Mike Loves Beer

Name - Rogue Santa’s Private Reserve Ale
Country - United States
Type - American Red Ale
Appearance - Foggy amber color with a nice sized white head.
Smell - Earthy and pine smells to it.
Taste - More earthy hops with a slight tastes of spices but not overly present.  Subtle taste of citrus, lemon mostly.
This is my first winter [...]

Posted on November 30th, 2008 under Ale, American Red Ale. Tags: rogue ales, santa's private reserve. Comments: None

Name - Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock
Country - United States
Type - Bock
Appearance - Very dark brown with slightly reddish highlights to it.  Fizzy tan head that went down very quickly.
Smell - Sweet malts with a mild chocolate smell.
Taste - Not as chocolaty as one might imagine.  It was there but not a lot.  Very sweet malts.
I [...]

Posted on November 27th, 2008 under Bock. Tags: chocolate bock, samuel adams. Comments: None

Just wanted to take this chance to wish all our American friends a Happy Thanksgiving.  Go watch some football, eat some turkey and drink some beer.  Enjoy!

Posted on November 27th, 2008 under Announcement. Tags: mike loves beer, mikelovesbeer.com, thanksgiving. Comments: None

Along with my fellow beer blogger Danno we attended the Brewtopia Festival on Saturday November 22nd at the Morikami Park in Delray Beach, FL. This was my first time to the park ever let alone for a beer festival. The park is well back off of the main road going through a thick [...]

Posted on November 25th, 2008 under Festival Review. Tags: brewtopia festival. Comments: None

Name - Flying Dog Snake Dog IPA
Country - United States
Type - American IPA
Appearance - A clear amber color but the head was very minimal on both bottles that I poured.
Smell - Mildly hoppy smell.
Taste - It has a floral hoppyness to it with some slightly sweet malts.  I would say caramel tasting with them.
I love [...]

Posted on November 24th, 2008 under IPA. Tags: flying dog brewery, IPA, snake dog ipa. Comments: None

You can now find what I’m thinking and doing over at Twitter.  You can find me at http://www.twitter.com/MikeLovesBeer

Posted on November 21st, 2008 under Announcement. Tags: mikelovesbeer.com, twitter. Comments: None

So this Saturday in Delray Beach, FL is the first annual Brewtopia Festival at the Morikami Park.  It will feature over 100 different beers from micro, craft and imports.  From what I hear this event is going all out.  Who could think of a more beautiful location than to drink beer in an amazing Japanese [...]

Posted on November 20th, 2008 under Announcement. Tags: brewtopia festival, case and keg, delray beach, morikami park. Comments: None

Name - Sierra Nevada 12th Release Harvest Wet Hop Ale
Country - United States
Type - American IPA
Appearance - Nice amber color with white foamy head that stuck around for almost the entire drink.  Left nice lacing down the glass the entire way.
Smell - Hoppy but with some sweet malt and citrus notes to it.
Taste - A [...]

Posted on November 16th, 2008 under IPA. Tags: IPA, sierra nevada, sierra nevada harvest, wet hop ale. Comments: 2

Name - Stoudt’s American Pale Ale
Country - United States
Type - Pale Ale
Appearance - Copper color with a foamy white head.
Smell - Earthy hops smell.
Taste - The taste is pretty along the lines of the smell.  Hoppy but not to bitter.
It wasn’t a bad beer but I couldn’t help but feel that it was missing something.  [...]

Posted on November 16th, 2008 under Pale Ale. Tags: Pale Ale, stoudts. Comments: None