Full Sail and The Beautiful “Wreckage”
If your jam is Year ‘Round IPA action, you owe it to yourself to pick up some “Wreck The Halls” and see what’s possible in neatly slipping the square peg of “hoppiness” into the round port of “winter seasonal”.
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Veteran writer, Steve Body, on beer, wine, spirits, the Business Of, and those who make them…
For Whom The Bell’s Tolled: Kirin/Lion Bags Another One
Seems like the sheer size of that Big Check obscures the sun and lets them think that cowering in the shadow of that will hide their dismissive actions from view of the patrons they’re leaving behind.
2021: This May Be The End of America
According to several research organizations, the current number of Americans who now see secession as realistic has topped 20% in ALL regions and individual states, for the first time in over 100 years.
Double Mountain and Ranger Chocolates: Chocolate Stout, Hold the Pastries
This is a fine, SERIOUS seasonal Stout, with BODY (No pun intended) for days, depth, richness, and not a bit of pandering to the craft newbie crowd who insist on dragging their childhood candy habits into their adult beer fandom.
Stay Frosty: Reuben’s Brews Bear Hugs the Cold IPA
It feels, in the mouth, like a much lighter style of beer but is still a full-scale IPA and that is the style’s hallmark: lightness, with hops…Pardon me: Lightness, with HOPS!!
Copperworks Single Malt Release #39: Salmon Safe/Flavor Dangerous
I was floored without being really surprised, at how explosively vivid and even a tad exotic were the flavors that came booming out of my first shot of this Whiskey.
Bahnbrëcker “Slow River Blend”: Texas Soul with a German Accent
Rodney Rogers and partners, dare I mention it, strode rather boldly WAAAAAY Outside the Box in this concept. This is NOT your traditional Texas bottle of brownwater spirits and the difference is just flat delightful.
Whitewood Cider: The Little Cidery That Could.
“Oh man!” the guy said, “David White is a goddamned prodigy. Those things put me away and I am not ordinarily a cider fan.”
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