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    Denver Pale Ale

    June 7, 2009
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    Name – Denver Pale Ale
    Country – United States
    Type – English Pale Ale

    Appearance – Pours a very cloudy straw yellow color with a huge frothy white head.  Lacing was amazing as I have seen with past Great Divide brews.

    Smell – Very yeasty at first smell with some spices to it.  Some earthy hops in the background.

    Taste – Quite yeasty in taste.  It almost reminded me of a saison.  Some floral and earthy hop notes and a bit of  a bread taste.

    As will all Great Divide brews the lacing of this was amazing.  I was thrown off by the smell and taste as it very much reminded me of a saison as opposed to a pale ale.  Not bad either way though.

    Overall Grade – B

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    Bell’s Kalamazoo Stout

    June 5, 2009
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    Name – Bell’s Kalamazoo Stout
    Country – United States
    Type – Sweet Stout

    Appearance – Poured a deep black color with a tannish head.

    Smell – Chocolate is the first smell to hit my nose with some roasted notes in the back.

    Taste – Very nice mixture of chocolate and roasted malts with some toffee and coffee flavors in there as well.

    I’ve heard ravings about this beer plenty of times before so I went for it and was not disappointed.  I was surprised by how prominent the chocolate smells and flavors were in this one.  I expected it to be more over baring on the coffee tastes but that was just slightly in the background.  A very good stout here.

    Overall Grade – A-

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    Samuel Adams Longshot Traditional Bock

    June 4, 2009
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    Name – Samuel Adams Longshot Traditional Bock
    Country – United States
    Type – Bock

    Appearance – Pours a semi clear brown to dark red color with a one finger off white head that disappeared quickly.

    Smell – Slight caramel and roasted malts are picked up but it is pretty subdued.

    Taste – Slight malt taste up front but it is very thin with some roasted notes.  Rather underwhelming.

    This is the last in the Longshot pack from Sam Adams and it just came across and a very underdone bock.  The smells and taste were so thin and just didn’t have a good punch to them for what you would expect from a bock.

    Overall Grade – D+

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