Tuesday, June 18, 2013 · Rising Tide Daymark is an American Pale Ale brewed with locally grown rye from Maine. It takes a lot for a Pale Ale to really impress me these days, but this one has managed to do just that. There is a pleasant bready but sweet malt base that is just about perfectly balanced with hops. The [...]
Monday, June 17, 2013 · I was very excited to try out Allagash’s FV 13. Knowing that FV 13 is Allagash’s first foray into foudre beers and I was pretty sure it was going to be a one off that I would never see again. According to the Allagash website FV 13 is a malt heavy base beer fermented with [...]
Sunday, June 16, 2013 · Revolution Brewing’s Coup D’Etat Saison is the first beer I’ve had from the reputable Chicago brewery. This was consumed in May, 2013 and the bottle was dated 12.5.12. Hopefully, that’s a bottled on date, not a best-buy date. In general, this beer has a very smooth malt base. However, that only lays the foundation for a [...]
Saturday, June 15, 2013 · Unibroue Éphémère (Apple) is a Fruit Beer that is available year round. Crisp green apple goes along with a bit of cotton candy like sweetness, this is an amazingly refreshing beer. Really pretty interesting, and I have to admit I am liking this a lot more than I expected. Definitely the kind of beer to offer [...]
Friday, June 14, 2013 · For podcast 21 (coming soon) Lee, Allen and I had an extremely interesting side by side tasting of Evil Twin Even More Jesus and Aún Más A Jesús. We wanted to figure out if these were the same beer brewed in different places, or if this were two totally different beers. As best as I can remember, we [...]
Thursday, June 13, 2013 · Dark Horse Plead The 5th is a Russian Imperial Stout, and is a part of the Holiday Stout Series. I got two bottles of this in a trade and was very excited to try it. The first bottle I really didn’t enjoy that much, it seemed way too sweet to me. I held off on writing [...]
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 · Cigar City Brewing Warmer Winter Winter Warmer is an English Barleywine. Bottled in October of 2012, enjoyed in May of 2013, aged about 7 months. Big thanks to my friend Jim for the bottle! This is a very sweet sipping kind of beer. I’m getting dark toffee, raisins, cherries, light brown sugar, and spiced rum. Some [...]
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 · Founders Doom is an American Double/Imperial IPA. This is the latest installment in The Backstage Series, an Imperial IPA aged in bourbon barrels. Vanilla and oak almost dominate the taste at this point. There is also a surprisingly small amount of straight bourbon flavor. There is a bit of caramel malt way in the background, and [...]
Monday, June 10, 2013 · Port Brewing Board Meeting is an American Brown Ale. This Imperial Brown ale is brewed with coffee from Ryan Brothers, and cocoa nibs sourced from famed San Francisco chocolate maker TCHO. And not surprisingly that is exactly what this tastes like. Big roasted coffee, nutty malts and some rich chocolate. I mean this thing is just [...]
Sunday, June 9, 2013 · Allagash Victor is a Belgian Strong Pale Ale. This is the 2012 vintage, enjoyed on June 4th 2013, I believe this has been aged just over 1 year. Brewed with over one hundred pounds of Cabernet franc grapes, this is the counterpart to Victoria (brewed with Chardonnay grapes). This has a fantastic wine/beer like aroma, similar [...]
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