Who doesn't love a good warlock? Ok, perhaps not everyone. Good, kindly, gray-haired wizards like Gandalf and Dumbledore are more the fashion these days, but let's be honest, there's something far more evocative about a raven-haired, perhaps ne'er-do-welling warlock. It's more metal. It's more Aleister Crowley, Black Sabbath, and that wild-eyed English professor I had … Continue reading Southern Tier Warlock Imperial Stout (2015) – Review
Beer Reviews
Sierra Nevada 2014 Narwhal Imperial Stout – Review
"Strictly speaking, this horn is but a lengthened tusk, growing out from the jaw in a line a little depressed from the horizontal. But it is only found on the sinister side, which has an ill effect, giving its owner something analogous to the aspect of a clumsy left-handed man." … Continue reading Sierra Nevada 2014 Narwhal Imperial Stout – Review
Surly Brewing’s Blakkr Imperial Black Ale – Review
Early in 2014, at the end of February, Blakkr, an Imperial Black Ale collaboration from three breweries, Minneapolis' Surly Brewing, Real Ale Brewing Co. from Blanco, TX, and Three Floyds Brewing Co. from Munster, IN, was released to no small amount of beergeek fanfare. United by their deep love of Metal (the music, not the solid material, though they probably … Continue reading Surly Brewing’s Blakkr Imperial Black Ale – Review
Surly Brewing Company’s Darkness 2014, Russian Imperial Stout – Review
I have held out as long as I can. A man can only take so much, his limits only stretched so far, the very foundation of his wanton soul only shaken so vehemently, before he cracks, succumbs, knuckles under, and throws in the towel. It may surprise you to learn that along with this predilection … Continue reading Surly Brewing Company’s Darkness 2014, Russian Imperial Stout – Review
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