Tallgrass Brewing Company, a relative newcomer to the craft beer scene since 2007, sent along a care package to me for review of five flagship beers. Today, I decided to start with the Oasis, as it was the recommended “favorite” on the hand-written noted from Colette of Tallgrass. Listed on their site as a Double ESB/IPAish beer, I’m filing this in a new category just for them: Double ESB.
Founder’s Brewing Company has always offered, in my opinion, top notch beers consistently across many different styles. I was at Canal Street with Shane and saw that they just received the Founder’s Devil Dancer IPA. Being a fan of IPAs, I jumped at the opportunity. This 12oz bottle cost $8.00 and stands tall for a labeled “Triple IPA” at 12% ABV.
Hop’solutely from Allentown Brew Works labels itself as a “triple” IPA. I was delighted to pick this one up being a huge fan of IPAs. This review is based upon a corked and caged 750 ml bottle. I was happy with the Monkey Wrench Saison that Shane and I reviewed in our latest video review and was excited to uncork this bottle and get down to some beer loving fun.
Weyerbacher is situated in Easton, Pennsylvania and was founded by a home brewer in 1995. Since then, it has developed into a well known and well respected microbrewery throughout the Northeast. Having had other Weyerbacher brews in the past, their Hops Infusion IPA is up this time for tasting.
Long Trail Brewery’s slogan is “A taste of Vermont,” and I have yet to be disappointed with what Vermont has produced, namely Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream. The label on the 22oz bottle that I picked up felt like real and genuine compacted paper, a trend emerging from microbreweries. But, we all know that you can not judge a brew alone on the label though. Otherwise my review would end here.
