Beeronaut Beer Reviews Index

I’ve put in a bit of order and discipline to sort out these over 1,000 posts. Here I have a static page that indexes all my beer reviews from 2010 on, plus a few that I wrote for other sites and imported here.

Reviews By Style

Lagers

• Amber/Vienna Lager
  1. Nevin’s Hook & Hatchet (2018)

• Bock, Doppelbock, Maibock
  1. Goose Island Cooper Project #2: Blond Doppelbock (2017)
  2. Lagunitas Secret Agenda (2019)
  3. Lakefront Big Easy (2011)
  4. Schloss Eggenberg Samichlaus – 2000 (2019)
  5. Stiegl Sun King II (2016)
  6. Victory Moonglow Weizenbock (2015)
• Helles/Dortmunder
  1. Haymarket “Try Not to Suck” (2019)
• Imperial Lager
  1. Solemn Oath/Night Shift Hosies (2018)
• Oktoberfest/Märzen
  1. Baderbräu Oktoberfest (2013)
  2. 5 Rabbit Vida y Muerte (2018)
  3. Surly Fest (2016)
  4. Lagunitas Tuberfest (2016)
• Pale Lager, Pilsener
  1. Baderbräu South Side Pride (2017)
  2. Bohemia Clásica (2011)
  3. Founders PC Pils (2017)
  4. Goose Island Four Star Pils (2016)
  5. Haymarket Speakerswagon (2018)
  6. Kona Longboard Island Lager (2014)
  7. Lagunitas Lagur (2019)
  8. Maplewood Pulaski Pils (2019)
  9. More Brewing Villa Pils (2018)
  10. Off Color Tooth & Claw (2017)
  11. Paw Paw O.W.B. Triple-Hopped Pilsener (2020)
  12. Prairie Krafts Prairie Pilsner (2018)
  13. Reclaimed Rails Corn Belt Route Pilsener (2017)
  14. Samuel Adams Noble Pils (2016)
  15. Samuel Adams Sam ’76 (2018)
  16. Shiner 107th Birthday Hoppy Pilsner (2016)
  17. Shiner 777 India Pale Lager (2017)
  18. Sixpoint The Crisp Pilsner (2012)
  19. Sun King Pachanga (2017)
  20. Surly #MERICA (2016)
  21. Trumer Pils (2015)
  22. Two Brothers Twenty-Plus (2016)
  23. Two Hound Red Pilsener (2019)
  24. Walgreens Big Flats 1901 (2011)
• Schwarzbier
  1. Baderbräu Naked Selfie (2015)
  2. Sapporo Premium Black Beer (2017)
  3. Stone Berlin/Lost Abbey Sticks’n’Stones (2018)
  4. Two Brothers Reprieve (2012)
  5. Zingu (2016)

Ales

• Amber Ale
  1. Prairie Krafts The Grove (2018)
• Barley Wine
  1. East End Gratitude (2011)
  2. Goose Island Bourbon County Barleywine (2017)
  3. Goose Island Bourbon County Coffee Barleywine (2018)
  4. Goose Island Bourbon County Wheatwine (2018)
  5. Goose Island Bourbon County Wheatwine (2019)
  6. He’brew Jewbelation 14 (2010)
  7. Lagunitas Brown Shugga (2016)
  8. Launitas Olde Gnarly Wine 2004 (2016)
  9. Revolution 3rd Year Beer (2013)
  10. St. Nicholas Barley Wine (2017)
  11. Upland Winter Warmer – 2007 (2018)
• Belgian Dubbel
  1. Chimay Premiere/Red (2017)
• Belgian Pale Ale
  1. De Halve Maan Brugse Zot (2011)
  2. Haymarket Oscar’s Pride (2018)
  3. Urban Legend Fauquier County (2014)
  4. Piraat Triple Hop (2015)
• Belgian Quadrupel
  1. 5 Rabbit Lupita & the 3 Kings (2016)
• Belgian Sour
  1. Alvinne Cuvée Freddy (2011)
• Belgian Strong Ale
  1. Alvinne Gaspar
  2. Chimay Grande Reserve/Blue (2017)
  3. Brouwerij Huyghe Delirium Tremens (2019)
• Belgian “Table” Beer
  1. Chimay Dorée/Gold (2017)
• Belgian Tripel
  1. Chimay White/Cinq Cents (2017)
  2. Unibroue La Fin du Monde (2011)
• Belgian Wit (Wheat beer)
  1. Cigar City Florida Cracker (2018)
  2. Forbidden Root Money on My Rind (2016)
  3. Lagunitas Stoopid Wit (2016)
  4. Tocayo Hominy White Ale (2017)
  5. Urban Chestnut Pierre’s Wit (2016)
  6. Victory Whirlwind (2015)
• Bitter/ESB
  1. Newcastle Founders Ale (2012)
  2. Newcastle Werewolf (2012)
  3. Urban Legend Mother-In-Law (2014)
• Black IPA
  1. Lagunitas NightTime Ale (2017)
  2. St. Nicholas Black Sun Eclipse Ale (2017)
  3. Surly Damien – 2016 (2019)
• Brown Ale
  1. Around the Bend Puffing Billy (2017)
  2. Cigar City Maduro (2018)
  3. 4204 Main Street AsSALTed Caramel Pecan Brown Ale (2018)
  4. Lagunitas Wilco Tango Foxtrot (2018)
  5. Shiner S’More (2020)
  6. Wild Onion Double Puft (2020)
• English Strong Ale
  1. New Holland Dragon’s Milk – 2005 (2018)
  2. Redhook Winterhook (2015)
• Gose
  1. Collective Arts Prophets & Nomads (2017)
• Hazy/New England IPA
  1. Energy City Milkshake Haida (2018)
  2. Lagunitas Hazy Memory IPA (2019)
  3. Lagunitas Little Sumpin’ Hazy (2019)
  4. Lagunitas Phase Change (2019)
• Imperial/Double IPA
  1. AleSmith Hall of Fame Imperial San Diego Pale Ale .394 (2017)
  2. BuckleDown Citra Clencher (2018)
  3. Founders Doom (2017)
  4. Founders 4 Giants IIPA (2020)
  5. Lagunitas A Little Sumpin’ Extra! (2020)
  6. Lagunitas Mozango (2018)
  7. Lagunitas Super Cluster (2018)
  8. Lagunitas The Waldos’ Special Ale (2016)
  9. Samuel Adams Rebel Raw Double IPA (2016)
  10. Sixpoint Resin (2012)
  11. Surly Todd the Axe Man (2016)
  12. Urban Legend Otis Campbell (2014)
• Imperial Stout
  1. Big Muddy Dark Noon (2017)
  2. Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout (2017)
  3. Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout (2017)
  4. Goose Island Bourbon County Backyard Rye 2013 (2014)
  5. Goose Island Bourbon County Proprietor’s Stout 2014 (2014)
  6. Goose Island Bourbon County Stout 2017
  7. Goose Island Bourbon County Coffee Stout 2017
  8. Goose Island Bourbon County Northwoods Stout 2017
  9. Goose Island Bourbon County Proprietor’s Stout 2017
  10. Goose Island Bourbon County Stout Reserve 2017
  11. Goose Island Bourbon County Stout 2-Year Reserve (2019)
  12. 51st Ward Koko Krispy (2017)
  13. Forbidden Root Heavy Petal (2015)
  14. Lagunitas High West-ified Imperial Coffee Stout (2017)
  15. Oswego Box of Chocolates Coconut Creme Imperial Milk Stout (2020)
  16. Riverlands Box of Chocolates Raspberry Creme Imperial Milk Stout (2020)
  17. Rogue Rolling Thunder Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout (2018)
  18. Skeleton Key Box of Chocolates Hazelnut Praline (2020)
  19. Solemn Oath Kavorka (2018)
  20. Surly Darkness (2015)
  21. Wild Onion Barrel-Aged Drago (2020)
  22. Wolfden Box of Chocolates White Chocolate Strawberry Imperial Milk Stout (2020)
• India Pale Ale, American Pale Ale
  1. Alpine Truck Trail APA (2017)
  2. Alpine Windows Up IPA (2017)
  3. Belly Up Howling Hank (2018)
  4. Brewdog Punk IPA (2018)
  5. BrickStone APA (2017)
  6. BuckleDown Belt & Suspenders (2017)
  7. Cigar City Jai Alai IPA (2018)
  8. Collective Arts IPA Project No. 3 (2017)
  9. Collective Arts IPA Project No. 4 (2017)
  10. Collective Arts Ransack the Universe (2017)
  11. Deschutes Chasin’ Freshies (2017)
  12. Founders Civilized Brut IPA (2020)
  13. Green Flash West Coast IPA (2017)
  14. Haymarket Aleister (2018)
  15. Highland Daycation IPA (2017)
  16. Homefront IPA (2013)
  17. Hopewell Swift IPA (2019)
  18. Hopothesis IPA (2012)
  19. Kona Gold Cliff IPA (2018)
  20. Kona Hanalei Island IPA (2017)
  21. Lagunitas DayTime Session IPA (2019)
  22. Lagunitas India Pale Ale (“W” label) (2016)
  23. Lagunitas/Short’s Passion Grass (2018)
  24. Launitas Sumpin’ Easy (2018)
  25. Lagunitas Twelfth of Never (2016)
  26. Miskatonic Shield Maiden (2018)
  27. Miskatonic The Cryomancer Brut IPA (2018)
  28. Newcastle Winter IPA (2011)
  29. Noon Whistle Mr. IPA-Nut (2018)
  30. Pearl Street Linalool IPA (2016)
  31. Prairie Krafts Player 2 IPA (2018)
  32. Ravinia Steep Ravine (2018)
  33. Reclaimed Rails East Side Collaboration – Session IPA (2017)
  34. Reclaimed Rails Trailhead Red IPA (2017)
  35. Revolution Tropic Hero (2018)
  36. Schlafly Northeast IPA (2018)
  37. Schlafly Rye IPA (2017)
  38. Shiner Brut IPA (2019)
  39. Shiner Wicked Juicy IPA (2018)
  40. Shiner Wicked Ram IPA (2016)
  41. Sierra Nevada Pronto IPA (2018)
  42. Sixpoint Bengali Tiger IPA (2012)
  43. Solemn Oath End All IPA (2018)
  44. Spiteful IPA (2020)
  45. Temperance Escapist (2018)
  46. Trader Joe’s Boatswain HLV Pale Ale (2012)
  47. Two Brothers Heavy Handed IPA (2016)
  48. Two Brothers Outlaw 2.0 (2016)
  49. Two Brothers Pinball Pale Ale (2017)
  50. Two Brothers Resistance IPA (2010)
  51. Victory Anniversary 19 Session IPA (2015)
  52. Warpigs Foggy Geezer (2017)
• Old Ale, Stock Ale
  • Big Muddy Winter Ale (2018)
  • Surly Ten (2016)
  • Temperance Oatmeal Raisin (2020)
• Pale Ale
  1. Around the Bend Silk Road (2016)
  2. Cigar City Invasion Pale Ale (2018)
  3. Elysian Def Leppard Pale Ale (2018)
  4. Empirical Heliotropic Hoppy Pale Ale (2018)
  5. Goose Island Green Line (2010)
  6. Lagunitas Born Again Yesterday (2018)
  7. Lagunitas Born Yesterday Pale Ale (2016)
  8. New Albion Pale Ale (2013)
  9. Prairie Krafts Trishul Pale Ale (2018)
  10. St. Nicholas Peloton Pale Ale (2017)
  11. Shiner Wild Hare Pale Ale (2012)
  12. Stone “Enjoy By:” (2012)
  13. Sun King Osiris (2017)
  14. Victory Headwaters Pale Ale (2016)
• Porter
  1. Baderbräu Christmas Bliss (2016)
  2. Collective Arts Stranger Than Fiction (2017)
  3. 51st Ward Pill Hill (2017)
  4. Goose Island Cooper Project #3: Porter (2017)
  5. Guinness Dublin Porter (2016)
  6. Guinness West Indies Porter (2016)
  7. Kona Koko Brown Porter (2018)
  8. Reclaimed Rails Rooks’ Breakfast Porter (2017)
  9. Scorched Earth Rugged Coalminer (2017)
  10. Urban Legend Mugshot 12.20.71 (2014)
• Red Ale
  1. Church Street Crimson Clover (2018)
  2. Hailstorm South Side Irish Red (2017)
  3. Lagunitas Dry Hopped Censored (2018)
  4. Lagunitas Lucky 13 (2016)
  5. Saugatuck Maggie’s Irish Ale (2017)
  6. Urban Legend Big Dummy “Redd” Ale (2014)
• Rye/Specialty Grains
  1. Lagunitas Sakitumi (2017)
  2. Off Color Wari (2017)
  3. Sixpoint Righteous Ale (2012)
• Scotch Ale
  1. Goose Island Cooper Project #1: Scotch Ale (2017)
  2. Lagunitas Davey Murray’s (2017)
  3. Oskar Blues Old Chub (2015)
• Scottish Ale
  1. Cahoots Barrel-Aged MacBeth (2018)
  2. Sun King Wee Mac (2017)
• Sour Beers/Bier de Garde/Berliner Weisse
  1. Baderbräu Berliner Weiss (2017)
  2. Collective Arts Dry Hop Sour (2017)
  3. Goose Island Foudre Red (2018)
  4. Lagunitas Aunt Sally (2016)
  5. Lagunitas Cherry Jane (2018)
  6. Lagunitas Dark Swan (2017)
  7. Lagunitas Sparkling Swan (2018)
  8. Two Brothers A Bretter Day (2016)
• Spice or Vegetable
  1. Begyle Christmas Ale (2016)
  2. Big Muddy Pumpkin Smasher (2017)
  3. Crabbie’s Ginger Beer (2019)
  4. Dark Horse 4 Elf (2016)
  5. 5 Rabbit Ki’Chun (2012)
  6. Frankenmuth Christmas Town (2019)
  7. New Holland Ichabod Pumpkin Ale (2019)
  8. Not Your Father’s Root Beer (2013)
  9. Paw Paw Bloody Zombie (2020)
  10. St. Nicholas Green Papper Mango (2017)
  11. Southern Tier Pumking (2015)
• Stout
  1. Aleman Youngman (2020)
  2. Anchor Joe-Joe’s Cookie Stout (2018)
  3. Breckenridge Dry Irish Stout (2017)
  4. 4 Hands Chocolate Milk Stout (2016)
  5. Guinness Draught (2017)
  6. Illuminated Brew Works Millenial Munchies (2020)
  7. Lagunitas Brett Stout (2019)
  8. Left Hand Fade to Black Foreign Export Stout (2017)
  9. Paw Paw Black River Oatmeal Stout (2020)
  10. Noon Whistle Bernie Irish Coffee Milk Stout (2017)
  11. Spiteful Mrs. O’Leary’s Chocolate Milk Stout with Raspberries (2020)
  12. Sufferfest Head Start w/Coconut (2020)
  13. Sun King Ring of Dingle (2017)
• Weissbier, Hefeweizen, Dunkelweizen
  1. Hacker-Pschorr Weisse (2015)
  2. Lagunitas Doppel Weizen (2017)
  3. Tangled Roots Vermilion River Weisse (2019)
• Wheat Ale
  1. Aleman LadiesMan (2018)
  2. Alpine Willy American Wheat (2017)
  3. Excel Flash Bang Hoppy American Wheat (2016)
  4. Goose Island Dry-Hopped 312 (2018)
  5. Reclaimed Rails Blood Orange Wheat (2017)
  6. Weihenstaphaner Vitus Weizenbock (2018)

Hybrid Styles

• California Common/Steam
  1. Lagunitas Zephyr  (2011)
• Cream/Blond/Golden Ale
  1. Deer Creek Cork County Red Cream Ale (2017)
  2. 5 Rabbit Chinga tu Pelo (2015)
  3. Green Flash Blonde Ale (2017)
  4. Goose Island Sox Golden Ale (2020)
  5. Newcastle Summer Ale (2012)
  6. Shiner Golden Ale (2017)
  7. Shiner Homespun Cream Ale (2016)
  8. Sun King Sunlight (2017)
  9. Sixpoint Sweet Action (2012)
  10. Two Brothers Prairie Path (2012)
• Kölsch
  1. Chaoots Krule Summer (2017)
  2. Sufferfest Repeat (2020)
• Saison/Farmhouse
  1. Hand of Fate 1818 Prairie State Farmhouse Ale (2018)
  2. Hopothesis Drafty Windows (2016)
  3. LunaR/Blue Cat Black Zemon (2011)
  4. Lagunitas Eroica (2017)
  5. Maplewood Dark Saison (2016)
  6. Shiner FM 966 Farmhouse Ale (2013)
  7. Ommegang 2011 Belgian Independence Day Saison (2011)

Others

• Ciders
  1. Rekorderlig Hård Äpple (2018)
  2. Louis Raison Organic Dry (2017)
  3. Louis Raison Organic Dry (2018)
• Coffee Beer
  1. Founders Sumatra Mountain Brown (2017)
  2. Goose Island Fulton St. Blend (2018)
  3. Half Day Warrior Paint Coffee Imperial Stout (2019)
  4. Hinterland Luna Coffee Stout (2011)
  5. Lagunitas High West-ified Imperial Coffee Stout (2017)
  6. Lagunitas Willetized Coffee Stout (2017)
  7. Pabst Blue Ribbon Hard Coffee (2020)
  8. Revolution/Upland REVved Up (2017)
  9. Rogue Cold Brew IPA (2018)
  10. Rogue Cold Brew 2.0 Cream Ale (2018)
  11. Schlafly Double Bean Blonde (2016)
  12. Shiner Cold Brew Coffee Ale (2017)
• Fruit Beers
  1. BrewDog Elvis Juice (2018)
  2. Bridgeport Stumptown Tart 2014 (2018)
  3. Burnt City Retrofit Lime Radler (2017)
  4. Collective Arts Gose with Guava (2017)
  5. 5 Rabbit Prickly Pear Paletas (2017)
  6. Hard Frescos Guava Citrico (2018)
  7. Hard Frescos Juicy Jamaica (2018)
  8. Hard Frescos Tangy Tamarindo (2018)
  9. Kona Kanaha Blond Ale with Mango (2018)
  10. Pollyanna Abracadabricot (2020)
  11. Saugatuck Blueberry Maple Stout (2018)
  12. Schlafly Coconut Crème Ale (2017)
  13. Shiner Hill Country Peach Wheat (2017)
  14. Shiner Prickly Pear (2016)
  15. Shiner Strawberry Blonde (2016)
  16. Sufferfest FKT Fruit Pale Ale (2020)
  17. 21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon Wheat (2015)
  18. Two Brothers Pahoehoe Coconut Ale (2017)
  19. Victory Kirsch Gose (2015)
• Gluten-Free Beers
  1. Bard’s Tale Gold (2012)
  2. De Proefbrouwerij Green’s Quest (2012)
  3. Lakefront New Grist (2012)
  4. New Planet Off Grid Pale Ale (2012)
  5. Redbridge (2012)
  6. Two Brothers Prairie Path (2012)
• Hard Kombucha
  1. Flying Embers Kombucha (2019)
• Mead
  1. B. Nektar Cordial Hoptimist (2020)
• Shandy/Radler
  1. Leinenkugel’s Cranberry Ginger Shandy (2016)
  2. Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy (2012)
  3. Sand Creek Hard Lemonade (2012)
  4. Shiner Ruby Redbird (2012)
  5. Shock Top Lemon Shandy (2012)
  6. Stiegl Gaudi Radler Zitrone (2012)
• Smoked Beers
  
  1. Paw Paw Rauch und Rye (2020)
  2. Scorched Earth Foraging Swine (2019)
• Non-Alcohol Beers
  
  1. Big Drop Galactic Extra Dark (2021)
  2. Big Drop Pine Trail Pale Ale (2021)
  3. Big Drop Paradiso IPA (2021)

Reviews by Brewer, Geographically

Chicago Brewers

Aleman

LadiesMan (2018)
Youngman (2020)

Around the Bend

Puffing Billy (2017)
Silk Road Pale Ale (2016)

Baderbräu

Berliner Weiss (2017)
Christmas Bliss (2016)
Naked Selfie (2015)
Oktoberfest (2013)
South Side Pride (2017)

Begyle Brewing

Begyle Christmas Ale (2016)

Burnt City Brewing

Burnt City Retrofit Lime Radler (2017)

Empirical Brewing

Heliotropic Hoppy Pale Ale (2018)

Forbidden Root

Divine Mud: Heavy Petal (2015)
Money on My Rind (2016)

Goose Island

Bourbon County Backyard Rye (2014)
Bourbon County Proprietor’s Stout (2014)
Bourbon County Barleywine (2017)
Bourbon County Stout (2017)
Bourbon County Coffee Stout (2017)
Bourbon County Coffee Barleywine (2018)
Bourbon County Northwoods Stout (2017)
Bourbon County Proprietor’s Stout (2017)
Bourbon County Stout Reserve (2017)
Bourbon County Stout 2-Year Reserve (2019)
Bourbon County Wheatwine (2018)
Bourbon County Wheatwine (2019)
Cooper Project #1: Scotch Ale (2017)
Cooper Project #2: Blond Doppelbock (2017)
Cooper Project #3: Porter (2017)
Dry-Hopped 312 (2018)
Four Star Pils (2016)
Foudre Red Sour Flanders Ale (2018)
Fulton St. Blend (2018)
Green Line Pale Ale (2010)
Sox Golden Ale (2020)

Haymarket Pub & Brewery

Aleister Pale Ale (2018)
Oscar’s Pride Belgian Pale Ale (2018)
Speakerswagon Pilsener (2018)
“Try Not to Suck” Helles (2019)

Hopewell

Swift IPA (2019)

Hopothesis

Drafty Windows (2016)
Hopothesis IPA (2012)

Illuminated Beer Works

Millenial Munchies (2020)

Lagunitas Brewing, Chicago & Petaluma, CA

A Little Sumpin’ Extra! 2018 (2020)
Aunt Sally (2016)
Born Again Yesterday Pale Ale (2018)
Born Yesterday Pale Ale (2016 & 2017)
Brett Stout (2019)
Brown Shugga (2016)
Cherry Jane (2018)
CitruSinensis Pale Ale (2016)
Dark Swan (2017)
Davey Murray’s Best Scotch Ale (2017)
DayTime Session IPA (2019)
Doppel Weizen (2017)
Dry Hopped Censored (2018)
Eroica (2017)
Hazy Memory IPA (2019)
High West-ified Imperial Coffee Stout (2017)
India Pale Ale (“W” label) (2016)
Lagur (2019)
Little Sumpin’ Hazy (2019)
Lucky 13 Red Ale  (2016)
Mozango (2018)
NightTime Ale (2017)
Passion Grass (2018)
Phase Change (2019)
Sakitumi (2017)
Secret Agenda Pale Bock (2019)
Sparkling Swan (2018)
Stoopid Wit (2016)
Sumpin’ Easy (2018)
Super Cluster (2018)
Tuberfest (2016)
Twelfth of Never (2016)
The Waldos’ Special Ale (2016)
Wilco Tango Foxtrot (2018)
Willetized Coffee Stout (2017)
Zephyr (2011)

Maplewood Brewery & Distillery

Dark Saison (2016)
Pulaski Pils (2019)

Off Color Brewing

Tooth & Claw (2017)
Wari (2017)

Spiteful Brewing

Mrs. O’Leary’s Chocolate Milk Stout with Raspberries (2020)
Spiteful IPA (2018)

Revolution Brewing

3rd Year Beer (2013)
Revolution/Upland REVved Up (2017)
Tropic Hero IPA (2018)

Tocayo Brewing

Tocayo Hominy White Ale (2017)

Illinois

Belly Up Beer Co., Western Springs
Howling Hank IPA (2018)

Big Muddy Brewing, Murphysboro

Dark Noon Imperial Stout (2017)
Pumpkin Smasher (2017)
Winter Ale (2018)

BrickStone Brewery, Bourbonnais

BrickStone APA (2017)

Buckledown Brewing, Lyons

Belt & Suspenders (2017)
Citra Clencher (2018)

Cahoots Brewing, Oak Park

Barrel-Aged MacBeth (2018)
Krule Summer (2017)

Church Street Brewing, Itasca

Crimson Clover Red Ale (2018)

Energy City Brewing, Batavia

Milkshake Haida IPA (2016)

Excel Bottling & Brewing, Breese

Flash Bang Hoppy American Wheat (2016)

4204 Main Street, Belleville

4204 Main Street AsSALTed Caramel Pecan Brown Ale (2018)

51st Ward, Westmont

Koko Krispy (2017)
Pill Hill (2017)

Five Rabbit Cerveceria, Bedford Park

Chinga tu Pelo (2015)
Ki’Chun (2012)
Lupita & the 3 Kings (2016)
Prickly Pear Paletas (2017)
Vida y Muerte (2018)

Hailstorm Brewing, Tinley Park

South Side Irish Red (2017)

Half Day Brewing, Lincolnshire

Warrior Paint Coffee Imperial Stout (2019)

Hand of Fate Brewing, Petersburg

1818 Prairie State Farmhouse Ale (2018)

LunaR Brewing, Villa Park

LunaR/Blue Cat Black Zemon (2011)

Miskatonic Brewing, Darien

Shield Maiden American Pale Ale (2018)
The Cryomancer Brut IPA (2018)

More Brewing, Villa Park

Villa Pils (2018)

Nevin’s Brewing, Plainfield

Hook & Hatchet Vienna Style Lager (2018)

Noon Whistle, Lombard

Bernie Irish Coffee Milk Stout (2017)
Mr. IPA-Nut (2018)

Oswego Brewing Co., Oswego

Box of Chocolates Coconut Creme Imperial Milk Stout (2020)

Pollyanna Brewing Co., Lemont

Abracadabricot (2020)

Prairie Krafts Brewing Co., Buffalo Grove

The Grove Amber Ale (2018)
Player 2 IPA (2018)
Prairie Pilsner (2018)
Trishul Pale Ale (2018)

Ravinia Brewing, Highland Park

Steep Ravine (2018)

Riverlands Brewing, St. Charles

Box of Chocolates Raspberry Creme Imperial Milk Stout (2020)

St. Nicholas Brewing, DuQuoin

Barley Wine (2017)
Black Sun Eclipse Ale (2017)
St. Nicholas Green Papper Mango (2017)
St. Nicholas Peloton Pale Ale (2017)

Scorched Earth, Algonquin

Earth Foraging Swine (2019)
Rugged Coalminer (2017)

Skeleton Key Brewing, Woodridge

Box of Chocolates Hazelnut Praline Imperial Milk Stout (2020)

Small Town Brewing, Wauconda

Not Your Father’s Root Beer (2013)

Solemn Oath, Naperville

Kavorka (2018)
End All IPA (2018)
Solemn Oath/Night Shift Hosies (2018)

Tangled Roots, Oswego

Vermilion River Weisse (2019)

Temperance, Evanston

Escapist (2018)
Oatmeal Raison Old Ale (2020)

Two Brothers Brewing Co., Warrenville

A Bretter Day (2016)
Heavy Handed IPA (2016)
Outlaw 2.0 IPA (2016)
Pahoehoe Coconut Ale (2017)
Pinball Pale Ale (2017)
Prairie Path (2012)
Reprieve (2012)
Two Brothers Resistance IPA (2010)
Twenty-Plus Pilsener (2016)

Two Hound Red, Glen Ellyn

Pilsener (2019)

Urban Legend, Westmont (formerly Myths & Legends)

Big Dummy “Redd” Ale (2014)
Fauquier County (2014)
Mother-In-Law (2014)
Mugshot 12.20.71 (2014)
Otis Campbell (2014)

Wild Onion, Lake Barrington

Barrel-Aged Drago (2020)
Double Puft (2020)

Wolfden Brewing, Bloomingdale

Box of Chocolates White Chocolate Strawberry Imperial Milk Stout (2020)

National

California

AleSmith Hall of Fame Imperial San Diego Pale Ale .394 (2017)
Alpine Truck Trail APA (2017)
Alpine Willy American Wheat (2017)
Alpine Windows Up IPA (2017)
Anchor Joe-Joe’s Cookie Stout (2018)
Flying Embers Kombucha (2019)
Green Flash Blonde Ale (2017)
Green Flash West Coast IPA (2017)
Launitas Olde Gnarly Wine 2004 (2016)
Lagunitas Zephyr (2011)
Pabst Blue Ribbon Hard Coffee (2020)
Sierra Nevada Pronto IPA (2018)
Stone “Enjoy By:” (2012)
Sufferfest FKT Fruit Pale Ale (2020)
Sufferfest Head Start Stout (2020)
Sufferfest Repeat Kölsch (2020)
21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon Wheat (2015)

Colorado

Breckenridge Dry Irish Stout (2017)
Deschutes Chasin’ Freshies (2017)
Left Hand Fade to Black Foreign Export Stout (2017)
New Planet Off Grid Pale Ale (2012)
Oskar Blues Old Chub (2015)

Florida

Cigar City Florida Cracker Wit (2018)
Cigar City Jai Alai IPA (2018)
Cigar City Invasion Pale Ale (2018)
Cigar City Maduro Brown Ale (2018)

Hawai’i

Kona Gold Cliff IPA (2018)
Kona Hanalei Island IPA (2017)
Kona Kanaha Blond Ale (2018)
Kona Koko Brown (2018)
Kona Longboard Island Lager (2014)

Indiana

Deer Creek Cork County Red Cream Ale (2017)
Sun King Osiris (2017)
Sun King Pachanga (2017)
Sun King Ring of Dingle (2017)
Sun King Sunlight (2017)
Sun King Wee Mac (2017)
Upland Brewing Winter Warmer Barleywine – 2007 (2018)
Warpigs Foggy Geezer (2017)

Iowa

Reclaimed Rails Blood Orange Wheat (2017)
Reclaimed Rails Corn Belt Route Pilsener (2017)
Reclaimed Rails East Side Collaboration – Session IPA (2017)
Reclaimed Rails Rooks’ Breakfast Porter (2017)
Reclaimed Rails Trailhead Red IPA (2017)

Ohio

BrewDog Elvis Juice (2018)
BrewDog Punk IPA (2018)
(Maybe they originated in Scotland, but these were made in Columbus)

Massachusetts

New Albion Pale Ale (2013)
Samuel Adams Noble Pils (2016)
Samuel Adams Rebel Raw Double IPA (2016)
Samuel Adams Sam ’76 (2018)

Michigan

B. Nektar Cordial Hoptimist (2020)
Dark Horse 4 Elf (2016)
Founders Doom (2017)
Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout (2017)
Founders Civilized Brut IPA (2020)
Founders 4 Giants IIPA (2020)
Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout (2017)
Founders PC Pils (2017)
Founders Sumatra Mountain Brown (2017)
Frankenmuth Christmas Town (2019)
New Holland Dragon’s Milk – 2005 (2018)
New Holland Ichabod Pumpkin Ale (2019)
Paw Paw Black River (2020)
Paw Paw Bloody Zombie (2020)
Paw Paw O.W.B. (2020)
Paw Paw Rauch and Rye (2020)
Saugatuck Blueberry Maples Stout (2018)
Saugatuck Maggie’s Irish Ale (2017)

Minnesota

Bard’s Tale Gold (2012)
Surly #MERICA (2016)
Surly Damien – 2016 (2019)
Surly Darkness (2015)
Surly Fest (2016)
Surly Ten (2016)
Surly Todd the Axe Man (2016)

Missouri

4 Hands Chocolate Milk Stout (2016)
Redbridge (2012)
Schlafly Coconut Crème Ale (2017)
Schlafly Double Bean Blonde (2016)
Schlafly Northeast IPA (2018)
Schlafly Rye IPA (2017)
Shock Top Lemon Shandy (2012)
Urban Chestnut Pierre’s Wit (2016)

New York

He’brew Jewbelation 14 (2010)
Ommegang 2011 Belgian Independence Day Saison
Sixpoint Bengali Tiger IPA (2012)
Sixpoint Resin (2012)
Sixpoint Righteous Ale (2012)
Sixpoint Sweet Action (2012)
Sixpoint The Crisp (2012)
Southern Tier Pumking (2015)
Walgreens Big Flats 1901 (2011) (Genessee)

North Carolina

Highland Daycation IPA (2017)

Oregon

Bridgeport Stumptown Tart 2014 (2018)
Rogue Cold Brew IPA (2018)
Rogue Cold Brew 2.0 Cream Ale (2018)
Rogue Rolling Thunder Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout (2018)

Pennsylvania

East End Gratitude (2011)
Victory Anniversary 19 Session IPA (2015)
Victory Headwaters Pale Ale (2016)
Victory Kirsch Gose (2015)
Victory Moonglow Weizenbock (2015)
Victory Whirlwind Wit (2015)

Texas

Shiner Brut IPA (2019)
Shiner Cold-Brew Coffee Ale (2017)
Shiner Hill Country Peach Wheat (2017)
Shiner Homespun Cream Ale (2016)
Shiner FM 966 Farmhouse Ale (2013)
Shiner Golden Ale (2017)
Shiner 107th Birthday Hoppy Pilsner (2016)
Shiner Prickly Pear (2016)
Shiner Ruby Redbird (2012)
Shiner 777 India Pale Lager (2017)
Shiner S’More (2020)
Shiner Strawberry Blonde (2016)
Shiner Wicked Juicy IPA (2018)
Shiner Wicked Ram IPA (2016)
Shiner Wild Hare Pale Ale (2012)

Washington

Elysian Def Leppard Pale Ale (2018)
Redhook Winterhook (2015)

Wisconsin

Hinterland Luna Coffee Stout (2011)
Lakefront Big Easy (2011)
Lakefront New Grist (2012)
Leinenkugel’s Cranberry Ginger Shandy (2016)
Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy (2012)
Pearl Street Linalool IPA (2016)
Sand Creek Hard Lemonade (2012)
Trader Joe’s Boatswain HLV Pale Ale (Minhas) (2012)

Multi-Brewer Collaborations

Homefront IPA (2013)

Foreign Beers

Austria

Schloss Eggenberg Samichlaus – 2000 (2019)
Stiegl Gaudi Radler Zitrone (2012)
Stiegl Sun King II (2016)

Belgium

Alvinne Cuvée Freddy (2011)
Chimay (2017)
De Halve Maan Brugse Zot (2011)
De Proefbrouwerij Green’s Quest (2012)
Brouwerij Huyghe Delirium Tremens (2019)
Piraat Triple Hop (2015)

Brazil

Zingu (2016)

Canada

Collective Arts Dry Hop Sour (2017)
Collective Arts Gose with Guava (2017)
Collective Arts Prophets & Nomads (2017)
Collective Arts IPA Project No. 3 (2017)
Collective Arts IPA Project No. 4 (2017)
Collective Arts Ransack the Universe (2017)
Collective Arts Stranger Than Fiction (2017)
Unibroue La Fin du Monde (2011)

England

Crabbie’s Ginger Beer (2012)
Newcastle Founders Ale (2012)
Newcastle Summer Ale (2012)
Newcastle Werewolf (2012)
Newcastle Winter IPA (2011)

France

Louis Raison Organic Dry Cidre (2017)
Louis Raison Rouge Delice Cidre (2018)

Germany

Hacker-Pschorr Weisse (2015)
Stone Berlin/Lost Abbey Sticks’n’Stones (2018)
Trumer Pils (2015)
Weihenstaphaner Vitus Weizenbock (2018)

Ireland

Guinness Draught (2017)
Guinness Dublin Porter (2016)
Guinness West Indies Porter (2016)

Japan

Sapporo Premium Black Beer (2017–Brewed in Canada)

Mexico

Bohemia Clásica (2011)
Hard Frescos Guava Citrico (2018)
Hard Frescos Juicy Jamaica (2018)
Hard Frescos Tangy Tamarindo (2018)

Sweden

Rekorderlig Hård Äpple Cider (2018)

What is noticeable is the fact that I seem to have given short shrift to the local beer scene. I plead guilty. This is partly because I get offered beers to sample by PR firms for national brands (and in accordance with the rules, I label the articles as such), and some of these are from my video beer reviews on YouTube, where I get more “clicky,” and theoretically, some revenue, if I review beers more people are likely to want to hear about. I am attempting to address that imbalance, and to use some articles I had written for other sites which I am no longer part of. So keep watching the webs, beer fans!