Beer Review: Sixpoint Craft Ales, Bengali Tiger
Ding Points: 75.50 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 70.00 Tasting Notes: Had this a couple of weeks ago at The Capital Ale House in Richmond, VA and when I opened that...
Beer Review: Unibroue, 17, Grand Réserve
Ding Points: 91.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 100.00, Mouth: 90.00, Global: 90.00 Tasting Notes: Bottled in 2011, No. 2011-100254, best before 12-12-2016. Parchment like label, information on...
Beer Review: Sixpoint Craft Ales, Sweet Action
Ding Points: 62.50 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 60.00, Palate: 60.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 60.00 Tasting Notes: 16 oz can from The Foodery, Northern Suburbs in Philadelphia, PA. Bought this along with the...
Beer Review: Green Flash Brewing Co., Summer Saison
Ding Points: 86.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 90.00, Mouth: 80.00, Global: 90.00 Tasting Notes: 22 oz bottle. Lemon, hazed pour with a minimal head. Nose and tastes have more hoppy bitterness...
Beer Review: Sam Adams Longshot Cat. 23, Friar Hop Ale
Ding Points: 64.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 60.00, Palate: 60.00, Mouth:, 70.00, Global: 60.00 Tasting Notes: BJCP Style 23 is 'Specialty Beer' which really means a dumping ground for beers that do not...
Beer Review: Weisses Bräuhaus G. Schneider & Sohn, TAP X Mein Nelson Sauvin
Ding Points: 70.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 60.00, Palate: 70.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 70.00 Tasting Notes: It's an attractive presentation in the dimpled, very heavy, olive green bottle, and at $16.99 I...
Beer Review: Unita Brewing Company, Hop Notch IPA
Ding Points: 70.00 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 70.00, Mouth 70.00:, Global: 70.00 Tasting Notes: Pretty standard all-American IPA here. Reviewed from the bottle, but notes from at least one...
Beer Review: SKA Brewing Co., Euphoria Pale Ale
Ding Points: 63.00 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 60.00, Mouth: 60.00, Global: 60.00 Tasting Notes: From the 12 oz can, the beer pours a lot darker than I was anticipating with a quite...
Beer Review: Mactarnahan’s Brewing Co., Spine Tingler
Ding Points: 68.50 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 60.00, Palate: 70.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 70.00 Tasting Notes: OK, an American brewed, Belgian Tripel, from a brewery with Scottish connections? We'll see!...
Beer Review: Sam Adams, Cinder Bock Rauch Bock
Ding Points: 69.50 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 70.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 60.00 Tasting Notes: In a nutshell, I think it's worth saying that if a hybrid beer should taste like a combination...
Beer Review: Sam Adams, Thirteenth Hour
Ding Points: 55.00 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 60.00, Palate: 50.00, Mouth: 60.00, Global: 50.00 Tasting Notes In the impressive, corked & caged bottle. Part of the Barrel Room Collection. Jet black with...
Beer Review: Wild Heaven Craft Beers, Let There Be Light
Ding Points: 60.00 Pour: 60.00, Nose: 60.00, Palate: 60.00, Mouth: 60.00, Global: 60.00 Tasting Notes I think that Wild Heaven are a bit confused with their marketing, and no I'm not only talking...
Beer Review: Thornbridge, Bracia
Ding Points: 55.50 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 40.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 50.00 Tasting Notes: Bottled Winter 2010, best before 12.14. A beer from their Thornbridge 'Hall' series. Black...
Beer Review: Kona Brewing Co., Koko Brown
Ding Points: 70.00 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 70.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 70.00 Tasting Notes On-tap at Deckard's. Rich, brown body, off white head, decent lace. Fades to a slightly...
Beer Review: Dogfish Head, Noble Rot
Ding Points: 83.00 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 90.00, Palate: 90.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: It's strange how coincidence works out sometimes. I had heard about the new, embossed and...
Beer Review: Sweetwater Brewing Co., Dank Tank 420 India Pale Ale
Ding Points: 81.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 90.00 Tasting Notes. OK, so I suppose this setting out to be a combination of 420 and IPA, merged for the latest in...
Beer Review: Cains, Cains Finest Bitter
Ding Points: 71.50 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 70.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 70.00 Tasting Notes: Having had this from the can several months ago, I wanted to refrain from reviewing it until I...
Beer Review: Wild Heaven Craft Beers, Eschaton
Ding Points: 63.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 60.00, Palate: 60.00, Mouth: 60.00, Global: 60.00 Tasting Notes: 32 oz growler from The Beer Growler in Avondale Estates, GA, USA. I was delighted that the...
Beer Review: Jailhouse Brewing Co., Hop Riot
Ding Points: 73.00 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 90.00, Palate: 70.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 70.00 Tasting Notes: Surprised to find this at Hop City on Friday. I didn't even realize this was coming out as the...
Beer Review: The Caledonian Brewing Co. Ltd., (Newcastle) Founders’ Ale
Ding Points: 80.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 80.00, Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: This is the third or fourth time I have this in the last couple of weeks, a few times on draft...
Beer Review: Boulevard Brewing Co., Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale
Ding Points: 95.50 Pour: 100.00, Nose: 90.00, Palate: 100.00, Mouth: 90.00, Global: 90.00 Tasting Notes: Part of the usually tremendous, Smokestack Series, the beer pours with a magnificent, bright,...
Beer Review: Brewery Ommegang, Seduction
Ding Points: 87.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 90.00, Mouth: 90.00, Global: 90.00 Tasting Notes: Dark brown (close to black) pour with a modest, pitted, light beige colored head. Lace is...
Beer Review: Monday Night Brewing, Eye Patch Ale
Ding Points: 80.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 80.00 , Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: I wrote these original notes on August 11th, 2011. It's my understanding that the Monday Night...
Beer Review: Dogfish Head, ta henket
Ding Points: 80.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 80.00, Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: 750 mL bottle, $10.99 from Mac's, Atlanta, GA, USA. I don't think a huge amount of this came to...
Beer Review: Good People Brewing Company, IPA
Ding Points: 71.50 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 70.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 70.00 Tasting Notes: Good People - Legally Brewed since 2008. Reviewed from the 12 oz can that came from Vulcan...
Beer Review: Krombacher Braueri, Krombacher Pils
Ding Points: 60.00 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 50.00, Taste: 60.00, Mouth: 60.00, Global: 60.00 Tasting Notes: Nice high, rocky head. Retention not great but some lace. 11.2 oz bottle as a single from Mac's...
Beer Review: The Caledonian Brewing Co. Ltd., (Newcastle) Winter IPA
Ding Points: 80.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 80.00, Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: Mid-amber pour with pretty good clarity. Smallish white head without much retention or lace....
Beer Review: Samuel Adams (BBC) Weinhenstephaner, Infinium (2011)
Ding Points: 68.50 Pour: 90.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 70.00, Mouth: 50.00, Global: 50.00 Tasting Notes: Having had this last year at Thanksgiving and been lukewarm on it, I thought I would try it...
Beer Review: Sprecher Brewing Co. Inc., Abbey Triple
Ding Points: 80.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 80.00, Taste: 80.00, Mouth: 80.00 Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: 12 oz single from Highland Beverage, Birmingham, AL, USA. $2.19. I simply really, really enjoy...
Beer Review: Clown Shoes, Tramp Stamp
Ding Points: 61.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 50.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 50.00 Tasting Notes: So, thanks to some more shenanigans related to distribution, Total Wine in GA gets in a bunch...
Beer Review: The Bruery (with Dogfish Head), Faster, Bigger, Better, Bolder (Collaboration Series)
Ding Points: 88.50 Pour: 90.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 90.00, Mouth: 90.00, Global: 90.00 Tasting Notes: The first thought was, whoops this is an expensive beer for a lager shandy, but luckily that...
Beer Review: Crown Valley Brewing, Oktoberfest
Ding Points: 83.00 Pour: 90.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 90.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: Surely the final Octoberfest of the 2011 season - surely? 12 oz single from Hop City, Atlanta,...
Beer Review: The Bruery, 4 Calling Birds
Ding Points: 87.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 90.00, Mouth: 90.00, Global: 90.00 Tasting Notes: OK, here we are with a beer that I've been looking forward to for some time. Definitely a beer...
Beer Review: Moylan’s Brewery, White Christmas Spiced Winter Lager
Ding Points: 47.50 Pour: 50.00, Nose: 60.00:, Palate: 40.00, Mouth: 50.00, Global: 50.00 Tasting Notes: Damnit. One of the most disappointing beers I've tasted in a LONG time. The big problem here...
Beer Review: Samuel Adams (BBC), New World Tripel (Barrel Room Collection)
Ding Points: 87.00 Pour: 100.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 90.00, Mouth: 80.00, Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: Never thought I would see this on shelves in GA. Love the presentation in the corked and...
Beer Review: Bridgeport Brewing Co., Summer Squeeze
Ding Points: 71.50 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 70.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 70.00 Tasting Notes: I'm a big fan of lemongrass in all kinds of contexts and beer is no exception. I like the...
Beer Review: Ridgeway Brewing, Reindeer Droppings
Ding Points: 76.50 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 80.00, Global: 70.00 Tasting Notes: Very hazy, orange pour. Very nice, bubbly head that offers plenty of sticky lace with very good...
Beer Review: Jailhouse Brewing Co., Misdemeanor
Ding Points: 86.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 90.00, Mouth: 80.00, Global: 90.00 Tasting Notes: Bought a growler of this a few weeks ago but left it in my brother-in-laws fridge by mistake....
Beer Review: Stone Brewing Co., Vertical Epic 11.11.11
Ding Points: 64.00 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 60.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 60.00 Tasting Notes: Every time that I pick up a VE bottle I am annoyed by the fact that the series is not a...
Beer Review: Jailhouse Brewing Co., Witness Protection
Ding Points: 70.00 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 70.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 70.00 Tasting Notes: On tap at Taco Mac, Metropolis, Atlanta, GA, USA. $6.00 for 16 oz. Solid black pour with a...
Beer Review: Jailhouse Brewing Co., Insanity Plea Ale
Ding Points: 68.00 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 70.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 60.00 Tasting Notes: More Jailhouse goodness? I hope so. Not sure if 'plea ale' is a play on words (pale ale), but...
Beer Review: Lagunitas, Lagunitas Sucks Holiday Ale
Ding Points: 63.00 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 60.00, Mouth: 60.00, Global: 60.00 Tasting Notes: Pours with a slightly washed out, pale gold color with some haziness but not chill haze. A...
Beer Review: Thomas Creek Brewery LLC., Banana Split Chocolate Stout
Ding Points: 60.00 Pour: 60.00, Nose: 60.00, Palate: 60.0, Mouth: 60.00, Global: 60.00 Tasting Notes: $10.99 from Arbor Place Beverage for the 750 mL, (plastic, yuck!) corked, (crappily) caged...
Beer Review: Terrapin Beer Co., So Fresh & So Green, Green 2011 (Challenger)
Ding Points: 80.00 Pour: 90.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 80.00, Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: Single hop beers (or even multi-hop beers that are dominated by only one hop) are OK, IF the...
Beer Review: Thomas Creek Brewery LLC., Octoberfest Lager
Ding Points: 70.50 Pour: 90.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 60.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 70.00 Tasting Notes: My oh my, Thomas Creek is a strange brewer. On the whole I have found their beers to be largely...
Beer Review: North Coast Brewing Co., Grand Cru
Ding Points: 73.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 70.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 70.00 Tasting Notes: Very heavy, thick 500 mL bottle with a large dimpled bottom. Must add significantly to the...
Beer Review: Innis & Gunn, Winter Beer 2011
Ding Points: 81.50 Pour: 90.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 80.00, Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: 11.2 oz, clear bottle. 111201936 bottle dot-matrixed in black on the lip of the bottle -...
Beer Review: Rogue Ales, Good Chit Pilsner (Chatoe Rogue First Growth Series)
Ding Points: 87.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 90.00, Mouth: 90.00, Global: 90.00 Tasting Notes: Another in the First Growth series. 650 mL bottle in the usual, First Growth/Chatoe Rogue...
Beer Review: Founders Brewing Co., Blushing Monk 2011
Ding Points: 81.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 90.00, Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: Pour is a black-cherry colored affair with a bright pink head. Obviously not much retention or...
Beer Review: Dogfish Head, Faithfull Ale (Pearl Jam Twenty)
Ding Points: 61.50 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 60.00, Palate: 60.00, Mouth: 60.00, Global: 60.00 Tasting Notes: Paid about $12 for the 750 mL bottle from Macs in Midtown Atlanta, GA, USA. Yellow,...
Beer Review: Brooklyn Brewery, The Companion
Ding Points: 64.00 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 60.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 60.00 Tasting Notes: Not too often one sees a wheatwine so it's always a beer that I'm interested in. Some fairly...
Beer Review: New Glarus Brewing Co., Uff-da Bock
Ding Points: 70.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 60.00, Palate: 70.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 70.00 Tasting Notes: 12 oz bottle form Kevin - thanks, man! Dark chestnut pour, quite close to black. BIG, ice-cream...
Beer Review: Sweetwater Brewing Co., Fresh Sticky Nugs (Fresh Dry Hopped Double Red Ale)
Ding Points: 91.50 Pour: 90.00, Nose: 100.00, Palate: 90.00, Mouth: 90.00, Global: 90.00 Tasting Notes: 22 oz bottle, the latest in the Dank Tank series, this time with a red, yellow and green...
Beer Review: Jailhouse Brewing Co., Community Service
Ding Points: 70.00 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 70.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 70.00 Tasting Notes: Jailhouse's collaboration with O'Dempsey's and that makes me a little nervous because it brings...
Beer Review: Anchor Brewing Co., Brekle’s Brown
Ding Points: 72.00 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 70.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: The highly recognizable, 'Anchor shaped', 22 oz bottle that reminds me of their 'Small Beer'...
Beer Review: Port Brewing, Older Viscosity
Ding Points: 87.50 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 90.00, Palate: 90.00, Mouth: 80.00, Global: 90.00 Tasting Notes: 12.7 fl oz corked and caged bottle. Vintage 2011, dot-matrixed on the neck. Even though this...
Beer Review: New Belgium, Lips of Faith Series – Clutch
Ding Points: 80.50 Pour: 90.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: Mmmm, interesting. A sour stout rather than a 'sour dark' - I guess I should have researched...
Beer Review: Abita Brewing Co., 25th Anniversary Vanilla Doubledog
Ding Points: 70.00 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 70.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 70.00 Tasting Notes: Chestnut body with a good, light coffee colored head on an aggressive pour. This fades fairly...
Beer Review: Birra del Borgo, My Antonia (Italian version)
Ding Points: 73.50 Pour: 90.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 70.00, Mouth: 60.00, Global: 70.00 Tasting Notes: 12.7 oz bottle, 7.5% ABV. Not any easy bottle to get into with medium thick, black foil and a...
Beer Review: Brasserie La Botteresse de Sur-Les-Bois, Brune
Ding Points: 98.50 Pour: 100.00, Nose: 90.00, Palate: 100.00, Mouth: 100.00, Global: 100.00 Tasting Notes: This beer did something for me that happens pretty infrequently these days - it really...
Beer Review: Shmaltz Brewing Company, Genesis 15:15 Barrel Aged Harvest Barleywine Ale
Ding Points: 86.50 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 90.00, Palate: 90.00, Mouth: 90.00, Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: Batch 001, 791 cases, bottling date 9/7/2011 all noted in detail on the neck label. 22oz bottle...
Beer Review: New Belgium, (Lips of Faith) Kick
Ding Points: 88.50 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 90.00, Palate: 90.00, Mouth: 90.00, Global: 90.00 Tasting Notes: More beer in the Lips of Faith Series. This one brewed in association with Elysian, it's a...
Beer Review: Terrapin Beer Co. & Left Hand Brewing, Peaotch (Midnight Project Collaboration #4)
Ding Points: 58.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 60.00, Palate: 50.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 50.00 Tasting Notes: The latest in the Midnight Project Series (brew four) from the Left Hand and Terrapin...
Beer Review: Fort Collins Brewery, Hellesbock
Ding Points: 78.50 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 80.00, Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: 22 oz beer purchased from Arbor Place Beverage in Douglasville, GA, USA for $5.99 where I know...
Cellar Notes – Allagash Victoria and Victor
In the last few days I pulled both an Allagash Victoria and a Victor from the cellar; both were purchased fresh in August of 2008. Here's a quick note on what I found with these vintages. I cellared...
Beer Review: Full Sail Brewery, Sanctuary
Ding Points: 88.50 Pour: 90.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 90.00, Mouth: 90.00, Global: 90.00 Tasting Notes It never ceases to amaze me, how a fairly limited set of ingredients, plus the brewing process...
Sierra Nevada & Dogfish Head, Life and Limb 2
Ding Points: 72.50 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 70.00, Mouth: 80.00, Global: 70.00 Tasting Notes I wasn't crazy about the original Life & Limb, which of course came with plenty of hype, but...
Beer Review: Vanberg & Dewulf (De Troch), Lambrucha
Ding Points: 77.50 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: An interesting one since this appears to be a beer that is blended in Belgium (at De Troch) for...
Beer Review: Stone Brewing Co., Escondidian Imperial Black IPA
Ding Points: 50.50 Pour: 90.00, Nose: 40.00, Palate: 40.00, Mouth: 50.00, Global: 50.00 Tasting Notes: Classic Stone presentation. Screen printed bottle with usual Stone nonsense on the back. August...
Beer Review: Brasserie Beck (Brouwerij De Musketiers), Antigoon
Ding Points: 67.00 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 70.00, Mouth: 60.00, Global: 60.00 Tasting Notes: The label shows a giant with a severed arm and lot of theatrical blood. OK, whatever, but the...
Beer Review: Full Sail, Elevation
Ding Points: 75.50 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 60.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 80.00, Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: The 22 oz bottle is adorned with a bright orange label which seems appropriate for the...
Beer Review: Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck N.V., Brigand
Ding Points: 43.00 Pour: 50.00, Nose: 50.00, Palate: 40.00, Mouth: 40.00, Global: 40.00 Tasting Notes: Stubby, 11.2 fl oz bottle with an attractive sky blue colored cap. Label says 'Bottled on...
Beer Review: Shmaltz & Terrapin Beer Co., (A Beer For Hope) Reunion Ale ’11
Ding Points: 73.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 70.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 70.00 Tasting Notes: Another beer in the charitable, reunion series. 22 oz bottle. A 'Dark Imperial Ale' whatever...
Beer Review: Monday Night Brewing, Drafty Kilt
Ding Points: 87.50 Pour: 90.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 90.00, Mouth: 80.00, Global: 90.00 Tasting Notes: Poured from the Hop City growler it is a beautiful, brown garnet look with a creamy looking,...
Beer Review: De Proef Brouwerij, Broederlijke Liefde Saison Ale
Ding Points: 80.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 80.00, Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: 750 mL, (plastic, meh) corked & caged bottle in the usual Brewmaster's Collaboration Series...
Beer Review: The Fort Collins Brewery, The Incredible Hop (Imperial India Style Wheat Ale)
Ding Points: 80.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 80.00, Global 80.00 Tasting Notes: Surprisingly clarity on the pour (given the Imperial India Style Wheat Ale moniker - whatever...
Beer Review: Cricket Hill Brewing Company Inc., East Coast Lager
Ding Points: 61.50 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 50.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 60.00 Tasting Notes: Oh look, a REAL session beer (if the 4.0% ABV is to be believed!). Massive carbonation on the...
Beer Review: Brouwerij Liefmans, Fruitesse
Ding Points: 64.00 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 60.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 60.00 Tasting Notes: Medium thickness on the matt, black foil reveals a corked & caged bottle. Pop on opening...
Beer Review: Shipyard Brewing Co., Smashed Blueberry
Ding Points: 90.00 Pour: 90.00, Nose: 90.00, Palate: 90.00, Mouth: 90.00, Global: 90.00 Tasting Notes: 22 oz bottle, somewhere between $7.99 and $8.99 in most Atlanta retailers. The gold foil and...
Beer Review: SKA Brewing Co., True Blonde Dubbel
Ding Points: 80.50 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 90.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: SKA is perhaps the American brewery I would most like to see available in Georgia. Over the...
Beer Review: Smuttynose Brewing Co., Homunculus
Ding Points: 77.50 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: Characterized on the label as 'A Belgian Style Golden Ale', and by other sources as a 'Belgian...
Beer Review: Red Brick Brewing, Dog Days Ale
Ding points: 52.50 Pour: 60.00, Nose: 50.00, Palate: 50.00, Mouth: 60.00, Global 50.00 Tasting Notes: I am reliably informed that this beer is essentially the same recipe as the 2010 Summer Ale that...
Beer Review: Boulevard Brewing Co., Long Strange Tripel
Ding Points: 92.50 Pour: 90, Nose: 80, Palate: 100, Mouth: 90, Global: 90 Tasting Notes: A beer, which on the one or two other occasions I have drunk it, I enjoyed it so much that I never got around...
Beer Review: Three Floyds Brewing, Apocalypse Cow
Ding Points: 83.50 Pour: 90.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 80.00, Global: 90.00 Tasting Notes: 22 oz bottle from Binny's in Clybourn, Chicago, IL. $11.99 (I think). Pour is a very...
Beer Review: New Belgium Brewing, Somersault
Ding Points: 76.50 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 80.00, Global: 70.00 Tasting Notes: 12 oz single from Mac's, Atlanta, GA as part of their mixed sixer. The second time I've had...
Beer Review: Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Best of Beer Camp #37 – Weizenbock
Ding Points: 88.50 Pour: 90.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 90.00, Mouth: 90.00, Global: 90.00 Tasting Notes: Had you asked me in advance of tasting any of the Best of Beer Camp Beers, I would have...
Beer Review: Moylan’s, Extra Special Bitter Ale
Ding Points: 80.00 Pour: 80, Nose: 80, Palate: 80, Mouth: 80, Global: 80 Tasting Notes: Every time I see an American brewed beer with the ESB moniker, my heart sinks. On nearly every occasion that I...
Beer Review: 21st. Amendment Brewery, Hell or High Watermelon
Ding Points: 50.50 Pour: 60.00, Nose: 50.00, Palate: 50.00, Mouth: 40.00, Global: 50.00 Tasting Notes: 12 oz can as a single from Mac's. New style can with different colors from the first time I had...
The ‘Grand Pooh-Bah’ is dead! Long live the ‘Ding’!
I wanted to draw a line under my beeradvocate.com experience once and for all, but couldn't realistically do that to my own satisfaction until I had collected all of the reviews that I had...
Beer Review: Avery Brewing Co., Eighteen
Ding Points: 74.00 Pour: 70.00, Nose; 70.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 70.00 Tasting Notes: If the truth be known I'm really not a big fan of the bitter, grating unrelenting tastes that...
Beer Review: Weyerbacher Brewing Co., Sixteen
Ding Points: 81.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 90.00, Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: Obviously a relatively unusual style, especially in the form of an anniversary beer, but...
Beer Review: Lost Abbey/Port Brewing Co., Red Poppy Ale 2011
Ding Points: 78.00 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 90.00, Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: 12.7 oz bottle that is REALLY heavy. Very thick glass on this one. Annoyingly hard to remove...
Beer Review: Heavy Seas/Clipper City Brewing Co., Letter of Marque 2011
Ding Points: 76.00 Pour: 70, Nose: 80, Palate: 70, Mouth: 70, Global: 80 Tasting Notes: If the truth be known, over the years I have found the Mutiny Series a pretty average collection of beers, and...
Beer Review: Red Brick Brewing, Double IPA
Ding Points: 64.00 Pour: 80, Nose: 60, Palate: 60, Mouth: 70, Global 60 Tasting Notes: God bless 'em, Red Brick (aka Atlanta Brewing Co.) just CANNOT get their packaging right! Despite a whole bunch...
Beer Review: Lost Abbey/Port Brewing, Anniversary Beer
Ding Points: 81.50 Pour: 90, Nose: 80, Palate: 80, Feel: 80, Global 80 Tasting Notes: 22 oz bottle, $7.99 form Smyrna World of Beverage, Smyrna, GA, USA. Bottled on 5/5/11 with an additional...
Beer Review: Brasserie De Saint Sylvestre, Gavroche French Red Ale
Ding Points: 79.50 Pour: 70, Nose: 80, Palate: 80, Feel: 90, Global: 80 I'm fairly sure that this is a bottle with a significant amount of age on it, but at the same time I'm pretty confident that...
Beer Review: Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., The Best of Beer Camp #8 California Common
Ding Points = 80.00 Pour: 80, Nose: 80, Palate: 80, Feel: 80, Global: 80 Tasting Notes: My first of the Beer Camp Series. Picked this up at Mac's in Atlanta, along with two of the three others from...
Beer Review: Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner Ruby Redbird
Ding Points = 72.00 Pour: 50, Nose: 70, Palate: 80, Feel: 80, Global: 70 Tasting Notes: OK, the cap for this beer has "The Perfect Summer Beer" emblazoned across it so it is certainly not afraid to...
Beer Review: Sweetwater Brewing Company, Waterkeeper hefeweizen ale
Ding Points = 73.50 Pour: 70, Nose: 80, Palate: 70, Feel: 70, Global: 80 Tasting Notes: Another 22 oz, one-off (presumably) offering from the Sweetwater Brewing Co., that for my money have eclipsed...
Beer Review: Stevens Point Brewery, Burly Brown
Ding Points = 60.00 Pour: 60, Nose: 60, Palate: 60, Feel: 60, Global: 60 Tasting Notes: Not a brewery that generally sets the pulse running, but I'm always open to trying the next beer from any...