Beer Reviews

Northern Monk x Finback “Patrons Project 3.05: Once, Twice, Three Times a Whale” Mosaic IPA

Name: Patrons Project 3.05 // Double India Pale Ale // Mosaic Edition // James Butler // Once, Twice, Three Times a Whale // Finback Brewer: Northern Monk (United Kingdom), Finback Brewery (United States) Style: Double IPA ABV: 8.2% Review Year: 2019 The Patrons Project is an initiative by Northern Monk to foster collaboration, creativity, and community between […]

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Half Baked Brewing Collective “Karma Hues” Juicy IPA

Name: Karma Hues (July 2020) Brewer: Half Baked Brewing Collective (Philippines) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 6.5% Review Year: 2020 Karma Hues is the rotating IPA series of the Half Baked Brewing Collective first launched last December. This July 2020 outturn is a New England IPA brewed with Galaxy hops among others. The

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Finback Brewery “Six Year” Triple IPA

Name: Six Year Brewer: Finback Brewery (United States) Brewers: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA) ABV: 10.1% Review Year: 2020 The Queens-based Finback Brewery celebrates its anniversary by releasing special one-off brews. Last year, we were able to grab some of these essential goods from their taproom, and ever since we reviewed the Five

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The Veil “Hornswoggler (Double Stuffed Oreo & Cinnamon)” Chocolate Milk Stout

Name: Hornswoggler (Double Stuffed Oreo & Cinnamon) Brewer: The Veil Brewing Co. (United States) Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer (Base Style: Sweet Stout) ABV: 7% Review Year: 2020 Straight out of Richmond, Virginia is this chocolate milk stout brewed by The Veil Brewing Co. This Double Stuffed Oreo & Cinnamon version of Hornswoggler was

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Adroit Theory “Scarification (Ghost 855)” Hazy Imperial IPA

Name: Scarification (Ghost 855) Brewer: Adroit Theory Brewing Company (United States) Style: Experimental Beer (Base Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA) ABV: 8% Review Year: 2020 Scarification (Ghost 855) is a “Hazy Imperial IPA” brewed by the Virginia-based nano-brewery, Adroit Theory. This beer features lactose and the hop varieties Nelson Sauvin, Citra, and Mosaic. STYLE

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Equilibrium x Verdant “Rock Fantasy” Double IPA

Name: Rock Fantasy Brewer: Equilibrium Brewery (United States), Verdant Brewing Co. (United Kingdom) Style: Double IPA ABV:  7.5% Review Year: 2019 Named after the legendary music and pinball shop in Middletown, New York, Rock Fantasy is a hazy Double IPA brewed by Equilibrium Brewery in collaboration with Falmouth’s Verdant Brewing Co. In an attempt to

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WeldWerks “Root Beer Float Stout” Milk Stout

Name: Root Beer Float Stout Brewer: WeldWerks Brewing Co. (United States) Style: Spice, Herb or Vegetable Beer (Base Style: Sweet Stout) ABV: 6.4% Review Year: 2019 WeldWerks, the award-winning craft brewery from Colorado puts the “beer” in “root beer” with the Root Beer Float Stout. This creative concoction features root beer spices, lactose, and vanilla.

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Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen “3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze (Season 2017/18) Blend No. 51” Gueuze

Name: 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze (Season 2017/18) Blend No. 51 Brewer: Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen (Belgium) Style: Gueuze ABV: 6.2% Review Year: 2020 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze by Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen is a blend of one-, two-, and three-year-old lambics, spontaneously fermented using wild yeasts and then matured in oak casks. This bottle is from the

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Vocation “Dark Mystic” Barrel-Aged Russian Imperial Stout

Name: Dark Mystic Brewer: Vocation Brewery (United Kingdom) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 10.8% Review Year: 2019 In 2019, the West Yorkshire brewery, Vocation released Dark Mystic, a tribute to the mystical Rasputin. This “Russian Imperial Stout (RIS)” was laid to rest in oak barrels and was blessed with offerings of cherry

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