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Pliny the Elder

Name – Pliny the Elder
Country – United States
Type – American Double IPA
Appearance – Poured an ever so slight hazy yellow color with a decent white head.  It left a good amount of lacing on the glass.
Smell – Big grapefruit and other citrus hops in the nose.
Taste – More grapefruit hops with some pine flavor present [...]

North Coast Old #38 Stout

Name – North Coast Old #38 Stout
Country – United States
Type – Irish Dry Stout
Appearance – Poured a jet black color with a good sized light brown head but that was gone very quickly.
Smell – Chocolate hits the nose first followed by your typical roasted malts and coffee.
Taste – Dry, roasted malt flavor with a presence [...]

Heavy Seas Holy Sheet

Name – Heavy Seas Holy Sheet
Country – United States
Type – Belgian Strong Dark Ale
Appearance – Pours a very deep red that is almost brown in some areas.  Thin tan like head that disappears very quickly.
Smell – Sweet dark fruit, candi sugar and malts in the nose.
Taste – More sweet malts with dark fruit and candi [...]

Eel River I.P.A.

Name – Eel River I.P.A.
Country – United States
Type – American IPA
Appearance – Poured a clear amber color that was close to orange.  It had a finger wide white head that left some lacing on the glass.
Smell – Hops as you would expect.  They are in the citrusy and piney variety.
Taste – Same sort of hops [...]

Yuengling Bock

Name – Yuengling Bock
Country – United States
Type – Bock
Appearance – Poured a very dark red that bordered on brown color.  Very bubbly off white head that disappears very quickly.
Smell – Roasted malts and a bit of nut.
Taste – Roasted and sweet malt flavors with a hint of nuts and spices.  There is an ever so [...]

Nostradamus

Name – Nostradamus
Country – Belgium
Type – Belgian Strong Dark Ale
Appearance – Pours a deep red color that borders almost to brown.  Small bubbly tan head is gone pretty quick.
Smell – Grapes, cherries and other dark fruits.  A little boozy on the nose.
Taste – Sweet dark fruits and candy sugar along with a bready type malt [...]

Shiner Bohemian Black Lager

Name – Shiner Bohemian Black Lager
Country – United States
Type – Schwarzbier
Appearance – Poured an almost opaque black color but some light came through.  A big slightly tan head was present from the pour but was gone very quickly.
Smell – Not much going on here but you do get some roasted malts.
Taste – Smooth roasted malt [...]

Sierra Nevada Glissade Golden Bock

Name – Sierra Nevada Glissade Golden Bock
Country – United States
Type – Maibock
Appearance – Pours a crystal clear light orange color with an almost finger wide white head that disappears very quickly.
Smell – The nose is very faint.  Some malts with a bit of earthy hops.
Taste – Sweet, bready malts pretty much through out and a [...]

Saison Rue

Name – Saison Rue
Country – United States
Type – Saison
Appearance – Poured a pretty cloudy amber color with a gigantic white head.  You couldn’t avoid it even if you tried.
Smell – The nose is very complex and very different.  There is a funk there.  Not like sour fruit funk but farmhouse type funk.  Rye can be [...]

Augustijn

Name – Augustijn
Country – Belgium
Type – Tripel
Appearance – Pours a mostly hazy orangish color with a big bubbly white head.  It stuck around a bit but then subsided into the brew.
Smell – Apples, cherries and yeast are picked up.
Taste – The apple and cherry are present in the taste as well.  There is a bit [...]

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