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Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout Vertical Tasting Winter 11-12 to 14-15

Ever since developing a taste for imperial stouts back in 2008 I’ve made sure to buy at least one four-pack of Brooklyn Brewery’s Black Chocolate Stout every year. Though for some reason I’ve only aged bottles for long enough to … Continue reading

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Smuttynose Beer Week Part Six: Baltic Porter 2013 (Big Beer Series)

Before moving on to the “finale beer” of our tasting, Patrick and I moved on to a beer that has been my favorite Big Beer Series beer ever since I first tried it in 2009, Smuttynose’s Baltic Porter. Carefully crafted … Continue reading

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Smuttynose Week Part 3: Big A IPA (Hops Deliver A Knockout Punch)

After the Finest Kind IPA Patrick and I decided to first drink the 3 hop forward beers that he brought for the tasting and then move onto the malt forward beers that he brought from Smuttynose’s Big Beer Series. For … Continue reading

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The Brewed Palate Reviews: Seef Bier and Bockor Vanderghinste

Seef Bier – Antwerpse Brouw Compagnie N.V. (Belgian Pale Ale, 6.5% abv): BREWERY’S DESCRIPTION: Tasting Notes: Before pouring this beer all I knew about it was that it was a traditional Belgian ale that has been brought back after years … Continue reading

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The Brewed Palate Reviews: St. Feuillien Tripel

In this review I take a deeper look at the 4th of 5 beers from Brasserie St. Feuillien that I received from Artisanal Imports for review….Triple (8.5% ABV) Brewery’s Description: This beer has a white, smooth and very compact head. … Continue reading

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The Brewed Palate Reviews: St. Feuillien Brune Réserve

  In this review I take a deeper look at the 3rd of 5 beers from Brasserie St. Feuillien that I received from Artisanal Imports for review….Brune Réserve Brewery’s Description: This brown ale has a marked ruby brown colour with a … Continue reading

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Brouwerij Bosteels Tripel Karmeliet

Brewery’s Description: First brewed 1996; claimed to be based on a recipe from 1679 which used wheat, oat and barley. Tripel Karmeliet is a very refined and complex golden-to-bronze brew with a fantastic creamy head. These characteristics derive not only from … Continue reading

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TBP Beer Review: Meantime Coffee Porter

Brewery’s Description: Our first formulation of this beer was the first UK brewed beer to carry the Fairtrade logo, and although we have reformulated it to create an even better blend better the malt and roast coffee flavours and can … Continue reading

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Green Flash Palate Wrecker

BREWERY’S DESCRIPTION: Palate Wrecker was originally brewed for the Hamilton’s Tavern 2nd Anniversary celebration. It’s the most complicated West Coast–inspired IPA we have ever brewed—mashing and sparging with hopped wort, in addition to our hop layering regimen for IPA. By … Continue reading

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Fatheads Head Hunter IPA

BREWERY’S DESCRIPTION: No other ingredient stirs the passion of a Master Brewer like the hop. Inspired by this legendary flower we challenged ourselves to create a world class IPA. Head Hunter is an aggressively dry-hopped, West Coast-Style IPA with a huge … Continue reading

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