Black Hog Brewing: 5 Disco Pigs Fancy bottles, variable pricing/ABV All Purchased at brewery, Oxford As I write this, Black Hog is nearing their 4th birthday in 2018. They’ve released a slew of beers over those years and have pretty much covered the gamut of styles. The standard stuff goes to stores and bars, … [Read more...]
Back East BA Imperial Stout
Back East’s Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout 1 bomber, $15.99, ?% ABV Purchased at the brewery, Bloomfield Autumn, 2015 I bought this bottle of beer in late 2015. It was around that time that I began to realize I don’t actually so much like bourbon barrel-aged beer. I don’t like bourbon or whiskey or whisky or oak or … [Read more...]
Slow Dance
Back East’s Slow Dance Wild Ale 1 bomber, $?, 6.8% ABV Purchased at the brewery, Bloomfield Let’s be honest... barrel aging and wild ales are not Back East’s forte. I’m not saying their sparse efforts over the years have been failures though. They’ve been fine. But merely fine. So when they released a barrel … [Read more...]
Stone of Destiny (2011)
Olde Burnside Brewing’s Stone of Destiny 2011 One weird flip-top bottle, 12% ABV There was a time, an ancient time, when things like stones of destiny were a thing. An important thing. And while you think I’m talking about the simple slab of sandstone used as the coronation stone of the Scottish monarchs since time … [Read more...]
Narcissus
OEC Brewing's Narcissus 1 Goofy Bottle, $13 Purchased at the Brewery, Oxford September 2016 This beer is part of my Cease and Desist Series of CT Beer reviews. Here we are. With another OEC beer that is impossible to describe in any meaningful way. Let me get some help by gazing upon the one thing that … [Read more...]
Golden Imperial Honey IPA
Shebeen Brewing's Golden Imperial Honey IPA 22 oz bottle, $9.95, 10% ABV, Purchased at M&R, Avon October 2016 I don't know why Iron Man is holding bananas. Sorry. I'm sure it made some sort of sense when I took the picture. (Actually, I can't be sure of that at all.) Shebeen's second Onyx barrel aged beer … [Read more...]
Fuligin
Shebeen Fuligin Imperial Black IPA Bomber, $12.80, 12% ABV Purchased at Town & Country Liquors, Plainville March 2016 It’s no secret that, in my opinion, Shebeen struggled out of the gate. The Wolcott brewery’s first few years of foibles are well-documented. From straight up bad beer, to weird beer that I just … [Read more...]
Smoke Detector
New England Brewing's Smoke Detector 1 bottle, 8% ABV Gifted by my man Jay Y’know, I think I may be slowing down with these beer reviews. It’s happened before – and when it did, I bounced back with a reviewing vengeance. So don’t worry. (Or do, depending on your particular feelings towards these things.) … [Read more...]
Comb Over
New England Brewing's Comb Over BA Saison Bomber, 6.5% ABV Gifted by my man Jay You know, one thing that’s going to be different with the personnel changes at NEBCO going forward in 2017 is that I’d guess these limited release beers with a limited fanbase will be limited down to nonexistent. I have no idea, … [Read more...]
Requiem for a Hop and a Dream Pt. 2
Requiem for a Hop and a Dream Part 2 Steady Habit Brewing Beers through September 2016 Here's part one if you're interested. If you actually care to read/skim/look for funny pictures on this page, you are surely aware of the sea change at Steady Habit: Founder/brewer Jon Peterson is no longer there. Steady Habit … [Read more...]
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