Monolith

Monolith hits you with that dry, slightly funky farmhouse character immediately—there's a peppery, almost herbal bite underneath the modest IBU count. The 8.2% ABV carries it without being heavy, and you get this subtle barn-floor complexity that builds as it warms. It's the kind of beer that tastes intentionally unpolished, like someone knew exactly what they were doing by restraining the hops.

Opperbacco Montepulciano IGA

Opperbacco tastes like someone actually fermented wine-adjacent fruit into beer without pretending it's something it's not. The Montepulciano grape gives it this deep red-fruit character—plum, tart cherry—that sits gracefully alongside the beer base. At 7% ABV it feels lighter and more elegant than the IBU count suggests, almost like a sophisticated hybrid rather than a gimmick.