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Cigar City Marshal Zhukov’s Imperial Stout – Snobby Beer Reviews

May 17, 2012 By SnobbyBeer Leave a Comment

This is the Snobby Beer review of Marshal Zhukov’s Imperial Stout from Cigar City Brewing in Tampa, Florida. This massive beer clocks in at 11% ABV. They release this beer in the summer, knowing that it will peak during the cold winter months. Does it even get cold in Florida??

From the Cigar City website:

“This Russian Imperial Stout is dedicated to Georgy Zhukov, arguably one of the finest generals of World War II. Opaque black in color, with notes of espresso, chocolate, dark toffee and hints of backstrap molasses. The English hop varietals provide a subtle herbal dryness, and finishes with a hearty slap of roasty espresso. Pair Marshal Zhukov’s with Mushroom Solyanka, dark chocolate, cherries and ground wars in Russia.

We brew and release Zhukov’s in the summer knowing that a beer of this heft reaches its full potential a few months after release. So save a bottle for the cold winter!”

Questions? Suggestions? Let me know what you think! Grab a beer and leave a comment.

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Mikkeller 1000 IBU – Snobby Beer Review

May 15, 2012 By SnobbyBeer Leave a Comment

This is the Snobby Beer review of 1000 IBU American Imperial IPA from Mikkeller. That’s right, this beer has a theoretical IBU score of 1000! The beer caused a bit controversy when it was released due to the idea that there is a maximum perceived IBU that beer can have, which is generally accepted to be around 100.

This is a special edition beer review – normally I would never review a 2 year old IPA but this one piqued my interest!

This video features Joshua Hatfield and Michael Leonardi. Thanks, guys!

Questions? Suggestions? Let me know what you think! Grab a beer and leave a comment.

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Upland Gilgamesh – Snobby Beer Reviews

May 10, 2012 By SnobbyBeer Leave a Comment

This is the Snobby Beer review of Gilgamesh from Upland Brewing Company in Bloomington, Indiana. Gilgamesh is a sour beer aged in bourbon barrels – wait, a bourbon barrel sour beer? That’s right! Upland is a small brewery and is most known for their lambics and other sour beers.

This video features Joshua Hatfield and Michael Leonardi (who provided the beers). Thanks, guys!

From the Upland website:

“Continuing our adventure into the realm of sour ale brewing, we designed a recipe to create an Upland version of a traditional Flanders Red. Melding flaked maize into a turbid mash and adding Belgian candi sugar during a long kettle boil, we prepared this ale for epic proportions. We then incorporated wild yeasts and other acetic and lactic acid producing microorganisms for a year-long oak fermentation in bourbon barrels, which had previously been utilized to age beer. The journey was worth the hardships.

10.5% ABC, 21 IBUs, 24.4 S.G.”

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New Belgium La Folie ’12 – Snobby Beer Reviews

May 9, 2012 By SnobbyBeer Leave a Comment


This is the Snobby Beer review of the 2012 batch of La Folie from New Belgium Brewing in Fort Colins, Colorado. La Folie is a barrel-aged Flanders Oud Bruin beer that is a blend of a 1-year, 2-year, and 3-year old base beer. This review features two new guests – Michael Leonardi and Joshua Hatfield (who was kind enough to provide the beer). Thanks, guys!

From the New Belgium website:

“La Folie Wood-Aged Biere, is our original wood-conditioned beer, resting in French Oak barrels between one and three years before being bottled. Peter Bouckaert, came to us from Rodenbach home of the fabled sour red. Our La Folie emulates the spontaneous fermentation beers of Peter s beloved Flanders with sour apple notes, a dry effervescence, and earthy undertones.
New in 2010, we’ll do a single bottling of La Folie for the year. Collect the 22oz unique to 2010 designed bottle and start a yearly wood-aged collection of goodness.

Just the facts Ma’am…

ABV –  6.0%
IBU –  18
Calories –  200
Hops –  Target
Malts –  Pale, Munich, Carpils, C-80, Chocolate
OG –  15.2TG –  3.2″

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Kern River Citra DIPA – Snobby Beer Reviews (W/ The Beer Fag!)

April 24, 2012 By SnobbyBeer Leave a Comment

This is the Snobby Beer review of Citra DIPA from Kern River Brewing Company - or is it the Snobby Fag review? This video features Gus Stathes from The Beer Fag! Gus is a good guy who likes good beer.

Citra DIPA is an American Imperial India Pale Ale that has Citra and Amarillo hops. This beer is highly regarded and distribution is extremely limited – in fact, the most recent release was available only at the brewery!

From the Kern River website:

“Citra
A double IPA that is hazy pale in color with a strong pungent aroma that comes from large amounts of Citra hops. The alcohol content is 8%.”

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Ithaca Brute – Snobby Beer Reviews

April 19, 2012 By SnobbyBeer Leave a Comment

This is the Snobby Beer review of Excelsior! Brute from Ithaca Beer Company. Brute is an American Wild Ale brewed with 3 types of Champagne yeasts, as well as Brettanomyces and probably some other “bugs”. This funky/sour beer is very limited, and is no longer available on the shelves. This is sort of a special beer review just for the lols.

Thanks to Darren Link from Brewtensils for sharing this beer with me!

From the Ithaca website:

“Golden Sour Ale
Availability:SOLD OUT

Brewed with vintage local hops, American Barley, Wheat and Corn, Brute is fermented on Oak for many months with Brettanomyces, then finished with a blend of three Champagne yeasts. Enjoy the turbid citron hue, mature aroma, brash tartness and dry, quenching sparkle.

ABV: 7 %

Malt: Pils, White Wheat, Acidulated, Red Wheat, Raw Wheat and Corn.

Hops: Aged NY Willamette, Aged NY Hallertau, Aged NY Cascade”

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Dark Horse Plead The 5th ( Bourbon Barrel Aged ) – Snobby Beer Reviews

April 17, 2012 By SnobbyBeer Leave a Comment

This is the Snobby Beer review of Bourbon Barrel Aged Plead the 5th from Dark Horse Brewing Company in Marshall, Michigan. This beer is a special release and not part of their normal seasonal lineup, and I was fortunate enough to be able to share this beer with Darren Link from Brewtensils, a home brew shop that is part of Belmont Party Supply. You may have seen the written review of the normal Plead The 5th that I posted a little while ago. I also posted a video of when I received this beer in a trade.

How does this beer measure up to other Bourbon Barrel stouts? How does it compare to regular Plead the Fifth?

From the Dark Horse website (about regular Plead the 5th):

“Plead the 5th Imperial Stout
It’s big and full bodied with lots of roasted malts and blanced with heavy hops to put this imperial in a league of its own.”

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Weyerbacher Insanity – Snobby Beer Reviews

April 10, 2012 By SnobbyBeer 1 Comment

This is the Snobby Beer review of Insanity from Weyerbacher Brewing Company in Easton, Pennsylvania. This seasonal beer is a bourbon barrel aged version of their year-round English Barleywine, Blithering Idiot. Clocking in at a whopping 11.1% ABV, this beer is big and bold. You may have seen my text review of this beer, but this is a beer that I feel deserves a video review!

From the Weyerbacher website:

“Insanity is made by aging our perfectly balanced Blithering Idiot Barleywine in oak bourbon casks. This incredible combination creates a mélange of flavors from rich malts, raisons, and dates to oak, vanilla, and bourbon. Insanity will be yours this February!!!

Insanity is 11.1% ABV. It is best enjoyed in a brandy snifter and served at 45-55ºF.”

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Drake’s Hopocalypse – Snobby Beer Review

April 3, 2012 By SnobbyBeer Leave a Comment

This is the Snobby Beer review of Drake’s Hopocalypse from Drake’s Brewing Company in San Leandro, California. Hopocalypse is an imperial IPA (or double IPA) brewed with several varieties of hops (including the popular Citra variety). The beer is also brewed with Rye and and Vienna malts. The brewery says that the beer is loosely filtered to preserve the flavors.

From the Drake’s website:

“Hopocalypse Imperial India Pale Ale — 9.3% ABV, 100+ IBUs**
This deep orange monster is loosely filtered to keep the integrity of the malt & hops intact. Equal amounts of American 2-row malt and English pale malt are combined with Vienna and Rye malts, then balanced with Citra, Simcoe and Chinook hops for flavor. We then dry hop it with Cascade, Simcoe and Chinook hops for an intense hoppy aroma. Enjoy the massive aromatic Revelation and prophetic flavor of this beer now and forever after. — Available in February”

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Russian River Salvation – Snobby Beer Reviews

March 29, 2012 By SnobbyBeer Leave a Comment

This is the Snobby Beer review of Salvation from Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California. Salvation is a Belgian-style strong dark ale, and is refermented in the bottle. Like most Russian River Belgian-inspired beers, they tried to make Salvation as traditional as possible. This beer gets a lot of hype – is it worth it?

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