Driftless Drinks

Every year, we look forward to the season's best. One of our favorites is Bell’s Hopslam. But it's never quite the same from year to year. Will this year's offering please stand up? Is the price right, or will the boys press their luck?
 
Bell’s Hopslam: https://www.bellsbeer.com/beer/specialty/hopslam-ale 
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Take an outstanding tripel. Let it age in bourbon barrels. Then, just before bottling, add in some fresh stuff and see what happens. In this episode of Driftless Drinks, Mark and John pour into such a beer - Allagash Brewing's Curieux. Will it hold up or will la curiosité tue ces chats?
 
Allagash Brewing Company: https://www.allagash.com/beer/curieux/
 
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It's Christmas in Beer Town! Just for you, Mark and John pull a double-header first unwrapping a Christmas Scotch Ale from Bell's Brewery. Then the two reach into their stockings for a Great Lake's Christmas Beer. Ho, ho, hold my beer and keep hold o' your reindeer!
Bell's Brewing Company Christmas AleGreat Lakes Brewing Company's Christmas Ale

Breweries collaborate quite often these days. To see a coast-to-coast collab - especially between such craft innovators as Alesmith and Ommegang is too much for us to pass up.
We're tasting Philosophy and Velocity - East Coast Edition on this episode, a combination of Alesmith's Speedway Stout and Ommegang's Belgian-style Quad. Join us!
Ommegang Brewing's Philosophy and Velocity
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John and Mark crack the top off a White Stouts Can't Jump beer from Abomination Brewing. This homage to the 1992 Ron Shelton movie might taste like a stout, but it doesn't look it. Will it snipe one from the arc or leave the boy's mouths feeling woody?
Abomination Brewing
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It's a tricky one this week; part circus, part Narnia.
The boys put their head in the mouth of a potential abomination from Clown Shoes - an Imperial Stout, mixed with a wee-heavy, then aged in bourbon, rum, and brandy barrels. Can it taste good? Is it too much? Will they tame the beast or lose their respective heads?
Clown Shoes - Hammer of the Lion
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Season 2 kicks off with shorter episodes and deep dives into single beers. This time, the boys open a Belgian-style specialty - a tripel from Allagash Brewery. Can an American brewery truly pull off a traditional Belgian beer? Just how old is this style? Find out. Grab a cold one and join us!
Allagash Brewing Company - Belgian-Style Tripel
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The bubbles are smaller, the beer is smoother, and more often than not, you've got a toy rattle to play with afterward. This time on Driftless Drinks, we crack open a couple of nitro brews. One is an old English favorite, Boddingtons, and the other a smooth Belhaven Black. Only minimum damage was done to the studio.
Episode Links
Belhaven Black
History of Boddingtons
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