Thursday, April 30, 2015

#877

SIERRA NEVADA BREWING CO. - 2015 Harvest Single Hop IPA Idaho 7

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

#876

DOGFISH HEAD BREWERY - Chateau Jiahu        Another interesting offering from Dogfish. "Ale brewed with honey and hawthorn fruit and fermented with grape juice."

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

#875

BALLAST POINT BREWING COMPANY - Indra Kunindra       Interesting to say the least. A Stout brewed with madras curry,  cumin, cayenne, coconut, and kaffir lime leaf give this beer a unique flavor and spiciness.  Seems like a well crafted beer, as all Ballast Point beers seem to be, but the flavor just didn't cut it for me. Glad I tried it, but not one I will be buying again any time soon.

Monday, April 27, 2015

Saturday, April 25, 2015

#871

SIERRA NEVADA BREWING CO. - Porter

#870

BOULEVARD BREWING CO. - Imperial Stout X: Coffee Ale      Solid coffee stout. Nothing out of the ordinary, just a solid offering.

Friday, April 24, 2015

#869

SMUTTYNOSE BREWING COMPANY - Durty Mud Season Hoppy Brown Ale    You would think I could have remembered having a beer with the name Durty in the fridge, but I didn't. The two different labels got me. Interesting brown ale with such a hop presence, but I really like it
Hides the 8.4% ABV really well. Glad I had a couple actually.

#868

TYRANENA BREWING COMPANY  - Carnal Knowledge Double Oatmeal Stout     This is part of their Brewers Gone Wild series and I have really enjoyed every one in the series I have been able to find.  This one I no exception.  Excellent.

#867

NEW GLARUS BREWING COMPANY  - Enigma     Classified as a "Flanders Oud Bruin". Not sure I have ever had anything labeled that before. Nice fruitness, mostly cherry, with a little sourness in the finish. Very interesting. Another beer done very well by New Glarus.

Thursday, April 23, 2015

#866

SIERRA NEVADA BREWING CO. - Narwahl Barrel Aged  Imperial Stout 2014      As I much as I enjoy their base Narwahl, I was really looking forward to giving this one a try. It definitely didn't dissapoint. Probably one of the best barrel aged beers I have had.
When this was released, it didn't seem like many liquor stores even got it, and the ones that did, sold out the same day. I happened to stumble upon this at a small town liquor store a month or so after it's release. Glad I did, and even happier I have a few bottles aging in the cellar.

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

#865

DOGFISH HEAD BREWERY - Saison Du Buff      Another interesting offering from Dogfish, a saison brewed with parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme. Sounds terrible, but somehow Dogfish makes it work.

#864

BRECKENRIDGE BREWERY - '72 Imperial Chocolate Cream Stout 2014

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

#863

ABITA  BREWING CO. - Macchiato Espresso Milk Stout      Holy coffee. Nice offering from Abita. I'm not a huge coffee fan, but still enjoyed this one.

#862

GREAT DIVIDE  BREWING COMPANY - Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout 2014

Saturday, April 18, 2015

#861

FULTON BREWING  - Patience  Barleywine      I think I'm getting a little light headed just from opening this bottle.  Solid 13.2% ABV, definitely a sipper.  Alcohol is noticeable in the nose, but masked pretty well in the flavor. Nice cherry notes. I'm usually not a big fan of this style, but this is one of the better Barleywines I have had.

#860

STONE BREWING CO. - Enjoy By 04-20-15 IPA      Always one of my favorites. Wanted to save this one for 4-20 day, but I have plans that will not allow me to have it that day.

Thursday, April 16, 2015

#859

DOGFISH HEAD BREWERY - American Beauty 2013        NIce little IPA inspired by the Grateful Dead.

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

#858

BALLAST POINT BREWING COMPANY - Tongue Buckler Imperial Red Ale

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

#857

FOUNDERS BREWING COMPANY - Dissenter Imperial India Pale Lager     Another winner from Founders.

Sunday, April 12, 2015

#856

OMMEGANG BREWERY - Game Of Thrones Three Eyed Raven      Seemed like a perfect beer for the premier of Game Of Thrones season five.

#855

DOGFISH HEAD BREWERY - Beer Thousand     "10 grains X 10 hops X 10% ABV = beer thousand". Another interesting experiment from Dogfish, always interesting.
 

Saturday, April 11, 2015

#854

BENT PADDLE BREWING CO.  - Harvest The Winter IPA

#853

SOUTHERN TIER BREWING COMPANY - Tier De Garde

#852

BALLAST POINT BREWING COMPANY - Grapefruit Sculpin IPA        Damn, this is really good. No wonder it sold out almost everywhere within a few days of hitting the shelves. Wish I would have bought more.

Friday, April 10, 2015

#851

FLAT 12 BIERWERKS - Lacto-Matic Milk Stout         Smuggled this one back from Indianapolis when I was there for the Final Four last weekend. Holy head! Never seen a beer pour with so much head. And it doesnt seem to go away.

#850

GREAT LAKES BREWING CO.  - Lake Erie Monster

#849

21ST AMENDMENT BREWERY - Sneak Attack Saison       Cool artwork, two cans couldn't cover it all though.

#848

SIERRA NEVADA BREWING CO.  - Nooner Pilsner

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

#845

TYRANENA BREWING COMPANY - The Devil Made Me Do It!  Coffee Imperial Oatmeal Porter      This one is part of their Brewers Gone Wild Series.  Very nice. I really like their motto on the bottle for this series of beers from Tyranena: "A series of big, bold, ballsy beers".

#844

CLOWN SHOES - Extremely Angry Beast Imperial Stout