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This Week's Beer News: 2024 BCS Variants Officially Announced

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

We now know what this year’s Bourbon County Stout variants will be. 2024 Bourbon County Brand Proprietor’s Barleywine is a direct reflection of that inspiration and unlike anything they’ve ever done before. Hop Butcher’s Minted stout can continue on, free of competition. ” Emphasis mine.

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Our 2024 Bourbon County Stout Reviews & Rankings

Guys Drinking Beer

We tried every 2024 Bourbon County Stout variant. Read on, find out and argue in the comments: The post Our 2024 Bourbon County Stout Reviews & Rankings appeared first on Guys Drinking Beer. What was our favorite? What underwhelmed?

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North Czar State: How Russian Imperial Stout Became the Sovereign Beer of Minnesota

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The locals pride themselves on surviving through it, but the 2024 season has not measured up to the apocalyptic standard. Through the snowless 60-degree days, however, one boreal harbinger has remained intact: the Russian imperial stout. Winter here is supposed to be a bleak, frigid epoch. Old Rasputin, from Fort Bragg, Calif.,

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The Highest-Rated Beer in Every State (2024) [MAP]

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Stouts aren’t far behind, though, with 19 states claiming the style as their highest-rated brew. State Beer Alabama Hitchhiker Good People Brewing Company IPA – American | 7.40% Alaska Blessed Anchorage Brewing Company Stout – American Imperial | 15.50% Arizona White Russian Imperial Stout Sun Up Brewing Co.

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We Asked 15 Brewers: What’s the Most Overrated Beer Style? (2024)

VinePair

From hazy IPAs to pastry stouts to smoothies lactosed within an inch of their lives, here are the ones the pros believe have been given more credit than they’re due. For all of their many evils, even pastry stouts are at least fundamentally a beer underneath the candy coating.” My most overrated beer style is pastry stouts.

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The Best Cask Finished Bourbon According To The World Whiskies Awards 2024

The Whiskey Wash

At the 2024 World Whiskies Awards , judges recognized the achievements of American distillers who have been dedicating time and resources to experimenting with cask finishing. Discussing origins, mash bills, and (of course) finishing casks, these are the best finished bourbons according to the World Whiskies Awards 2024.

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The First New Beer Labels of 2024

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You know what you gotta do: It’s time to become a paid subscriber, for just slightly more $1 per week, a price that remains the same in 2024 even in spite of inflation. Do you want to be three months ahead of everyone else when it comes to potential beers being released? Y’all are the best. Read more

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