Archive for November, 2007

Highland Brewing Oatmeal Porter

Beer: Oatmeal Porter Brewer: Highland Brewing Link: http://www.highlandbrewing.com/beerstyles.htm Taste: Thick, heavy, strong. Oatsy. Not much bite, but distinctive. Colour: Black. Cloudy, Opaque. Likeability: I liked it. Certainly on my list to pick it up again next time I’m at the in-laws lakehouse. IBU: 32 by the site. I think IBUs go down as the bitterness [...]

Wychwood Hobgoblin

Beer: Hobgoblin Brewer: Wychwood Brewery Link: http://www.wychwood.co.uk/beers.htm Taste: Slightly bitter. Strong. Colour: Dark, murky. Dark Chocolate but still visible Likeability: I really liked it. Got it at my in-laws lakehouse. Thanksgiving her dad, siblings, and cousins bought a bunch of really pale beers. coronas, tequiza, pale ales. given that I’ve shown a strong tendency to [...]

Ringwood Old Thumper

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.

Tommyknocker Maple Nut Brown

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 [...]

Lancaster Strawberry Wheat Ale

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 [...]

Avery White Rascal

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.

Tommyknocker Butthead

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). [...]

Stoudt Scarlet Lady Ale

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 [...]

Saranac Root Beer

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)

Saranac Adirondack Lager

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 [...]