Beer of the Week! 06/01/21

“It’s been way too long since we’ve tasted a new, true Belgian Witbier. This one comes from Brouwerij Cornelissen, situated in the northern part of Limburg province in Belgian Flanders (just west of Hoegaarden in the Brabant — the re-birthplace of the witbier). Limburg is … well, let’s let Cornelissen tell you themselves …”

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Beer Tasting Mix Pack

Available every Wednesday (for as long as there is interest or until the pandemic wanes) you can get a mixed pack of four or five beers lovingly curated by us (plus the Beer of the Week). This week’s six pack — “The Difference: Pilsners vs. Other Lagers.”

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Beer of the Week! 05/18/21

IPAs have been a staple of craft brewing since the Craft Beer Revolution started. Double IPAs are so ubiquitous that often people don’t distinguish between the two. Much rarer is the Triple IPA. Many people have never heard of one much less had one. Well, if you are the uninitiated, here’s your chance …

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Beer of the Week! 05/11/21

“Commonwealth Brewing Company is one of those modern craft breweries that has very few regular items, trusting in their ability to continually come up with creative, tasty, new recipes. Still, you can’t mess with success. When you really hit it, what’s the harm in bringing back the badass? Case in point …”

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Beer of the Week! 05/04/21

Usually when we crow about beers from Richmond’s Väsen Brewing Company, we’re drooling over one of their New England Style IPAs. So how much would it surprise you to learn that Väsen has also made a name for itself with its sours? Well, if it would do so, allow us to expand your Väsen understanding …

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Beer of the Week! 04/27/21

“It’s happening! It’s happening! And, to be honest, any reasonable observer could guess that it was just a matter of time. The New England Style IPA has spread so much of its unfiltered, hazy, juicy hand over the world of IPAs, it’s no surprise that brewers would start applying the same aesthetic to Pale Ales. As a matter of fact, we have a couple such APAs in our store already. So, how many hazy pales does it take before a quirky outlier becomes a new sub-style? We don’t know, but the Hudson River Valley’s Industrial Arts Brewing Company has decided to nudge us closer with what they call a ‘Northeast Pale Ale’ …”

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