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2017 Archive

Mar 15, 2017

Guinness Irish Wheat

The Guinness brand “Brewers Project” line of beers has been putting out some pretty interesting brews the past couple of years. Their […]

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Mar 14, 2017

The Bruery Nine Ladies Dancing

Each Winter, The Bruery releases a limited, Belgian-style brew as part of their Twelve Days of Christmas series. There have been some […]

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Mar 13, 2017

Coronado and Cigar City Conquista IPA

Both California’s Coronado Brewinng and Florida’s Cigar City are no strangers to the IPA. Each has crafted some truly flavorful and well […]

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Mar 10, 2017

Flying Dog 2017 St. EADman Abbey Ale

Back in 2013 Flying Dog released a big, boozy beer from their “Brewhouse Rarities.” St. EADman was brewed as a tribute to […]

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Mar 10, 2017

Oxbow and Allagash Team Up for First Collaboration

Press Release Saison season has arrived. On April 8th, Allagash Brewing Company and Oxbow Brewing Company will be celebrating saisons. In homage […]

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Mar 9, 2017

Cascade Brewing Elderberry

Elderberry isn’t your typical brewing ingredient. In fact, in the over ten years I’ve been reviewing for this site, I have only […]

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Mar 8, 2017

Stone Brewing Stygian Descent

Stygian Descent was first created back in 2013 when Stone Brewing took their Sublimely Self-Righteous Black IPA and aged it in rye […]

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Mar 7, 2017

Deschutes 2015 Jubel

Deschutes originally released Jubel — an imperial, barrel-aged version of their annual winter release, Jubelale — as a once in a decade […]

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Mar 6, 2017

Clown Shoes Hammer of the Beast

I’m a big fan of stouts and barleywines. Hell, I’ll even go for a nice blend of the two. Rum, however, isn’t […]

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Mar 3, 2017

2008 Dogfish Head World Wide Stout

I started The Barley Blog in December of 2006 and a short time after started cellaring beer as was the popular thing […]

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Mar 2, 2017

Heritage Brewing Edison’s Lost Invention

The past couple of years, I’ve been fortunate enough to hang out with Sean and the Heritage Brewing crew amongst their ever-growing […]

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Mar 1, 2017

Oud Beersel Bersalis Tripel

The only other Oud Beersel brand beer — brewed by Belgium’s Brouwerij Oud Beersel — that I’ve encountered was a tasty framboise […]

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