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Aug 9, 2019

Starr Hill Mountain Air

Starr Hill’s Mountain Air (7% ABV) reminds me of an old school IPA. There’s nothing fancy or pretentious about it. It’s not […]

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Aug 7, 2019

Starr Hill Shade

This is the thing with the beer world. It moves quickly. In the short time that I have taken a bit of […]

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Aug 5, 2019

Burnt City Pterodactyl Deathscream

Before we even get into the meat (flavor and all that good stuff) of this particular beer review, let’s just sit in […]

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Jul 31, 2019

Around The Bend Ramblin’ Rosé

Ramblin’ Rosé is the second of three samples I received from Chicago’s District Brew Yards collective. This 5% ABV (10 IBU) fruit […]

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Jul 29, 2019

Bold Dog K.I.S.S.

I wasn’t at all familiar with Bold Dog Beer Co. or the Brew Yards collective o which the company is a part […]

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Jul 24, 2019

Commonwealth Tepache

I’m a big fan of what Commonwealth Brewing has proven they can do with your ever-popular IPA. Their beers from Papi Chulo […]

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Jul 22, 2019

Stone Brewing Tropic of Thunder Lager

Stone Brewing’ latest year-round offering is a lager. Yup, the makers of the original bad-boy, Arrogant Bastard, and a myriad of IPAs […]

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Jul 17, 2019

Surly Rocket Surgery

In addition to their Dots and Loops, Surly is also updating their Summer Seaonal variety IPA pack with Rocket Surgery. This 5.5% […]

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Jul 15, 2019

Surly Stunner Tropical Ale

The label artwork on Surly’s Stunner Tropical Ale scream 1980’s Miami Vice and day-glo leg warmers — the lightly hazy liquid inside. […]

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Jul 12, 2019

Surly Dots and Loops

As part of Surly’s 2019 Hop Pack – a mixed offering of IPAs also featuring Furios and Xtra-Citra – we see two […]

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Jul 8, 2019

North Coast Passion Fruit-Peach Berliner Weisse

Earlier this year in April, I had the opportunity to check out North Coast’s Tart Cherry Berliner Weisse. It was a tasty […]

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Jun 19, 2019

Monday Night Blind Pirate

Monday Night Brewing recently announced a reformulation of one of their flagship beers — this beer, in fact. Like most breweries, the […]

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