Beer: Old Thumper Brewer: Ringwood Brewery Link: http://www.ringwoodbrewery.co.uk/old_thumper.htm This beer was ~3-4 weeks ago … Taste: Slightly bitter, slightly strong. Colour: Dark, Black. Fairly clear. Likeability: It was pretty decent. Again, not exceptional, but still very good. I’ll keep it on my list for picking up if I can’t find anything else I recognize.
Beer: Maple Nut Brown Ale Brewer: Tommyknocker Link: http://www.tommyknocker.com/ourBeer.html#mapleNut Taste: A hint of maple, bust mostly just dark and smooth. I had this right after the White Rascal and Strawberry Wheat, and that was 3 weeks ago :/ Bu I remember that it had a touch of Vermont. Colour: Pretty Dark. Not black, but deep [...]
Beer: Strawberry Wheat Ale Brewer: Lancaster Brewing Link: http://www.lancasterbrewing.com/Beerinfopages/SWinfo.html Taste: The strawberry was definitely apparent. It wasn’t an overbearing taste, but it was distinct. Unfortunately, the rest of the beer was kindof watery and bitter. Colour: Pale. Blonde, perhaps. A little thicker than Corona, but generally that shade. Likeability: I hated it, personally. Took a [...]
Beer: White Rascal Brewer: Avery Brewing Link: http://www.averybrewing.com/BigBeers/docs/whiteRascal Taste: Sour. Kindof like mouthwash. Colour: Looked like cloudy lemonade. Kiir suggested perhaps a Peach Lemonade. Very pale, fairly clear. Likeability: Terrible. I couldn’t stand it for more than one sip. IBU: 10, by the site.
Beer: Butt Head Bock Brewer: Tommyknocker Brewing Link: http://www.tommyknocker.com/ourBeer.html#buttHead Taste: Rich. Full. The site says “caramel”, and I wasn’t sure of the taste but I’d say that was a reasonable descriptor. Or like Dulche de Leche (which may be caramel, I never remember for SURE ; but it’s a slightly different taste off caramel squares). [...]
Beer: Scarlet Lady Ale Brewer: Stoudt’s Brewing Link: http://www.stoudtsbeer.com/brewery_styles-flag-ship.html# [links to a single page and uses javascript to select beer] Taste: Bodied. Calm Colour: Amber. Makes sense for a “Scarlet”, frankly. It was a reasonable moderate red. It wasn’t particularly deep or faint Likeability: It was pretty decent. Not standing out from other ambers. A [...]
Beer: Root Beer Brewer: Matt Brewing Link: http://www.saranac.com/softdrinks/drinkdescription.cfm?id=4CF5CA40-A907-8ED5-B43F4B2875781A6B [site is slow with flash] Taste: Root beer-y. It tasted like a root eet. I didn’t notice anything different. Colour: Dark, brown, syrup. Likeability: Tasted basically like IBC. I liked it (I like IBC, too)
Beer: Adirondack Lager Brewer: Matt Brewery Link: http://www.saranac.com/beers/beerdescription.cfm?id=48A570A0-AD02-F6AA-6597B64627780497 [site is annoyingly busy slow with flash] Taste: A little sour. Thin. This was about 3 weeks ago, just after the disney trip, so … A little vague at this point. Colour: Blonde. Very pale, white-yellow. Likeability: For the budweiser and michelob crowd, it’s probably a really [...]
Beer: Brooklyn Lager Brewer: Brooklyn Brewery Link: http://www.brooklynbrewery.com/beer/?id=lager Taste: Lager-y. A little on the bitter side. Kindof a lager with a NY attitude. Colour: Drank from the bottle, but I recall it looked fairly pale, so I’m guessing blonde most likely, since the bottle can only darken Likeability: It wasn’t bad. I wouldn’t buy it, [...]
Beer: Punkin’ Ale Brewer: Dogfish Head Link: http://www.dogfish.com/brewings/Seasonal_Beers/Punkin_Ale/3/index.htm Taste: I wouldn’t say it went all the way to tasting like pumpkin pie. (they don’t claim it does, mind you). But it comes close. I doubt that it ACTUALLY has nutmeg in it, but you can taste and smell the pumpkin and you get the hint [...]