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Beer Collectors Can’t Get Enough of Costco’s $10 Imperial Stout

VinePair

The yearly Bourbon County stout madness. of bourbon-barrel-aged imperial stout with a subtle white label, packaged in a classy box. Over the last decade, Kirkland has produced everything from IPAs, pilsners , and a summer ale to more-of-the-moment beers like a Citra Hop Session Ale, first made in 2021.

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This Week's New Beer Labels: Salt, Lemon Stout & Black Friday Finds

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

Up next for our Premium Subscribers: The potential revival of Perrin Brewing, the first barrel-aged lemon stout I’ve ever seen, the newest high-ABV stovepipe extension from a major Ohio brewery and all the Lakefront Black Friday info we could scour up. Wonder if this beer will be served at the Salt Shed?

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Wait, Russian Imperial Stouts Aren’t Russian?

VinePair

Take, for example, the Russian imperial stout — a beer style synonymous with the ominous jet-black, velvety, and rich brews that break through the double-digit ABV threshold. Along with sours and IPAs , Russian imperial stouts (RIS) have become one of the most coveted styles on the American craft beer market. And Russian?

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The Evolution of the IPA, from 19th Century England to Now

VinePair

And though people love to loathe them, IPAs are the current bread and butter of the American craft brewing industry. Part of the style’s success are its numerous substyles, which have allowed IPAs to straddle nearly every major beer category on the market. Some sip like lagers , some like sours , and others like witbiers or stouts.

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

VinePair

In what will likely come as no surprise, IPAs — the most popular craft beer style — claim the top spot in 21 states. Stouts aren’t far behind, though, with 19 states claiming the style as their highest-rated brew. Stout – American Imperial | 9.20% Arkansas BDCS Ozark Beer Co.

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

VinePair

Through the snowless 60-degree days, however, one boreal harbinger has remained intact: the Russian imperial stout. Rich and complex, Russian imperial stouts are differentiated from other dark beers by both strength and apocrypha. Old Rasputin, from Fort Bragg, Calif.,

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Breweries Are Turning Up the Heat on Winter Beer

Imbibe Magazine

They invited customers to gather around crackling flames with strong imperial stouts, barley wines, and plum-flavored winter warmers set to be transformed by the centuries-old German tradition of bierstacheln , or beer spiking. Poking lighter beers like pilsners or IPAs can negatively amplify hop bitterness.)

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