Tacocat
My favorite beers to review aren’t always ones that I like, as not all of them are unique enough to describe outside of a list of ingredients. The beers I enjoy reviewing – even ones I don’t like – are…
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Author Archive: Ben
Cape May IPA
I drink far more beer than I actually review, but every now and then I taste something where I rush to my computer to review. Today, it’s Cape May IPA, made by Cape May Brewing Company. Any beer with a…
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Iron Maiden’s Brewdog Hellcat
Having already tried several of Iron Maiden’s beers, I recently got my hands on Hellcat, by Brewdog brewery. This 6% IPA, unfortunately, doesn’t set itself apart, as Iron Maiden is known to do. It’s far lighter than what I would…
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The Fear
Don’t ask me why a pumpkin ale is available in winter/spring, but here we are drinking Flying Dog’s The Fear: Imperial Pumpkin Ale. Flying Dog is a brewery in Maryland and has put out countless beers over the years, often…
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New Belgium’s Trippel
I don’t drink nearly enough Belgian beers, and I’m reminded of that when the IPAs stop hogging the shelves and make room for something different. While Merry Monks is my favorite and what I use as a measuring stick, New…
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DC Brau’s Oktoberfest
I’m unclear how I still have an Oktoberfest beer in my fridge in February, but it turned out to be a treat because D.C. Brau’s Oktoberfest is a taste I’ve been missing for several months as I’ve been suffering through…
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Top Shelf IPA
My friend Craig Laughlin, a former NHL player and currently the color commentator for the Washington Capitals, started a foundation a few years ago to raise money to fight rare cancers. There is any number of ways to raise money…
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Neverending Haze IPA
The Neverending Haze IPA is the weakest of the Stone beers I’ve tried so far, and I realized that it only has 4% alcohol content, which seems very low compared to most IPAs. Despite that, there’s no stand-out taste to…
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Tangerine Express Hazy IPA
I’d be lying if I said I tasted ‘whole tangerine & pineapple’ in Stone’s Tangerine Express Hazy IPA – a description they put on their website – but I didn’t. That said, this being my second of three Stone’s in…
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Stone Hazy IPA
I’m not a hippy but dammit if Stone doesn’t make me feel like one for a minute. Having just tried Heavy Seas Hazy IPA, I then tasted Stone’s Hazy IPA. Now, this is my first Stone beer, so I can’t…
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