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Half Acre Ginger Twin India Style Red Ale
Noel: If you’ve tried Half Acre’s phenomenal Daisy Cutter Pale Ale and felt it a little lacking in the malt department … then this beer’s for you. Ok, so Ginger Twin isn’t quite as good a red ale as...
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Shipyard Barley Wine Style Ale (Pugsley’s Signature Series)
Michael: Pulgsley has been pretty good to me. Between his more than decent porter and a delightful pumpkin ale, Shipyard’s brewmaster has gained a pretty solid reputation in my book. So when I happened...
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Oskar Blues Ten Fidy Imperial Stout
Michael: Cross-eyed. Cyclopean. Cancupiscent. Or so says Ten Fidy. Brewed and proudly canned by the Oskar Blues Brewery, this imperial stout is so named for the 10.5% alcohol that slips through its...
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Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale
Tom: A flagship beer that was on the cutting edge of the canned craft beer trend in 2002. Dale’s Pale boast being the first craft beer to be canned paving the way an waiting for other breweries to...
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Grand Teton Sweetgrass American Pale Ale
John: I was looking for a nice beer to share with some buddies and knew that Grand Teton would give the quality I was looking for. I hadn’t tried their APA so a six pack was the way to go. It poured a...
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Furthermore Oscura
Taylor: When I was handed 2 bottles of Furthermore Oscura, I did not fully understand what I possessed. I had never heard of the brewer (Furthermore operates out of Wisconsin as a wholesaler, brews...
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Brooklyn East India Pale Ale
Michael: Garret Oliver has always been a bit of a beer god to me. Not because I respect him or know him or have even had a single one of his brews. I just feel like he is everywhere, gracing the cover...
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Founders Breakfast Stout
Tom: Do you remember that Folgers jingle? “The best part of waking up…” Well, the answer lies in, “Breakfast Stout in your cup.” Seriously, I’ve had this beer at night, mid-day, after work, but to...
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Finch’s Dirtier Bird Barrel Aged Doppelbock
Tom: New to the Chicago craft beer scene since 2009 Finch beer produced this special barrel aged beer which released around the Christmas of 2011. I was lucky enough to find a bottle on my local liquor...
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Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch Weasel (Calvados Barrel)
Tom: Building blocks for taste recognition. This is what Mikkeller does best. He makes a base beer and then expands on it allowing the drinker to get an interesting look into different flavor profiles....
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