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Schell’s Brewing – Fire Brick Vienna Lager
Posted By John on June 12th, 2009
Beer: Fire Brick Vienna Style Lager
Brewery: August Schell’s Brewing Co. in New Ulm, Minnesota
Reviewed: 10-Jun-09 on Episode 144
Appearance: Copper colored with an off white head.
Aroma: Sweet malty aroma.
Taste: Sweet malt with a roasted flavor.
Mouthfeel: Medium body with a crisp dry finish.
Aftertaste: little to none.
Overall: Ok beer. Not great and not bad. The grade describe it well.
Notes: While not a bad beer we think you may be better served by other beers from Schells, like their stout.
| John: C+ | Brian: B- | Ryan: B | Overall Grade: |
C+ Better than average |
| Marissa: B | Anne: C | Brian M:C- |
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Schell’s Brewing – Dark
Posted By John on June 5th, 2009
Beer: Schell’s Dark
Brewery: August Schell’s Brewing Co. in New Ulm, Minnesota
Reviewed: 4-Jun-09 on Episode 143
Appearance: Brown with a white loose head.
Aroma: Roasted malt and vegetal, with undertones of a soapy aroma.
Taste: Dark malt, with vinegar and soapy undertones.
Mouthfeel: Light body with medium carbonation.
Aftertaste: The soapy taste lingered a bit.
Overall: Perhaps we received a bad batch, but the soapy flavor ruined the beer for us.
Notes: Potentially good beer ruined by flaws. If you have had better luck with this beer shoot me an email at john@brewcast.net.
| John: C- | Brian: D+ | Ryan: C- | Overall Grade: |
D+ Flawed |
| Marissa: F | Anne: D- | Kelvin: C- |
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Schell’s Brewing – Maifest
Posted By John on June 5th, 2009
Beer: Schell’s Maifest
Brewery: August Schell’s Brewing Co. in New Ulm, Minnesota
Reviewed: 4-Jun-09 on Episode 143
Appearance: Golden brown with white head.
Aroma: Roasted malt with floral undertones.
Taste: The taste contained roasted and sweet flavors with a slight floral taste.
Mouthfeel: Medium body with a dry finish.
Aftertaste: Acidic finish. Seemed almost out of place for the other flavors in the beer.
Overall: Decent malty beer.
Notes: Other than the finish being a bit off it is a pretty good beer. It would be a nice Summer evening beer.
| John: C+ | Brian: C+ | Ryan: B- | Overall Grade: |
B- Pretty Good |
| Marissa: C- | Anne: B | Kelvin: B |
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Schell’s Brewing – Schell’s Stout
Posted By John on June 5th, 2009
Beer: Schell’s Stout
Brewery: August Schell’s Brewing Co. in New Ulm, Minnesota
Reviewed: 4-Jun-09 on Episode 143
Appearance: Deep brown with a tan head.
Aroma: Coffee and bitter sweet chocolate.
Taste: The bitter sweet chocolate comes through with the coffee playing in the undertones.
Mouthfeel: Medium light body.
Aftertaste: Roasted sweet finish.
Overall: The coffee and bitter sweet chocolate flavors define this beer.
Notes: A good stout, nothing great and nothing bad. We thought it would make a nice desert beer with chocolate cake.
| John: B | Brian: B- | Ryan: B+ | Overall Grade: |
B Good |
| Marissa: B | Anne: B | Kelvin: B |
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Two Brothers – Domaine DuPage
Posted By John on May 27th, 2009
Beer: Domaine Dupage
Brewery: Two Brothers Brewing in Warrenville Illinois
Style: French Farmhouse Ale
ABV: 5.9%
Reviewed: 26-May-09 on Episode 142
Appearance: Copper with off white head.
Aroma: Bready, with sweet malt undertones.
Taste: Sweet malt and white bread flavors dominate the taste.
Mouthfeel: Medium light body with light carbonation.
Aftertaste: Lingering white bread taste.
Overall: Nicely made bready beer.
Notes: A fine bready beer that would really shine when paired with food. We would recommend smoked cheeses and meats.
| John: A- | Brian: B+ | Ryan: A- | Overall Grade: |
B+ Very Good |
| Marissa: B | Anne: B |
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Flossmoor Station – Pullman Brown Ale
Posted By John on May 27th, 2009
Beer: Pullman Brown Ale
Brewery: Flossmoor Station Brewing Co. in Chicago Illinois
Style: Brown Ale
ABV: 6%
Reviewed: 26-May-09 on Episode 142
Appearance: Deep black in color with a tan head.
Aroma: Chocolate, molasses and alcohol were prominent in the aroma.
Taste: Sweet malt, dark chocolate, coffee and alcohol were in the flavor.
Mouthfeel: medium body, creamy with alcoholic warmth.
Aftertaste: residual sweetness and lingering alcoholic warmth.
Overall: A well made dark beer. We don’t know if it’s a brown ale, but it is tastey.
Notes: To our panel it came across more like a Imperial Stout. The alcohol we tasted and smelled would have been very agressive for a 6% beer. If by some chance of fate we recieved stout in a brown ale bottle the grades for this beer would be even higher.
| John: B+ | Brian: A- | Ryan: A- | Overall Grade: |
A- Great |
| Marissa: A | Anne: B+ |
Awards:
- Silver Medal, 2006 Great American Beer Festival
- Gold Medal, 2006 World Beer Cup
- Bronze Medal, 2005 Great American Beer Festival
After reading Richard’s notes, I’m pretty sure this wasn’t the brown unless the recipe has dramatically changes.
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Urthel – Quadrium Ale
Posted By John on May 22nd, 2009
Beer: Quadrium Ale
Brewery: Urthel Samaranth in Flanders, Belgium
Style: Amber Special Ale
ABV: 11%
Reviewed: 20-May-2009 on Episode 141
Appearance: It is copper in color with a light tan head.
Aroma: Dried fruit, and slight floral flavors in the aroma.
Taste: A sweet brown sugar taste with touches of roasted malt and undertones of alcohol, honey and raisin.
Mouthfeel: Light body with a pleasant warmth.
Aftertaste: Sweat and roasted malt lingering with alcohol in the aftertaste.
Overall: Well made high alcohol beer
Notes: A solid big beer to share with your friends or to finish out a night out.
| John: A- | Brian: B+ | Overall Grade: |
B+ Very Good |
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| Marissa: B | Anne: B+ |
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Grain D’Orge – Belzebuth
Posted By John on May 22nd, 2009
Beer: Belzebuth
Brewery: Brasserie Grain D’Orge in Hombourg, France
Style: Golden Ale
ABV: 13%
Reviewed: 20-May-2009 on Episode 141
Appearance: It has a deep yellow color with a white head.
Aroma: Sweet malty aroma with butter and alcohol round out the aroma on this beer.
Taste: Fairly sweet malty flavor and buttery flavors are both overpowered by the alcohol.
Mouthfeel: It has a light body with a aggressive alcoholic warmth.
Aftertaste: Alcoholic aftertaste
Overall: Alcohol is the dominant flavor on this one.
Notes: Aggressively alcoholic with out the subtleties of the other two beers featured this week. So unfortunately not nearly as enjoyable.
| John: B- | Brian: B- | Overall Grade: |
C+ Better Than Average |
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| Marissa: C | Anne: C |
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Avery Brewing – The Beast
Posted By John on May 22nd, 2009
Beer: The Beast
Brewery: Avery Brewing in Boulder, Colorado
Style: Grand Crue
ABV: 16.31% When your talking this high of alcohol hundredths of a percentage matter. To put that in perspective that’s around four shots (1oz) of whiskey. For the home brewers out there the original gravity is 1.135%
Reviewed: 20-May-2009 on Episode 141
Appearance: Brown color with a cream head.
Aroma: Raisin, brown sugar, oak, alcohol, molasses are all in the aroma on this beer.
Taste: The aroma gives a good idea of the taste on this beer with similar notes of molasses, raisin, oak, and alcohol in the flavor.
Mouthfeel: Medium body with a definite warmth from the alcohol.
Aftertaste: Lingering sweetness and alcoholic tastes.
Overall: Well made with nice complexities that make it a fine beer.
Notes: A strong beer with great flavors and a pleasant alcohol warmth if you enjoy big beers. This is a sipping beer. We thought it would go great with a cigar. Further tests proved that to be true. On another note Marissa did feel the strong alcoholic nature of this beer made it undrinkable. This is something to keep in mind if purchasing this beer for others.
| John: A | Brian: A | Overall Grade: |
A- Great |
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| Marissa: D | Anne: A |
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Nogne O – Porter
Posted By John on May 15th, 2009
Beer: Porter
Brewery: Nøgne Ø (Aka: Nogne O) in Grimstad, Norway
Style: Porter
ABV: 7.0%
Reviewed: 12-May-2009 on Episode 140
Appearance: Deep brown, bordering on black. Dark tan head.
Aroma: Dark chocolate and coffee with a slight underlying prune aroma.
Taste: Dark choclate and coffee flavors. Sweet with a bitter sweet finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium body with a creamy mouthfeel and a slightly dry finish.
Aftertaste: Lingering dark choclate and coffee flavors.
Overall: A truly excellent beer that proves porter is an all year round beer.
Notes: This would pair well with a meal like steak grilled with pepper and garlic. It would transistion effortlessly to desert as well and finish off the night.
| John: A | Brian: A | Ryan: A | Overall Grade: |
A Excellent |
| Marissa: B+ | Anne: A |
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