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2016 Archive

May 5, 2016

Champion Brewing Fruitbasket IPA

There have been some good examples of fruit juice infused IPAs popping up on shelves the past year or so. And there […]

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May 5, 2016

Smithsonian Announces New Initiative To Document Brewing History

Press Release The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History announced today at the Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America in Philadelphia that […]

May 5, 2016

Harpoon Announces New Year-round Offering

Press Release Boston, MA (May 4, 2016) ? A sweet spot is defined as ?an optimum point or combination of factors or […]

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May 4, 2016

Starr Hill The Hook

I’ve said it before on several occasions here at The Barley Blog, but I don’t believe an IPA can be sessionable, even […]

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May 3, 2016

Pen Druid Space

Sperryville’s Pen Druid are doing some crazy things with wild yeast. In fact, I don’t believe that I’ve meant a group of […]

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May 2, 2016

Widmer Hefeweizen

Man, I can’t tell you the last time I cracked open a Widmer Brothers Hefeweizen — it’s probably going on something like […]

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Apr 29, 2016

3 Stars Brewing Zombie Date Night

I’ve had a bit of a hit or miss experience with D.C.’s 3 Stars Brewing the past year or so. One brew […]

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Apr 28, 2016

Three Notch’d No Veto

Yesterday, I published a review for Bloody Roots, a collaborative release involving Three Notch’d Brewing. That imperial brown ale was anything but […]

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Apr 28, 2016

New Belgium Announces Heavy Melon and Juicy Mandarina

Press Release Ft. Collins, Colo., April 27, 2016 – The heat of summer will be here in no time and New Belgium […]

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Apr 27, 2016

Adroit Theory & Three Notch’d Bloody Roots

I’m not a fan the Bloody Mary in general, but when I saw this collaboration between Adroit Theory and Three Notch’d using […]

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Apr 26, 2016

Deschutes Red Chair NWPA

I’d been looking for Deschutes Red Chair NWPA ever since the company started shipping to Virginia, but it wasn’t until this past […]

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Apr 25, 2016

Sweetwater Brewing Goin’ Coastal

IPAs infused with fruit and/or the juice of said fruit have been the hot trend the past year or so. Some have […]

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