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.

Update: Sept. 2025: I’m picking this up again to try and update it after about 8 years. I’m also using more recent WordPress features to organize my lists. This goes along with trying to reattach missing photo files.

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

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
1. Big Muddy Winter Ale (2018)
2. Surly Ten (2016)
3. 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. Odd Side Rye Hipster Brunch Stout (2020)
10. Paw Paw Black River Oatmeal Stout (2020)
11. Noon Whistle Bernie Irish Coffee Milk Stout (2017)
12. Spiteful Mrs. O’Leary’s Chocolate Milk Stout with Raspberries (2020)
13. Sufferfest Head Start w/Coconut (2020)
14. 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 (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. Mikerphone Double Blue Hast Mich (2020)
11. Pollyanna Abracadabricot (2020)
12. Saugatuck Blueberry Maple Stout (2018)
13. Schlafly Coconut Crème Ale (2017)
14. Shiner Hill Country Peach Wheat (2017)
15. Shiner Prickly Pear (2016)
16. Shiner Strawberry Blonde (2016)
17. Sufferfest FKT Fruit Pale Ale (2020)
18. 21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon Wheat (2015)
19. Two Brothers Pahoehoe Coconut Ale (2017)
20. 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 Paradiso IPA (2021)
3. Big Drop Pine Trail Pale Ale (2021)

Reviews by Brewer, Geographically

Chicago Brewers

Aleman
1. LadiesMan (2018)
2. Youngman (2020)

Around the Bend
1. Puffing Billy (2017)
2. Silk Road Pale Ale (2016)

Baderbräu
1. Berliner Weiss (2017)
2. Christmas Bliss (2016)
3. Naked Selfie (2015)
4. Oktoberfest (2013)
5. South Side Pride (2017)

Begyle Brewing
1. Begyle Christmas Ale (2016)

Burnt City Brewing
1. Retrofit Lime Radler (2017)

Empirical Brewing
1. Heliotropic Hoppy Pale Ale (2018)

Forbidden Root
1. Divine Mud: Heavy Petal (2015)
2. Money on My Rind (2016)

Goose Island
1. Bourbon County Backyard Rye (2014)
2. Bourbon County Barleywine (2017)
3. Bourbon County Coffee Barleywine (2018)
4. Bourbon County Northwoods Stout (2017)
5. Bourbon County Proprietor’s Stout (2014)
6. Bourbon County Proprietor’s Stout (2017)
7. Bourbon County Stout (2017)
8. Bourbon County Stout 2-Year Reserve (2019)
9. Bourbon County Wheatwine (2018)
10. Bourbon County Wheatwine (2019)
11. Cooper Project #1: Scotch Ale (2017)
12. Cooper Project #3: Porter (2017)
13. Dry-Hopped 312 (2018)
14. Four Star Pils (2016)
15. Foudre Red Sour Flanders Ale (2018)
16. Fulton St. Blend (2018)
17. Green Line Pale Ale (2010)
18. Sox Golden Ale (2020)

Haymarket Pub & Brewery
1. Aleister Pale Ale (2018)
2. Oscar’s Pride Belgian Pale Ale (2018)
3. Speakerswagon Pilsener (2018)
4. “Try Not to Suck” Helles (2019)

Hopewell
1. Swift IPA (2019)

Hopothesis
1. Drafty Windows (2016)
2. Hopothesis IPA (2012)

Illuminated Beer Works
1. Millenial Munchies (2020)

Lagunitas Brewing, Chicago & Petaluma, CA
1. A Little Sumpin’ Extra! 2018 (2020)
2. Aunt Sally (2016)
3. Born Again Yesterday Pale Ale (2018)
4. Born Yesterday Pale Ale (2016 & 2017)
5. Brett Stout (2019)
6. Brown Shugga (2016)
7. Cherry Jane (2018)
8. CitruSinensis Pale Ale (2016)
9. Dark Swan (2017)
10. Davey Murray’s Best Scotch Ale (2017)
11. DayTime Session IPA (2019)
12. Doppel Weizen (2017)
13. Dry Hopped Censored (2018)
14. Eroica (2017)
15. Hazy Memory IPA (2019)
16. High West-ified Imperial Coffee Stout (2017)
17. India Pale Ale (“W” label) (2016)
18. Lagur (2019)
19. Little Sumpin’ Hazy (2019)
20. Lucky 13 Red Ale (2016)
21. Mozango (2018)
22. NightTime Ale (2017)
23. Passion Grass (2018)
24. Phase Change (2019)
25. Sakitumi (2017)
26. Secret Agenda Pale Bock (2019)
27. Sparkling Swan (2018)
28. Stoopid Wit (2016)
29. Sumpin’ Easy (2018)
30. Tuberfest (2016)
31. Super Cluster (2018)
32. Twelfth of Never (2016)
33. The Waldos’ Special Ale (2016)
34. Wilco Tango Foxtrot (2018)
35. Willetized Coffee Stout (2017)
36. Zephyr (2011)

Maplewood Brewery & Distillery
1. Dark Saison (2016)
2. Pulaski Pils (2019)

Off Color Brewing
1. Tooth & Claw (2017)
2. Wari (2017)

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

Revolution Brewing
1. Revolution/Upland REVved Up (2017)
2. 3rd Year Beer (2013)
3. Tropic Hero IPA (2018)

Tocayo Brewing
1. Hominy White Ale (2017)

Illinois

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

Big Muddy Brewing, Murphysboro
1. Dark Noon Imperial Stout (2017)
2. Pumpkin Smasher (2017)
3. Winter Ale (2018)

BrickStone Brewery, Bourbonnais
1. BrickStone APA (2017)

Buckledown Brewing, Lyons
1. Belt & Suspenders (2017)
2. Citra Clencher (2018)

Cahoots Brewing, Oak Park
1. Barrel-Aged MacBeth (2018)
2. Krule Summer (2017)

Church Street Brewing, Itasca
1. Crimson Clover Red Ale (2018)

Energy City Brewing, Batavia
1. Milkshake Haida IPA (2016)

Excel Bottling & Brewing, Breese
1. Flash Bang Hoppy American Wheat (2016)

4204 Main Street, Belleville
1. AsSALTed Caramel Pecan Brown Ale (2018)

51st Ward, Westmont
1. Koko Krispy (2017)
2. Pill Hill (2017)

Five Rabbit Cerveceria, Bedford Park
1. Chinga tu Pelo (2015)
2. Ki’Chun (2012)
3. Lupita & the 3 Kings (2016)
4. Prickly Pear Paletas (2017)
5. Vida y Muerte (2018)

Hailstorm Brewing, Tinley Park
1. South Side Irish Red (2017)

Half Day Brewing, Lincolnshire
1. Warrior Paint Coffee Imperial Stout (2019)

Hand of Fate Brewing, Petersburg
1. 1818 Prairie State Farmhouse Ale (2018)

LunaR Brewing, Villa Park
1. LunaR/Blue Cat Black Zemon (2011)

Mikerphone Brewing, Elk Grove Village
1. Double Blue Hast Mich (2020)

Miskatonic Brewing, Darien
1. The Cryomancer Brut IPA (2018)
2. Shield Maiden American Pale Ale (2018)

More Brewing, Villa Park
1. Villa Pils (2018)

Nevin’s Brewing, Plainfield
1. Hook & Hatchet Vienna Style Lager (2018)

Noon Whistle, Lombard
1. Bernie Irish Coffee Milk Stout (2017)
2. Mr. IPA-Nut (2018)

Oswego Brewing Co., Oswego
1. Box of Chocolates Coconut Creme Imperial Milk Stout (2020)

Pollyanna Brewing Co., Lemont
1. Abracadabricot (2020)

Prairie Krafts Brewing Co., Buffalo Grove
1. The Grove Amber Ale (2018)
2. Player 2 IPA (2018)
3. Prairie Pilsner (2018)
4. Trishul Pale Ale (2018)

Ravinia Brewing, Highland Park (now Steep Ravine)
1. Steep Ravine (2018)

Riverlands Brewing, St. Charles
1. Box of Chocolates Raspberry Creme Imperial Milk Stout (2020)

St. Nicholas Brewing, DuQuoin
1. Barley Wine (2017)
2. Black Sun Eclipse Ale (2017)
3. Green Papper Mango (2017)
4. Peloton Pale Ale (2017)

Scorched Earth, Algonquin
1. Earth Foraging Swine (2019)
2. Rugged Coalminer (2017)

Skeleton Key Brewing, Woodridge
1. Box of Chocolates Hazelnut Praline Imperial Milk Stout (2020)

Small Town Brewing, Wauconda
1. Not Your Father’s Root Beer (2013)

Solemn Oath, Naperville
1. Kavorka (2018)
2. End All IPA (2018)
3. Solemn Oath/Night Shift Hosies (2018)

Tangled Roots, Oswego
1. Vermilion River Weisse (2019)

Temperance, Evanston
1. Escapist (2018)
2. Oatmeal Raisin Old Ale (2020)

Two Brothers Brewing Co., Warrenville
1. A Bretter Day (2016)
2. Heavy Handed IPA (2016)
3. Outlaw 2.0 IPA (2016)
4. Pahoehoe Coconut Ale (2017)
5. Pinball Pale Ale (2017)
6. Prairie Path (2012)
7. Reprieve (2012)
8. Resistance IPA (2010)
9. Twenty-Plus Pilsener (2016)

Two Hound Red, Glen Ellyn
1. Pilsener (2019)

Whiskey Hill, Westmont (formerly Urban Legend, formerly Myths & Legends)
1. Big Dummy “Redd” Ale (2014)
2. Fauquier County (2014)
3. Mother-In-Law (2014)
4. Mugshot 12.20.71 (2014)
5. Otis Campbell (2014)

Wild Onion, Lake Barrington
1. Barrel-Aged Drago (2020)
2. Double Puft (2020)

Wolfden Brewing, Bloomingdale
1. 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)
Odd Side Ales Rye Hipster Brunch Stout (2020)
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 Imperial BBA Neapolitan Milk Stout (2020)
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!