Updated December 30, 2016
Our craft beer credo: No point in wasting our time or yours on a nasty grog. The Roo only raves what it craves. — This post contains a refined list of craft beers that has The Roo raving. And this list will be updated when new rave-worthy beers are discovered. Beers with full reviews are linked.
* New to the list
Year-Round (Six-Pack)
Flying Dog – Double Dog IPA – Strong India Pale Ale – 11.5% ABV
Founders – Dirty Bastard – Scotch Style Ale – 8.5% ABV
Lagunitas – Maximus IPA – India Pale Ale – 8.2% ABV
* Leffe – Blonde – Belgian Pale Ale – 6.6% ABV
* Leffe – Brown – Belgian Dark Ale – 6.5% ABV
River Horse – Tripel Horse – Belgian Style Tripel – 10.0% ABV
Rogue – Dead Guy – German Maibock – 6.5% ABV
Samuel Adams – Cherry Wheat – American Cherry Brewed Ale – 5.3% ABV
Troegs – Troegenator – Double Bock – 8.2% ABV
Victory – Golden Monkey – Belgian Style Tripel – 9.5% ABV
Weyerbacher – Blithering Idiot – English Barleywine – 11.1% ABV
Yards – Extra Special Ale – English Style Ale – 6.0% ABV
Year-Round (Large bottle)
Neshaminy Creek Brewing – Tribute Tripel – Belgian Style Tripel – 9.3% ABV
Ommegang – Three Philosophers – Belgian Style Quadruple – 9.7% ABV
St. Bernardus – Abt 12 – Belgian Abbey Ale (Quadruple) – 10.0% ABV
Victory – Helios Ale – Belgian Saison / Farmhouse Ale – 7.5% ABV
Victory – V-Twelve – Belgian Style Quadruple – 12.0% ABV
Seasonal (Six-Pack)
* Samuel Adams – Chocolate Bock – 5.8% ABV
Samuel Adams – OctoberFest – German Style Lager – 5.3% ABV
Southern Tier – Goat Boy – Imperial Weizenbock – 7.5% ABV
Southern Tier – 2XMAS – Double Spiced Ale – 8.0% ABV
Troegs – Mad Elf Ale – Belgian Strong Dark Ale – 11.0% ABV
Troegs – Nugget Nectar – Imperial Amber Ale – 7.5% ABV
Weyerbacher – Insanity (a bourbon barrel-aged version of Blithering Idiot) – English Barleywine – 11.1% ABV