Author: Craig G.

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Double Barrel Prison of Mezcal | Wax Wings

The double barrel treatment. When that phrase first showed up it was typically reserved for one-off tap-only beers or limit 1 per-person membership-only bottles. Over time, as with most things, it became far more commonplace. Go into any beer store...

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Benthic Sunken Ghost | Half Acre

Extended barrel-aging in beers is nothing new. Goose Island’s first Rare Bourbon County Brand Stout in 2010 sat in Pappy Van Winkle 23-year barrels for 2 years and might have been the first “mass produced” example of it (emphasis on...

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V.S.O. Gravedigger | Revolution Brewing

With the release of Boss Ryeway and DB V.S.O.J. in January, Revolution’s Deep Wood season concluded for 2022-2023 until at least July. Or did it? Revolution surprised everyone with a one beer Deep Wood drop in April (like the original...

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C2E2 2023 Do’s and Don’ts

I’ve been to my fair share of pop culture conventions over the years. I started back in the late 1990s (back when they were mainly called comic book conventions) attending my first Wizard World at the Rosemont Convention Center. Since...