Chakra Beer: 2.0 – This is about as basic Budweiser but India beer that you can get. There’s nothing great about this at all aside from it not being the worst thing in existence. Bleh.
Price Average: $4
Website: https://chakrabeer.com/
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Ridgeway Brewery Imperial Barley Wine Ale
Imperial Barley Wine Ale: 3.5 – It’s okay and as a weird combo of an imperial stout and barley wine there are certainly worse ways this could have gone. The problem is that the high ABV affects the easy-drinking barley wine and this is just not great. Also need to deduct from the look meant to be Russian, when it’s UK and imported via Mass.
Price Average: $13
Website: http://www.ridgewaybrewery.co.uk/
Earth Eagle ‘Good Helmet’ Schwarzbier
Good Helmet: 8.5 – A Schwarzbier made with sorachi ace hops (?). It’s lighter in color than most Schwarzbier, also a bit mellower in upfront flavor, but it’s got a long finish that is delicious, We could drink these all god damn day, but then again who doesn’t love a schwarzbier?
Price Average: $9 draft
Website: https://www.eartheaglebrewings.com/
Barreled Souls/Garrison City Beerworks “Stackz On Stackz On Stackz” Imperial Blonde Ale
Stackz On Stackz On Stackz: 7.6 – It’s an imperial blonde ale aged on blueberries and maple syrup. Extremely sweet, so you really would only be able to drink 12oz before becoming sick of it. Like most Barreled Souls beers it’s unique, and it tastes like a blueberry biscuit.
Price Average: $7 draft
Website: http://barreledsouls.com/
Anderson Valley Brewing Company ‘Horse Tongue’ Wheat Ale
Horse Tongue: 7.0 – That tart bit of sour and the wheat combine in a way that makes this feel sort of like a red ale. It’s nice and crisp, and that sour is bringing a bit of fruit, but the barrel aging brings it all down to stop it from being overpowering. It’s actually really good.
Price Average: $14 for 22oz
Website: https://avbc.com/
Single Cut Brewing Hop Sounds Dry-Hopped Kolsch
Hop Sounds Dry-Hopped Kolsch: 7.5 – There’s a very unique sort of sweetness going on there that comes back in the long aftertaste. The fruit here is very nice, and it’s a very nice kolsch that does a lot of very nice things.
Price Average: $12 for 6-pack
Website: https://singlecut.com/
Burlington Petal Prophecy Honey IPA
Petal Prophecy Honey IPA: 7.0 – This site tends to shy away from IPAs (unless you are River Styx brewing), but we still try IPAs despite our bias, and review the ones we like – this is one of those. While there ideally would be just a touch more honey or spice to make this an amazing beer – it’s an IPA worth talking about.
Price Average: $13 for 4-pack cans
Website: http://burlingtonbeercompany.com/
14th Star Brewing Co. Maple Breakfast Stout
Maple Breakfast Stout: 6.0 – While it might not be something you’d actually drink for breakfast it does carry that marriage of coffee and maple flavors well. The sweetness of the maple thankfully helps balance it, but the effect is a bit odd compared to other coffee beers.
Price Average: $3
Website: https://www.14thstarbrewing.com/
Trois Dames Winter Sour Ale
Trois Dames Winter Sour: 6.5 – The ginger and orange is certainly a factor in there, but there is so much tart sour and bitterness. A winter beer should be toasty and inviting, or conversely invigorating – this is an attack dog to your face. Sure there is a bit of spice as well here – which one could use to pass it off as a winter beer, but really this is just too powerful and in multiple ways isn’t pleasant.
Price Average: $7 draft
Website: https://www.sheltonbrothers.com
Oxbow Noel Dark Saison
Oxbow Noel: 6.5 – So when the tags for ‘Oxbow’, ‘Dark Saison’, and ‘Christmas’ pop up – well it certainly piques our interest, but we’d ask you to hold back hype. Oh, of course, this is still a great beer, and we’d expect nothing less from Oxbow at this point. It feels a little porter like, and the small amount of sweet and spice here is enough to make it Christmas-y without being a heavy nutmeg/cinnamon affair. However, it’s overall just a pretty good dark saison and not a true ‘gift’ to the world.
Price Average: $8 draft
Website: https://oxbowbeer.com/