BrickStone Brewery earns three more Gold medals from the Beverage Testing Institute

Bourbonnais, IL (April 19, 2016) – BrickStone Brewery earns three more Gold medals from the Beverage Testing Institute for BrickStone APA, HopSkip and Galaxy Down Under in the North American and British Ales category. “I feel very honored to have all three brews tested ranked among the top rated American style pale ales and American style IPAs,” said John Thompson, brewer for BrickStone Brewery.

The Beverage Testing Institute gave Galaxy Down Under Pale Ale a score of 95 points calling it “a fresh, nicely extroverted tropical hop bomb of flavor and goodness.” This brew is bold, bitter, hoppy & malty with the aroma of spiced pineapples and mangoes, toasted Hawaiian bread, bee pollen and caramelized onions. This is the first year that BrickStone Brewery has released this brew. While it is available only for a limited time on draft, you will see this brew come back for a visit every year.

BrickStone APA was awarded a score of 94 points from the Beverage Testing Institute. This brew is also bold, bitter, malty & hoppy but with the aroma of spiced mangoes & apricots, chive-garlic-herb bread and pine blossom. It is “a super lively and tropical pale ale.” BrickStone APA is one of BrickStone’s flagship brews available year round in both draft and in cans.

The third brew that earned a gold medal was HopSkip earning an exceptional score of 93 points from the Beverage Tasting Institute. This malty & hoppy brew is both smooth and mild. It has the aroma of caramelized mangoes and pineapples, pepper herb muffin, pine blossom and sage with the flavor of honeyed grapefruit peel, spicy orange soufflé, roasted sweet potato, and birch bark. According to the Beverage Testing Institute, this brew will appeal to “citra heads.” HopSkip is available year round in both draft and cans.

Last year, the Beverage Testing Institute awarded BrickStone Dark Secret Russian Imperial Stout a gold medal and included BrickStone Dark Secret among the top rated for flavored stout.

About BrickStone Brewery:  BrickStone Brewery first opened as a brewpub in 2006 and quickly became known as the place where people meet for hand-crafted brews in an inviting atmosphere. Although delicious cuisine has always been a large part of the overall experience, BrickStone’s award-winning craft brews have been gaining more and more recognition regionally and nationwide. Because of the growing demands of the ever expanding craft beer market, last year BrickStone opened a full-scale brewery just a half mile from the brewpub to increase production capabilities. For more information about BrickStone, please visit www.brickstonebrewery.com 

About BTI: The Beverage Testing Institute was founded in 1981 as America's premier source for wine, beer, and spirits reviews for consumers and a boutique, specialty marketing service for the drinks trade. For more information about BTI's competitions and review services, please visit http://www.tastings.com/trade.html