Saturday, October 11, 2008

Recent Beers

  • Hoegaarden White-Dense yellow color; oats add a hint of oily smoothness and Curacao orange peels add a brilliant spiciness to the beer; medium body and medium alcohol content.
  • Spaten Optimator-The dark lager has hints of chocolate and lots of malts in the aroma. It is very full bodied and can be considered liquid bread. It is strong and full of malt flavors with some sweetness as expected. Nice dopplebock.
  • Avery Reverend-This is a Belgian Style Quadrupel from Avery. It pours with a clear copper color with some cloudiness & lots of carbonation. The aroma is pleasant with candy sugars dominating.This beer has hints of honey with some bitterness. Slight alcoholic finish. 10.0% ABV. The Reverend will kick your ass.
  • Schneider Aventinus-Aventinus is the oldest example of a wheat dopplebock, dating back to 1907. This top fermenting beer has a deep tawny color with malty notes in the nose and chocolate and fruit spices on the palate. The label bears a picture of Johannes Aventinues, the historian who first described Bavaria and its people.
  • Rogue American Amber-This amber ale is slightly fruity with a nice hop character in the nose. It is a dark copper color with a nice rocky head. It finishes hoppy and slightly dry - go figure!
  • Schneider Weisse-Hazy amber, slight lactic nose but mostly a pleasant malt, mellow and smooth flavor, good balance; sour finish shows the lactic acid and spice promised by the nose.
  • Warsteiner Oktoberfest-This amber lager has a nice malty aroma with a mild head. It is slightly sweet with a balanced hop content. Nice Oktoberfest with a mild sweet finish.
  • Leinenkugels' Sunset Wheat-ale golden color wheat beer made from Wheat and Pale Malt. The aroma is sweet, citrusy, oranges and coriander. Flavor is sweet, oranges, citrus, acidic, and somewhat thin and light bodied. Refreshing at 4.9% ABV. The only beer that I know of that tastes like Fruity Pebbles.
  • Black Velvet-3/4 Glass of Guinness layered with Cider.

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