Mathew Dapkins

MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Bourbon Barrel Aged Santa’s Little Helper by Port Brewing Company

Beer: Bourbon Barrel Aged Santa’s Little Helper Brewery: Port Brewing Company Style: Imperial Stout (aged in bourbon barrels) Age: 2015 ABV: 10.00% I don’t know about you, but when Massive Beer Reviews thinks of lending a fat, jolly, red-suited mythical creature a little leg up on Christmas Eve, we totally think of pouring him glasses […]

 Mathew Dapkins

MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Rebel Raw Double IPA by Samuel Adams

Beer: Rebel Raw Brewery: Samuel Adams (Boston Beer Company) Style: Double IPA Age: 2015 ABV: 10.00% IBU: 100 We’re dropping a little hazy Double IPA dankness on all ya’ll today with a little Rebel Raw by Samuel Adams! This is a brewery that shunned the IPA up until recent years now throwing their hat in […]

 Mathew Dapkins

MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Your Father Smelt of Elderberries by Stone Brewing Company

Beer: Your Father Smelt of Elderberries Brewery: Stone Brewing Company Style: Fruit/Vegetable Medieval Ale Age: 2015 ABV: 10.30% IBU: 50 We’re heading over to the left coast today with a little veggie beer review. This one is from Stone Brewing Company’s Stochasticity Project – Your Father Smelt of Elderberries! Setting the rules for this brew […]

 Mathew Dapkins

MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Altus Gravitas by Finch’s Beer Company

Beer: Altus Gravitas Brewery: Finch’s Beer Company Style: American Barleywine Age: 2012 ABV: 9.00% Welcome to another week of dropping multiple reviews a day on the Massive Beer Reviews YouTube channel! With Thanksgiving falling mid-week, instead of going with the typical “one brewery a day” theme, we decided to embrace the “what we’re thankful for” […]

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MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: The Plague by Draai Laag Brewing Company and an interview with the brewer

Beer: The Plague Brewery: Draai Laag Brewing Company Style: Wild Stout Age: 2015 ABV: 9.00% We’ve got some double duty goodness for today’s Massive Beer Review! First up is a review of a beer we traveled down near Pittsburgh to snag, a wild stout brewed with all kinds of funk, berries, and goodness – Draai […]

 Mathew Dapkins

MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Higher Math 20th Anniversary by Dogfish Head

Beer: Higher Math 20th Anniversary Brewery: Dogfish Head Style: American Strong Ale Age: 2015 ABV: 17.00% If you don’t know, then you don’t know… How’s that some “Higher Math” for all ya’ll? This is a golden ale (though it’s much better classified as a strong ale) brewed with chocolate and sour cherry juice, and it […]

 Mathew Dapkins

MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Grand Hoppa by Stegmaier Brewing Company

Beer: Grand Hoppa Brewery: Stegmaier Brewing Company (The Lion Brewery) Style: Double IPA Age: 2015 ABV: 8.90% IBU: 110 We’re dropping a little local fare for you on today’s Massive Beer Review! This time, we take a look at an NEPA staple brewery’s foray into something more inspiring – Stegmaier’s Grand Hoppa, an 8.9 percent, […]

 Mathew Dapkins

MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Vermilion Barleywine by Perennial Artisan Ales

Beer: Vermilion Barleywine Brewery: Perennial Artisan Ales Style: English Barleywine Age: 2013 ABV: 10.50% We’re bucking another personal faux pas of personal douchebaggery with today’s Massive Beer Review! I’m a weird dude, and while I don’t have the time or the patience to list all my weirdness, one of my calling card personal issues is […]

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MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Year-old vs. fresh Heady Topper by The Alchemist

Beer: Heady Topper Brewery: The Alchemist Style: Double IPA Age: 2014 vs. 2015 ABV: 8.0% Inspired by yesterday’s date, we’re doing a little “Back to the Future” madness on today’s Massive Beer Review! Heady Topper is one of the OG, super sought-after DIPAs. This beer’s labeling states two things emphatically – “drink from the can” […]

 Mathew Dapkins

MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: One Thousand Four Hundred Sixty by Kane Brewing Company

Beer: One Thousand Four Hundred Sixty Brewery: Kane Brewing Company Style: Solera Belgian Quad Age: 2015 ABV: 12.00% When a good friend dropped a couple bombs of one of our favorite anniversary beers, we wasted no time cracking, enjoying, and reviewing said bombs, baby! Today, we take to task this year’s version of what was […]