Beer Reviews

The Marc’s & Tony “Chonky” Banana Apple Berliner Weisse

Name: Chonky Brewers: The Marc’s & Tony Brewing Co. (Philippines) Style: Fruit Beer (Base Style: Berliner Weisse) ABV: 4% Review Year: 2020 Tony Sindayen of The Marc’s & Tony Brewing Co. doubles down on his mantra of brewing fun, flavorful, and fresh beers with the first of two simultaneously released fruited kettle sours– Chonky, a Berliner Weisse fruited heavily […]

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Magpie “Duck Ale / 덕후선생 덕 에일” Kettle Sour

Name: Duck Ale / 덕후선생 덕 에일 Brewer: Magpie Brewing Co. (South Korea) Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer (Base Style: Historical Beer: Gose) ABV: 5% Review Year: 2020 Duck Ale (덕후선생 덕 에일) is a kettle sour beer by Magpie Brewing Co. from Jeju Island. Brewed with cucumber distillate and Sichuan peppercorn, this beer takes after Ghost,

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The Veil “Sector 5” Quintuple Dry-Hopped Quadruple IPA

Name: Sector 5 Brewer: The Veil Brewing Co. (United States) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA) ABV: 12.5% Review Year: 2020 Sector 5 is a “quintuple dry-hopped Quadruple IPA” brewed by Virginia’s The Veil Brewing Co. originally meant for their fourth-anniversary celebration. This behemoth weighs in at 12.5 % ABV and was

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Wiley Roots “Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Somethin’ (2016)” Imperial Stout

Name: Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Somethin’ (2016) Brewer: Wiley Roots Brewing Company (United States) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 13.6% Review Year: 2020 In 2016, Colorado’s Wiley Roots Brewing Company released the Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Somethin’, a barrel-aged Imperial Stout at 13.6% ABV brewed with hazelnuts and almonds. Earlier this year,

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Behemoth x Heart of Darkness “These Go to Eleven” Hazy IPA

Name: These Go to Eleven (NZ Brewed) Brewers: Behemoth Brewing Company (New Zealand), Heart of Darkness Brewery Saigon (Vietnam) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 6.6% Review Year: 2020 Behemoth Brewing Company (known as Chur Brewing Company in Australia) from New Zealand teamed up with Heart of Darkness Saigon for These Go to Eleven,

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Urbanaut “BEER BLENDER! Black Forest Stout x Espresso Scotch Ale”

The BEER BLENDER! series by the Auckland-based Urbanaut Brewing gives its drinkers the choice to drink and enjoy a curated pair of beers on their own or as a blend. For this pair, we reviewed the Black Forest Stout and the Espresso Scotch Ale individually and then concocted a fifty-fifty blend to try it out.

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McLeod’s “Dank Harvest” India Pale Lager

Name: Dank Harvest Brewer: McLeod’s  Brewery (New Zealand) Style: Specialty IPA: India Pale Lager ABV: 5.7% Review Year: 2020 Dank Harvest is an India Pale Lager (IPL) brewed by the award-winning McLeod’s Brewery from Waipu, New Zealand. This lager was hopped entirely with the classic American varieties Simcoe, Citra, Centennial, and Columbus. Established in 2014, McLeod’s Brewery

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