Name: Honey Wheat Ale Brewer: Mitchell’s Backyard Brewery (Philippines) Style: American Wheat Beer ABV: 4.5% Review Year: 2021 Honey Wheat Ale is a summertime thirst-quencher from the award-winning Philippine craft brewery, Mitchell’s Backyard Brewery. This “wheat ale” is actually one of the first beers that head brewer James Mitchell brewed for the company. STYLE GUIDELINES This […]
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Name: Galaxy Valley Brewers: Garage Project (New Zealand), Trillium Brewing Company (United States) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 8% Review Year: 2021 Wellington’s Garage Project is off to Australia’s Derwent River and Buffalo River Valleys for their third hop harvest collaboration with Trillium Brewing Company. Galaxy Valley is a “Hazy Double IPA” that features a
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Name: Recreational Bitter Brewers: Zakkoku Koubou (麦雑穀工房) Style: Best Bitter ABV: 4.5% Review Year: 2021 Recreational Bitter is the first “English Bitter” from Zakkoku Koubou (麦雑穀工房), a microbrewery on a farm in the town of Ogawa (Saitama) surrounded by the Sotochichibu Mountains. The brewery is known to source local ingredients for its beers. Before being known
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Name: Shared Trait Brewers: Parish Brewing Co., Cerebral Brewing (United States) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 8.5% Review Year: 2021 Shared Trait is a collaborative “Double IPA” between Parish Brewing Co. (Louisiana) and Cerebral Brewing (Colorado). The two used the best parts of the grain bills of their flagship beers– Ghost in the
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Name: Storming the Emperor’s Castle: BA Rhum / Vanilla Brewers: Castle Rock Brewery, Emperor’s Brewery (United Kingdom) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 13.6% Review Year: 2021 Storming the Emperor’s Castle: BA Rhum/ Vanilla is the second barrel-aged iteration of the Imperial Stout brewed by Castle Rock Brewery in collaboration with Darth Damian
Name: HOBi-wan keNOBi Episode Two: Darkside Edition Brewer: Bang the Elephant Brewing Co., Emperor’s Brewery, Abstract Jungle (United Kingdom) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 11.8% Review Year: 2021 Hello there! HOBi-wan keNOBi Episode Two: Darkside Edition is pure Darkside decadence. Bang the Elephant, Damian Doherty (Emperor’s Brewery), and Abstract Jungle teamed up for
Name: Yub Nub Brewers: Vibrant Forest Brewery, Emperor’s Brewery (United Kingdom) Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer (Base Style: English Barleywine) ABV: 12.7% Review Year: 2021 Vibrant Forest Brewery teamed up with Damian Doherty of Emperor’s Brewery in 2020 for Yub Nub, a “Black Barley Wine” brewed with cacao nibs and dark malts. Geek fact:
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Name: Yoda Condition (2020) Brewers: Nerdbrewing (Sweden), Emperor’s Brewery (United Kingdom) Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 12.3% Review Year: 2021 Brewed on May the 4th 2020, an Imperial Stout concocted with maple syrup and conditioned on home toasted coconut shreds, Yoda Condition is. Hmmm… a massive collaboration brew this is. Sweden’s
Name: Maton Brewer: Banayad Craft Brew (Philippines) Style: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer (Base style: American Strong Ale) ABV: 7.7% Review Year: 2021 Maton is the latest offering from the Manila-based Banayad Craft Brew and is an American Strong Ale conditioned with oak cubes soaked in whisky. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is being evaluated as a Specialty Wood-Aged
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Name: Qualify Pils Brewer: Suarez Family Brewery (United States) Style: German Pilsner ABV: 5% Review Year: 2021 Qualify Pils is the “hop-accented” German-style Pils brewed by the Suarez Family Brewery from Hudson, New York. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is being evaluated as a German Pils (5D) in the context of the 2015 Beer Style Guidelines of the Beer
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