My favorite tropical cocktail is a strawberry daiquiri, so last week when Mortalis released Phoenix, a 6% ABV fruited sour based on daiquiris using strawberry and line, I just had to try it for today’s Brew Review! Continue reading Brew Review – Mortalis Brewing Co. Phoenix – Strawberry Daiquiri

On today’s Brew Review, I’m having a Hudson Valley Brewery (the inventors of the sour IPA category) Petrichor. This 8% double IPA with wheat & oat is brewed and dry-hopped with Citra, Galaxy, and German Amarillo hops. Continue reading Brew Review – Hudson Valley Brewery Petrichor

I’m having Mortalis’s latest fruited sour for today’s Brew Review. The latest in their Gemini series of small one off brews, this 7% sour is flavored on strawberry and kiwi and then they added Starburst candy to it! Continue reading Brew Review – Mortalis Brewing Co. Gemini – Strawberry + Kiwi + Starburst

I’ve had a few of Phase Three Brewing in Chicago’s Nectar series of sour ales with fruit and liked the ones I’ve had. On tonight’s Brew Review, I’m having my first Double Nectar, this apricot, peach and raspberry variant is a high 7.8% abv for a sour. Continue reading Brew Review – Phase Three Brewing Double Nectar: Apricot/Peach/Raspberry

On today’s Brew Review, I’m having the Triple Berry Crumble variant of Mortalis’s Tears of the Goddess. This 7.5% abv sour IPA, features strawberry, blackberry, and raspberry puree and is conditioned on toasted coconut, Madagascar Vanilla, marshmallow, and granola with milk sugar, Citra, Mosaic, Amarillo, and Simcoe hops. Continue reading Brew Review – Mortalis Brewing Co. Tears of the Goddess – Triple Berry Crumble

I’m having a newer flavor mix of Froth’s Liquid Lollipop on today’s Brew Review. This thick sweet smoothie like beer is favored on raspberry, banana and marshmallow. Continue reading Brew Review – Froth Brewing Co. Liquid Lollipop: Raspberry/Banana/Marshmallow

I’m having an entirely different style of beer on today’s Brew Review, a 5.2% abv Munich Dunkel. I haven’t had many of this style but Tree House is one of my favorite breweries so I decided to try Rover. Continue reading Brew Review – Tree House Brewing Company Rover

Today I’m having a beer from a brewery I like to go to locally in Buffalo, Thin Man Brewery. I don’t think I’ve reviewed any beers from there before but do really like their Chandler street location. For today’s Brew Review, I’m having Now That’s Special, a 6.4% raspberry marshmallow sour ale. Continue reading Brew Review – Thin Man Brewery Now That’s Special

The Out of Order series from RAR Brewing is one of my favorite series of beers. The last one I had though (which I didn’t review), I wasn’t a fan of so I had to have a redemption beer for them. On today’s Brew Review I’m having “Easy On the Soda” from their Home Alone release. This 5.8% ABV sour is their take on blue raspberry cream soda uses their lactose sour base conditioned on blue raspberry syrup, vanilla cream (rather than their pastry cream), vanilla beans and carbonated a bit more than the rest of the OOO series. Continue reading Brew Review – RAR Brewing Out of Order: Easy On The Soda

On today’s Brew Review, I’m having a 8% Bistro Grande from the Chicago based Energy City Brewing. This Peach & Apricot Crumble variant is a Berliner-style weisse beer flavored with peaches, apricots, cinnamon and brown sugar. Continue reading Brew Review – Energy City Brewing Bistro Grande Peach & Apricot Crumble