Mathew Dapkins

MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Rebel Grapefruit IPA by Samuel Adams

Beer: Rebel Grapefruit IPA Brewery: Samuel Adams (Boston Beer Company) Style: American IPA Age: 2016 ABV: 6.30% Peanut butter and chocolate, a nimble car on windy roads on a sunny day, science fiction movies and LSD, IPAs and grapefruit – some things are just born to be paired together! But just because things are made […]

 Mathew Dapkins

MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Frosty’s Nightmare by Conshohocken Brewing Company

Beer: Frosty’s Nightmare Brewery: Conshohocken Brewing Company Style: Old Ale Age: 2014 ABV: 10.90% Some of my favorite things: Aged… check. Old ale… check. Local… check. Sexy bottle… check. Is it good? Check it! This is some Conshohocken Brewing’s Frosty’s Nightmare, an English old ale circa 2014! Massive Beer Reviews is an award-winning YouTube beer […]

 Mathew Dapkins

MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Sunday Morning Stout by Weyerbacher Brewing Company

Beer: Sunday Morning Stout Brewery: Weyerbacher Brewing Company Style: Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Coffee Stout Age: 2016 ABV: 11.30% We don’t do a ton of repeat reviews here on the ye olde MBR, but when we have a beer cross our path that 1) has a lot going on and 2) is coming into its […]

 Mathew Dapkins

MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Double Dry Hopped Scaled IPA by Trillium Brewing Company

Beer: Double Dry Hopped Scaled IPA Brewery: Trillium Brewing Company Style: IPA Age: 2016 ABV: 7.00% This week, we have a beer from one of the Northeast’s new school darlings, Trillium Brewing! The New England hazy IPA has been the beer du jour for more than a hot minute, but the dry hopping is a […]

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MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Juicebox Northeast IPA by Søle Artisan Ales

Beer: Juicebox Northeast IPA Brewery: Søle Artisan Ales Style: IPA Age: 2016 ABV: 6.00% IBU: 45 What’s in the box?! No, no, no… it’s not Gwyneth Paltrow’s head. It’s some hazy, juicy Northeast IPA goodness called Juicebox via a local nomadic brewer coming out of Pittston – Søle Artisan Ales! Massive Beer Reviews is an […]

 Mathew Dapkins

MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Nitro White Ale, IPA, and Coffee Stout by Samuel Adams

MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Nitro White Ale, IPA, and Coffee Stout by Samuel Adams

Beer: Nitro White Ale Brewery: Samuel Adams (Boston Beer Company) Style: Wheat Beer Age: 2016 ABV: 5.50% We have some Samuel Adams trifecta action on this snow-packed day here in the Northeast. Which Sam Adams, you ask? Well, their brand new Nitro Project series! First up, we have their Nitro White Ale! Beer: Nitro IPA […]

 Mathew Dapkins

MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Irish Coffee by Carton Brewing Company

Beer: Irish Coffee Brewery: Carton Brewing Company Style: Imperial Cream Ale Age: 2016 ABV: 12.00% IBU: 20 We’re dipping into Carton’s coffee pot for today’s review – the minty and eye-opening Irish Coffee! Massive Beer Reviews is an award-winning YouTube beer review, brewery, and culture show based out of Northeastern Pennsylvania. With almost 20 years […]

 Mathew Dapkins

MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Rum Barrel Aged Monsters’ Park by Modern Times Beer

Beer: Monsters’ Park (aged in Nicaraguan rum barrels with coconut and cocoa nibs) Brewery: Modern Times Beer Style: Imperial Stout Age: 2015 ABV: 13.00% It’s our 500th review here at Massive Beers, so in that five-hundy’s honor, we’re dropping a beer chock-full of some of our favorite “flavors” – rum, cocoa, and coconut! Yes, yes, […]

 Mathew Dapkins

MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: The Top 10 best beers of 2015

It’s the New Year, which means a lot of things to a lot of different people – dealing with sardine-like packed gyms, week-long hangovers, pictures of Mc-poems copied from Pinterest and posted by girls who dress like Han Solo… just another day in the race for hustlers. And, of course, there are all those end-of-the-year […]

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MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Bourbon Barrel Aged Belsnickler and 2012 Belsnickler by Breaker Brewing Company

Beer: Bourbon Barrel Aged Belsnickler Brewery: Breaker Brewing Company Style: Belgian-Style Winter Warmer Age: 2015 ABV: 9.00% We’re double dipping on some local aged goodness with two twists on the same offering from Breaker Brewing! In the above video, we have their Belgian-style winter warmer Belsnickler, but aged in bourbon barrels! Beer: Belsnickler Brewery: Breaker […]