Episode 88 - Best Dark Ales of 2017

In Episode 88 we once again are joined by our buddy Kris to discuss our favorite dark ales of 2017. This is the third of four segments we are doing to celebrate some great beers drank in 2017. We also have a ton of listener feedback that leads to great beer conversation.  So grab a beer and enjoy! 

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BEERS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

• Clown Shoes The Barista

• Rhinegeist Mushhushshu

• Deschutes Jubelale

• Revision Brewing Darkling Stout

• Tampa Bay Brewing Friends Fest Set And Setting Ephemerality IPL 

• Epic New England Style IPA (Citralush)

• Founders Curmudgeon Old Ale 

• Avery Coconut Porter

• Nowhere in Particular Batch 15

• MadTree Citra High IPA

• Cigar City Double Barrel Marshal Zhukov\

• Great Notion Double Stack Imperial Stout 

• Cigar City Life is Like Collab with Mikkeller. 

• Mikkeller Beer Geek Vanilla Shake Barrel Aged Bourbon Barrels

• Perrin Brewing No Rules Vietnamese Porter

• Fremont Bourbon Barrel Aged Dark Star (2015, 2016, w/ cocoa nibs and hazelnuts)

• Prairie Bomb!

• Founders Sumatra Mountain  Brown

• Cloudburst Electric Body

• North Sound Cheeky Monkey

• The Commons Brewery Little Brother (2016) 

• Cigar City Hunahpu’s Imp Stout

• Epic Son of a Baptist (Blue Copper)

• Funky Buddha Last Snow

• Clairvoyant Brown Ale

• Oskar Blues Death By Coconut (2017)

• Deschutes Black Butte XXVII