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Official Review (Issue 71)

The latest beer reviews, cider reviews and hard seltzer reviews by The Beer Connoisseur's panel of judges.

Official Review Issue 71

Judging Process
Our reviews are conducted in a single-blind tasting format. This method provides the best opportunity to rely on facts and to avoid favoritism, insuring a level playing field for all brewers. It serves both the industry and the consumer to have unbiased and objective scores from qualified experts. To best implement this approach, the Judges Review is open to those with established experience as a Master Cicerone® from the Cicerone® Certification Program or as a judge that has accomplished the rank of National or higher from the Beer Judge Certification Program. In the single-blind tasting format, judges are presented with a chilled, properly poured beer and given its style category. Scoring is then done on the following basis using a 100-point scale:

Score Breakdown:
100 to 96: World Class 
 You need this beer in your life.
95 to 91: Exceptional  Don’t hesitate.
90 to 86: Very Good  A brew to savor.
85 to 75: Average – Somewhat unimpressive.
74 and below: Not Recommended  Just walk away.


World Class (100 to 96)


Acadian Skies Batson River Brewing & Distilling

98
Acadian Skies
Batson River Brewing & Distilling

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pfriem family brewers double ipa

97
pFriem Double IPA
pFriem Family Brewers

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lagered hedonism 01 moniker brewery

97
Lagered Hedonism 01
Moniker Brewery

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green's gluten free dry-hopped lager

96
Green's Gluten Free Dry-Hopped Lager
Green's Gluten Free Beers

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Exceptional (95 to 91)


quince nine pin ciderworks

95
Quince
Nine Pin Ciderworks

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dark woods barrel-aged stout batson river brewing distilling

95
Dark Woods Barrel-Aged Stout
Batson River Brewing & Distilling

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moniker brewery lagered hedonism 03

95
Lagered Hedonism 03
Moniker Brewery

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easternmost double ipa batson river brewing distilling

94
Easternmost Double IPA
Batson River Brewing & Distilling

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Green's Gluten Free India Pale Ale

93
Green's Gluten Free India Pale Ale
Green's Gluten Free Beers

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Broad Blade Shovel Town Brewery

92
Broad Blade
Shovel Town Brewery

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Sun Sick Day Moniker Brewery

92
Sun Sick Day
Moniker Brewery

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Cryoscape Cold IPA Batson River Brewing & Distilling

92
Cryoscape Cold IPA
Batson River Brewing & Distilling

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Green's Gluten Free Dubbel Ale Green's Gluten Free Beers

92
Green's Gluten Free Dubbel Ale
Green's Gluten Free Beers

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pFriem Rum Barrel-Aged Porter with Coconut pFriem Family Brewers

91
pFriem Rum Barrel-Aged Porter with Coconut
pFriem Family Brewers

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Very Good (90 to 86)


Clausthaler IPA Radeberger

90
Clausthaler IPA
Radeberger

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Green's Gluten Free Amber Ale Green's Gluten Free Beers

90
Green's Gluten Free Amber Ale
Green's Gluten Free Beers

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Valkyrie Porter Moniker Brewery

90
Valkyrie Porter
Moniker Brewery

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Stone 27th Anniversary Lemon Shark Double IPA Stone Brewing

88
Stone 27th Anniversary Lemon Shark Double IPA
Stone Brewing

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Vanilla Triple Dog Abita Brewing Co.

88
Vanilla Triple Dog
Abita Brewing Co.

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Clausthaler Original Radeberger

88
Clausthaler Original
Radeberger

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Stone Fight On! Pale Ale Stone Brewing

88
Stone Fight On! Pale Ale
Stone Brewing

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Green's Gluten Free Tripel Ale Green's Gluten Free Beers

86
Green's Gluten Free Tripel Ale
Green's Gluten Free Beers

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Excelsior Ground Control Schilling Hard Cider

86
Excelsior Ground Control
Schilling Hard Cider

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Average (85 to 75)


Kickflipper West Coast IPA New Realm Brewing

85
Kickflipper West Coast IPA
New Realm Brewing

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Clausthaler Grapefruit Radeberger

84
Clausthaler Grapefruit
Radeberger

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Imperial Oaxaca Choca Mexican Chocolate Stout New Realm Brewing

82
Imperial Oaxaca Choca Mexican Chocolate Stout
New Realm Brewing

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Mardi Gras Bock Abita Brewing Co.

82
Mardi Gras Bock
Abita Brewing Co.

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Utah Get Me 2 Honor Brewing

80
Utah Get Me 2
Honor Brewing

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