Local Craft Brewery and Craft Beer Reviews

Stone Brewery’s Vertical Epic 09.09.09

Posted on 27. Dec, 2009 by Ricky.

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Stone Brewing’s 09.09.09 Vertical Epic Ale (part of the vertical epic series).
Each Vertical Epic beer is designed to drink sometime after 12.12.12 (end of the world?) for a “truly epic tasting”. If you had all 10 bottles, it would be an experience maybe 3 or 4 will get to try. They use very interesting ingredients [...]

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Theobroma by Dogfish Head

Posted on 25. Dec, 2009 by Ricky.

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Dogfish Head brought us something special with Theobroma (translates to food of the gods). This craft beer is part of Dogfish Head’s “Ancient Ales” series and is a beer made based on the ingredients found in pottery fragments from 1200 BC! This discovery pushes back the earliest know use of cocoa by humans for consumption [...]

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Coney Island’s Freaktoberfest

Posted on 21. Dec, 2009 by Ricky.

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Coney Island’s Freaktoberfest
Coney Island’s brewery is out of New York (Shmaltz Brewing Company) and is one of the few east coast craft breweries that makes it all the way to Arizona. The bottle has excellent artwork and really stands out on the shelf when you walk by.
The Coney Island brewery donates a portion of their [...]

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Stone Brewery Cali Belgie (a.k.a Cali Belgique)

Posted on 20. Dec, 2009 by Daniel Espinoza.

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Stone Brewery’s Cali Belgie (a.k.a Cali Belgique)
Another beer we tried while In CA was the Cali Belgie from Stone which is a specialty IPA with a Belgian influence, the yeast is special Belgian strain that offers a unique taste.
We picked this beer up at Stone while out at the brewery for a special release of [...]

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Sam Adams Utopias

Posted on 05. Dec, 2009 by Ricky.

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Sam Adams Utopias found it’s way to Arizona! This beer is so special we decided to hold a party just to celebrate it before our video review!
The brew bosts a 27% ABV, which makes this the strongest commercial beer currently available. This is also the strongest offering of the Utopias which was first released in [...]

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Great Divide Brewings Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti

Posted on 30. Nov, 2009 by Ricky.

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Happy Thanksgiving!
We just got done enjoying a delicious Turkey dinner and it’s time to enjoy something special! The smell is strong, kind of fruity, woody slightly chocolaty. It poured a very nice dark black with a dark brown burnt head. The head retention is spectacular and it looks like it will be amazing.
The first thing [...]

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Breckenridge Imperial Porter (Small Batch)

Posted on 20. Nov, 2009 by Dallon Bartleman.

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The Breckenridge Imperial Porter poured a jet black and I knew it was going to be a delicious porter that I had never tried at this point in my life. Made in Colorado this beer is an Imperial Porter named after the 18th century luggage porters in London. I took a few quick wiffs of [...]