LEFT HAND BREWING CO. - WAKE UP DEAD IMPERIAL STOUT Nice Russian imperial stout with a 10.2% ABV. Aroma has some burnt coffee, roasted malts, a little chocolate and a hint of booze. Taste is pretty much the same, coffee, chocolate, and toasted malt. Finish is a little bitter and you can definately notice the alcohol in the finish. Seems a little on the thin side. I'm kind of on the middle on this one, its not bad, but really has nothing that sets it apart. Biggest selling point is it is two to three times cheaper than a lot of beers in the same style. Decent and affordable.
GREAT RIVER BREWERY - REDBAND STOUT Smell is pretty straightforward, heavy roasted coffee, a little chocolate, and some creamy sweetness. Not a beer for me, the coffee dominates the taste, and anything else is really hard to pick up, but there is some chocolate and molasses notes. Just too much coffee for my tastes, but if you like coffee i could see this being rated a lot higher.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - HIGH HOPES Newest album from The Boss, just released on Tuesday. While i am a big Springsteen fan, not a big fan of this album. A couple new songs, but mostly just new recordings of some songs he has performed for years. The average fan might not have some of these, but the hard core fan has has most of these already. Tom Morello, of Rage Against The Machine, plays guitar on a bunch of the songs and adds a new dimension. Decent, but pretty uninspiring overall as i have copies of most of these songs already, of course, its nice to have them on an "official" release.
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