So I think this is a new brew from Sierra Nevada. New to me, anyway.
The photo below doesn’t do the head justice, as it poured with a nice one, but that quickly dissipated.
It smells like a German lager. Malty, but lighter than a standard bock.
The mouthfeel is pretty lightweight, and modestly bitter for the style. [...]
When the wife is away, the blogger will… blog? Totally doesn’t rhyme, but is more or less accurate. Today, I decided to try something completely new to me, and I’ve had some interest in doing a vertical tasting of Avery brewing’s Anniversary saison series. Unfortunately, this beer may have dissuaded me from that pursuit.
I poured [...]
Ian: So Brian and I haven’t blogged Duvel before, which is kind of weird, ’cause we’ve both had it before. Tonight we remedy that.
Aroma: Sweet, light estery. A cloud of bananas and rotting fruit.
I’m not sure that sounds as delicious as this smells, but its not too far off.
Brian: As for the tasticles: light [...]
Not a stellar beer night in the house tonight, but this is definitely better than that hefe… Victory’s got a good product line with a great imperial stout, and a great tripel. Their imperial IPA is also solid. Their standard ipa (which I’m reviewing) leaves a bit to be desired though.
HopDevil is [...]
Part of the 2008 Oktoberfest Horizontal series
A case full of $35 worth of different “Oktoberfests” – some of which are true Marzens, and some are “inspired” by them, or “marzen-style” lagers or ales.
Are many of these going to suck? Oh yes. But also in that box are beers like the Ayinger Oktoberfest, one from Hofbräu, [...]
