Beer enthusiast Cassie Niemeyer checks out a high alcohol content beer.
Beer enthusiast Cassie Niemeyer checks out a high alcohol content beer. (Emily Woodring | Flatland)

Tap List | High-Octane Beer Options

January 21, 2020  |  Emily Woodring  |  1 min read

Beer enthusiast Cassie Niemeyer isn’t messing around with this month’s video Tap List. She’s taste-testing three local beers that tilt heavily toward high alcohol content. Just the thing to get you through cold winter nights.

These brews from Martin City, Boulevard and City Barrel must really do the trick. Cassie is spouting poetry by the end of the attached video. Cheers!

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