MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Pentagram Dark Ale by Surly Brewing Company
Beer: Pentagram Brewery: Surly Brewing Company Style: Wild Ale/Sour Age: 2017 ABV: 6.66% Described as a “100 percent Brettanomyces dark beer,” this funky, fruity, malty sour brew was fermented in stainless steel, aged in used red wine barrels, and conjured some dark forces in the most metal way possible. Let’s break that arcane seal, throw […]
MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: American Pale Ale by Lone Eagle Brewing
Beer: American Pale Ale Brewery: Lone Eagle Brewing Style: American Pale Ale Age: 2017 ABV: 5.30% With Memorial Day on the mind, we stopped at a brewery we never tried before, Lone Eagle in Flemington, New Jersey, and picked up this patriotic American Pale Ale. Does it soar like bald eagle as the national anthem […]
MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Tell Shaky and Boxcar Joe IIPA by SingleCut Beersmiths
Beer: Tell Shaky and Boxcar Joe IIPA Brewery: SingleCut Beersmiths Style: Double IPA Age: 2017 ABV: 9.00% IBU: 145 It has been a while since we’ve reviewed anything from SingleCut, so it’s about time to try something new from this Queens, New York brewery. Tell Shaky and Boxcar Joe is a double dry-hopped Imperial IPA […]
MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: French Toast Imperial Stout by Wicked Weed Brewing
Beer: French Toast Brewery: Wicked Weed Brewing Style: Imperial Stout Age: 2017 ABV: 10.00% This gives a whole new meaning to the term “breakfast stout.” No coffee here, but Wicked Weed’s French Toast is brewed with cinnamon, vanilla, and maple syrup and aged in bourbon barrels, so that’s a hell of a way to start […]
MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: New England IPA homebrew infused with THC/cannabis
Beer: Homebrew Brewery: ? Style: New England IPA Age: 2017 ABV: 6.70% Recorded for science (and 4/20), this review is very different from what we usually do here on MBR. This New England-style IPA is a homebrew with liquid THC added during the fermentation process for a weedy brew unlike anything we’ve imbibed before. As […]
MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Dark Side Corruption Dark Ale by Foundation Brewing Company
Beer: Dark Side Corruption Brewery: Foundation Brewing Company Style: Dark Ale Age: 2017 ABV: 10.80% IBU: 23 With the first trailer for “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” out today, it seems appropriate to embrace Dark Side Corruption, a barrel-aged dark ale brewed with roasted malts and sugars with rich flavors of stone fruit, chocolate, and […]
MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Wicked Philthy Northeast IPL by Søle Artisan Ales and Jack’s Abby Brewing
Beer: Wicked Philthy Brewery: Søle Artisan Ales and Jack’s Abby Brewing Style: India Pale Lager Age: 2017 ABV: 7.00% IBU: 65 Like last week’s review and the week before, we’re drinking another collaboration beer by local gypsy brewer Søle Artisan Ales (who are currently brewing out of Susquehanna Brewing Company in Pittston), this week with […]
MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Hip Hop Airhorn DIPA by Søle Artisan Ales and Finback Brewery
Beer: Hip Hop Airhorn Brewery: Søle Artisan Ales and Finback Brewery Style: Double IPA Age: 2017 ABV: 7.90% Like last week’s review, we’re featuring another collaboration beer by local favorite Søle Artisan Ales (who are currently brewing out of Susquehanna Brewing Company in Pittston), this time with Finback Brewery in Ridgewood, New York. Created for […]
MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Ruby du Rhone Flanders Red Ale by Draai Laag Brewing Company
Beer: Ruby du Rhone Brewery: Draai Laag Brewing Company Style: Flanders Red Ale Age: Multi-year blend of 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2016 ABV: 10.20% While waiting outside in the early morning cold for the release of a different beer by Søle Artisan Ales at Susquehanna Brewing Company in Pittston, we warmed up with a Ruby […]
MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Incandenza Sour IPA by Hudson Valley Brewery
Beer: Incandenza Brewery: Hudson Valley Brewery Style: Sour IPA Age: 2017 ABV: 6.00% We took a stroll up the Hudson River this week to give a relative newcomer brewery-wise, Hudson Valley Brewery, a whirl! Incandenza is a sour IPA brewed with two-row barley and raw white wheat, hopped with citra and simcoe in the whirlpool […]
