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Boulevard Brewing Co. – Imperial Stout
Posted By John on July 24th, 2009
Beer: Smokestack Imperial Stout
Brewery: Boulevard Brewing Co. in Kansas City, MO
ABV%: 11%
Reviewed: 8-Jul-09 on Episode 150
Appearance: Black with a dark tan head
Aroma: It has a sweet roasted malt and coffee aroma.
Taste: The roasted coffee becomes dominant. There is also a sweet malt flavor under the coffee. The hop character comes out stronger than expected in the finish.
Mouthfeel: The medium heavy body is complimented by medium carbonation and a dry finish.
Aftertaste: The lingering flavors of coffee stay with you.
Overall: Nice imperial stout with a unique hop profile.
Best enjoyed: around a table with friends.
| John: B+ | Brian: B+- | Ryan: A- | Overall Grade: |
B+ Very Good |
| Marissa: B+ | Anne: B+ | Brian M: B+ |
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New Belgium Brewing Co. – Abbey Ale
Posted By John on July 17th, 2009
Beer: Abbey Ale
Brewery: New Belgium Brewing Co. in Fort Collins, CO
Reviewed: 8-Jul-09 on Episode 149
Appearance: Dark brown with a thin white head.
Aroma: Sweet caramel aromas.
Taste: The caramel sweetness dominates the taste,
Mouthfeel: Medium body with a slightly dry finish.
Aftertaste: Lingering sweetness that transitions into a clean finish.
Overall: Nice lighter beer. As a group we would recommend New Belgium’s trippel if you like this beer.
Best enjoyed: on a porch on a lazy summer afternoon.
| John: B+ | Brian: B+ | Overall Grade: |
B+ Very Good |
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| Marissa: B |
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Goose Island – India Pale Ale
Posted By John on July 17th, 2009
Beer: India Pale Ale
Brewery: Goose Island Brewery in Chicago, IL
Reviewed: 8-Jul-09 on Episode 149
Appearance: Gold in color with a thin lacey white head.
Aroma: The citrus hops flavor is apparent in the aroma as well as some sweet malt.
Taste: Sweet malt followed by a citrussy hops flavor.
Mouthfeel: Light body with a dry finish.
Aftertaste: Hop flavors linger in the finish.
Overall: Decent American style IPA.
Best enjoyed at: the Goose Island Brewery in Chicago.
| John: B- | Brian: B- | Overall Grade: |
B Good |
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| Marissa: B |
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North Coast Brewing Co. – Blue Star
Posted By John on July 10th, 2009
Beer: Blue Star Wheat Beer
Brewery: North Coast Brewing Co. in Mendicino County, CA
Reviewed: 8-Jul-09 on Episode 148
Appearance: Golden yellow with a white head.
Aroma: Light aroma with sweet malt flavors.
Taste: Light clean taste with sweet malty undertones.
Mouthfeel: Light body with a silky finish.
Aftertaste: Clean finish with barely any aftertaste.
Overall: A good lawnmower beer. It is clean crisp and refreshing.
Best enjoyed at: An outdoor event
| John: B- | Brian: B+ | Ryan: A- | Overall Grade: |
B Good |
| Brian M: C+ | Anne: B | Kevin: C |
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Buffalo Bill’s Brewery – Orange Blossom Cream Ale
Posted By John on July 10th, 2009
Beer: Orange Blossom Cream Ale
Brewery: Buffalo Bill’s Brewing in Hayword, California
Reviewed: 8-Jul-09 on Episode 148
Appearance: Yellow with white head.
Aroma: It smells like orange cream soda.
Taste: Sweet orangey flavor.
Mouthfeel: Light mouthfeel with perceptible carbonation.
Aftertaste: The orange flavors lingered after finishing a drink.
Overall: Fair beer that lives up to its orange cream name.
Best enjoyed at: a gathering of a group of non beer drinkers.
| John: C+ | Brian: C+ | Ryan: C+ | Overall Grade: |
C+ Better Than Average |
| Brian M: C | Anne: C | Kevin: C+ |
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Kaltenberg – Konig Ludwig Hefe-Weizen
Posted By John on July 3rd, 2009
Beer: Konig Ludwig Hefe-Weizen (We think they threw the hypehn in for fun)
Brewery: Kaltenberg (Site is in German)
Reviewed: 29-Jun-09 on Episode 147
Appearance: Golden with a white linger head.
Aroma: Banana and clove are both evident in the aroma.
Taste: Banana and clove come through with a very slight bubblegum flavor under them.
Mouthfeel: Light body with an effervescent feel.
Aftertaste: Not much beyond a slight lingering sweetness.
Overall: Decent beer. Good summer beer and a better option than a shandy.
Best enjoyed at: any hot and humid outdoor event.
| John: B | Brian: B | Overall Grade: |
B+ Very Good |
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| Marissa: A | Anne: B |
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Schell’s Brewing – Pilsner
Posted By John on June 26th, 2009
Beer: Pilsner
Brewery: August Schell Brewing Co. in New Ulm, Minnesota
Reviewed: 24-Jun-09 on Episode 146
Appearance: Golden yellow with a white head.
Aroma: Sweet and roasted malt flavors.
Taste: Malt sweetness with noble hops undertones. Unfortunately the astringent flavors pulled away from what was otherwise enjoyable.
Mouthfeel: Light body with medium carbonation.
Aftertaste: The astringency lingered. This obscured the favorable flavors in teh aftertaste.
Overall: Admittedly we served this warmer than it probably should have been and will try it again in the future. If a beer needs to be served cold to disguise its flaws it doesn’t say much for the beer though.
Best enjoyed at: Some place very cold as to hide the astringency.
| John: C+ | Brian: C | Ryan: C- | Overall Grade: |
C- Worse than average |
| Marissa: D- | Anne: C+ |
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Schell’s Brewing – Pale Ale
Posted By John on June 26th, 2009
Beer: Pale Ale
Brewery: August Schell Brewing Co. in New Ulm, Minnesota
Reviewed: 24-Jun-09 on Episode 146
Appearance: Light copper in color with a white head.
Aroma: Citrusy grapefruit hops aroma with undertones of malty sweetness.
Taste: The hops came off a bit off in the flavor. There was a flavor with the hop character that didn’t seem to go with the grapefruit flavors that were present.
Mouthfeel: Light body with medium carbonation.
Aftertaste: Lingering grapefruit flavors
Overall: Fair is the word. Not horrible and not great.
Best enjoyed at: A bar were it is the only hoppy beer.
| John: B- | Brian: C | Ryan: B- | Overall Grade: |
C Fair |
| Marissa: D- | Anne: C- |
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Leinenkugel – Summer Shandy
Posted By John on June 19th, 2009
Beer: Summer Shandy
Brewery: Leinenkugel Brewing
ABV: 4.2%
Reviewed: 17-Jun-09 on Episode 145
Appearance: Disturbingly bright yellow in color with a bleach white head.
Aroma: Lemony fresh which is slightly disturbing.
Taste: The lemon and malt flavors balance out well. This surprised the hellout of us as the lemon flavor was so dominant in the aroma.
Mouthfeel: light body with medium carbonation. Kinda like carbonated lemonade.
Aftertaste: Clean finish with no crazy lingering flavors.
Overall: There is a majority of our panel that feel shandies are an abomination before the beer gods. That said, this was the best shandy we’ve had and even though it won’t be a regular in our glass it was a well made beerish drink. Thanks to Brian M. for bringing the beer.
Best enjoyed at: an outdoor wrestling match.
| John: C | Brian: C | Ryan: B | Overall Grade: |
B- Pretty Good |
| Marissa: A | Anne: C+ | Brian M: A- |
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Mad River Brewing – Stealhead Scotch Style Porter
Posted By John on June 19th, 2009
Beer: Stealhead Scotch Style Porter
Brewery: Mad River Brewing Co
ABV: 6.0%
Reviewed: 17-Jun-09 on Episode 145
Appearance: Deep brown bordering on black with a tan head.
Aroma: Bittersweet chocolate and roasted flavors.
Taste: Nice sweetness with roasted characters. Some good bittersweet chocolate and light coffee flavors as well.
Mouthfeel: medium bodied decent beer.
Aftertaste: Roasted flavors finish it off. This is what you would expect
Overall: What the hell is a Scotch Style Porter? We know porter. We know Scotch Porter. Is it a porter with an accent? We don’t know. Other than an ambiguous style name the beer was pretty good. Nice roastey dark beer, that despite the label art did not make me want to wear a kilt.
Best enjoyed at: a Scotch style event.
| John: C+ | Brian: B- | Ryan: B | Overall Grade: |
B Good |
| Marissa: B | Anne: C | Brian M:C- |
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