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1. 2013 Grand Cru de Bruce/Cherry Grand Cru - Twisted Spike Brewing Co.
- a Belgian Strong Dark Ale (alc 13.0%)
NO LONGER IN BUSINESS

1. Erdinger Weissbier Pikantus - Erdinger Weissbrau - a German dark weizenbock beer (alc 7.3%)
2. Trappist Rochefort 10 - Brasserie de Rochefort, L'Abbaye Notre Dame de Saint Remy
- a Belgian Trappist Quad (alc 11.3%)

3. Hopped Bourbon Cask Ale - Innis & Gunn - An Imperial Double barrel-aged Red Ale (7.4%)
4. Rumpkin - Avery Brewing - an American imperial pumpkin ale with spice, aged in Rum barrels. (alc 17.5%)
5. Maximator - Augustiner-Brau Wagner - a German Dopplebock (alc 7.5%)
6. Holy Beer - Twisted Spike Brewing Co., Oklahoma City- - a Belgian style Quad (alc 9.5%)
NO LONGER IN BUSINESS

6. Kapuziner Schwarz-Weizen - Kulmbacher Brauerei AG - - a German dunkelweizen (dark wheat), with a mild clove aftertaste (alc 5.7%)
7. Forbidden Tripel - Sierra Evada Brewing - a Belgian(-style) Triple brewed in Mills River, NC, with black rice and hybiscus. (alc 9.2%)

8. Erdinger Oktoberfest Weissbier - Erdinger Weissbrau- a German amber seasonal wheat beer (alc 5.4 %)
9. Atlas Elevator Dopplebock - Golden Valley Brewing & Pub, Oregon - a Micro Brewery Doppelbock (alc 7.7%)
10. The Kaiser - Avery Brewing - an Imperial Oktoberfest German-style M�rzen. (alc 8.0%)
11. Triple Karnmeliet - Brouwerrij Bosteels - a Belgian Tripel (alc 8.4%)
12. Spaten Optimator Doppelbock- Spaten-Franziskaner-Br�u - a German dopplelbock (alc 7.6%)
13. Kulmbacher EisBock - Kulmbacher Brauerei (alc 9.2%)
14. Munnchshof Schwarzbier - Kulmbacher Brauerei AG - a German dark brown type (alc 4.9%)
15. Old Chubb Scottish Ale - Oskar Blues Brewery - a Wee Heavy Scotch Ale (alc 8.0%)
16. Burnside Rum-Tum-Tumbly - Burnside Micro Brewery, Portmand, OR - a rm-barrel-aged Eisbock (alc 9.6%)
NO LONGER IN BUSINESS

16. Samuel Adams Thirteenth Hour Stout - Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams) - (Barrel Room Collection) Belgian (-style) Strong Dark Ale (9.00%)
17. Alexander Supertramp - Black Mesa Brewing Co. - an American Doppelbock (alc 10%)
NO LONGER IN BUSINESS




17. Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock - Privatbrauerei Franz Inselkammer KG / Brauerei Aying - a German dopplebock (alc 6.7%)
...and another few favorites:
18. Alaskan Amber - Alaskan Brewing Co. - an Alaskan Alt beer (alc 5.3%)
19. Matilda - Goose Island Beer Co. - a Belgian(-style) ale brewed in Chicago (alc 7%)
20. Newcastle Winter IPA - Caledonian brewing Co., an English IPA (alc 5.2%)
21. Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter - Great Lakes Brewing Co. - an American Porter (alc 5.80% )
22. Warsteiner Premium Dunkel - Warsteiner Brauerei - a German dark lager (alc 4.9%)
23. Merry Maker Gingerbread Stout- Boston Beer Co. (Sam Adams) - American, sweet, Winter Stout (alc 9.0%)
24. Erdinger Schneeweisse - Erdinger Weissbrau - a German Hefewizen (alc 5.7%)
25. Summer Solstice - Anderson valley Brewing Company - an American Cream Ale (alc 5.0%)
25. Chimay Blanche (Cinq Cents) - L'Abbaye Notre-Dame de Scourmont - Belgian Tripel (alc 8.0%)
26. Weihenstephaner Vitus - Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan - a German Weizenbock (alc 7.7%)
27. Ayinger Altbairisch Dunkel - Brauerei Aying- German Dunkel (alc 5%)
28. Baltika #4 Original (Dark) - Baltika Breweries, St. Petersburg, Russia - Euro Dark (Tmav� ) Lager (alc 5.6%)
29. Xingu Black Beer - FEMSA Cerveja Brasil- Black Lager\Schwarzbier (alc 4.6%)
30. Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier - Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan - a German Hefewiizen wheat beer (alc 5.3%)


I also really like the seasonal Grand Cru, Pumpkim Ale, and Oktoberfest beer brewed by BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse


Michael at the Hofbrauhaus in Munich, 2022.






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