#1166

TOPPLING GOLIATH BREWING COMPANY  - PseudoSue      Yep, the hype was right on this one, outstanding beer.

#1165

STONE BREWING CO. - Enjoy By 12-25-15 IPA      As always, the Enjoy By fresh imperial IPAS from Stone are outstanding.  Smooth and we'll balanced and the 9.4% ABV is not even noticeable. I will always pick up the newest one of these when I see it.

#1164

LAGUNITAS BREWING COMPANY - Born Yesterday Pale Ale  (2015 OneHitter Series)

#1163

GREAT DIVIDE BREWING COMPANY - Fresh Hop Pale Ale

Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout

Had a successful search yesterday. Now I just have to decide whether to drink or cellar. Decisons, decisions.

#1162

CASTLE DANGER BREWERY - Fresh Hop Mosaic IPA     Might be one of the best  fresh hopped IPAs I have tried this year. Nice fruity aroma and flavor. Big juicy hop flavor with a nice balance of sweetness and bitterness. Flat out, a great beer, kind of bummed I only bought 2 bottles. If you can still find it, buy it, you won't be dissapointed.

#1161

MANKATO BREWERY - Fresh Hopped IPA 2015

#1160

ALE ASYLUM - Hopalicious

#1159

SIERRA NEVADA BREWING CO. - Northern Hemisphere Harvest Wet Hop IPA 2015   Always one of my favorite "fresh" hop beers. This is number 4 of 5 this year. Haven't missed one so far.

#1158

TWO BROTHERS ARTISAN BREWING - Heavy Handed Wet Hopped IPA - Chinook Hops

#1157

TWO BROTHERS ARTISAN BREWING - Heavy Handed Wet Hopped IPA - Centennial Hops

#1156

TWO BROTHERS ARTISAN BREWING - Heavy Handed Wet Hopped IPA - Cascade Hops

#1155

BRAU BROTHERS BREWING CO. - Hundred Yard Dash Fresh Hop Ale

#1154

NEW HOLLAND BREWING COMPANY - Hopivore Michigan Wet Hopped Harvest Ale

#1153

ANCHOR BREWING COMPANY - Anchor Winter Wheat

#1152

DARK HORSE BREWING COMPANY - Belgian Style Amber Ale

#1151

UNITA BREWING COMPANY - Jacked B Nimble Imperial Black Pumpkin Ale      Ale brewed with pumpkin and spices and aged in bourbon barrells with a 11% ABV.  Other than the name, no idea this was a pumpkin Style beer. Not notice if Pumpkin and spices in the taste or aroma. I couldn't get past the bourbon. A little alcohol burn too. Guessing this one would be better aged in the cellar for awhile over drinking it fresh.

#1150

ODELL BREWING COMPANY - Oktoberfest Marzen Style Lager

#1149

BALLAST POINT BREWING COMPANY - Pumpkin Down

#1148

SIERRA NEVADA BREWING CO. - Oktoberfest 2015 (collaboration with Brauhaus Riegele)

#1147

BOSTON BEER COMPANY - Samuel Adams Pumpkin Batch

#1146

HOFBRAUHAUS MUNCHEN - Hofbrau Oktoberfest

#1145

NEBRASKA BREWING COMPANY - Wick For Brains Pumpkin Ale

#1144

FARGO BREWING COMPANY - O'fest Oktoberfest Lager

#1143

STEVENS POINT BREWERY - Whole Hog Pumpkin Ale

#1142

BAUHAUS BREW LABS - Schwantoberfest Bavarian Style Festbier

#1141

ROGUE ALES - Rogue Farms Pumpkin Patch Ale      Nice pumpkin beer from Rogue using pumpkins they grew on their farm. Pumpkin and spices. Nothing exciting, just a real solid well balanced beer.

#1140

UNITA BREWING COMPANY - Punk'n Harvest Pumpkin Ale

#1139

BOULDER BEER CO. - Dragonhosen Imperial Oktoberfest

#1138

ANDERSON VALLEY BREWING COMPANY  - Fall Hornin' Pumpkin Ale

#1137

WASATCH BREWERY - Wastach Black O'Lantern Pumpkin Stout

#1136

JACOB LEINENKUGEL BREWING COMPANY - Oktoberfest

#1135

BRECKENRIDGE BREWERY - Autumn Ale

#1134

DOGFISH HEAD BREWERY - Punkin Ale 2015        Always one of my favorite pumpkin beers of the season.

#1133

SPOETZL BREWERY - Shiner Oktoberfest

#1132

BOULEVARD BREWING CO. - Funky Pumpkin Spiced Sour Ale

#1131

MILLSTREAM BREWING COMPANY - Oktoberfest

#1130

UNITA BREWING COMPANY - Oak Jacked Imperial Pumpkin     My first new "pumpkin" beer this year. "Ale brewed with pumpkin and spices and aged in oak barrels with a 10.31% ABV." Excellent. Nice balance of pumpkin, spices and oak with some vanilla hints. No notice of the alcohol. This might be one of my favorite pumpkin beers I have tried, top 5 for sure.

#1129

BALLAST POINT BREWING COMPANY - Dead Ringer Octoberfest       Love Octoberfest Beer season. Solid representation, maybe slightly sweeter than I was expecting.

#1128

STONE BREWING CO. - Chai Spiced Imperial Russian Stout 2015      I just had their base RIS, so thought I would follow up with their Chai Spiced version on this International Stout Day. The base RIS is as good as you will find, so this is sounded like an interesting variation. Great aroma, the addition of the Chai spices really added to this beer with the cinnamon standing out the most. It was just enough, it didn't overpower the base RIS aroma/taste, but gave it an interesting twist. The spices really did a good job. Was interesting to try and glad I found this one.

#1127

STONE BREWING CO. - Imperial Russian Stout 2015      What else would I have on International Stout Day? As solid as Imperial Stout you will find, especially for the price. Standard RIS aroma and flavor of coffee and dark chocolate. No notice of the 10.6% ABV. Worth the hype, a very easy drinking RIS, could easily drink a few of these on a cold night.

#1126

BROOKLYN BREWERY - Brooklyn Quintaceratops     This is a Belgian style quadrupel brewed with dark candi syrup and aged in rum and bourbon barrells with a 10.9% ABV. Sounded really interesting. Aroma has some dark fruits and rum up front with hints of vanilla and coconu. Also some faint standard quad notes. The rum is really up front in the flavor. It almost dominates everything else. Some light fruits and the candi syrup is more notice noticebale in the finish. I really couldn't detect anything from the bourbon barrels. Very interesting , but kind of all over the place. I think some aging would do wonders to bring everything together. Would love to have a bottle to save, but at 24.99, this one was enough.

#1125

GOOSE ISLAND BEER CO. - Matilda Belgian Style Pale Ale 2014      Delicious. Aroma is spicy Belgian goodness; very fruity and spicy. Tastes the same, a little sweetness, but well balanced. Great example of a Belgian ale.

#1124

ALASKAN BREWING CO. - Imperial IPA    This is part of Alaskan's Pilot Series and is a double IPA with a 8.5% ABV. Aroma is pretty faint, some mild fruitiness with some earthy tones. Taste is similar. Ita on the ligjter side and pretty mild for an Imperial. I actually enjoy their base IPA more.