I love beer and I’m telling you how much I love beer
Name – Pisgah Valdez
Country – United States
Type – American Imperial Stout
Appearance – Poured a jet black color with a tan head that left some lacing on the glass.
Smell – Straight up coffee. I don’t really get anything else.
Taste – Woah the coffee taste is strong in this one. I get a hint of chocolate and [...]
Name – Gumballhead
Country – United States
Type – American Pale Wheat Ale
Appearance – Pours a very hazy straw yellow color. You see plenty of yeast floating around in it. The head is pretty much non-existent.
Smell – Big, bold citrus hops is pretty much all I get.
Taste – Yeasty and malty with a bit of the hops [...]
Name – Rogue XS Russian Imperial Stout
Country – United States
Type – Russian Imperial Stout
Appearance – Pours an ink black color with a big brown head that goes down rather quickly.
Smell – Citrusy hops? Yes I am getting hops here. A subdued bit of roasted malts and coffee.
Taste – Wow the hops really hit you on [...]
Name – Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen
Country – Germany
Type – Rauchbier
Appearance – Poured a very dark red with some almost brown or black areas in the middle. Finger wide off white head that disappears quickly.
Smell – Woah! Smoke hits you as soon as you pop the cap off the bottle and start pouring.
Taste – Very smokey [...]
Name – Garde Dog
Country – United States
Type – Bière de Garde
Appearance – Poured a cloudy almost orange color. Things did settle and the beer became clearer. The over finger wide white head was gone very quickly.
Smell – Very hard to pick anything up from this. You get some grassy notes and a little yeast but [...]
Name – Piraat Ale
Country – Belgium
Type – Belgian IPA
Appearance – Pours a clear amber color with a very big white head that leaves a lot of lacing on the glass.
Smell – Sweet malts and cherries are what I pick up the most. It is a big boozey.
Taste – More malts and cherries. A little bit [...]
Name – Solstice D’hiver
Country – Canada
Type – American Barleywine
Appearance – Poured a very deep red, almost brown color. It had a very thin off white head that was gone before you knew it.
Smell – Dark fruit and some toasted malts hit the nose.
Taste – More of the same from the nose and it ends with [...]
Name – Samuel Adams Holiday Porter
Country – United States
Type – American Porter
Appearance – Pours a pretty opaque brown with some red highlights around the edge of the glass. A good sized, slightly tan head is there at the start but gone pretty quickly.
Smell – The aroma is not that bold but you can pick up [...]
Name – Terrapin Maggie’s Farmhouse Ale
Country – United States
Type – Saison
Appearance – Pours a cloudy and bubbly golden, straw yellow color. A bubbly white head disappears rather quickly.
Smell – Pretty standard yeasty, cloves and bit of banana.
Taste – Again it seemed pretty standard. You had your yeasty taste with cloves and other spices. Bananas can [...]
Name – Santa’s Little Helper 2009
Country – Denmark
Type – Belgian Strong Dark Ale
Appearance – Poured a very dark brown with a good sized tan head that stuck around for a bit and left some lacing on the glass.
Smell – Hit with some piney hops that caught me off guard. Under that is some sugary sweet [...]
You are currently browsing the archives for the Grade C category.
