Notes on beers in the style
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This is a slightly older bottle, L1 05.2023. Unfiltered. Small gas release on opening, but the beer seems more carbonated than that might suggest. Golden orange body with some retention and lace. Nose is very herbal, and is true to the label. It's...
"Italian Red Ale". The fancy 300 ml bottle as noted here. Beeradvocate has this listed as a Herbed/Spice beer but for all intents and purposes this drinks like a light, American Red - hence my categorization. Pour is a very light copper color with...
750 mL, capped bottle from Tavour. Categorize this beer as you will, hence my three designations. Pour is a pretty, dark-red brown affair with some good tan head. Some decent lace. Nose is not the greatest, and gives a slightly artificial smell....
Odd, very odd. Lemonade like shandy start and it’s highly sweet but also very thirst quenching and drinkable. How much of it would I want? Very little, but it’s oK for 500 mL. The ginger cuts in across the aftertaste and is quite strong. A little...
As ever, interesting. 750 mL bottle, corked & caged, modest pop. High white head, fades to give slightly above average film. Some lace. Slightly malty, clean nose, not nearly as bold as I was expecting. Slightly sweet start presumably due to...
Second time having this. Mixed review of draft (1st) and this 12 oz single. Very light. lemony colored, hazed pour. Small, rocky head, medium retention some lace. Extremely light, floral, citrus nose. Not much to speak of, straining to get much at...
Pour is a, 'per the label' dark bronze color with some initially high head that fades pretty quickly. Retention is not great, and lace is essentially zero. Of course, the name is actually nothing to do with the color, rather a reference to using...
Huge shout-out to @lnashsig for the chance to crack this one. Looking forward to it immensely. Pour is a dark brown/black affair with two fingers of mocha, wispy and bubbled head. Brewed with cocoa nibs and spices. Nose offers some light acidity...
Chestnut pour from the 22 oz bottle, with a small, white head but some better than expected lace. Lots of red highlights. Looks like a solid brown ale in the glass. Sugary vanilla and cinnamon on the nose. Initial tastes repeat the light cinnamon...
BJCP Style 23 is 'Specialty Beer' which really means a dumping ground for beers that do not fit into other categories. Light, chill-hazed pour. Scant head and lace. Nose gives a really large whiff of lemon, and in that respect it smells like a...
22 oz bottle. Damnit. One of the most disappointing beers I've tasted in a LONG time. The big problem here is the level of expectation that I had, since the advertised combination of orange peel and spices sounded exactly like something I would be...
Picked up the latest of the John John series to make it to Atlanta at Green's on Ponce. 22 oz bottle. Not really excited by the first one in the series, but this one seems to offer more potential for me. Color is an attractive, slightly hazed,...
12 oz single from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. Pour is a fairly dark orange body with a fast receding head and little retention. The nose and tastes do not benefit much from the honey, but there is a distinct herbal quality to the beer which reminds...
Purchased under the US/English "Perculiar Yule" label at Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. Pour gives a solid looking, chocolate based pour with a well formed, compact off-white head. A LOT of sediment is transfered on the first pour. Settles nicely....
Exciting times as I ran into this, the latest marketing ploy from AB at the Irish Bred Pub in Douglasville, GA, USA! Pour reveals a "dead" looking beer with less than an sixteenth of an inch of white head on top of a cloudy, butterscotch colored...
12oz bottle. Absolutely delighted to get a chance to try this after my own bottle fell out of the DBF and smashed on to the floor at the time the patriot four-pack was original released. Didn't think I would ever see this again, but thanks to a...
750 mL capped bottle from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. Very different label to the one pictured in the BA db. Notched as being best before May 2009. Mild fizz on opening. Poured into the Gouden Carolus chalice, the beer is a hazed, bright yellow and...
500 mL bottle that came from Green's, Ponce, Atlanta, GA, USA. I actually bought this fro a trade that for one reason or another, fell through. Cost somewhere between $15 and $20 from memory - EXPENSIVE! TAP: 140208; MHT 110210 Hazed copper body...
A slightly pinkish orange pour that gives he impression of a squeezed blood red grapefruit. A little murky. The head has a similarly light pink tinge. Head is short lived and there is not much lace to speak of. Aroma and tastes are fruit based...
Extremely surprised to come across this at The Beer Exchange in Charleston, SC, USA. $2.49 as a 12 oz single. There is a smudged, inky, dot matrixed Best Before date on the label but it is unreadable. This appears to be a pretty rare find, but...
750 mL bottle with a Deus type shape and a huge dimpled bottom. $9.99 from Green's on Buford. Very attractive presentation. Poured into the Brasseries de l'Abbaye des Rocs chalice, there is nice clarity on the the amber pour with some decent...
$4.49, 12 oz stubbie from Arbor Place Beverage, Douglasville, GA, USA. Part of the relatively recent influx of craft beer after the new ownership at Arbor Place. Insane carbonation - off the charts for most beers, but for the style utterly...
On tap at Taco Mac, Marietta, GA, USA. $5.30 for the dubious pleasure of this beer. Just reached GA in the last few days. Butter colored beer that literally looks like melted butter! "Unfiltered" doesn't do this beer justice. It reminds me of the...
12 oz single, Tower on Buford, Atlanta, GA, USA. I have no idea what Wattle seeds are, but this seems to work very well. Lovely amber clarity on the pour. Some carbonation - it's a shame that the head and lace are so poor. Definitely marked down...
Additional notes 09/04/24 I haven't seen this in YEARS. We used to get quite a bit of Baladin stuff here, but no longer as the devastation of imports has continued. This time a much younger bottle than previously (I think), and in the smaller...
Taco Mac on the East West Connector, Austell, Atlanta, GA, USA. 12 oz bottle. Dated what looked like 08/28/05 but it was smudged. Almost certainly past its best. Essentially this is an American Pale Ale with a splash of ginger flavoring in it. Very...
750 mL bottle, approx. $11.99 at Shopper's Village, High St, Lexington, KY, USA. (The pictured bottle is an oxidized, undrinkable one that I opened in 2023, and that was purchased as a shelf-turd in 2022 in Indianapolis). Well, here we go with...
Bizarre and unique to say the least. Hazed orange pour with a good head and some nice lacing. Frankly this looks pretty good. After that, well, it's a bit of a mess. Mint and more profoundly very strong medicinal tones in the nose and taste. These...
Cloudy yellow pour with a good head and some lacing. Decent carbonation leads to a nice appearance. Pleasing hoppy bitterness that seemed balanced (unusually so for Rogue) with only a hint of the herbal/spice that the Juniper is presumably supposed...
Very interesting. Strikes an unusual balance between a Tripel and a Dubbel for me, with the honey definitely giving the Tripel sweetness, but whatever spices are present creating an interesting, darker feel. Dubbel like appearance, dark brown and a...
Oh my gosh, what is this? Beer? Having resisted since its "birth" I finally tried this concoction. Wished I had continued to resist, you'd think I would know better by now, but ho-hum. US$ 3.00 in a seedy sports bar in West Georgia, USA. Pour is...
Leave it to a progressive brewery like DFH to produce this kind of beer. A golden pour, but with zero lacing and a scant head. If I had to summarize this I would describe it as a malt liquor with honey added. As unattractive as that may sound this...
Generally I like to be encouraging of brewers that try different things, as from time to time they can produce some really nice "off the wall" experiements. I don't think that this was one of those winners. Plenty of ginger in the nose and a little...
Label describes this as a medium-bodied Porter but I don't see it in that light at all - far too light. Definite garnet color in the pour with a light and fluffy head. Not much lacing to speak of. I'm afraid I simply didn't get any strong cinnamon,...