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Green Flash Double Stout Black Ale
A rich, hearty, and robust brew. Green Flash is more well known for their hop-centric beers, but this darker trip on the roasted malt side did not disappoint. Brewed with oats and a generous portion of roasted malts this stout actually walks the line between Black...
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine 2010
What Yeti is to Great Divide Stouts, Bigfoot is to Sierra Nevada Barleywine. They are both brewed with the same goal in mind: big, bold, flavorful. And the team at Sierra Nevada has done just that. If you like the flavor of the Pale Ale and Celebration Ale...
Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA
4 lbs of hops per BBL go into this beer. It is dry hopped 3 separate times with Amarillo, Simcoe, Centennial, Chinook, and Cascade. The bittering hops are Warrior and Simcoe which are both high alpha acid hops that lend a resinous punch to the finish which I will...
Russian River Supplication Ale
On a recent snow day a group of us got together to share some brews. We enjoyed some great food, sampled a fantastic home brew (Ruination clone), and got after some tastings. Everyone brought something to share: my contribution was a bottle of Russian River’s...