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Review : Bear Republic Thru the Haze IPA

Reviewed By: Herr Mike
Style: IPA
State/Country: Georgia
ABV: 6.2%
Serving Type: 12 oz

Look: 9
Hazy gold color, medium white head, stringy lacing

Smell: 8
Citrus, herbal, floral

Taste: 9
Orange, pineapple, peach, grapefruit, cereal, pine, herbal

Mouthfeel: 8
Medium dry with medium carbonation

Drinkability: 9
Citrus up front with a cereal backbone and a herbal and pine finish

Overall Score: 8.6

Value: 9
Cost/12 oz serving: $1.75

Overall Impression:
This is a nice hazy tropical IPA. Well balanced and at 6.2% ABV I could do a few more. Recommended

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#Posted on Friday, 19 October 2018 at 5:43 PM

Review : Bear Republic Thru the Haze IPA

Reviewed By: Herr Mike
Style: IPA
State/Country: California
ABV: 6.4
Serving Type: 12 oz

Look: 9
Hazy lemon color, fluffy medium white head, stringy and spotty lacing

Smell: 8
Citrus, floral, grass

Taste: 8
Grapefruit, pineapple, lemon zest, grass, pine

Mouthfeel: 8
Medium dry with medium carbonation

Drinkability: 8.5
Lots of grapefruit throughout with some pine on the finish

Overall Score: 8.3

Value: 9
Cost/12 oz serving: $1.92

Overall Impression:
If you like grapefruit this beer is for you. It's off for style if this beer is supposed to be an NEIPA. I've had better from this brewery. Not bad, but not great.

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#Posted on Thursday, 18 October 2018 at 5:04 PM

Review : Tuckahoe The New Old School IPA

Reviewed By: Herr Mike
Style: IPA
State/Country: New Jersey
ABV: 6.5%
Serving Type: 12 oz

Look: 9
Hazy gold color, thick medium white head, stringy lacing

Smell: 8
Citrus, floral, grass

Taste: 8.5
Grapefruit, tangerine, cereal, pine, pepper

Mouthfeel: 8
Medium with medium carbonation

Drinkability: 8.5
Citrus and cereal hit first with some pine and pepper

Overall Score: 8.4

Value: 9
Cost/12 oz serving: $1.84

Overall Impression:
Another Jersey shore IPA and it's pretty good. I've had better from this brewery but if you're looking for an easy drinking IPA this is a good choice

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#Posted on Thursday, 18 October 2018 at 10:14 AM

Review : Brewery Ommegang Hopstate IPA 2018

Reviewed By: Herr Mike
Style: IPA
State/Country: New York
ABV: 7.4%
Serving Type: 16 oz

Look: 8
Hazy gold color, medium white head, stringy lacing

Smell: 8.5
Citrus, tropical fruit, floral, pine

Taste: 9
Mango, pineapple, grapefruit, kiwi fruit, lemon zest, honey, cracker, grass, pine

Mouthfeel: 8.5
Medium dry with medium carbonation

Drinkability: 9
A tingly fruitiness up front with some grass and a touch of pine

Overall Score: 8.6

Value: 9
Cost/16 oz serving: $3.13

Overall Impression:
My first Hopstate IPA from Ommegang and it's tasty. Very fruity but not in your face citrusy. Very easy to drink. Recommended

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#Posted on Thursday, 18 October 2018 at 10:05 AM

Review: Firestone Walker Dark & Stormy (2018)

Reviewed By: Herr Mike
Style: Strong Ale
State/Country: California
ABV: 11.1%
Serving Type: 12 oz

Look: 8
Medium chestnut color, small white head, spotty lacing

Smell: 8.5
Dark fruit, rum vanilla, spice

Taste: 9
Rum, ginger, tosted coconut, vanilla, lime, toffee, wood

Mouthfeel: 8.5
Silky with medium carbonation

Drinkability: 9
Drinks pretty much like my favorite cocktail, the Dark & Stormy

Overall Score: 8.6

Value: 8
Cost/12 oz serving: $8.99

Overall Impression:
I love Firestone Walker so I was excited when they brewed a BA beer based on my favorite summer cocktail. If I close my eyes it's like I'm transported back to the Keyport Yacht Club on the Raritan Bay in New Jersey. Recommended

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#Posted on Saturday, 13 October 2018 at 7:11 PM

Review: Firestone Walker Leo v Ursus Doublus

Reviewed By: Herr Mike
Style: Double/Imperial IPA
State/Country: California
ABV: 9.5
Serving Type: 16 oz

Look: 9
Medium gold color, medium white head, stringy lacing

Smell: 8.5
Fruity, herbal, floral

Taste: 9
Mango, pineapple, tangerine, caramel, pine, grass, biscuit, pepper

Mouthfeel: 8.5
Medium sticky with medium carbonation

Drinkability: 9
Tropical fruits with a nice sweet backbone with grass, pine and pepper to round it out

Overall Score: 8.8

Value: 9
Cost/16 oz serving: $3.25

Overall Impression:
Another great DIPA in the L v U series. Big and bold and slightly boozy, just like me. LOL! Recommended

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#Posted on Friday, 12 October 2018 at 7:10 PM

Review: Brewmaster Jack Trial By Combat

Reviewed By: Herr Mike
Style: Double/Imperial IPA
State/Country: Massachusetts
ABV: 8%
Serving Type: 16 oz

Look: 9
Hazy golden color, medium white head, stringy and spotty lacing

Smell: 8.5
Tropical fruit, floral

Taste: 8.5
Passion fruit, pineapple, grapefruit, grass, cereal

Mouthfeel: 8
Medium with medium carbonation

Drinkability:
Passion fruit up front, some cereal and grass at the end

Overall Score: 8.5

Value: 8.5
Cost/16 oz serving: $3.25

Overall Impression:
This is my first beer from this brewery. I didn't realize it was a fruit DIPA until I cracked it. It wasn't bad but it could have used a little more hop kick

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#Posted on Friday, 12 October 2018 at 6:58 PM

Review: Fordham Spiced Harvest Ale

Reviewed By: Herr Mike
Style: Pumpkin Ale
State/Country: Delaware
ABV: 6.5%
Serving Type: 12 oz

Look: 8.5
Medium amber color, medium off white head, spotty lacing

Smell: 8
Pumpkin, spice, caramel

Taste: 8.5
Pumpkin, cinnamon, allspice, clove, ginger, caramel, toffee

Mouthfeel: 8
Medium with medium carbonation

Drinkability: 8
Spicy pumpkin with a malty backbone

Overall Score: 8.2

Value: 9
Cost/12 oz serving: $1.67

Overall Impression:
I've been drinking Fordham (Dominion) beers for years but I never had a spiced beer from them until now. It's not the best pumpkin ale out there but it's far from the worst I've had. Worth a try if you like the style.

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#Posted on Friday, 12 October 2018 at 6:55 PM

Review: Flying Dog University Night School Hazy IPA

Reviewed By: Herr Mike
Style: IPA
State/Country: Maryland
ABV: 6.2%
Serving Type: 12 oz

Look: 9
Milky gold color, medium white head, stringy lacing

Smell: 8
Citrus, floral

Taste: 9
Tangerine, pineapple, grapefruit, herbal, grass

Mouthfeel: 8.5
Medium dry with medium carbonation

Drinkability: 9
Some citrus with a mellow hop nibble

Overall Score: 8.7

Value: 10
Cost/12 oz serving: $1.67

Overall Impression:
Volume one of the Flying Dog University series and it was damn tasty. Hazy and citrusy and easily crushable. Recommended

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#Posted on Tuesday, 09 October 2018 at 5:14 PM

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Review : Bear Republic Thru the Haze IPA

Review : Bear Republic Thru the Haze IPA

Review : Tuckahoe The New Old School IPA

Review : Brewery Ommegang Hopstate IPA 2018

Review: Firestone Walker Dark & Stormy (2018)

Review: Firestone Walker Leo v Ursus Doublus

Review: Brewmaster Jack Trial By Combat

Review: Fordham Spiced Harvest Ale

Review: Flying Dog University Night School Hazy IPA

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