Saturday, August 25, 2012

Weekend Beer Review!

1) NebCo Coriolis ! Eagerly anticipating this for the last few weeks. Poured into a 668 tulip glass. Nice head that quickly dissipates. The taste has a lot of range I get apricot, pineapple, peach and a bit of spicieness. The alcohol is very well hidden.

2) Stone Brewing - 16th Anniversary IPA 10% a Dipa that tastes like lemon pledge. Brewed with lemon verbena. Not a fan.

3) Clown Shoes - Chocolate Sombrero - 9% Chocolate and Vanilla are really noticable but any spiciness has faded on this beer that was realeased 5/12. Good beer. Would have liked to try this fresh.




Saturday, August 18, 2012

Weekend Beer Review!

Pre Annual Bluefish Game Edition!

1) Bootlegger's Brewery - Rustic Rye IPA - 6.2% - Pours a nice hazy orange.  Nice frothy head.  Smooth caramel malt with just a bit of hops and rye spiciness.  Good pre game beer!

2) Samuel Adams - Fat Jack - 8.5% - Not too spicey not enough Pumpkin (I don't like pumpkin ales anyway) an Octoberfest on Steroids?  Maybe!

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Midweek Beer Review?

Been a while for one of these!

1) Widmer Bros. Old Embalmer '12 Barleywine Ale - 11% - American Barleywine yet I don't really get the hops I was expecting.   Very smooth not sure what aging this might do.  I like this.  More of an english barleywine I guess!

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Weekend Beer Review!

1) Knee Deep Brewing - Simtra - Tiple IPA 10.1% ABV - The simcoe and citra hops really balance out.  Wish this was local but unfortunately it is from California!

2) MacTarnahan's - Full Bloom - Classic American Lagee at 6.3%.  Nice Session beer!

3) Weyerbacher - Sour Black - 5.0% No real alcohol buzz here but man is there a loan of taste.  Well done.!

4) Green Flash - Barlewine Style ale (10%) may be done!

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Weekend Beer Review!

1) Adelbert's  - Tripel B - Bad Boy Brew - 9.3% - Nice Belgian funk equally balanced with a sweet candied sugar taste.  Delightfully refreshing!

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Weekend Beer Review!

Man I skipped a week...I suck!

1) Great Divide - Rumble IPA 7.1% - An oak aged IPA - I get what they are trying to do, muting the hops with the aging....nice beer keep the hops!

2) The Bruery Fruet - Old ale 15.5% Happy 4th anniversary done!

3) Dogfish Head - Urkontinent - Dubbel 8.1% - One of their better offerings I think.  Part of their historical series.  Nice chocolate flavor to this.  To me the maybe more of a porter?

4) Dogfish Head - Positive Contact - 9.0% - A wheat beer brewed with Apples.  Very similar to a Tripel.  Glad I didn't spend money on the box set with the record though!

5) Sierra Nevada - Brux - about 8% or so.  Wild ale brewed in conjunction with Russian River.  Nicely dry have a bottle for the cellar but may just scarf fresh!

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Weekend Beer Review!

1) Clown Shoes - Miracle - IPA  - 5.5% American IPA - Nice IPA would I buy it again...most likely not.

2) Cisco Brewers - Monomoy Kriek - Sour yes!

3) Central Waters - Peruvian Morning - 8.5% - A bourbon barrel aged stout that is unfortunately infected.  Get the coffee and a bit of green apple.  Still better than bud.

4) Founders Brewing - Frangelic Mountain Brown - 9.0% - Coffee beer (bown ale) flavored with hazelnut.  The alcohol is very well hidden.  Not much of a fan of this though.

5) Rogue - Voodoo Doughnut Bacon Maple Ale - 5.6% Very strange beer - Supposed to be about some doughnut shop in Oregon.  Cool bottle though.

6) Captain Lawrence - Rosso e Marrone - 10%  -Flanders Oud Bruin...Fantastic sour...actually very outstanding.  Can't say enough about this.

7) New Belgium - Tart Lychee - done