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  • Lost Abbey Red Barn
    rated 4.0 17 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

    Spicy, herbal and tangy aroma. Creamy head, hazy. Well carbonated and smooth mouthfeel. Grainy and slightly funky flavor, fruity and herbal. A very nice, balanced saison.

  • Port Brewing Wipeout IPA
    rated 4.0 17 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

    Full, hoppy aroma, citrus, resinous, piney, herbal, very nice. Copper with a little stand of foam. A bit sticky mouthfeel with gentle carbonation. Like so many California ales, its a bit sweet for my tastes, however the hop flavor is very good. Thanks, Pizza Port, I can't wait to get some fresher Wipeout IPA, its good even on the downslope.

  • Russian River Temptation
    rated 4.6 17 years ago

    Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 9

    Acidic, fruity aroma, apricot, peach, pineapple and some funk. Bright gold, some haze and a stable, big foam. Very crisp and refreshing mouthfeel, ample but not sharp carbonation. The flavor is unbeatable. I get apricot, peach, pineapple, chardonnay, a bit of oak, lots of bretty funk, tannins and lots of tartness. This is one helluva sour Belgian ale, way to live up to the hype, Vinnie.

  • Stone 10th Anniversary IPA
    rated 4.3 17 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 9

    American hop aroma with a bit of graininess. Light golden color, nice arrangement of foam. Smooth and soft mouthfeel, leaves you thirsty for more. Some malty sweetness backs a very intensely American floral like hop flavor. Excellent DIPA hop centric flavor with enough malt to counter, great job, Stone.

  • Odell Imperial Stout
    rated 3.7 17 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

    This is not an Imperial Stout. This is a Foreign Extra Stout/Irish Extra Stout, although more of the scaled down Imperial version, rather than the bigger Irish type. Chocolately and roasty, slightly minerally, mild earthy hops, a bit watery for a big beer, but drinkable. A good Extra Stout, but this is no Imperial.

  • Schlafly Northern English Brown Ale
    rated 4.1 17 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

    An excellent beer, mildly roasty and chocolately, toasty malt flavor, some caramelly/toffee character, very drinkable and smooth. I'm quite impressed with Brennan's first recipe for Schlafly. Well played, I'll miss this one.

  • North Coast Brother Thelonious
    rated 3.8 17 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

    Bits of dark fruit, toasty malt, spicy phenolics and the like, yet mild and well integrated. Brown body, nice Belgian lace and foaming. Well carbonated and smooth, but a bit sticky. Good fruity profile and malt flavors, but a bit too sweet. A nice brew, not as digestible as PranQster, but still pretty impressive.

  • Three Floyds Dreadnaught Imperial IPA
    rated 4.4 17 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

    Wow...this did a good job of living up to the hype. I shared this bomber with a couple of homebrewing buddies after we finished up a cereal mashed Witbier. Extremely richly hoppy aroma. Lots of citrus, resinous and downright hoppiness, kind of like the DIPA of mine in secondary. Pours golden with a tiny bit of foam which abandons ship in a jiffy, I even found a couple of hop particles in my glass...yipee! Full and smooth mouthfeel, soft carbonation but just a bit sticky. Amazing, rich and full American hop character. Big, caramelly malt backing, very 'California', but not to the extreme American Barleywine levels. This is one very fine DIPA, I have to admit.

  • Three Floyds Pride & Joy Mild Ale
    rated 3.4 17 years ago

    Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    What a shock...their mild is really not much of a mild at all. Which isn't to say its a bad beer. It is a balanced BPA/BIPA malty and hoppy, mildly sweet and citrusy/earthy/spicy hops in balance with some malt sweetness, very drinkable.

  • Samuel Adams Long Shot Old Ale
    rated 3.9 17 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

    I hope I'm not showing big beer bias, but this one was strides beyond the other two. Full, malty and minerally aroma, toasty and almost wee heavy-like. Deep brown with a small cap of beige head. Smooth and warming mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Full and malty, like a lighter bodied wee heavy, some earthy hops for balance. This is a good one and I see some age helping, as well.