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Shout out to doing cask engine Bitter. Jalapeño cream also worked for me. Hope to try out more for this nano brewery. ...
17/08/2024

Shout out to doing cask engine Bitter. Jalapeño cream also worked for me. Hope to try out more for this nano brewery.

Had to grab a half dozen ginormous everything bagels and 2 bialsys before I left NYC. They barely fit in my luggage. An...
09/08/2024

Had to grab a half dozen ginormous everything bagels and 2 bialsys before I left NYC.
They barely fit in my luggage. And all my clothes smelled like garlic.

Rest of the bites from my trip. Caffé Turkey porchetta on sourdough baguette
06/08/2024

Rest of the bites from my trip.

Caffé Turkey porchetta on sourdough baguette

More beer stops. The Open Work: Tart Cherry and Raspberry with their duck liver pâté is divine!
06/08/2024

More beer stops.
The Open Work: Tart Cherry and Raspberry with their duck liver pâté is divine!

More delicious bites.The amazing wood ear and dried bean curd skin Bomb
05/08/2024

More delicious bites.
The amazing wood ear and dried bean curd skin
Bomb


First bites in town. Chicken Cutlet with pesto and fresh mozzarella. Fried Onion BurgerBoth incredible.
04/08/2024

First bites in town.
Chicken Cutlet with pesto and fresh mozzarella.
Fried Onion Burger
Both incredible.

Breweries I hit up so far.
04/08/2024

Breweries I hit up so far.



Sang Bleu. Never had haksap berries before, but hits like a blend of cherries, blueberries, and the tannic character of...
23/06/2024

Sang Bleu. Never had haksap berries before, but hits like a blend of cherries, blueberries, and the tannic character of raspberries. Super jammy berry forward with dusty funk onto punchy red wine acidity, blueberry yogurt, hint of acetic sour.

Pleasant treat to run into left over from Zwanze.

Never would expect to hit this market. Basically couldn't be further in the continental US. Been almost a decade since ...
22/06/2024

Never would expect to hit this market. Basically couldn't be further in the continental US. Been almost a decade since I've had this. Lightly biscuit malt, restrained medium bitterness highlighting zesty grapefruit rind, clementines, light pineapple.

Black Chocolate Stout (2004).What a confusing beer to see the shelf. Easily the oldest beer I've ever had.All staff cou...
09/06/2024

Black Chocolate Stout (2004).
What a confusing beer to see the shelf. Easily the oldest beer I've ever had.
All staff could tell me is they got it from distributor 2 years ago and held it.
$3.50 a bottle!
Whisper of carb, basically flat. Roast has hugely flattened, no hop character. Tastes basically like a flat Imperial Schwarzbier.




Brouwer's XVIII. 100+/100.What an insane beer. Nose hits of crunchy white/lightly reddish cherries, Belgian funk, wet s...
07/06/2024

Brouwer's XVIII. 100+/100.
What an insane beer. Nose hits of crunchy white/lightly reddish cherries, Belgian funk, wet stone minerality, baby diaper, toasted sesame.
Complexity on the palate is only more refined, complex, and intense. Pushing towards jammy, but rich, bold cherry with toasted almonds, cinnamon, bright lactic Greek yogurt acidity, lightly acetic. Vibrant acidity, silky mouthfeel, long long long flavors throughout the entire palate.
What a pleasure to enjoy this. Thank you so much Nick.

Went to for my first ever. It's crazy to have never enjoyed this event before, though I did wait on line at Spuyten o...
21/04/2024

Went to for my first ever. It's crazy to have never enjoyed this event before, though I did wait on line at Spuyten once and they ran out of everything before me.
Also comes with the territory in working the industry and never having Fri-Sun off.
Amazing experience. Definitely will need to visit Redlight more often.
Pictured are Magic Lambic and Vignerone. Also had Classic Gueze and St. Lam. Didn't get a ticket for the Zwanze, but the beer was incredible. However, catching up with friends was even better.
Video with more details coming...

Neither Names Nor Works. (2022). 100+/100. I don't post on here enough but this is special. Huge shout out to Nick who ...
05/03/2024

Neither Names Nor Works. (2022). 100+/100.
I don't post on here enough but this is special. Huge shout out to Nick who sent this.
Possibly the GoaT for me on this style. The fruit salad and mineral stone Brett driven nose goes directly onto the palate with pink grapefruit, kumquats, star fruit, kefir lime, pluots along with a mango lassi and Turkish ayran creamy/salinity. I think of Tom Yum soup too. With that intense fruitiness and creaminess follows into intense dryness of tannins, medium minus hop bitterness, and more wet stone mineral drying. Brett funk is not to be dismissed with barnyard and tropical baby vomit. Mouthfeel is rounded and full upfront despite being very spritzy on carb and bone dry on finish.
Beer does not stop.

Shout to Ryan from . I'm so freaking pumped to try their amazing beers again!
08/02/2024

Shout to Ryan from . I'm so freaking pumped to try their amazing beers again!

coming to FL. That's insane news. I'm going to be buying a lot of Head Hunter...!
07/02/2024

coming to FL. That's insane news. I'm going to be buying a lot of Head Hunter...!

Huge shout out to for these . Feels like Christmas came early this year. Can't wait to review these!
11/12/2023

Huge shout out to for these . Feels like Christmas came early this year. Can't wait to review these!

Saw me some OG brews. Had to pick them up to review.
02/12/2023

Saw me some OG brews. Had to pick them up to review.

The Cranfather. (11.1%). 85/100This is the weirdest beer I've had in a long time and I spent 15 minutes on my review. I...
19/11/2023

The Cranfather. (11.1%). 85/100
This is the weirdest beer I've had in a long time and I spent 15 minutes on my review.
It immediately tastes like an infected Bourbon County Barleywine. Sour, citrus, fruity, rich malt, bourbon barrel.
Then it just jams so hard on sour orange, with the cranberry rocketing the acidity of the overpowering orange oily peels. Masked are the deep malts, sweetness, and cherries. The ex*****on on a cranberry Old Fashioned cocktail is completely lost by someone muddling a quarter orange into your drink.
The beer makes no sense, but it was quite drinkable. I just don't see how such a beer passed quality without anyone saying, "Woah, that's very sour and orange forward." Nuance is a goal with this beer and not found.

YouTube viewers told me to do a blind of Oktoberfest beers.Blindfolded, I somehow picked out all 3!On first run, I tho...
03/10/2023

YouTube viewers told me to do a blind of Oktoberfest beers.
Blindfolded, I somehow picked out all 3!
On first run, I thought it was going to be impossible.
I then noticed 1 just lacked length of malt flavor and was the most watery. Felt that was a giveaway for a mass production American brew.
2 had the deepest malt and hop character, albeit not exaggerated like American craft breweries do, so went with .
3 honestly tastes like Festbier in this lineup with just a lengthy pale malt flavor that threw me to Germany, thus the call.

Super flattered and impressed with myself for getting all 3 correct. Try it yourself, see how hard it is. Let me know.

97/100.This beer is a world class classic.Rich complexity of chocolate cake, coffee grounds, dried dates, raisin, light ...
21/08/2023

97/100.
This beer is a world class classic.
Rich complexity of chocolate cake, coffee grounds, dried dates, raisin, light ashiness. Bold medium plus body with lingering light caramel sweetness.
Don't sleep on it.

Crazy enough, don't think I've ever had this beer. Glad it's priced well in 4 packs, but still prefer the OG. The base b...
12/08/2023

Crazy enough, don't think I've ever had this beer. Glad it's priced well in 4 packs, but still prefer the OG. The base beer doesn't stand up very well to barrel treatment, but a lovely beer still.

Thoughts?

Shout out to possibly my new favorite brewery on my amazing NYC trip.The taplist is insanely diverse, wonderful taproom...
15/07/2023

Shout out to possibly my new favorite brewery on my amazing NYC trip.
The taplist is insanely diverse, wonderful taproom, and had an amazing time chatting with Brett.

Call me crazy or old, but this might be the most exciting beer release of the year for me.
10/07/2023

Call me crazy or old, but this might be the most exciting beer release of the year for me.

This Flora was from 2015. Shout out the Gene. If you know him from NYC beer scene you are in luck. What a generous guy....
09/07/2023

This Flora was from 2015. Shout out the Gene. If you know him from NYC beer scene you are in luck. What a generous guy. Super jammy still. Loved it and enjoyed with the NYC fireworks.

Watching videos of this Florence based sandwich spot made me jealous of those actually able to fly to Italy. As a sandwi...
05/07/2023

Watching videos of this Florence based sandwich spot made me jealous of those actually able to fly to Italy. As a sandwich enthusiast, I had to give a try when I found out they opened in NYC.
La Favolosa is quite rich, with fatty salty salami and their buttery cheese spread. Wish the sandwich a bit more to cut through it all, but I do look forward to trying more off the menu in the future.

Dinner. It's been almost a decade since having this beer. I've found myself enjoying MBC more and more with time. This ...
29/06/2023

Dinner. It's been almost a decade since having this beer. I've found myself enjoying MBC more and more with time. This didn't quite hit for me. A bit dry and empty.
Beautiful space .beer

Flipside Amber Ale. 98/100. Holy smokes this beer is back and is it fire and the cheapest beer . Straight mango juice c...
29/06/2023

Flipside Amber Ale. 98/100. Holy smokes this beer is back and is it fire and the cheapest beer .
Straight mango juice covered in pine sap and sweet juicy crystal malts. Restrained bitterness for SN contrasted by compote peaches and dried apricots. Can't wait to find some to review for you guys.

Oklahoma Burger. It doesn't get more simple or tastier. Burned my mouth on those steaming hot onions, but I loved it.
28/06/2023

Oklahoma Burger. It doesn't get more simple or tastier. Burned my mouth on those steaming hot onions, but I loved it.

Came all the way to NYC just to have some Vermont classic bangers , which are actually 2 of my desert Island beers. Vide...
27/06/2023

Came all the way to NYC just to have some Vermont classic bangers , which are actually 2 of my desert Island beers. Video on that coming of that coming eventually.
Not included are also two lager ticks I wanted to hit in and (their Unfiltered Pils was a highlight).

Am I crazy or is this the worst fresh vintage of BCBS I've ever had? Dare I say, it comes of even a bit sour and overly...
29/11/2022

Am I crazy or is this the worst fresh vintage of BCBS I've ever had?
Dare I say, it comes of even a bit sour and overly dry on the finish? Lacks it's usually dessert chocolate cake complexity, ashy and burnt flavors linger cutting away from the beers usual sticky sweet caramel and bourbon.

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