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Calicraft Brewing Company - Oaktown

Adirondack Brewery - Iroquois Pale Ale

Calicraft Brewing Company - Coast

Adirondack Brewery - Bear Naked

Calicraft Brewing Company - The City

Adirondack Brewery - Easy Hike Session IPA

Brouwerij De Brabandere - Bavik Super Pils

Pivovar Samson - Praga Dark Lager

Brouwerij De Brabandere - Petrus Brewmaster’s Selection: Wild Tripel Ale

Port Brewing / The Lost Abbey - Blended Serpent’s Stout

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Calicraft Brewing Company - Oaktown
Adirondack Brewery - Iroquois Pale Ale
Calicraft Brewing Company - Coast
Adirondack Brewery - Bear Naked
Calicraft Brewing Company - The City
Adirondack Brewery - Easy Hike Session IPA
Brouwerij De Brabandere - Bavik Super Pils
Pivovar Samson - Praga Dark Lager
Brouwerij De Brabandere - Petrus Brewmaster’s Selection: Wild Tripel Ale
Port Brewing / The Lost Abbey - Blended Serpent’s Stout

Calicraft Brewing Company - Oaktown

Bottle Size: 12-oz
Style: Oaked American Brown Ale
ABV: 6.71%
Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 71
Serving Temperature: 50-55° F
Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
Hops: Columbus, Centennial, Cascade
Malts: 2-Row, Pale Chocolate, C-75, Dark Wheat
Country: United States

Brown ales are one of those styles that often gets a bit overlooked among the flashier styles, and we have to admit we're guilty of this ourselves. But, truth be told, many of the brown ales we sample are just not that exciting, and frankly are rather insipid. Oaktown is definitely not one of those beers. This oaked brown ale presents a very deep brown color with reddish flashes, and offers quite the inviting aroma. Richly malty notes are...

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Adirondack Brewery - Iroquois Pale Ale

Bottle Size: 12-oz
Style: American IPA
ABV: 7.0%
Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 70
Serving Temperature: 45-50° F
Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass, Mug, Tulip
Hops: Eureka, Nugget, Cascade, Chinook, Centennial, Hallertau Melon
Malts: 2-Row, Pale Crystal, Wheat
Country: United States

This bold, in-your-face IPA pours an attractive bright orange-copper topped by a cap of sticky foam which laces as it recedes. We were immediately taken in by the super-aromatic nose; there's a cavalcade of inviting hop notes thanks to Adirondack's generous use of a half-dozen different hop varieties. Look for juicy grapefruit citrus notes, tropical fruit, melon, pine, and fragrant floral and spice tones. Thankfully, the story repeats on the...

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Calicraft Brewing Company - Coast

Bottle Size: 12-oz
Style: Kölsch
ABV: 4.8%
Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 15
Serving Temperature: 45-50° F
Suggested Glassware: Stange or Flute
Hops: Hallertau, Crystal
Malts: 2-Row, Wheat
Country: United States

Kölsch is a classic German style hailing from Köln (Cologne) that's made with top-fermenting ale yeast, but then cold conditioned like lager. It's one of those styles that can be tricky to brew given that there are no big fireworks or super brash notes behind which the brewer can hide mistakes. We're big fans of the style when done right; it's just a deliciously simple, balanced, dry beer that quenches thirst and beckons sip after sip.

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Adirondack Brewery - Bear Naked

Bottle Size: 12-oz
Style: American Amber Ale
ABV: 5.2%
Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 30
Serving Temperature: 45-50° F
Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
Hops: Perle, Hallertau, Cascade
Malts: 2-Row, Munich, Cara Vienna, Red Wheat, Vienna, Pale Crystal
Country: United States

This amber ale pours – as one would expect – a rich-looking medium amber color, well-filtered, and topped by a voluminous head of light beige foam. On the nose, we picked up lots of caramel notes, accompanied by fruity tones of apple and stone fruit, plus some earthy and spicy noble hops with a floral hint. In the flavor, this brew really hit the spot. Look for a nice toasty & bready impression at the core of this satisfying amber ale...

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Calicraft Brewing Company - The City

Bottle Size: 12-oz
Style: American IPA
ABV: 6.4%
Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 65
Serving Temperature: 45-50° F
Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass, Mug, Wide Flute
Hops: Columbus, Centennial, Simcoe
Malts: 2-Row
Country: United States

Presenting a bright pale golden color with great clarity and plenty of sticky foam, The City looks great in the glass, and smells even better. Very pungent and lively aromas jump out of the glass, including resinous pine, lemon, grapefruit zest, big spicy notes, and a potpourri-like floral character. Built with 100% 2-row pale malt, there's little in the way of caramel or toast on the palate; instead, The City is crafted in a "NorCal" style...

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Adirondack Brewery - Easy Hike Session IPA

Bottle Size: 12-oz
Style: Session IPA
ABV: 4.7%
Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 35
Serving Temperature: 45-50° F
Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
Hops: Columbus, Summit, Lemondrop, Hallertau Melon, Mandarina Bavaria
Malts: 2-Row, Red Wheat, Munich, Cara Pils, Flaked Oats
Country: United States

Adirondack's entry into the increasingly popular Session IPA category pours a pretty light copper color with good clarity and a sizable head of foam which retains well before dropping to a persistent ring. On the nose, we picked up a delicious array of bright hop aromas; look for a nice balance between fruity citrus notes, including tangerine and lemon tones, and herbal, piney, and lightly minty aromas. The story continues on the palate...

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Brouwerij De Brabandere - Bavik Super Pils

Bottle Size: 330-ml
Style: German-style Pilsner
ABV: 5.2%
Serving Temperature: 40-45° F
Suggested Glassware: Pilsner Glass, Flute
Country: Belgium

While Brouwerij De Brabandere may be known worldwide as an excellent brewer of Belgian ale styles, like those in their Petrus line, they also happen to be very skilled at brewing pilsner, with their Super Pils having won numerous taste tests and even laboratory analyses of several dozen pilsners sold in Belgium. Super Pils pours a bright, crystal clear, sunny golden color capped by a very robust head that laces nicely as it recedes and forms...

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Pivovar Samson - Praga Dark Lager

Bottle Size: 330-ml
Style: Dunkel Lager
ABV: 4.5%
Serving Temperature: 45-50° F
Suggested Glassware: Pilsner Glass, Flute
Hops: Saaz
Country: Czech Republic

This World Beer Championships Gold Medal winner pours a deep chestnut reddish-brown color topped by a head of brown foam. Dark lagers are usually malt-oriented brews, and Praga's version is no exception. On the nose, look for notes of fresh brown bread, toasted bread crust, caramel, hints of toffee and chocolate, and a subtle undercurrent of red fruit. Rich toasty and caramel notes hit upfront in the flavor department, along with plenty of...

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Brouwerij De Brabandere - Petrus Brewmaster’s Selection: Wild Tripel Ale

Bottle Size: 750-ml
Style: Petrus Tripel w/ Amarillo & Cascade hops (85%) blended w/ Foederbeer aged 24 months in oak foeders (15%)
ABV: 8%
Serving Temperature: 42–47° F
Suggested Glassware: Tulip, Chalice, Goblet or Chardonnay Glass
Country: Belgium

This first release in Brouwerij De Brabandere’s Brewmaster’s Selection series was crafted by the brewery’s most experienced Master Brewer: Chris Van Acker, who’s spent more than 30 years of his career honing his skills there. This beer is a one-time offering that’s never before been sold in the U.S. There’s some very limited U.S. distribution slotted for around February 2018, but our Rare Beer Club members will be getting this beer at least a...

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Port Brewing / The Lost Abbey - Blended Serpent’s Stout

Bottle Size: 750-ml
Style: Blended Bourbon-Barrel-Fermented Imperial Stout
ABV: 11%
Serving Temperature: 50–57° F
Suggested Glassware: Snifter, Tulip, Chalice or Pinot Glass
Country: United States

Having long been appreciators of the work of Tomme Arthur and Co., we really wanted to procure something a little more special from The Lost Abbey—something that they’d never released before. So... as one of our two featured beers this month, we’re pretty psyched to be able to offer our Rare Beer Club members a new, exclusive blend, combining the brewery’s delicious Serpent’s Stout imperial stout with a bigger, bourbon-barrel-aged version of...

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