My bro is down from the cold north. Elementary/high school friends are over with copious amounts of beer and pizza and other fun shenanigans. We purchased 2 mix-and-match 6-packs, a few complete 6-packs, and about 4 special brew bottles. We are in the process of going through almost all of it in a matter of hours. Please excuse the quality of the reviews. I will do my best to come back tomorrow and up the quality of this post. These are really just notes taken while drinking for several hours, but I still wanted to have a record of what we had and what we all thought.
bells brewery – third coast old ale – spicy, bitter. medium. 10.2% – bit sharp on the tongue when colder. smoother as it warms up. hoppy, barley? woody? yummy
bell’s brewery – smitten golden rye – smooth, grapefruit-ish, golden. 6.0% lighter beer, easy to drink, but not amazing. yummy summer beer.
Sixpoint – Resin. light amber, cloudy, slight head. “IPA roots, but more of a lager” definite grapefruit. “sessionable” according to Ryan. 9.1%. very summery.
dogfish head – festina peche – peach champagne style… more like just peach sparkling drink. not overly sweet, but very peachy. “Champale” (Andy) – really good, but don’t expect beer. 4.5% – malt beverage. Really yummy! I would drink more of this. Not too dry.
cigar city brewing – tocobaga red ale – spicy, grapefruit (again!) “fish tank water with grapefruit and beer, but good” – Andy. 7.2% something else, but not sure what. Spices of some sort. Sharp, but still good.
Bell’s Amber ale – 5.8% abv. Beer – like. Medium Amber in color. Good head. Smells a bit fruity (citrus). Full flavor. Not heavy on hops.
Omme gang – abbey ale (dubble ale). Amber, ok head. Sour & sweet. Sour comes at the tail end.
Samuel Smith’s organic chocolate stout – 5.0% abv. Very chocolate. Sweet and a bit caramel also. Smooth. Very much like eating chocolate caramels. Dark color. Moderate head. Tasty. Would like it more often. Kinda nutty flavor.
Fresh Hop by Great Divide Brewing Co. Very hoppy. Semi clear Amber. Eh. I would prefer it in a 12oz bottle. citrus again, but very mild. Bitter. Too many beers for one night..
St Barnsbus Abbey – abt 12. Yeast. Cloudy. Can’t tell color. Sour at the beginning finishing sweet. Full flavor. Pleasant.
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