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Nov 18, 2019

Guinness Stock Ale

The Guinness Open Gate Brewery in Baltimore recently announced the release of Stock Ale and, now, a couple of short weeks later, […]

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May 24, 2018

Ommegang Hand of the Queen

Ommegang’s Hand of the Queen is a recent release for their Game of Thrones series of branded releases. It’s also, I believe, […]

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Apr 12, 2018

D9 Brewing King’s Bridge

I don’t know squat about North Carolina’s D9 Brewing (formed in 2014). I happened to pick up this bottle of the company’s […]

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Sep 1, 2017

Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Dry-hopped Barleywine

When Sierra Nevada and Avery Brewing got together to collaborate on their Beer Camp offering, they decided not to make a new […]

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May 12, 2017

DuClaw Obol Oat Wine

Through the many years that I have been enjoying micro- and craft brews, I don’t believe I’ve ever come across an oat […]

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Sep 7, 2016

Great Divide Barrel Aged Old Ruffian

The standard Old Ruffian has been appropriately named by Great Divide Brewing. It’s an assertively hoppy barleywine that delivers a solid warmth […]

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Jun 7, 2016

O’Connor Brewing Brigantine Barleywine

I’ve been becoming a fan of O’Connor’s products and particularly their Steel Battalion series of releases over the past couple of years. […]

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Apr 11, 2016

The Bruery Mash

Mash is an English-style barleywine from The Bruery that’s been aged for a little while in bourbon barrels. When I picked this […]

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Oct 23, 2015

AleSmith Old Numbskull

This is the last of the initial AleSmith beer review burst that I’ve had on the site this week. Phew. And, aside […]

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Oct 12, 2015

Evil Twin Brewing Freudian Slip

I like a solid amount of hops in my barleywines as much as the next beer dork, but this is the first […]

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Jun 18, 2015

Sierra Nevada Barrel-Aged Bigfoot

In preparing this review I realized that despite all of the new IPAs, stouts and Belgian-style ales that I purchase (even frequently), […]

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Apr 16, 2015

Perennial Ales Vermilion Barleywine

It looks like I was on a bit of a Perennial Ales micro-run with this and the last post. And while the […]

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