Brewed by Stone Brewing Co. $7.99/bomber Style: Russian Imperial Stout 11.0% ABV Serve at 50-55° Availability: Brewed once Enjoyed from a DFH Signature glass A: Pours a deep, opaque mahogany with a finger of mocha head. Very nice retention and spider web lacing to the end. S: Rich, chocolatey malts, cocoa powder, coffee and espresso, a subtle vanilla note is buried in there as well. T: Let this warm to the higher end of the suggested drinking temperature and you […]

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Brewed by North Coast Brewing Co. $10.99/bomber Style: American Barleywine 10.0% ABV Serve at 50-55° Availability: Brewed once Enjoyed from a snifter A: Pours a clear, pale orange with two fingers of foamy white head. Sticky with great retention. Very uncharacteristic of modern barleywine. S: Weird. Very bright hops and lots of fruits. Apricot and peach as well as a little candied cherries up front. Piney and grassy notes hide the booze presence. T: Very nice. It took me a […]

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Brewed by Brooklyn Brewery $6/glass Style: American Double/Imperial IPA 9.0% ABV Serve at 45-50° Availability: Rotating Enjoyed on tap from The Village Idiot Lexington, KY A: Pours a hazy, dark apricot color with a finger of creamy off-white head. Beautiful lacing as the sticky foam coats the glass to the end. S: Lemon, orange, grapefruit, and pineapple notes dominate the smell on the front end. A wave of bready, caramel notes take over before the herbal side of this beer […]

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Brewed by Mahrs-Bräu Germany $4.99/bomber Style: Munich Helles Lager 5.20% ABV Serve at 40-45° Availability: Year round Enjoyed from a pint glass A: How strange to pour a beer with The Hunter artwork on the bottle. Pale, hazy yellow with a voluminous white head that retains some coverage. S: Sweet, biscuity malts, earthy yeast, grassy and floral hops gives this a very clean aroma. T: Sweet, grainy malts give way to leafy, floral hops. The earthy spiciness tingles the tongue, […]

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Brewed by Smuttynose Brewing Company $9.99/six-pack Style: American Imperial IPA 6.90% ABV Serve at 45-50° Availability: Year-round Enjoyed from a snifter Notes: You could say, then, that Smuttynose IPA is a physical salute to the glory of the American hop grower. The citrusy hop flavor coming from a mixture of Simcoe and Santiams is pleasantly balanced by a smooth bitterness from the Amarillo hops. The beer itself is light bodied and crisp with a golden color that will throw a […]

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Brewed by Stone Brewing Co. $7.99/Bomber Style: Belgian Strong Dark Ale 9.00% ABV Serve at 45-50° Availability: Limited – brewed once Enjoyed from a snifter A: Pours black as night with a cola colored head that reduces to a film. Nice ring lacing. S: Spice-heavy. Cinnamon, clove, allspice, cocoa, vanilla. A get a distinctive molasses and dark fruit aroma as it warms. Much more complex than the first spice blast would imply. T: Amazing. I’ll be damned if I don’t […]

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Brewed by Bell’s Brewing, Inc. $17.99/Six Pack Style: American Double/Imperial IPA 10.00% ABV Serve at 50-55° Availability: Winter – Releases every January Enjoyed from a Bell’s tulip glass A: Pours a hazy golden orange/amber with a frothy head. Carbonation continues to bubble up to the surface, leaves beautiful lacing with each sip. S: Sweet malts, caramel, piney, resinous hops, grapefruit, lemon, tangerine, mango, and pineapple. Honey and a delicate biscuity taste are just waiting to be found as it warms. […]

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Brewed by Avery Brewing Company $8.99/Single 12oz Bottle Style: Belgian Strong Dark Ale 16.42% ABV Serve at 45-50° Availability: Summer Enjoyed from a snifter A: Pours a milky caramel color with a thin cream-colored head. The head vanishes quickly, leaving very nice lacing. S: Big, sweet, and boozy. Caramel, dark fruits, toffee, toasted malts, and a generous serving of alcohol. T: Sweet and malty, rife with dark fruits, candied sugar, molasses, earthy spices, and a trademark Begian yeast is present. […]

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Brewed by Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. $9.99/Four Pack Style: Russian Imperial Stout 10.20% ABV Serve at 50-55° Availability: Winter Enjoyed from a DFH Signature Glass Notes: Inspired by the mysterious creature that dwells in the deepest Arctic seas, Narwhal Imperial Stout is midnight black and bold–with notes of baker’s cocoa and dark roasted coffee. This massive imperial stout is incredibly complex and explores the darkest depths of malt flavor. A: Pours pitch black topped with two fingers of mocha head. […]

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Brewed by Lagunitas Brewing Company $7 a mug – op tap. Style: American IPA 6.20% ABV Serve at 45-50 Enjoyed from a mug at the Munch Bar inside Caesers Palace/Las Vegas A: Pours a rich copper color with clarity. Two fingers of dense white head, webbing to the end. Great lacing. S: A huge slap of caramel on the front end with subdued citrusy hops and booze on the back-end. I was surprised at the caramel aroma, but it works. […]

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Brewed by Great Lakes Brewing Company $9.99/Four Pack Style: Russian Imperial Stout 9.00% ABV Serve at 50-55° Availability: Winter Enjoyed from a snifter A: Pitch black with two fingers of mocha head that dissipates quickly. No light escapes through this stout. S: Chocolate, sweet roasted malts, booze, espresso, and a mild smokiness. T: Very sweet, more like an imperial milk stout than a RIS. Milk chocolate, bitter cocoa, sweet cream, coffee/espresso notes. Finishes very sweet, with a hint of hops. […]

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Brewed by Mikkeller $14.99/Bomber Style: Belgian Strong Dark Ale 10.50% ABV Serve at 45-50 Availability: Winter Enjoyed from a DFH Signature glass A: Pours as black as motor oil with three fingers of frothy head. Great spotty lacing. You could mistake this for a stout. S: Malts, caramel, toffee, with a huge dark fruit presence. Plums, prune, cherries, figs, raisin, oranges and sweet coriander. Rye bread and booze round it out. T: WHOA. Anise, chocolate, molasses, those dark fruits again, […]

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Brewed by Southern Tier Brewing Company Notes: Brewed in the tradition of Swedish Glogg. Ale brewed with Figs, Orange peels, and spices. 2 varieties of hops and 4 types of malts. $10.99/Six Pack Style: Herbed/Spiced Beer 8.00% ABV Serve at 45-50 Enjoyed from a DFH Signature glass A: Pours a clear ruby/copper with two fingers of off-white head that dissipates to a fizzy ring. S: Very nice. Spices dominate. Cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, dark fruits, with a malty backbone. T: Roasted […]

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Brewed by Bell’s Brewery, Inc. $11.99/Six Pack Style: Belgian Strong Dark Ale 7.70% ABV Serve at 45-50 Enjoyed from a tulip glass A: Pours like a Coca Cola with one finger of mocha head that faded quickly. S: Raisins, dark fruits, toasted malts, dark breads, cloves, root beer, ripe bananas, (?) and a hint of molasses and smokiness. T: Dark fruits and chocolate, anise, cocoa powder, cloves, and a mild alcohol twinge. Strange, but delicious. There’s virtually no bitter balance, […]

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Brewed by Three Floyds Brewing Co. $8.99/Bomber Style: Kolsch 5.00% ABV Serve at 40-45 Enjoyed from a tulip glass A: Pours like a sparkling grape or apple drink. No head, no lacing, just a bubbly, fizzy golden clear body. S: Here’s reason # 1 why I never drink lagers. This smells like a standard macro brewed American failure. Get out the frozen mugs. A little grainy and lemony with a faint aroma of hops. T: Lemony hops, orange rind, clean, […]

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Article by FisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com Brewed by Great Divide Brewing Company $9.99/Bomber Style: Russian Imperial Stout 9.50% ABV Serve at 50-55 Enjoyed from a tulip glass A: “None more black..” as Spinal Tap would say. Thick, opaque with a finger of rich chocolate head. Nice lacing. S: Sweet chocolate, burnt malts, caramel, piney hops. toffee, with no alcohol at all. I love the hop delivery for a RIS. T: Chocolatey sweet up front that progresses to a huge roasty malt flavor with a […]

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Article by FisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com Brewed by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery $8.99/Single bottle Style: American Double/Imperial Stout 18.00% ABV Serve at 45-50 Notes: Brewed with a ridiculous amount of barley, World Wide Stout is dark, rich, roasty and complex. T Enjoyed from a DFH Signature Glass A: Pours a thick, opaque glossy back with two fingers of mocha head that fades quickly. Great collar lacing to the end. S: Wow. Just wow. Overwhelming aroma of roasted malts, coffee, bourbon, cherries, molasses, licorice, chocolate, […]

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Article by FisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com Brewed by Great Lakes Brewing Company $9.99/four pack Style: American Strong Ale 8.0% ABV Serve at 50-55 Enjoyed from a pint glass A: Pours an amber ruby hue with two fingers of a white cap. Great retention. S: Piney, biscuit backbone, caramel, piney hops are very present. T: Hits like an IPA on the front end. Piney hops, caramel, toasty malts, bready, spicy with a hint of lemon/grapefruit rind. M: Huge, chewy body. Creamy with a sparkly carbonation. […]

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Article by FisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com Brewed by Stone Brewing Co. $7.99/bomber Style: American Double/Imperial IPA 10.0% ABV Serve at 50-55 Enjoyed from a tulip glass Notes: We’ve been loving creating Collaboration beers with great creative brewers from all over the world these last several years-unique beers that would never have existed without the free-flowing imagination and idea generation of the collaborative process. However, when it comes to the Stone Anniversary Ales, it’s all us. Yet, it is indeed still a collaboration with great […]

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Article by FisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com Brewed by Hoppin’ Frog Brewery $10.99/bomber Style: Pumpkin Ale 8.40% ABV Serve at 40-45 “Enjoyed” from a pint glass A: Pours a crystal clear copper-orange with a finger of white head. Zero retention. S: Pumpkin spices, cinnamon, allspice,ginger, nutmeg, and a strange prune juice aroma. T: Sugary sweet and dry up front, followed closely by the cloves, cinnamon, allspice, and a ginger burn, Oddly enough, for something called “Double” Pumpkin Ale – I don’t taste any pumpkin, just […]

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Article by FisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com Brewed by Southern Tier Brewing Company $7.99/bomber Style: Pumpkin Ale 8.6% ABV Serve at 40-45 Enjoyed from a DFH Signature glass A: Pours a beautiful translucent autumn orange with a finger of white head. Fall in a glass. S: Sublime. Notes of vanilla-pumpkin, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, clove, and oddly enough – a rich buttery aroma. T: I’m just at a loss. How does this $7.99 beer pull this off? Pumpkin pie with all the associated spices mentioned in […]

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