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    Shakespeare Stout

    August 11, 2009
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    Name – Shakespeare Stout
    Country – United States
    Type – American Stout

    Appearance – Poured a deep black color with a light brown head that was gone pretty quickly.

    Smell – Roasted malts with a little bit of chocolate picked up in the smell.

    Taste – Lots of roasted malts that lead to a bit of a coffee taste.  Some sweet chocolate can be picked up in there as well and a very slight hoppy presence to give it a little bit of a bitter taste.

    A pretty straight forward stout if you ask me.  The coffee taste was a little much for my personal taste as I’m not a fan of coffee but it didn’t make the beer not enjoyable.  Nothing really overboard and all the things you would come to expect from a stout.

    Overall Grade – B-

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    Indica India Pale Ale

    August 10, 2009
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    Name – Indica India Pale Ale
    Country – United States
    Type – American IPA

    Appearance – Pours a very cloudy dark orange color with nice slight off white head that laced the glass a bit.

    Smell – Quite strong hops.  Piney, floral and citrusy on those.  Mild malt backing to it.

    Taste – Big on the hops.  Piney and citrus hop flavors all the way through.  The taste lingers afterward for a good while as well.  Some sweet caramel taste in there but the hops are overpowering that.

    I will be one of the first ones to admit I love hoppy beers, especially IPAs, but I found this one slightly over board.  While the hops were nice it just didn’t seem like it mixed well.  The bitter after taste is not always a bad thing but I found this one sort of unusual.  A major hop head may really like this one but if you like a malt backing to it then you probably wouldn’t care for this one.

    Overall Grade – C

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    Midas Touch

    August 7, 2009
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    Name – Midas Touch
    Country – United States
    Type – Spiced Beer

    Appearance – Poured a orangish amber color that was very bubbly.  There really wasn’t much head on the first bottle I had but the second gave a small little one but was gone in a jiff.

    Smell – Very sweet and a little heavy on the alcohol in the smell.  I pick up grapes that are similar to a white wine and some other spices.

    Taste – Sweet indeed.  The white grapes along with a sweet honey taste.  Alcohol can definitely be tasted but it’s not too much to make it stand out over the other flavors.

    This was a very different beer than I have ever really had.  I’ve had beers with a grape taste in them before but not this white grape flavor.  It was very enjoyable and a great sipping beer while I watched Beer Wars on DVD.  Another great brew from the folks at Dog Fish Head.

    Overall Grade – A

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