time to play the "can you name this style by the pictures" game.

Yep.

 

Local?

 

To me? No.

To you? Somewhat.

 

Massachusetts beer?

 

Not Massachusetts

 

Is it a Vermont brewery?

 

Sip of Sunshine

 

It is from VT, but not Sip of Sunshine.

 

Focal Banger?

 

Heady Topper?

 

No and no.

 

Focal Banger isn't available anywhere except for on-premise consumption at restaurants and bars at this point, as far as I know. They're currently building a separate brewery in Stowe that will be dedicated to brewing Focal Banger, so it will eventually be available in 4-packs from what I understand. It's such an awesome beer..

My guess is Otter Creek Backseat Berner

 

Nope. Hint:

Heaven
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This Beer

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Hell

 

Space Juice by Long Trail?

 

You've got the brewery, but not the beer.

 

Limbo ipa!

 

You got it! There must be something about Vermont...they know how to make a good IPA.

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I agree. I definitely enjoyed all of the IPAs I had on my trip out there in September. Didn't get to try the Limbo, though.

Luckily, I have a pic on my phone for an occasion such as this so we can continue the game RIGHT NOW! Beer and brewery please:

 

Is it from the Midwest?

 

It most certainly is

 

Is it quite hop-forward?

 

Yes, quite

 

Is is Surly Furious?

 

Founders - Centennial IPA

 

Nope, neither of those. This one is a bit more obscure (nowhere near as widely-available as those 2)

 

Pipeworks - Blood of the Unicorn?

 

Revolution Unsessionable

 

From IL?

 

Not Unsessionable.. yes, from IL

 

You got the brewery...

 

Pipeworks Sam vs. Unicorn

 

Not that one.. I can see how this may be difficult considering Pipeworks heavily hops about 90% (or more) of their beers.. If I get 1 or 2 more incorrect guesses, I'll drop a hint.

 

Sure Bet

 

Pipeworks Lizard King

 

Neither of those. This beer is one in a series of DIPA's.. consumed fairly recently and very fresh..

 

Is it a single hop DIPA?

 

Crimson Snapper

 

The label suggests it is.. but according to their website, the beers in this series all contain multiple varieties of hops, but the hop on the label is the pre-dominant one (the one expressing the majority of the flavor/aroma). However, there is no list of hops on their website for this particular one, so this beer might be 100% hopped w/ this hop (which happens to be the name of the beer as well)

 

Pipeworks Mandarina

 

Not Mandarina