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Birra Toccalmatto - Zona Cesarini

The Bruery - 8 Maids-A-Milking

Carlow Brewing Company - O’Hara’s Irish Pale Ale

Carlow Brewing Company - O’Hara’s Irish Red

Argus Brewery - Clyde’s Ale ESB

Argus Brewery - Pegasus IPA

River Horse Brewing Company - Special Ale

River Horse Brewing Company - Oatmeal Milk Stout

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Birra Toccalmatto - Zona Cesarini
The Bruery - 8 Maids-A-Milking
Carlow Brewing Company - O’Hara’s Irish Pale Ale
Carlow Brewing Company - O’Hara’s Irish Red
Argus Brewery - Clyde’s Ale ESB
Argus Brewery - Pegasus IPA
River Horse Brewing Company - Special Ale
River Horse Brewing Company - Oatmeal Milk Stout

Birra Toccalmatto - Zona Cesarini

Style: Pacific-Style India Pale Ale
ABV: 6.6%
Serving Temperature: 50–57° F
Suggested Glassware: Tulip, Nonic, or IPA Glass
Country: Italy

The net effect is magical, and one of the smoothest-drinking IPAs we’ve crossed paths with in a while. We poured this into an IPA glass, showing a bright golden-orange color and a bit of haze, capped by a great-looking head: off-white, miniscule bubbles, lacing that coats like an icing. Bold-orange IPAs are always promising. The aromatics here cover a wide range of hop turf: lots of grassy and tropical top notes, opening up into mango and pine...

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The Bruery - 8 Maids-A-Milking

Style: Belgian-style Imperial Milk Stout
ABV: 11.3%
Serving Temperature: 46–54° F
Suggested Glassware: Tulip, Snifter, or Burgundy Glass
Country: United States

8 Maids-A-Milking pours deep chocolate-brown, topped by a rather impressive light-brown, creamy head that initially seems like it might stick around longer than it does. Beneath it: an impressively dense-looking, reasonably viscous beer, with modest lacing around the far edge. The aromas coming out of this beer are far broader than the “imperial milk stout” title may suggest, and we were actually quite surprised by how well this stuck...

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Carlow Brewing Company - O’Hara’s Irish Pale Ale

Style: Pale Ale
ABV: 5.2%
Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 50
Serving Temperature: 43-48° F
Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
Country: Ireland

Another good looking brew from Carlow, O’Hara’s Irish Pale Ale presents a beaming golden-copper hue topped by a head of foam which drops lace as it recedes. As we expect for the style, hops dominate the aroma. Brewed with a combination of Irish malts and European and American hop varieties including Amarillo and Cascade, and dry-hopped for good measure, this brew was actually a bit of a chameleon to us, offering slightly different aromas over...

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Carlow Brewing Company - O’Hara’s Irish Red

Style: Irish Red Ale
ABV: 4.3%
Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 25
Serving Temperature: 43-48° F
Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
Country: Ireland

What a treat – a craft-brewed traditional Irish red ale from the Emerald Isle itself! Pouring a very deep red-amber with plenty of tight foam, this ale looks great in the glass. Big, prominent bread crust notes burst forth in the aroma, quite toasty indeed, bolstered by a touch of roast and cocoa powder, with impressions of earthy hops. On the palate, look for well-caramelized malts and those toasted bread notes to form the core, with a hint...

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Argus Brewery - Clyde’s Ale ESB

Style: Extra Special Bitter
ABV: 5.5%
Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 43
Serving Temperature: 45-50° F
Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
Hops: Chinook, Brewer’s Gold
Malts: Canada 2-Row, Golden Promise, Canada Wheat, Crystal 45, Roasted Barley
Country: United States

Pouring a coppery amber hue capped with a good head of foam, Clyde’s Ale is quite bright on the nose with a good dose of grapefruit and lemon, along with a perfumed, floral character, all overlaying caramelized malts. There’s a lot of overlap and confusion among the various styles of English “bitters” and “pale ales”, with Extra Special Bitter (ESB) and English Pale Ale being interchangeable according to many English brewers. Certainly the...

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Argus Brewery - Pegasus IPA

Style: English-style IPA
ABV: 6.2%
Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 60
Serving Temperature: 45-50° F
Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
Hops: Chinook, Cascade
Malts: Canada 2-Row, Golden Promise, Briess L-20, TF Black
Country: United States

Argus' IPA presents well in the glass: quite red in color with a head of tight-bubbled foam that drops lace as it recedes. As we expect from an IPA, there are a lot of fireworks on the nose. Luscious hops issue a delightfully fruity and floral aroma with some earthy undertones and unmistakable citrus notes. A robust caramel malt profile is apparent, lurking beneath. On the palate...wow, there's a lot of hops going on here. Thankfully Pegasus...

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River Horse Brewing Company - Special Ale

Style: American Amber Ale
ABV: 5.5%
Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 24
Serving Temperature: 47-54° F
Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
Hops: Nugget, Cascade, Columbus
Malts: Pilsen, Munich, Caramel 15, 60, and 80, Cara-Pilsen, Aromatic, Chocolate
Country: United States

Pouring a very deep, rich, hazy, brownish-amber color, it’s quite dark for an amber ale and looks great topped by its robust head of lasting foam. On the nose, look for big notes of lush caramel malts, mild hay and toast, and a touch of graham cracker, all overlaid with earthy and floral hop overtones. In the flavor department, those toasty and slightly nutty caramel malts build a delicious core. Most of River Horse’s beers are bottled...

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River Horse Brewing Company - Oatmeal Milk Stout

Style: Milk Stout
ABV: 6.7%
Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 22
Serving Temperature: 50-55° F
Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
Hops: Golding, Hallertau
Malts: Pilsen, Munich, Caramel 80, Chocolate, Black, Roasted Barley, Oats (and lactose)
Country: United States

This winter seasonal beer pours an opaque black with a generous cap of brown foam. While there are plenty of black, roasty notes in the aroma, there’s a touch of sweet lactose which comes through to balance. On the palate, the malt core is well-constructed, delivering a nice amalgam of deep caramel, dark chocolate, and roasted malt, without the roast being too heavy-handed and veering off toward acrid astringency. This leaves room for the lactose (milk sugar), which is unfermentable, to add its characteristic sweetness. Oats...

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