We’ve long been fans of Paddy Longs, as you can see here (from 2 years ago, whoa). And some of us (read: Karl) have been pushing back against the all-things-bacon trend for a while (from 4 years ago, double whoa). But as the baconsanity has faded, and our appreciation of Paddy’s remains considerable, we wanted to [...]
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Dark Horse Says: Have you read the description for the regular Crooked Tree yet? Well this beer is almost the same just double the flavor and alcohol. We actually took the Crooked Tree recipe and doubled all of the ingredients except the water, just the way a DOUBLE should be made. Dark Horse Double Crooked [...]
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Founders says: “When you dance with the Devil the Devil don’t change. You do. Massive in complexity, the huge malt character balances the insane amount of alphas used to create it. At an incredible 112 IBU’s it’s dry-hopped with a combination of ten hop varieties. This one can age with the best of them.” Founders [...]
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Dark Horse says: “A barley wine style ale brewed to 15% alcohol with hints of raisin, chocolate, caramel, sherry, cherry, and alcohol, just to name a few. And this beer will only get better with age.” Dark Horse 3 Guy Off The Scale Barley Wine American Barleywine, 15% ABV (!!!) Sayeth the Guys: 1 YEAR [...]
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New Glarus says: “Frozen in the cellars over a powerful twelve week fermentation. You hold an elegant riot of bittersweet sherry and dark fruit earthy notes. Warm and expansive it will fill your senses. Great for contemplative sipping now or lay down for an elegant occasion with friends.” New Glarus Unplugged Iced Barley Wine English [...]
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What follows is a tale of determined, hard work by someone who wants to open a brewery and loads of detective work on our part. The result is equal parts admiration and intrigue for a brewery we still don’t know much about. We first caught wind of One Trick Pony back in March after seeing [...]
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Arcadia says: “Aged in in 22 year-old Bourbon Barrels for almost two years.” Arcadia Bourbon Barrel-Aged Shipwreck Porter Baltic Porter, 12% ABV Sayeth the Guys: FRESH Karl: This was a fun one simply based on style variation. Almost by muscle memory alone, when you say “bourbon barrel aged,” one almost immediately follows it up with [...]
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