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2013 Archive

Dec 30, 2013

Heritage Brewing New Years Eve Grand Opening

Manassas’ Heritage Brewing officially opens its doors this Tuesday, December 31st, with a grand opening party from 5PM to 1AM. I unfortunately […]

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Dec 30, 2013

Favorite Beers of 2013

Along with the freshly posted Year In Review, it’s also time to note those brews which stood out over the past twelve […]

Dec 30, 2013

Barley Blog 2013 Year in Review

Each December, I like to take a moment and look back on the year that was — dive into the site’s visitor […]

Dec 27, 2013

10 Barrel / Blue Jacket / Stone Brewing Suede Imperial Porter

This Halloween marked two firsts for me. One, this collaboration between Stone Brewing, 10 Barrel Brewing (Oregon) and Bluejacket Brewing (Washington, D.C.) […]

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Dec 26, 2013

Karl Strauss Four Scowling Owls

For the past few years, Karl Strauss Brewing has been releasing a holiday series of beers called “12 Days of Christmas.” It […]

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Dec 23, 2013

Goose Island Lolita

Back in October, Goose Island released four Belgian-style wild ales. Two were new products: Gillian and Halia. And two were 2013 vintages […]

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Dec 20, 2013

Dominion Brewing Candi

Dominion Brewing Candi is a 9.5% ABV Belgian-style tripel that was recently added to the brewery’s Pinup Pack. While the year-round mix […]

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Dec 19, 2013

Dogfish Head Kvasir

For the most part, I’ve been a solid fan of what Dogfish Head brewing has done with their Ancient Ales series. It […]

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Dec 18, 2013

Maine Beer Company King Titus

Maine Beer Company already makes an excellent stout in the not-so-mean, Mean Old Tom. And now I can safely say that they […]

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Dec 17, 2013

Brooklyn Blast!

Brooklyn Blast! has been making an appearance in this New York’s brewery since 2005 as part of their Brewmaster’s Reserve series. With […]

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Dec 16, 2013

Victory Brewing Red Thunder

Victory Brewing’s Baltic Thunder has been one of my favorite American-crafted baltic porters. I’ve enjoyed many bottles of this tasty brew through […]

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Dec 13, 2013

White Birch Brewing Hop To Wit

One of the newer (to me) breweries that I’ve been enjoying over the last year or so has been New Hampshire’s White […]

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