’s popular 2xOne tastes different than the 2014 version? The 2015 single varietal series is made the pairing of a different type of hop and malt. You might very well miss this distinction as the lettering on …
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That’s right, this review is of Ellicotville Brewing Company offering Pantius Droppus. Quite the clever name for this Imperial IPA. I actually ventured to Ellicottville Brewing Company today with my family. I was not there to do a beer place review, but merely to get the family out of the …
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Green Flash Brewing Co. out of San Diego produces some very good beer, and most famous on that list is West Coast IPA. As the colorful purple label declares, West Coast IPA is most certainly “extravagantly hopped”. At 95 IBU and 8.1% ABV, West Coast IPA is a delicacy for …
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I have been familiar with Bell’s Brewery’s wonderful beers for a few years now, but they weren’t available in Western New York until late 2013. Beer drinkers from Michigan have long known about Bell’s for decades, and it wasn’t long before they developed quite a reputation with craft beer drinkers …
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I’ve always heard that one of the best marketing strategies is to impose a deadline. “For a limited time only!” “Get yours before they are gone!” “While supplies last!” “Drink this beer by a certain day!” Ok, so the last one isn’t really one I’ve heard, until I picked up …
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I had the amazing opportunity to drink a Pliny the Elder in my possession. In a blockbuster beer trade akin to trading Tom Brady for Peyton Manning, my cousin Hops Ryno traded two Heady Topper (from an original four-pack) for two Pliny the Elder. Heady Topper is ranked #1 in …
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