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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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Jun 11, 2019

Fat Orange Cat Vito

The official name for this now-discontinued New England IPA from Fat Orange Cat Brewing Company is Vito, The Beer Whale Cat. For […]

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May 15, 2019

Monday Night Brewing Updates Blind Pirate Blood Orange IPA

ATLANTA, GA (May 15, 2019) — Over its history, Monday Night Brewing has proven that it is not afraid to make changes to […]

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Apr 11, 2019

Omnipollo Oaxaca

So, this review is of a beer that I originally drank back in November of last year — I’m trying to get […]

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Feb 6, 2019

Oskar Blues Can-O-Bliss Tropical IPA

Oskar Blues has a series of IPAs under their Can-O-Bliss program, but this Tropical IPA (7.2% aBV, 68 IBU) is my first […]

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Jan 3, 2019

Firestone Walker Luponic Distortion No. 10

Let’s start off the new year with a review for an IPA that I encountered back in August — yes, I am […]

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Nov 27, 2018

Surly Liquid Stardust Sparkling IPA

Each Winter, Surly Brewing releases their annual Frost Pack. The annual package features a variety of products from their flagship Furious to […]

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Oct 12, 2018

Surly WET

Wet-hopped IPAs aren’t easy to craft. The timing and effort that goes into getting those freshly harvested hops into the brewing process […]

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Sep 14, 2018

Flying Dog Alpha Initiative #03

It’s amazing to see (and taste) what Maryland’s Flying Dog has accomplished with their IPAs over the years. From limited, one-off single-hop […]

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Aug 31, 2018

Iron Hill Crusher Session IPA

I’ve talked at length in various reviews about session IPAs. I’m not going to do that here, but will summarize in saying […]

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Aug 28, 2018

Surly Sleek

I love an IPA with a good amount of oats in the grain bill — that velvety smoothness that it typically adds […]

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Aug 16, 2018

Tarboro First Ryed IPA

I knew going into this purchase of Tarboro’s First Ryed IPA that it had a fairly old canning date (Feb 16, 2018) […]

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