Toppling Goliath Brewing Company’s pseudoSue is an American pale ale that puts other beers to shame with its ferocious aroma and flavors of citrus and tropical fruit. Created as a more hop-forward version of Toppling Goliath’s other pale ale, Tsunami Pale, Toppling Goliath brewmaster Michael Saboe said pseudoSue was first called Pseudo Tsu. However, “Tsu” […]
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Beer Review: Deschutes Brewing’s ‘Hop in the Dark’
Black IPAs have become one of my favorite styles of beer, pairing the characteristics I love most about darker beers wtih those of IPAs. Not only does it offer the chocolate and toasted malt flavors characteristic of heavy, opaque stouts, it also features IPA bitterness and flavors of citrus, tropical fruit and pine.
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Beer Reviews: Squatters Full Suspension Pale Ale
Home to many alcohol-abstaining Mormons, Utah has some of the most restrictive alcohol laws in the country. Beer sold at grocery stores, convenience stores and bars without special licenses cannot have an alcohol content higher than 3.2 percent by weight (4 percent ABV).
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Beyond the Pale IPA is LV’s June 2014 brew of the month
When camping on cloudless, moonless nights, it is hard not to look up and admire the vast, dark, star-stippled sky. My eyes are always drawn to the Big Dipper, and I fruitlessly try to find the Little Dipper (I can never remember where it is). I search for the little red dot that is Mars […]
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Corridor Beer Festival brings tasting from 50 breweries to NewBo Market this weekend
Beer from 50 different breweries will be available for tasting at the second annual Corridor Beer Festival this Saturday, June 7, from noon to 5 p.m…
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Border Hop Fest to offer tasting of rare Midwestern brews
We’ve all done it — crossed Iowa’s borders to buy beer unavailable in the Hawkeye State, be it from New Glarus or Half Acre. This Saturday, May 24 from 1-5 p.m. though, beers that normally require visiting a neighboring state to enjoy will be coming to Backpocket Brewing for Border Hop Fest, located on the top level of the Coralville Marriott parking ramp.
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Beer Reviews: Birrificio Montelupo’s Turbone Wheat Ale
While perusing the beer section of a local store, trying to figure out what to review next for Little Village, my eyes were drawn to the discounted price ($3.99 per bottle) of Turbone Wheat Ale, brewed by the Birrificio Montelupo of Montelupo Fiorentino, Italy. I thought: Why not take a chance on Turbone Wheat Ale — especially since its normal price is listed at $7 a bottle? Oh, let me count the ways …
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Des Moines IPA is LV’s May 2014 Brew of the Month
May’s beer of the month is the well-balanced, Iowa-brewed IPA from Confluence Brewing Company: Des Moines IPA. Though some IPAs are overwhelmingly dry and bitter, John Martin, the head brewer at Confluence, proudly admits that he wants his IPA to have a balance of malt and hop characteristics. Instead of going overboard with abrasive hop […]
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FilmScene celebrates Craft Beer Week, unveils rooftop happy hour
In the 1980s, beer aisles looked very different. According to Chad Young, the craft brand manager at 7G Distributing, there were few options…
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12 oz. Curls: Sanctuary to host sour ale tap event with Central Waters brewery
This Wednesday at 7 p.m., Sanctuary Pub is hosting a sour ale event with Jordan Aberman, the sales manager at Central Waters Brewing Company in…
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Beer Reviews: Central Waters Brewing’s Glacial Trail IPA
While camping a couple weeks ago, a friend brought a sixer of Glacial Trail India Pale Ale, brewed by the Central Waters Brewing Company of Amherst, Wisc., which I later tried for myself.
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12 oz. Curls: Deschutes’ Hop Henge IPA
While watching the second half of the NCAA men’s basketball championship game earlier this month, I enjoyed a bottle of Hop Henge Experimental IPA, brewed by the Deschutes Brewery of Bend, Ore.
According to the beer’s webpage, Hop Henge is Deschutes’ “annual exercise in IBU escalation … it’s all hop, no apologies.” Available January through April, Hop Henge is brewed with “an outrageous amount of Centennial and Cascade hops.” The beer is also heavily dry hopped, a brewing process where hops are a
