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Duvel

April 12, 2009

Name – Duvel
Country – Belgium
Type – Belgian Strong Pale Ale

Appearance – Pours a bright straw yellow color with a big, foamy white head that laces the glass amazingly.

Smell – A lot going on here with smells of apples, pears, yeast, grains and spices.

Taste – Sweet tastes of apples up front with some yeasty taste to it. Finishes crisp.

This beer is a beautiful site and taste. There is head on this from beginning to end and the flavor is just so full without being over baring. I need to get myself a goblet to have these style beers out of because they just deserve that type of treatment.

Overall Grade – A

Jockamo IPA

April 10, 2009

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Name – Saison Dupont
Country – United States
Type – American IPA

Appearance – Poured a nice amber color with a good sized head.

Smell – Smells included sweet malts, caramel, grapefruit and earthy hops.

Taste – Nice hoppy flavor with a slight grapefruit and orange taste in there. Backed with a nice sweet malt flavor to round it out.

This is a pretty good all around IPA. Pretty dead on to what I think an IPA should be all about. If you like IPAs I would highly recommend Jockamo from Abita.

Overall Grade – A

Saison Dupont

April 9, 2009

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Name – Saison Dupont
Country – Belgium
Type – Saison

Appearance – Poured a quite cloudy golden color with a big bubbly head that left a good amount of lacing on the glass.

Smell – Very distinguishable scent of yeast upfront with a slight fruit background.

Taste – Tastes of apples and yeast upfront and finished with a dry, smooth finish. Pretty much just like the bottle describes.

I first noticed this over at my fellow beer bloggers Mike and Nate’s site Thank Heaven for Beer. The review of that intrigued me so much that I had to pick up a bottle of my own. This is a wonderfully made beer that was a great to drink while watching Lost. This will be perfect one for the upcoming summer months.

Overall Grade – A