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21st Amendment Brewery Back in Black IPA

by Lydia Broussard
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Even though they have been around for a good twenty years, black IPAs are catching on like a remarkable kind of wildfire and creating a different kind of controversy than the extreme beer debate. Several west-coast breweries have experimented with the genre, adding roasted malts to give traditional American Pales a more rounded flavor. While [...]

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Saison du Buff: Sam Calagione, Bill Covaleski, & Greg Koch Declare War on Bad Beer

by Tom MacGowan
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Recently, while visiting the Stone Brewing Company in Escondido, San Diego, I was fortunate enough to score a coveted tasting of the Stone, Dogfish Head, and Victory collaboration brew – Saison du BUFF. Once upon a time in 2003, three great brewers from opposite ends of the country came together for a press conference to announce to [...]

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De Dolle Brouwers Oerbier Special Reserva 2006

by Eugene Catanzaro
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After braving our fourth major snow storm in a nearly a month, March is finally here and it is time for us all to start looking ahead to spring. This season has been filled with all of the usual suspects: stouts, porters, and barley wines, and it has been great. But the snow is driving [...]

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“Help me OB1, You’re My Only Beer!”

by Eugene Catanzaro
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That was the quote on the cap of the beer I opened, Newport Storm Hurricane Amber Ale.  Unfortunately, that is how I felt before I opened it. I spent this past weekend with friends discussing the power of willing things to happen and creating vision boards (basically, a collage of dreams one hopes will come [...]

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Sapporo? Why Not?

by Andrew Henderson
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It’s a Monday night at home and go to the fridge to look for an evening beer. In there I find I have only two 12oz bottles: a Sapporo and a Trappistes Rochefort 10. Now I know what you’re thinking, “What self-respecting beer writer would reach for the Sapporo?” but I’m not embarrassed to say [...]

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River Horse Oatmeal Stout Ale Redux

by Cassidy Catanzaro
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Here’s the thing, I didn’t start out as a beer drinker. Frankly, I didn’t start out as a drinker at all but that’s for another magazine and far less socially acceptable. Enough about my recreational activities, the purpose of this article is to talk about my blossoming love affair with beer. Mind you I am [...]

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Green Flash Double Stout

by Tom MacGowan
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Green Flash Brewing Co is an incredible brewer based outside of San Diego, California. They are just about to celebrate the seven-year anniversary of creating innovative and insane beers!!! Green Flash takes a very nice approach to the double stout, effectively showing the versatility of their craftsmanship. This beer was awarded the 2008 California State [...]

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North Coast Brewing Company’s Old Stock Ale 2003

by Eugene Catanzaro
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Part of the “hobby” side of beer tasting is being able to age certain beers. I have one that has been in my cellar for a long time, the North Coast Brewing Company’s Old Stock Ale-2003. One of my close friends was in Seattle and brought me back some hard-to-get beers to the east coast. [...]

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Lancaster Milk Stout

by Eugene Catanzaro
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The Lancaster Brewery is located in the heart of Amish Country. Their beers have a fresh taste as though the area where it’s created somehow gets brewed right into the beer itself. The Milk Stout is among their most popular. A Milk Stout contains lactose, which is the sugar found in milk. They are also [...]

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Weyerbacher Quad Vintage

by Eugene Catanzaro
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The country of Belgium is known for a few great things:  Founding the European Union, Chocolate, Lace, and Trappist Monks responsible for brewing some of the best beer in the world. One of the styles that made them famous is the Quadrupel.  Recently available in the US, this style packs a wallop with an above [...]

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