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Jun 10, 2010

Ommegange Chocolate Indulgence Stout

The wife and I celebrated our 11th anniversary a couple of weekends ago and I wanted to find a brew with which […]

May 18, 2010

Pike Street XXXXX Stout

Every now and again I get a little nostalgic and peruse the older posts here on The Barley Blog. A couple of […]

May 7, 2010

Sierra Nevade Fritz and Ken’s Ale

Like each and everyone one of you out there, I’ve been eagerly anticipating this four beer 30th Anniversary series from Sierra Nevada […]

Feb 19, 2010

Bells Batch 9000

After hearing about more distribution issues for this Michigan brewery, I didn’t think I’d ever see a bottle of their 9000 batch […]

Jan 25, 2010

BrewDog Paradox Islay (Batch 009)

I actually had this bottle of BrewDog’s Paradox Islay in mid-December, but completely forgot to give it a proper post. Not only […]

Nov 2, 2009

Troegs Java Head Stout

I saw this one on the shelves of Total Wine a couple of weeks ago and, being a big fan of Troegs […]

Oct 13, 2009

Stone Vertical Epic 09.09.09

I’m a big fan of what Stone Brewing is doing with their Vertical Epic series. There are only two problems with it. […]

Sep 29, 2009

Founders Breakfast Stout

Founders Breakfast Stout is one of the several beers whose arrival at my local shop I’ve been anticipating. Ever since the store […]

Dec 22, 2008

Redhook Double Black Stout

I had this one for the first time late last month, but have enjoyed a few bottles since. Redhook first started brewing […]

Dec 16, 2008

Fisherman’s Pumpkin Stout

Now, I’ve had plenty of different brews that used pumpkin in their recipe, but I’m pretty sure that this is the first […]