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It's been a whole year! Exactly one year since the last one at Hilldale. I can't believe it. For this toast I'm choosing a beer which hopefully meets the standards of a good hazy double IPA. The Pub Run leadership includes a few individuals
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This beer ticks all the boxes for me for a beer in this category. It's a masterpiece. I hope they make it for years and years. It's a Belgian-style Quad, rye barrel-aged, fermented with figs and molasses. It's faultless, infallible. Like a
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This is a style of beer I think (maybe I'm wrong) had a surge in popularity in the craft beer world around 20 years ago, around the time I got interested in craft beer. I say that and of course I can't think of any other
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Well this one's alright! It's definitely a dessert. I think it'd go well with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Of course I don't have any of that when I need it, just saying. I got a 4-pack of this along
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I've wanted one of these for a while, but every time I start shopping for one it goes sort of this this: OK, sure that looks good, but what is that, 22 inches? What's that other one, 26 inches? It's like 20% bigger but
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I like the name, but this was a good beer from Monkless in Bend, OR. I think it's pretty good, but maybe I like some other dubbels more. Any brewery going all-in on the belgian styles is a welcome addition. I'm thinking Ommegang, to a
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I think most of the time I like the barrel-aged version of something more, but this is one of those expections. The Diablo Belga is one of my favorite beers, but I don't expect it to carry such weight with others. I think it ventures a bit
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Where did this come from? Pops doesn't know. In fact, his thinking is because it's on the bottom shelf, it might be super ancient. How old is that shelf? On the back it mentions 2016. Not ridiculously old... not for our cellars. It also mentions "
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This might be a different story if I lived nearby, but Sheboygan is two hours away. This morning at 8am the Ab Ovo, from 3 Sheeps, went on sale. Bottles are $35 each, maximum of 2, and must be picked up today. $35 for a bottle of beer. I get
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One Barrel beer in a 10 Barrel glass. One Barrel is a neighborhood "nano" brewery on the east side of Madison, WI. 10 Barrel is a bit bigger, and in a bit more urban setting in downtown Portland, OR. OK, that's not where they're
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I managed to find some bottles of 3 Sheeps Cuvée 2021 and I'm pretty excited. To me, this beer is a darned-near perfect barrel-aged specimen. I know people really line up for certain beers out there e.g. "Black Gold" from Central Waters. And
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This is one of the so-called "deathbed beers" that are called that because we can't get our hands on them easily and are just so rich and tasty. De Struise Brouwers are the brewer of this one, and they seem to only brew them every