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Oct 7, 2011

New Belgium Super Cru

It’s a bird… it’s a plane… With a name like Super Cru, one might expect an overly sweet alco-bomb of a beer. […]

Oct 6, 2011

Smuttynose Pumpkin Ale

Moe pumpkin beer! The run of new pumpkin-based beer continues strong here at The Barley Blog headquarters. Our next brew in this […]

Oct 4, 2011

Mad River Jamaica Brand Sunset India Pale Ale

Jamaica, man… Mad River Brewing Company, out of California, has a few brands under its brewing umbrella. I’ve only had the opportunity […]

Oct 3, 2011

Heavy Seas Hang Ten

A surfing pirate! For as much as I don’t really like hefeweisens or overly wheaty/clovey Belgian whites, there is one wheat-based style […]

Sep 30, 2011

Williamsburg Alewerks Pumpkin Ale

More pumpkin ale! There have been a ton of new pumpkin-base brews available this year — and I’ve been trying to drink […]

Sep 28, 2011

New Belgium Trippel

A tasty tripel With the introduction of New Belgium into the Virginia area, I made sure that I grabbed a bottle of […]

Sep 27, 2011

Schlafly Pumpkin Ale

A great beer for a cool Fall afternoon Uh oh. Watch out Post Road. You’ve long been a favorite example of a […]

Sep 26, 2011

Lost Coast 8 Ball Stout

Behind the eight ball? Nah, not yet. Once you finally come to the realization that you may have an issue, there’s just […]

Sep 22, 2011

Review: Flying Dog Secret Stash 2011

Herbal, funky, awesome I’m not entirely sure how long Maryland based Flying Dog has been releasing the fruits of this project, but […]

Sep 21, 2011

Brooklyn Oktoberfest

Rich, malty and clean. I first tackled Brooklyn Brewery’s Oktoberfest about this time back in 2007 and it’s probably been since that […]

Sep 20, 2011

New Belgium Hoptober

Wait, it’s not an Oktoberfest?… I really need to start paying more attention to the labels of beer I buy. Had I […]

Sep 19, 2011

Legend Porter

Now, that’s a head More often than not, if I’ve got a Legend Brewing beer in my hands it’s their tasty and […]