by Ding | Oct 18, 2014 | Beer Review, Southern Tier Brewing Company
Ding Points: 80.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 80.00, Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: Southern Tier is a real Jekyll and Hyde brewery for me, with a range of beers that I have simultaneously enjoyed (Creme Brulee and Krampus), hated (Imperial Cherry...
by Ding | Nov 24, 2013 | American DIPA, Beer Reviews, Beer Styles, Foothills Brewing
Ding Points: 76.00 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 90.00, Palate: 70.00, Mouth: 80.00, Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: I’ve known this beer for many, many years and usually I’ve enjoyed it immensely, but this is the first time I’ve had it in the bottle and seems...
by Ding | Sep 15, 2013 | Beer Reviews, Beer Styles, Berliner Weisse, Westbrook Brewing Co.
Ding Points: 70.50 Pour: 40.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 80.00, Global: 70.00 Tasting Notes: $9.99 for the 750 mL from Growlers, HHI, SC, USA. Bottled 3/29/13. Well this beer has been a long time coming. A few years ago, a few months before Westbrook had...
by Ding | Jun 9, 2013 | American Imperial Stout, Beer Reviews, Beer Styles, Westbrook Brewing Co.
Ding Points: 80.00 Pour: 80.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 80.00, Mouth: 80.00, Global: 80.00 Tasting Notes: Two separate, approx. (what looked liked) 10-12 oz pours (in undersize Duvel glasses) at The Lodge, Hilton Head Island, SC. I had heard a little about Mexican Cake...
by Ding | May 10, 2013 | Beer Reviews, Beer Styles, Beer Thoughts, Cask Ale, English Bitter, Get Off My Lawn, Real Ale, Session Beer
Ding Points: 70.00 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 70.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 70.00 Tasting Notes: I have not spoken to Bob Sandage about ‘Ding’, so I cannot comment on its origin with any degree of certainty, but here is what appears to have happened....
by Ding | Apr 14, 2013 | American DIPA, Back Forty Beer Company, Beer Reviews, Beer Styles
Ding Points: 74.50 Pour: 90.00, Nose: 80.00, Palate: 70.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 70.00 Tasting Notes: I’ve had very little exposure and experience with Back Forty beers, but when I did, I thought they were incredibly average. This is the first one that has made...
