A relative newcomer to the Oklahoma craft beer scene, this is our first review of a Dead Armadillo brew. Always a fan of Imperial IPAs, I’m excited to try this one and write up a review. I love the label, with a hop cone curled up into an armadillo shape. The label boasts of 100 […]
Read more "Review: Dead Armadillo Hoppy Ending"We haven’t reviewed a brew from Battered Boar here yet, and there are a few reasons for that. One being that of the beers I’ve had from them in the past, they haven’t led me to want to go back to the brand. I’m not saying they were terrible, but they just weren’t memorable in any […]
Read more "Review: Battered Boar Coconut Cream Stout"Oh sweet baby Jesus yes, it’s time for a new Adaptation release from Roughtail. I won’t go into all the details of why I’m super excited for this, just read this, then read the review thing, then go buy and drink this beer. Company: Roughtail Brewing Co. Location: Midwest City, OK ABV: 7% IBUs: 65 Style/Description: East Coast […]
Read more "Review: Roughtail Adaptation IPA (Batch #3, January 2016)"I have to start this post by simply saying that Oklahoma is damn lucky to have a group of people like the one I saw tonight. Every single speaker, brewer, bar owner/manager, and casual onlooker has such an obvious and contagious passion for this state and the craftsmanship behind the beer that is produced here. That passion […]
Read more "2016 Oklahoma Craft Beer Summit"Barrels and Mash recently hung out with Eric and Jeff from COOP and got to hear about all the great updates from the brewery, including the release of their newest Territorial Reserve Barleywine, unavailable now for several years. The base recipe is the same as the 2012 batch, and per Eric the recipe includes “probably a ton […]
Read more "Review: COOP Territorial Reserve Bourbon Barrel Aged Barleywine (and some COOP updates)"Brewed for a pint night at Abner’s to celebrate the end of ‘No Shave November’, 405’s Manly Barley Wine depicts a man progressing from a clean shaven dude to a full on grizzly bear. I always love to see what the next 405 label will look like, always super simple and normally pretty damn funny. This […]
Read more "Review: 405 Manly Barley Wine Ale"Mustang came out with a peanut butter stout and just in time for the holidays! I drank this on a low key, post-Christmas afternoon with the fire going and the first snow of the year starting to fall. Peanut butter stouts have exploded around the country in the last few years, with a wide range […]
Read more "Review: Mustang Udderly Awesome Peanut Butter Milk Stout"Updated 12/27/2015: Tasting notes from 12/20/15 and 12/27/15 are below. We revisited Festivus a week after the original review and holy crap is this beer already developing into the delightful treat we remembered from last year. Ah the holidays, time for spending too much money, over eating, and drinking lots of things filled with spices […]
Read more "Review: Anthem Festivus"The internet is fun, and there are fun things on it. Some of those things happen to be groups of people that love the same thing you do, like whiskey and craft beer. It was in one of those groups where we scored some tickets to the Prairie Artisan Ales Gnome Dome, a small collection of […]
Read more "The Prairie Gnome Dome and Review of Coffee Okie"So it’s December, we know, but we didn’t get around to writing up any local Octoberfest beers when they hit the shelves, so better late than never right? These beers made for great companions while watching this year’s OU/OSU game. COOP ALE WORKS Oktoberfest Long available seasonally on draft only, the classic COOP Oktoberfest has made […]
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