Session # 168 Great Divide | Espresso Oak-aged Yeti Imperial Stout |Denver, Colorado | 9.5% ABV One year ago: New Glarus Raspberry Tart Oak-aged Imperial Stouts are unquestionably one of the most celebrated styles in craft beer. Today’s beer from Great Divide, called Espresso Oak-aged Yeti, is of the said style but is not aged [...]
Archive for the ‘Imperial Stout’ Category
15 Apr
Portsmouth Kate the Great
Session # 162 Portsmouth | Kate the Great Russian Imperial Stout | Portsmouth, New Hampshire | 12% ABV One year ago: Lost Abbey Red Poppy When I was graciously offered a bottle of Portsmouth Kate the Great and found out within a week that Tim and his girlfriend Kate were getting engaged, I felt it [...]
4 Mar
AleSmith Speedway Stout
Session # 150 | AleSmith | Speedway Stout | 12% ABV American Double / Imperial Stout | San Diego, California | Rating: 91/100 One year ago: Lagunitas Hop Stoopid So here we are at 150 sessions of The Hopry. For the occasion I wanted to pull something special off the shelves, and the AleSmith Speedway [...]
13 Dec
SN Fritz & Ken’s Ale
Session # 126 | Sierra Nevada | Fritz & Ken’s Ale | 9.2% ABV American Imperial Stout | Chico, California | Rating: 82/100 One year ago: New Belgium La Folie Sierra Nevada is a name that is quite possibly the most recognizable in the craft beer world. With the exception of maybe Boston Brewing Company [...]
28 Oct
Bell’s Expedition Stout
Session # 118 | Bell’s | Expedition Stout | 10.5% ABV Imperial Stout | Kalamazoo, Michigan | Rating: 87/100 Autumn is literally the best time of the year. For a brief period, the weather is amazing and football is aplenty. Recently Tim and I got together to watch some football and found the evening to [...]
