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Bittersweet Lenny’s R.I.P.A.

He’Brew Bittersweet Lenny’s RIPA. A 10% double IPA using Rye malt that I have a brewrank of 16 to. What I Say: Dark brown beauty.  A caramel, grainy with balanced hop coming through nose.  From the nose, I was expecting it to be a lot heavier and surprised by a Sweet and Sour (the rye [...]

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http://twitpic.com/1b6gg – Isa…

http://twitpic.com/1b6gg – Isaac Birra Bianca: amber/golden ale, cloudy, fruity-19/20. http://www.birreria.com/

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Christmas Beers – Hepworth Vintage Christmas Ale (2008)

In one of the round of interesting Christmas beers I found for the UK, most of them seem to be from Horsham, West Sussex. Hepworth rocks.  Andy Hepworth seems to be admired by most folks in the UK as a quality brewer and this beer is so nice. I had a bottle conditioned one of [...]

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BC Raid: Cannery Brewing, Anarchist Amber Ale

From Penticton, Cannery Brewing delivers the wonderfully named but more importantly totally gorgeous Anarchist Amber Ale. Initial thoughts are, and these at some level don’t make sense, is this is a combination of a tasty Golden Ale mashed with an original style IPA. Or, as the Tank has been doing extensive tasting of Dark Star [...]

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