Beers sorted by Brewer

21st Amendmend: Hop Crisis
Alchemist Heady Topper
Alesmith (Speedway Stout
Allagash: Dubbel, Triple Reserve, White
Anderson Valley Winter Solstice
Anheuser-Busch Budweiser
Avery: Anniversary Ale - Sixeen, Maharaja, Old Jubulation
Ayinger Oktober Fest-Märzen
Bass Pale Ale
Bavik Petrus Aged Pale Ale
Bear Republic Racer 5
Belhaven Twisted Thistle IPA
Bell's: Batch 9000, Expedition Stout, Oarsman, Oberon, Octoberfest, Sparkling Ale, Special Double Cream Stout, Third Coast Old Ale, Two Hearted Ale
BFM Brasserie Des Franches-Montagnes: Square root 225, Bon Chien
Bitburger Premium Pils
Bockor Cuvee des Jacobins Rouge
Blue and Gray Elwood Thompson Fresh Farmhouse Ale
Bluegrass Jefferson's Reserve Bourbon Barrel Stout
Blue Mountain: Artisanal Ale, Big D.I.P.A, Full Nelson, Rockfish Wheat
Boon Mariage Parfait
Bostells Karmeliet
Boulevard: 80 Acre, Saison - Brett 
Brasserie Dieu du Ciel Peche Mortel
Brooklyn: Black Chocolate Stout, Monster Ale, Oktoberfest
Bruery: Hottenroth Berliner Weisse, Saison Rue, White Oak
Caledonian Newcastle Winter IPA
Cantillon: Gueuze, Rose de Gambrinus, St. Lamvinus, Vigneronne
Center of the Universe Pocahoptas
Chimay: Grand Reserve (Blue), Tripel
Clipper City Heavy Seas Loose Canon
d'Achouffe: La Chouffe, N'Ice Chouffe
de Dolle: Ara Bier, Dulle Teve, Oerbier, Oerbier Reserva, Stille Nacht
De Proef: Les Deux Brasseurs, Pinhead
Dogfish Head: 60 Minute IPA, 90 Minute IPA, 120 Minute IPA, World Wide Stout
Drie Fonteine Oude Geuze
Duck-Rabbit Porter
Dupont: Avec Les Bons Voeux, Saison
Duvel Duvel
Fantôme Saison
Firestone Walker: Double Jack, Floreffe Prima Melior
Flying Dog: Gonzo, Dog In Heat Wheat, Raging Bitch, Snake Dog IPA, Whiskey-Barrel Aged Gonzo
Founders: Breakfast Stout, Imperial Stout, Kentucky Breakfast Stout, Porter, Red's Rye PA
Fullers Vintage Ale
Girardin Gueuze 1882 Black Label
Goose Island: 312 Urban Wheat Ale, Stockyard Oatmeal Stout
Great Divide: Hibernation Ale, Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout, Titan IPA, Yeti Imperial Stout
Green Flash Imperial IPA
Guinness Foreign Extra Stout
Hardywood: Bourbon Cru, Baltic Porter with Bacon and Maple, 
Hanssens: Oude Gueuze, Oude Kriek
Hoegaarden Original White Ale
Huyghe Delirium NocturumA
Koningshoeven Tripel
Lagunitas: Brown Sugga' (cask), Cappuccino Stout, IPA, Undercover Investigator Shut-Down Ale
Leffe Blonde
Left Hand Polestar Pilsner
Legend: Brown Ale, Golden Ale, Octoberfest
Lindemans Framboise, Gueuze Cuvée René
J. W. Lees: Harvest Ale, Harvest Ale aged in Calvados casks
Magic Hat Vinyl
Modelo Negra Modelo
New Belgium Mothership Wit
New Holland Golden Cap
North Coast: ACME California IPA, Blue Star Wheat Ale, Old #38 Stout, Old Rasputin, Red Seal Ale
Old Dominion Millennium
Old Dominion Oak Barrel Stout
Oskar Blues Dale's Pale Ale
Oskar Blues Gordon
Oskar Blues TEN FIDY
Ommegang Abbey Ale
Ommegang Biere de Mars
Ommegang Hennepin
Ommegang Ommegeddon
Ommegang Rare Vos
Ommegang Three Philosophers
Ommegang Tripel Perfection
Orval Orval
Oud Beersel Kriek
Oud Beersel Oude Geuze Vieille
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Paulaner Hefe-Weissbier Naturtrub
Paulaner Salvator
Peroni Nastro Azzurro
Pilsner Urquell
Port Old Viscosity
Rogue Chocolate Stout
Rogue Shakespeare Stout
Russian River: Santification, Supplicaton
Russian River Temptation
*Samuel Adams* (Boston Lager, Noble Pils, Octoberfest)
Samuel Smith: Oatmeal Stout, Pure Brewed Lager
Schneider: Aventinus, Aventinus Weizen Eisbock, Weisse
Sierra Nevada - Bigfoot / Celebration / ESB / Kellerweis / Northern Hemisphere Harvest Ale / Pale Ale / Southern Hemisphere Harvest Ale, Stout / Summerfest / Torpedo Extra IPA /
Sinebrychoff: Porter
Smisje: Calva Reserva
Smuttynose: Baltic Porter, "Finest Kind" IPA, Robust Porter
Smuttynose Winter Ale
Southampton: Biere de Garde, Saison Deluxe
Southern Tier - 2 x IPA / IPA / Unearthly /
St. Bernardus: Abt 12, Prior 8, Tripel, Witbier
St. George: IPA, Summer Ale
Starr Hill: Dark Starr Stout, (The) Gift, Jumo Lager, (The) Love, Northern Lights
Steenberge: Gulden Draak, Maerfant Damse
Stone: 13th Anniversary, Arrogant Bastard, Double Bastard, Imperial Russian Stout, Levitation Ale, Old Ruffian, Ruination
Stoudts: Scarlette Lady
Strangeways Phantasmic East Coast IPA
Strubbe: Ichtegem's Grand Cru
Terrapin: Sunray Wheat Ale
Thirsty Dog: Old Leghumper, Siberian Night
Three Floyds: Gumballhead, Pride and Joy
*Trader Joe's* (2009 Vintage Ale, 2010 Vintage Ale, Bavarian Style Hefeweizen, Joseph Brau Dunkelweizen, Joseph Brau Oktoberfest)
Trappistes Rochefort: 6, 8, 10
Tröegs: Nugget Nectar
Tuppers: Keller Pils
Tyskie: Gronie
Unibroue: La Fin du Monde, Maudite, Trois Pistoles
Urthel: Hop-It, Saisonnière
Victory: Baltic Thunder, Old Horizontal, Prima Pils
Weihenstephaner: 1809, Hefeweissbier, Vitus
Westmalle: Tripel
Weyerbacher: Twelve
Widmer: Hefeweizen
Yuengling: Black and Tan, Traditional Lager

Stille Nacht

Brewer: de Dolle

Style: Belgian Strong Dark Ale

Tasting notes: (1012) Bottled 2008, in my cellar for 1 yr 4 mn since 0908. Where is the sugar? Fruity with orange zest and funk. Downgraded from 7. A bad bottle? (0811) Marvelous mix of orange zest, spices, alcohol, candy sugar, and funk. Bottle in 2006. Upgraded from 5. Initially put down 6 but could not get the beer out of my mind. (0712) A 2006 bottle. Spicy sour oranges (tangerine?) w/ an alcohol blast. Not as sweet as I remembered. Downgraded from 6. (0610) A glass at Mekong. Sweet, spices, and alcohol. Reminded me of Samichlaus, but better. Click here for a previous review.

Previous ratings: 6, 5, 7 glasses

Rating: 5 glasses

Vintage Ale 2010

Brewer: Trader Joe's
Style: Strong Belgian Dark Ale
Tasting notes: (1012) Prunes, anise, and spice (cinnamon?). A disappointment. For $1 more, Ommegang Dubbel is the buy.
Comment: A contract brew w/ Unibrue.
Rating: 2 glasses

Tripel Perfection

Brewer: Ommegang

Style: Tripel

Tasting notes: (1012) Cloves, candi sugar, orange rind bite. Might need to age. Closer to 3 glasses than 5.

Rating: 4 glasses

Tripel Reserve

Brewer: Allagash

Style: Tripel

Tasting notes: (1012) A bottle @ LeMaire. Fruity, spicy, with a tiche of dry funk. Complex. Upgraded from 4 glasses and thought about 6. (1008) Fruity and nice w/ a touch of triple sour dryness. 0705: Dry, sour, grapefruit hops, with hints of lemon and citrus.. Downgraded from 5/8. ???: My first Belgian style ale and still one of my favorites. Fruity and nice. You spend half the bottle trying to identify the flavors and then the 9.0% ABV hits you.

Top 100: 29 December 2005

Previous ratings: 5, then 4 glasses

Rating: 5 glasses

Old Jubulation

Brewer: Avery

Style: Winter Warmer

Tasting notes: (1012) A spicy brown ale. It tastes like Christmas. Downgraded from 5 glasses. (1011) A hoppy brown ale? A subdued Arrogant Bastard? Strong Ale might be the better classification The brewer calls it English Strong Ale. (0801) A good brown ale? (0801) Big caramel malt with a spicy finish. (0801) A Brown Ale / Stout? Thinking about a 6 and buying another 6-pack. (0801) Burnt toffee. Quaffable and sippable. Very nice.

Previous ratings: 5 glasses

Rating: 4 glasses

Southern Tier 2 x IPA

Brewer: Southern Tier

Style: Double IPA

Tasting notes: (1011) 1st of a 6-pack. Thinnner and more floral than I remembered. Downgraded from 5 glasses and thought about 3. Better on draft. (1011) On draft @ Joe's Inn. Hopped up, w/ some malt to balance. Lots of citrus with some pine.

Previous ratings: 5 glasses

Rating: 4 glasses

Polestar Pilsner

Brewer: Left Hand

Style: Pilsner

Tasting notes: (1011) A bottle @ Acacia. Nice, easy drinking w/ some hops. Might rate 2 glasses.

Rating: 3 glasses

Northern Hemisphere Harvest Ale

Brewer: Sierra Nevada

Style: Pale Ale

Tasting notes: (1010) Slight sweetness up front followed by wonderful bite - a tiche of resin and a tiche of pine. (0811) Another fine bottle. Nothing too strong: tamer than the description that follows. (0810) Sweet malt w/ resiny musty hops. Very nice. (0710) A 24 oz. bottle. Resiny, musty hops. May rate a 5, but it is the best example of American Pale Ale. My tastes have changed. Upgraded from a 1. (????) Well crafted but too much pine

Comment: This is a seasonal release (Fall) that uses fresh hops. Sierra Nevade trys to use them the day that they are picked.

Top 100: 29 December 2005

Previous ratings: 1 glass

Rating: 6 glasses

Brown Ale

Brewer: Legend

Style: Brown Ale

Tasting notes: (1010) Two freebies. Did not finish the 2nd. Downgraded from 2 glasses. May be better on draft. (1006) Glasses from a sixtel. Thought about a downgrade to 1. Previous review.

Previous ratings: 2 glasses

Rating: 1 glass

Unearthly

Brewer: Southern Tier

Style: Double IPA

Tasting notes: (1010) On draft @ Mekong. May rate 5 glasses. (0803) Hoppy w/ enough malt to balance

Top 100: 10 March 2007.

Rating: 4 glasses

Joseph Brau Dunkelweizen

Brewer: Trader Joe's

Style: Dunkelweizen

Tasting notes: (1011) Ditto as first review. (1010) Too much clove? Too cold? Downgraded from 4 glasses. (1010) Easy drinking w/ a tiche of caramel, banana, and clove.

Comment: A contract brew.

Previous ratings: 4 glasses

Rating: 3 glasses

Oktober Fest-Märzen

Brewer: Ayinger

Style: Oktoberfest

Tasting notes: (1010) Lightly buttered toast. A good example of the style but Brooklyn is more quaffable.

Rating: 4 glasses

Bavarian Style Hefeweizen

Brewer: Trader Joe's

Style: Hefeweizen

Tasting notes: (1010) Bananas, clove and bubble gum. Upgraded from 3 glasses. (1008) Wonderful nose. Flavor is weaker and a little different. Downgraded from 4 glasses. (1004) Bananas and clove. A little thin. May rate 3 glasses but $1 a bottle pushes up the score.

Comment: A contract brew.

Previous ratings: 4 glasses, then 3.

Rating: 4 glasses

Joseph Brau Oktoberfest

Brewer: Trader Joe's

Style: Oktoberfest

Tasting notes: (1010) Downgraded from 3 glasses. (1010) Toasty, easy drinking, and cheap.

Comment: A contract brew.

Previous Ratings: 3 glasses

Rating: 2 glasses

Octoberfest

Brewer: Legend

Style: Oktoberfest

Tasting notes: (1009) Butter on burnt toast. Missed my mark.

Rating: 0 glasses

Porter

Brewer: Sinebrychoff

Style: Baltic Porter

Tasting notes: (1009) A dry stout? May rate 4 glasses. (0606) Wonderful raisan and prune nose and taste. A finish something like Sam Smith Impy Stout.

Top 100: 29 December 2005 and 10 March 2007. (Not 02 January 2011.)

Rating: 5 glasses

Octoberfest

Brewer: Bells

Style: Oktoberfest


Tasting notes: (1009) On draft @ Caliente's. Some caramel malt, some toast, some hop. Easy drinking.


Rating: 4 glasses

120 Minute IPA

Brewer: Dogfish Head

Style: Double IPA

Tasting notes: (1009) A 1-yr 10-mn. old bottle. Ditto as previous review, but smoother. Ages wonderfully.

Rating: 7 glasses

Two Hearted Ale

Brewer: Bell's

Style: IPA

Tasting notes: (1008) Well constructed but a floral perfumey flavor missed my spot. May rate 3 glasses. (0810) Ditto as before. (0702) Did not hit my spot. Very floral hops. Cloves or chives.

Top 100: 29 December 2005, 10 March 2007, and 07 September 2010.

Rating: 2 glasses

Oktoberfest Beer

Brewer: Brooklyn

Style: Oktoberfest

Tasting notes: (1008) Made for drinking. Thinking about 6 glasses. (1008) A definite 5. (1008) Buttered toast. May rate 4 glasses but left the rating @ 5 because it is my favorite example of the style and something I want to buy each year. (0809) Toasty with hops to balance. Flavorful and easy drinking. I should get another 6-pack next year. Torn between a 4 and a 5 rating.

Rating: 5 glasses

Saison

Brewer: Fantôme Style: Saison Tasting notes: (1008) Quaffable and complex. A little apple up front w/ interesting sour/dry aftertaste. Though about 5 glasses. (0808) Dry apple cider w/ a musty bite @ end. Different, interesting and complex. Top 100: 29 December 2005, 10 March 2007, and 14 August 2010. Rating: 4 glasses

Oude Geuze

Brewer: Drie Fonteine

Style: Gueze

Tasting notes: (1008) A 2 yr 7 mn old bottle. Tartness is muted by oak. Hints of apple and grapefruit. Complex and quaffable. (0803) Not as tart as Girardin. More apple and smokey oak. Complex and quaffable. Upgraded from 4. (0712) Grapefruit cider. Vineous and refreshing.

Top 100: 10 March 2007 but not 29 December 2005 or 14 August 2010.

Rating: 6 glasses

Big D.I.P.A.

Brewer: Blue Mountain

Style: Double IPA

Tasting notes: (1008) On draft @ Southwinds. A great hop delivery vehicle. May rate 6 glasses.

Rating: 5 glasses

Kriek

Brewer: Oud Beersel

Style: Fruit Lambic

Tasting notes: (1008) NOT Oude Kriek. Lacks tartness and tastes of artificial sweetner.

Rating: 1 glass

Salvator

Brewer: Paulaner

Style: Doppelbock

Tasting notes: (1103) Good but lacked the sweetness and dark fruits. Downgraded from 5 glasses after drinking Old Rasputin. (1007) A delightful bottle from Jon S., sweet malty caramel with dark fruits. It is what I remembered from years ago @ Avalon.

Previous ratings: 5 glasses

Rating: 4 glasses

Old #38 Stout

Brewer: North Coast

Style: Irish Stout

Tasting notes: (1007) A bottle @ Acacia. A great example of the style - dry and crisp with chocolate and smoke undertones. May rate 4 glasses.

Rating: 3 glasses

90 Minute IPA

Brewer: Dogfish Head

Style: Double IPA

Tasting notes: (1007) On drart @ Joe's Inn. Citrous and pine and malt and complex and balanced. Upgraded from 5 glasses. (0711) A glass @ CAH. Very nice. Good hops balanced by sweet malt. Still thinking about a rating of 6. (0609) One bottle. A great beer. Complex and balanced. At first I noticed smooth citrous hops with nice malt backbone. It had a lemon flavor at the end of a taste. As it warmed, the malts came forward and it remined me of an English Barleywine. May rate a 6/8. I wonder if it "aged" sitting in my refrig for a while.

Top 100: 29 December 2005, 10 March 2007, and 14 August 2010.

Rating: 6 glasses

Keller Pils

Brewer: Tuppers

Style: Pilsner

Tasting notes: (1007) A tasty pils w/ a nice, rough, grassy hoppiness. May rate 4 glasses but I keep wanting to buy it again. A tiche pricey, however.

Comment: Brewed by contract by St. George

Rating: 5 glasses

Summer Ale

Brewer: St. George

Style: Pale Ale

Tasting notes: (1006) English style pale ale.

Rating: 2 glasses

Whiskey-Barrel Aged Gonzo

Brewer: Flying Dog

Style: Baltic Porter

Tasting notes: (1006) On tap @ Mekong. Bigger and bolder than Gonzo.

Rating: 4 glasses

Gonzo

Brewer: Flying Dog

Style: Baltic Porter

Tasting notes: (1006) On tap @ Mekong. Big and bold.

Rating: 3 glasses

Ommegang Rare Vos

Brewer: Ommegang

Style: Belgian Dark Ale

Tasting notes: (1008) On draft @ Southwinds. Eh? Not as bold as I remembered. Downgraded from 5 glasses. (Click here for a previous review.

Rating: 4 glasses

Southern Hemisphere Harvest Ale

Brewer: Sierra Nevada

Style: Pale Ale

Tasting notes: (1006) Nice hoppy pale ale. Upgraded from 3 and may rate 5. (0805) A English version of an APA? Nice. Lacks bite of the regular harvest ale.

Rating: 4 glasses

Scarlet Lady

Brewer: Stoudts

Style: ESB

Tasting notes: (1006) Roasty malts with a sour tinniness at end. May rate 2 glasses.

Rating: 3 glasses

Blue Ribbon

Brewer: Pabst

Style: Macro Lager

Tasting notes: (1006) A bottle for $1 @ Mosiac. A little corn sweetness, smooth and drinkable. Good deal for $1. Better than Bud.

Rating: 2 glasses

Sunray Wheat Ale

Brewer: Terrapin

Style: American Pale Wheat Ale

Tasting notes: (1006) 4th bottle. Liking it less. Downgraded from 3 glasses. (1005) Decent and easy drinking hefe. Lacks complexity and punch. A good substitute for a pilsner. May rate 2 glasses.

Rating: 2 glasses

Boston Lager

Brewer: Samuel Adams

Style: Vienna Lager

Tasting notes: (1012) A few bottles @ parties. Upgraded from 2 glasses. (0701) Decent

Previous rating: 2 glasses

Rating: 3 glasses

Kentucky Breakfast Stout

Brewer: Founders

Style: Imperial Stout

Tasting notes: (1012) 2nd of the 4-pack. Big sweet bourbony malt w/ touch of vanilla. Not my cup of tea and disjointed. Downgraded from 4 glasses. (1006) 1st of a 4-pack. Release was delayed in VA for label approval. A ton going on. An odd effervesent tanginess up front, chocolate, coffee, and sweet vanilla w/ a hint of bourbon. Almost quaffable. I can see why it is rated so high but am not sure if this is my cup of tea or if everything comes together well. I was also put off by the odd tanginess - it reminded me of the sensation generated by eating fruit that has started to "turn" from a salad bar. It may also need time to "stew". I'll try another bottle in the winter.

Top 100: 01 March 2007 and 13 June 2010. (But not 29 December 2005. I don't think it existed then.)

Previous ratings: 4 glasses

Rating: 3 glasses

Vinyl

Brewer: Magic Hat

Style: Red Lager

Tasting notes: (1006) A bottle @ ML's. Pleasant and easy drinking with accent on malt.

Rating: 3 glasses

Raging Bitch

Brewer: Flying Dog

Style: Belgian IPA

Tasting notes: (1006) A bottle @ ML's. Nice, hopped-up Belgian Pale Ale. May rate 4 glasses but I liked it better than Founder KBS.

Rating: 5 glasses

Golden Cap

Brewer: New Holland

Style: Saison

Tasting notes: (1005) Sweet, spicy, and effervesent.

Rating: 4 glasses

Undercover Investigator Shut-Down Ale

Brewer: Lagunitas

Style: Strong Ale

Tasting notes: (1005) A bottle @ Avalon.Sweet malt dominates with loads of hops in the background. Lagunitas calls is an Imperial Mild. I thought is was close to a good English Barleywine.

Rating: 5 glasses

Saison Rue

Brewer: Bruery

Style: Saison

Tasting notes: (1005) A bottle @ Acacia. A saison with a kick of rye and a hint of brett. May rate 5 glasses.

Rating: 4 glasses

Framboise

Brewer: Lindemans

Style: Fruit Lambic

Tasting notes: (1005) A perfect pairing w/ Mother's Day brunch. Raspberry Sweet Tart. Good w/ dessert. Upgraded from 2 glasses. (0706) Moved to 2 in new rating. Sweet and fruity but still beer. A little is nice but a good portion of 750 ml was too much. I was glad, not sad, to see the empty.

Rating: 4 glasses

Arrogant Bastard

Brewer: Stone

Style: Strong Ale

Tasting notes: (1005) On draft @ Joe's Inn. Still rough but much more mellow than I remember. Sort of like drinking cracked barley. Upgraded from 2. 0706: Moved to 2 in new rating. 602: Loads of flavor. Sort of a Barleywine with a rough taste with more hops and a bitter end taste. I much prefer SNBFBW.

Top 100: 29 December 2005. (Neither March 2007, 2009 or June 09, 2010.)

Rating: 4 glasses

Maerfant Damse

Brewer: Steenberge

Style: Tripel

Tasting notes: (1004) On draft @ Mekong. Candy sugar, apples, and a spciy finish with a tiche of hops. Pleasant, a tiche sweet, and easy drinking.

Comment: An called it "Naked Draak", I think I have the correct brew but may have the wrong name.

Rating: 5 glasses

Gulden Draak

Brewer: Steenberge

Style: Strong Belgian Dark Ale

Tasting notes: (1102) A yeasty, spicy, dubbel w/ a clove kick. Downgraded from 6 glasses. (1008) A bottle @ Joe's Inn. A clove fizzy? Thought about a downgrade. (1004) On draft @ Mekong. Yummy, complex, flavorful, and easy drinking.. Tiches of candy sugar, malt, yeast, caramel, and spicy hops. I think it tastes like a Dubbel. The brewery calls it a dark tripel. I call it good.

Previous ratings: 6 glasses

Rating: 5 glasses

Stockyard Oatmeal Stout

Brewer: Goose Island

Style: Oatmeal Stout

Tasting notes: (1005) A tiche bland. Downgraded from 4 glasses. (1004) A nice stout with pleasant light smokey chocolate touches. Great value @ $5.99/6 pack. (0904) Pleasant stout and a great value. (0711) Needs more kick. @ $5 it may be worth another try. (0701) Last of a 6 pack. Chocolate and coffee smell. (0612) Pleasant and a good value. Charcoal and sweet malt. Needs a bit more kick and a little thin.

Comments: This is a contract brew for Trader Joe's by Goose Island. I don't know if the recipe is the same as the Goose Island Oatmeal Stout.

Rating: 3 glasses

Pure Brewed Lager

Brewer: Samuel Smith

Style: Lager

Tasting notes: (1004) A bottle @ Edo Squids. Grainy.

Rating: 2 glasses

Red's Rye PA

Brewer: Founders

Style: Rye Beer

Tasting notes: (1005) Ditto w/ some sweetness @ first. (1005) Very nice. Hoppy red ale w/ a tiche of rye. Might rate 5 glasses. (1004) Nice hoppy, rye bite.

Rating: 4 glasses

Witbier

Brewer: St. Bernardus Style: Witbier Tasting notes: (1004) On draft @ Mekong. Ditto. (0703) The perfect wit - light, refreshing, yeasty, fruity, and extremely quaffable. Rating: 6 glasses

Hop-It

Brewer: Urthel

Style: Belgian IPA

Tasting notes: (1004) A bottle ordered by mistake @ Water Grill. A hopped-up Belgian Pale Ale.

Rating: 4 glasses

Saison

Brewer: Dupont

Style: Saison

Tasting notes: (1105) Complex w/ a slight perfume sourness. Dry and refreshing. Upgraded from 5 glasses. (1004) Complex and funky. Fruity @ first and dry @ end. Upgraded to 5. (0709) Complex and funky. I did not like the sour taste at end but the flavor became more appealing as I sipped. Very refreshing. Upgraded from a 1. (0606) A funky saison. I did not like the bitter, sour, ??, aftertaste.


Previous ratings: 1, 4, and 5 glasses
Rating: 6 glasses

Sparkling Ale

Brewer: Bell's

Style: Tripel

Tasting notes: (1003) On draft @ Mekong. OK. A tiche of sweet.

Rating: 3 glasses

Batch 9000

Brewer: Bell's

Style: Strong Ale

Tasting notes: (1003) On draft @ Mekong. An massive, over-the-top, and sticky sweet mixture of chocolate, molasses, and hops.

Rating: 4 glasses

Oarsman

Brewer: Bell's

Style: Berliner Weissbier

Tasting notes: (1304) A bottle @ Avalon. Ditto as before. An easy-gonig sour. Solid 4. (1003) On draft @ Mekong. Light, lemony, and flavorful. May rate 3 glasses.

Rating: 4 glasses

Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout

Brewer: Great Divide

Style: Imperial Stout

Tasting notes: (1003) On draft @ Mekong. Complex mix of roasty malt and chocolate with undertone of oak. Upgraded from 5 glasses. (0707) Sweet malt up front w/ hint of vanilla, alcohol burn, and burnt bite at end. (Too) easy drinking.

Top 100: 29 December 2005, 10 March 2007, 25 November 2008, and 24 May 2009.

Rating: 6 glasses

Saisonnière

Brewer: Urthel

Style: Saison

Tasting notes: (1008) On tap @ Mekong. Nice, easy drinking w/ an interesting dry funky finish. May rate 5 glasses.

Rating: 4 glasses