Hair Of The Dog Fred is an American Strong Ale. I received this as a trade extra, thanks Alex! This is Batch 83, bottled on 3.10.11, opened on 5.22.2013. So this is over 2 years old. My friend at HOTD says he prefers this fresh, and since I don’t have a fresh bottle to compare this [...]
Boulevard Coffee Ale is an American Strong Ale that is a collaboration with The Roasterie. Ethiopian Sidamo is blended with rye, oats, and malted barley, and spiced with Perle and Styrian Golding hops. All of this creates a beer that tastes like… coffee. Not too shocking given the name, but this really is about as “iced [...]
Firestone Walker Double DBA (or Double Double Barrel Ale) is an American Strong Ale. A tribute to their flagship beer DBA (Double Barrel Ale), an English Style Pale Ale. Firestone Walker bills Double DBA as a barrel aged Imperial Special Bitter, all I know for sure is that it is delicious. Toffee, rich malt, medium bourbon, alcohol [...]
Red Brick The Lost Years is an American Strong Ale that is bourbon barrel aged with citrus peel and star anise. There is a great back story to this beer that is too long to re-tell, but take a quick side trip to the Red Brick website to read up on it. This beer has a [...]
Stone Lukcy Basartd is an American Strong Ale created to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the first brewing of Arrogant Bastard. This beer is a blend of Arrogant Bastard, Oak Aged Arrogant Bastard and Double Bastard. In fact this truly drinks like a blend of these three beers, I am getting elements of what I love [...]
Shmaltz He’Brew Funky Jewbelation is an American Strong Ale. This is Barrel Aged Release #6, Batch 001/0999 cases, Bottled on 3/6/2012, enjoyed at 1 year of age. This was the first of a now annual release. This Strong Ale is a blend of 6 ales aged in 73% Rye Whisky Barrels and 27% Bourbon Barrels. The [...]
Cigar City Brewing Batch 69 Double Cream Ale was bottled in July of 2012, and I felt lucky to find this at a bottle shop in Florida a few days before the new year. This was enjoyed at about six months of age by Lee, Andrew and me during the recording of podcast #13. Cigar City [...]
Life & Limb 2 is an American Strong Ale that is a collaboration between Sierra Nevada and Dogfish Head. The original Life & Limb was released in 2009 and sold out nationally in about two weeks! It even has its own official website. The beer was brewed with birch syrup & pure maple syrup from the [...]
Ever heard of a “Bright Ale”? A collaboration between Mikkeller and To Øl, Walk on Water beer is both light, refreshing and big on the booze at 14% ABV.
Shmaltz He’Brew Jewbelation Fifteen is an American Strong Ale brewed to celebrate their 15th Anniversary. Brewed with 15 malts, 15 hops & clocking in at 15% ABV. If I learned anything form this beer it’s that 15 malts > 15 hops. Syrupy sweet malts dominate at first with flavors of figs, soy sauce, molasses, cola, alcohol [...]
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