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May 11, 2017

Port City Colossal 6

Like many breweries, Port City Brewing releases a different anniversary beer in celebration of each year in business. For each of their […]

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Apr 25, 2017

Cigar City Vanilla Hazelnut Marshal Zhukov’s

I know that Cigar City brews stouts. Their Hunahpu’s has it’s own release day due to the fervor that has built around […]

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Oct 19, 2016

Ocelot My Only Friend

I’ve only had one other beer from Ocelot Brewing and that was a collaboration with Bluejacket out of the District. It was […]

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Jun 3, 2016

Nebraska Brewing Black Betty

I was on a recent trip to a shop that’s a bit out of the way from my normal travels — I […]

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Jun 1, 2016

Adroit Theory and Reaver Beach the Death of Cthulhu

I’m not going to lie to you, I strictly purchased this bottle of The Death of Cthulhu solely on the label artwork […]

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May 17, 2016

Ommegang Shadow Brewer

Brewery Ommegang may be more known for their Belgian-inspired prowess when it comes to crafting tasty brews, but every now and again […]

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Apr 15, 2016

Lickinghole Creek Chai Tea Virginia Black Bear

I’m all for a brewery experimenting with variations on a theme — sticking a base brew in different barrels, adding chipotles to […]

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Mar 17, 2016

Old Bust Head Chocolate Chili Gold Cup

Despite sitting just a quick 20 minute drive from Barley Blog HQ, I usually only frequent Old Bust Head Brewing once a […]

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Feb 24, 2016

Brothers Brewing Resolute Russian Imperial Stout

I’ve had a few products from Harrisonburg, Virginia’s Brothers Brewing over the past couple of years and my experience with them has […]

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Feb 9, 2016

Deschutes 2014 The Abyss

In reviewing Deschutes’ Black Butte XXVI anniversary release, I stated it was the one beer I was most looking forward to when […]

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Oct 9, 2015

Belo Petroleum

I purchased this bottle of Belo Petroleum on the same day that I snagged the tasty Colorado Guanabara, and much like that […]

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Oct 2, 2015

Colorado Guanabara

AB InBev’s recent run of craft brewery purchases this past year hasn’t just been limited to North America. The global conglomerate recently […]

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