- AleWerks Brewing - Caledonia (4.5%). A delightfully fragrant, hoppy, British style IPA. The combination of Fuggles, Willamette, and Styrian Goldings is a vibrant, Seville orange laced delight.
- Port City Brewing - Downright Pilsner (4.8%). A Czech style pale lager that wouldn't be out of place if served in the beer halls of Prague, positively pulsating with Saaz goodness, more is rarely enough.
- Mad Fox Brewing - Mason's Dark Mild (3.3%). Think warm toast spread with Nutella and you are not far from reality, and best of all it is served on a sparkled beer engine.
- Devils Backbone Brewing - Schwartz Bier (4.9%). Last year's Virginia Beer Cup winner, and now available in bottles, this is a roasty, clean, crisp black lager that never gets tired.
- Starr Hill Brewing - Dark Starr Stout (4.2%). The most award winning Dry Irish Stout in the USA, coffee, chocolate, and a smooth luxuriant body makes this Starr Hill's best beer by a country mile.
- St George Brewing - English IPA (5.5%). A showcase for the delights of Fuggles hops, a good dollop of malt sweetness, balanced with the herby, almost tobacco like Fuggles makes it a great British IPA.
- Blue Mountain Brewing - ÜberPils (7.6%). 40 IBU of noble hops and a solid malt backbone make this big pale lager surprisingly easy to drink.
- Devils Backbone Brewing - Vienna Lager (4.9%). Always good, and thankfully fairly widely available. One of the best ambers lagers anywhere in the US.
- Port City Brewing - Porter (7.2%). Some beers have no business being so drinkable with so a potent ABV, silky, chocolatey, and to be honest crying out to be available on cask somewhere, preferably near me.
- AleWerks Brewing - Café Royale (8%). Take a coffee infused stout, chuck it in bourbon barrels, and then save for a special occasion.
Monday, August 19, 2013
Top Ten Virginian Beers 2013
Taking my lead from the wonderfully urbane company which is Boak and Bailey, and with half an eye on the Virginia Craft Brewers Fest this weekend, here is the Fuggled Top Ten Virginian beers...
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All good selections; I can't argue with any of them. Though I do question the absence of Hardywood Brewery. Their Bourbon Barrel aged Quad is amazing, as is their Sidamo Coffee Stout.
ReplyDeleteThe only Hardywood beers I have had are the Singel and the SB604.
ReplyDeleteWhile they are both good beers, neither of them would break into my top ten VA beers this year.
Glad to see some Devils Backbone mentions here. Loved the Schwarzbier and Vienna Lager mentions. I have had nothing but stellar beers from them. Not to mention I was introduced to Maibocks and Dark Milds from them. Both amazing.
ReplyDeleteNice selection. I haven't had all of them, but I do know that Dark Starr Stout and I have never seen eye to eye. I'd definitely put the Cafe Royal above that one. Perhaps move Lost Rhino's Woody Stout into the mix?
ReplyDeleteFunny how you, a session beer man, could overlook a barrel aged bourbon quad eh? Wise up Man.
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