Today, I try Caldera Pale Ale, an American Pale Ale from Caldera Brewing Company in Ashland, Oregon. According to Caldera’s website, it’s “a West Coast-style pale ale balancing plenty of hops with a malty backbone.” Featuring Cascade hops, 2-row, Light Munich and Crystal malts, the Caldera Pale Ale was a very...
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Today, I review the Founders Devil Dancer Triple IPA. This intensely hoppy Triple IPA blew me away when I first had it on draft, and I’ve been searching for more of it ever since. I finally got my hands on a bottle, and figured I’d do a review of this stellar beer. If you like hops, look no further. This is definitely...
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Today, I review a beer sent to me by my buddy Ed Ryan, the Three Skulls Ales Buccaneer Bacon Lager. This 5.0% ABV Smoked Lager was one of the few smoke beers I’ve ever tried, and I honestly found it a bit lacking. Below is some information about the beer from Three Skulls Ales: Buccaneer Bacon is a smoked lager that is imbued...
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Today, I review another beer from Cigar City Brewing, their Bolita Double Brown Ale. Bolita is a Double Brown Ale with an ABV of 9.0%, and is an incredibly flavorful example of the classic English Brown Ale style. Using twice the malts of a typical brown ale, Bolita explodes with flavor with your first sip, including notes of...
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This week, I review the Schneider Aventinus, a weizenbock from Schneider & Sohn brewery. Clocking in at 8.2% ABV, this is Germany’s “imperial wheat”, if you will. Essentially, this beer has twice the strength, flavor and body of your typical wheat beer. If that sounds like it’d be something you’d...
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