“13 malts, 13 hops brewed on the 13th for our 13th Anniversary.” Bottlework’s Matt Boney and Matt “Vern” Vandenberghe team up with Stone Brewing’s Brewmaster Mitch Steel for this special collaboration brew. I picked up a $5.99 bomber from Total Wine last week. This awesome brew poured a very dark brown cola color yet almost black with a very nice tan head. Aroma is dark fruits, black licorice, and dough. Taste is initially sweet...

I got this pretty fresh, straight from Figueroa Mountain from a coworker who was kind enough to kick me down with a 22 oz. bomber picked up on his trip. His beer karma will earn him one of my two bottles of the Bruery’s bourbon barrel aged Smoking Wood. The nose is faint boasting a little hop. I thought Centennial which upon further investigation was indeed there, but didn’t pick up on the Cascade....

After a long night of drinking some great new brews on Friday evening I had to go home to get some rest for the Barrel Roll release on Saturday morning at Hangar 24.  Based on my experience from the last Barrel Roll release (Pugachev’s Cobra) it was a mutual decision for my friends and I to get there early.  The event started at 11am and I got there around 10:15am and was the first...

Knuck, Knuck, Who’s There? STFU and get KS! By BIP Contributing Writer Alex Villa Editor’s Note: The headline and sub headline as well as what we think is one of the best beer reviews we’ve ever seen below were written by BIP’s sporadic contributing writer Alex Villa. It’s funny as hell in its original form contained in a comment thread on Facebook so this is uncensored and minimally edited in order to carry the...