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Dan discovered craft beer his junior year of college and never looked back. After a few years of brewery tours and tastings, he finally dove into homebrewing in 2009 when a work colleague was giving up the hobby. Shortly after, he joined one of the oldest club’s in the nation (Boston Wort Processors) and quickly got into judging beer and was a National-ranked BJCP judge by 2013. As an officer of the Worts since 2011, Dan has assisted in organizing several AHA/BJCP competitions as well as trying to promote beer education and experimentation. While he appreciates and makes all beer styles, Dan’s favorites are of the hoppy or sour variety, and has even had great luck combining the two.
Hazy Dawn by Cape May Brewing Co. is a double IPA that would normally fall into BJCP 2021 category 22A Double IPA, however this one leans towards the hazy style and would better fit into BJCP 2021 Category 21C, Hazy IPA with its cloudy appearance and tropical-forward hops.
It pours a... Read More
This beer pours a hazy deep golden color with an orange hue that is certainly a part of the popular New England-style IPA. It has a dense white head that lasts, which hangs onto the glass as it goes down. The aroma is all hops – orange, pineapple, tangerine, grass, lemon rind, grapefruit and... Read More
Snag & Drop by Cape May Brewing refers to itself as a Triple IPA, but this doesn’t exist under the BJCP guidelines, therefore it falls under the high end of a Double IPA and will be judged as such by BJCP 2015 Category 22A. It meets all of the parameters of the double IPA, just a bit boozier... Read More
Truck Chaser Bomb Pop Double IPA by Wild Leap Brew Co. is a Double IPA but falls under BJCP category 21B as a specialty IPA. It lands here instead as it is more of a milkshake IPA than a traditional DIPA. The milkshake IPA is a newer subset of the New England IPA style, using lactose to give it... Read More
Together We Ryes by Wallenpaupack Brewing Co. is a Belgian Rye Ale, which would fall into Alternative Grain Beer (BJCP 2015 Category 31A) due to the use of rye, with the base style probably falling closest to Belgian Pale Ale (24B). It pours a deep yellow color, approaching golden, with a bubbly... Read More
Nuclear Pineapple by Pontoon Brewing is a Berliner weisse, but due to the additions of pineapple, vanilla and lactose it falls into the BJCP category 28C, Wild Specialty Beer.
This beer pours a yellow into deep golden color, with a... Read More
