Jai Alai IPA-Cigar City Brewing Guess where we were this weekend. This was the specialty brew served at the wedding reception we attended and appeared to be a pretty popular selection. Poured a slightly cloudy golden yellow with a generous head and mostly piney, resinous hop presence with more than...

Happy Birthday, Mrs. DD!!

devildeac wrote:New avatar test.

Forgot link:

http://www.foundersbrewing.com/the-line ... on-old-ale

Great avatar and one of my all time favorite beers..

Pliney the Elder (draft)-Russian River Brewing Brewer's notes: Pliny the Elder was a Roman naturalist, scholar, historian, traveler, officer, and writer. Although not considered his most important work, Pliny and his contemporaries created the botanical name for hops, "Lupus salictarius", meaning w...

120 Minute IPA 2007 release-Dogfish Head Consumed and reviewed in honor of our outstanding 120 minute performance in the ACCT in mid March :D. Another "anniversary" brew for CTN anniversary week :D . Once again, I have difficulty reviewing this as a beer because it is such a unique concoction. I be...

This troubles me greatly http://chicagobreakingbusiness.com/2011/03/anheuser-busch-inbev-to-take-over-goose-island.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter I don't drink a ton of Goose Island products but Bourbon County Stout is in my top 3 if not number 1 on my list or favorite beers..While I...

Sierra Nevada/Ovila Abbey Ale..Very cool project..Here is the description with my review below.. "Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. announced a partnership with the Trappist-Cistercian Abbey of New Clairvaux to create the only authentic Trappist-style Abbey ales in A In 2011, Sierra Nevada and the Trappist-...

Firestone Walker Abacus--Firestone Walker typically hasn't distributed in this area though they have brought a few of their special beers into MA for a big beerfest up here. Several were priced higher than I was willing to pay but I did manage to grab their double IPA (Double Jack) which I've yet to...

Stone Highway 78 Scotch Ale--Another Scotch Ale..this one a collaboration between Stone, Green Flash, and Port Brewing. Pours a thin but deep reddish brown. Some typically sweet caramel malts and molasses up front which quickly give way to a nice smokey bite. Dark chocolate, roasted coffee, and some...

Sam Adams Wee Heavy--This is the newest SA imperial series brew and it may be the best of the bunch in my opinion. Wee Heavies and Scotch Ales tend to be hit or miss for me. This one pours a deep carmel brown with a nice light head. Very malty but fairly complex with a nice balance of smokiness and ...

Samichlaus-2004-Castle Brewery Eggenberg I can't believe I still had a bottle of this. It ended up being all I expected and more. It most closely resembles a double bock but really should be called an imperial double bock with its higher octane. The pour is slightly cloudy (it has been in a bottle ...

CameronBornAndBred wrote:I bought the new sixer of SA's award winners tonight..Longshot 23...they are all good. 2 of 3 were women. Great Ghosts of Lavabe.

haven't seen that up here yet..what are the styles?

Weyerbacher Heresy--It's been a few years since I've had this beer which is a barrel aged version of their Old Heathen Stout. In the past, I've only seen it in bombers but I managed to find a 4 pack of 12oz bottles. Pours black...Body is a bit thin for an imperial stout but still nice and rich. Lots...

Page 2 :-o Port Brewing Mongo--A new year round IPA/IIPA by a great brewery. Pours a somewhat cloudy golden yellow. Huge hop bomb like biting into a grapefruit. Big citrus flavors with also some drier piney hops. A bit of sweeter malts for balance but overall a very hop forward brew. Harsh and lasti...

Troegs Nugget Nectar--I may have reviewed this previously but its back in stock around here and had to do a quick plug again. An imperial amber that pours a nice clean orange/red. An incredibly well balanced beer with lots of bitter pine and citrus hops tempered by some sweet caramel malts. Nice dry...

Old Horizontal-Victory Brewing (2009) One of their seasonals, this is a barleywine they have brewed for a decade, I'd guess. Ruby-brown in color and massive amounts of caramel and dark malts with the requisite ton of hops for a potent floral nose and syrupy sweetness. It was a bit cloudy after 2 ye...

Didn't want bluebeer to miss this from the Milestones thread: Bells Batch 10,000 Ale-Bells Brewing I think I read and interpreted the brewer's notes correctly and ascertained that this was made from 100 malts and other fermentables and 60 hop varieties added throughout the brewing process. This was...

Hoppe-Southern Tier Brewing Another first here with an imperial extra pale ale, this time a trader from CB&B after his Christmas trip to Blacksburg. This appears to be a fairly simple brew with 2 malts, pale and wheat, and 2 hops, Columbus and Amarillo. So, with the wheat malt, there is a bit of or...

Happy Ending-Sweetwater Brewing :duke: 79 :poo: 73 Beer review tomorrow. My legs are still shaking and my fingers and arms still trembling. What a perfect name for last night..I was nowhere that creative though I did crack open a bottle of Sierra/DFH Life and Limb that has been sitting patiently in...

Sexual Chocolate-Foothills Brewing A grand slam brew or hitting for the cycle. This imperial stout has become somewhat legendary in its several year existence and the pint yesterday afternoon at Tyler's Taproom prior to the NCSU game lived up to its reputation and more. The pour is nearly black and...