Name: Barreled Treasure
Style: American Imperial Stout
Brewer: Odell Brewing Company - Colorado, United States
ABV: 11.0
IBU: …
Rating: 6/5
Notes: my first reaction was Oh My gOd! Thus the reason I have it 6 out of 5 😉

A reward of hidden bliss awaits the intrepid explorer whose liquid journey brings them to Barreled Treasure. An imperial stout aged in both bourbon and rum barrels and awakened with a hefty dose of coffee, Barreled Treasure has a luscious, complex profile packed with aromas and flavors of rich espresso, blackstrap molasses and baker’s chocolate. Your riches await!

Every major event in the nation it’s been canceled due to the COVID-19. Here in Boise-FKN-Idaho the most important event of the year the Treefort Music Fest, most importantly Alefort, isn’t getting canceled! Whoop! Not even the Coronavirus can’t stop us for experiencing good beer!

In its ninth year, Alefort is pulling out all the stops to make sure there is a craft beverage for everyone.

Update

The damn thing got postponed.

Sad.

Name: Mind Bloom
Style: American IPA
Brewer: Melvin Brewing / Thai Me Up - Wyoming
ABV: 7.0
IBU: …
Rating: 5/5
Notes: delicious

It’s time to open up your senses and experience the Mind Bloom. Mosaic and Motueka hops create bold flavors of ripe melon, mango and mojito in this modern IPA. Fruity and floral things that make you go “Mmmm…”

Name: Cast Out
Style: American IPA
Brewer: Crux Fermentation Project - Oregon, United States
ABV: 8.0
IBU: …
Rating: 5/5
Notes: I pretty much love everything Crux does, this one been one of my favorite IPAs ever.

Name: Pearl IPA
Style: American IPA
Brewer: 10 Barrel Brewing Co. - Oregon
ABV: 8.0
IBU: …
Rating: 5/5
Notes: This is good beer!

Name: The Brewed Abides
Style: English Sweet/Milk Stout
Brewer: Pelican Pub & Brewery - Oregon
ABV: 7.0
IBU: …
Rating: 4/5
Notes: it’s beat if you eat an Oreo after having a sip.

All brewers like a cocktail from time to time, but how about the best of both worlds in this cocktail inspired beer? Taking inspiration from the classic “White Russian” cocktail as well as the movie that made it famous is “The Brewed Abides,” a milk stout with vanilla, coffee and cocoa. This unique beer pours a chocolate color with dense off white head and entices the senses with an aromatic bouquet of vanilla, coffee, and dark chocolate. | Brewed with coffee, cocoa, lactose and vanilla

• Mad Swede Brewing Company
• IPA - American
• 6.6% ABV

Longship, in the now classic Northwest IPA style, features notes of pine, spice, citrus, and plenty of hops. Longship is like a bracing row across the north Atlantic Ocean, only further west and with no actual rowing. You could say it’s one of our flagship beers.

It’s Mach 1st, and si it starts my birthday month! 🎂

(Birthday it’s on March 31st)

Cheers 🍻

Name: Better Hazy Than Never
Style: New England IPA
Brewer: Boise Brewing - Boise, Idaho
ABV: 6.0
IBU: 21 Rating: 5/5
Notes: a very nice and delicious hazy ipa

Name: WANDERLUST IPA
Style: Indian Pale Ale
Brewer: Breakside brewery - Oregon
ABV: 6.7
IBU: 64
Rating: 5/5
Notes:

I screwed up this past week, ish, maybe in more ways than I should have! I only worked out one day! Traveling messes me up and my routine. I have very little discipline or self control when I’m out and about like this. Food wise I did okay, mostly meat and vegetables except for one day when I had a delicious burger, no regrets given there. It is kind of hard to stay focused when traveling.

What probably did the most damage was the drinking, too much beer! I made a goal to try as many of the local beers as I could. Also I made new friends and they can be a bad influence, or so I tell myself (😏). Not gonna lie, I’m already missing them a bit 😅.

Okay, that being said, tomorrow it’s Monday and we are back into it — full force! I have goals and they must — they will — be met!

Name: Oh! Fudge
Style: American Imperial Stout
Brewer: Prairie Artisan Ales - Oklahoma
ABV: 11.5
IBU:
Rating: A+/ Notes:

Imperial stout brewed with brownies that were handmade in the brewery.

I could smell this beer all day. And it does states delicious !

Name: Surf Zombies
Style: American IPA
Brewer: Iowa Brewing Company - Iowa
ABV: 6.9
IBU:
Rating: 5/5
Notes: Named for Iowa’s epic surf rockers, our gnarly brain-devouring West Coast-inspired IPA features Simcoe, Columbus, Centennial, and Cascade hops. Zoinks! Who needs brains when you’ve got beer?

Name: Des Moines IPA
Style: American IPA
Brewer: Confluence Brewing Company - Iowa
ABV: 7.1
IBU:
Rating: B Notes: light and citrus flavors. A solid ipa

Name: Tank Puncher
Style: American IPA
Brewer: ReUnion Brewery - Iowa
ABV: 7.5
IBU:
Rating: 4/5
Notes: piney 🌲 but good.

Name: Raygun
Style: American IPA
Brewer: Backpocket Brewing - Iowa
ABV: 6.8
IBU:
Rating: 4/5
Notes: apricot flavor, piney

When Backpocket acquired Galaxy hops with a power unmatched in the known world, they realized their only choice was to name the resulting beer after a clothing brand that’s named after a fictional weapon. Raygun IPA says it all: dangerous space exploration, nerves of steel, and extreme Midwestern good lookingness.

Name: Haze Of Our Lives
Style: American IPA
Brewer: Lake Time Brewery - Iowa
ABV: 6.5
IBU:
Rating: 5/5
Notes: first one of the locals, citrusy and delicious hazy looking IPA

Name: Voodoo Ranger Starship IPA
Style: American IPA
Brewer: New Belgium Brewing Company - Colorado
ABV: 7.7
IBU:
Rating: 4/5
Notes: citrusy 🍊

Name: Aphrodite Rising
Style: New England IPA
Brewer: Mother Earth Brew Co. - California
ABV: 6.7
IBU:
Rating: 5/5
Notes: I picked this one for the label alone.

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