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# Beer Origin Style Score Date
201 La Chouffe Belgium Belgian Strong Ale 3.9

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

pours a golden amber with a large, frothy, white head. Dissipates quite quickly, leaving a film. The aroma consists of candied fruit. orange, sugar, sweet malt, yeast and some spice. It's a wonderfully sweet aroma. The taste has sweet malt upfront, rather bready with some candied fruit in there as well, with orange, lemon and some green grape. White pepper and a general spicy taste. Alcohol noticeable. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, a bit thin. Strong carbonation.

Jun 9, 2012
12:00:00 PM
202 Hoegaarden Original White Ale Belgium Witbier 3.9

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

Pours a hazy pale gold with tons of lively carbonation, the head is huge, frothing white mass which stays intact to nearly the bottom of the glass, leaves behind a few blotches of lacing. The aroma is wheat malt and musty yeast with a dose of orange peel and coriander. The spices come out even more in the glass. The taste is a little bit of wheat malt mixed with slightly sour yeast and lemony hops. Orange peel and coriander spices round out the flavor profile. The mouthfeel is thin bodied and with plenty of carbonation.

Jun 9, 2012
12:00:00 PM
203 Hoegaarden Grand Cru Belgium Belgian Strong Ale 3.9

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

Pours a dark amber gold colour with some sediment & a small bubbly white head. The aroma consists of bananas and malts along with a lot of wheat and lemon citrus along with some yeast and orange zest along with other spices. The taste is a spicy mix of banana and clove along with some wheat and yeast. The mouthfeel is smooth, medium body, and a alcohol filled taste with a lot of sweetness. The finish is dry but warming.

Jun 9, 2012
12:00:00 PM
204 Ayinger Oktober Fest-Märzen Germany Marzen / Oktoberfest 3.9

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

pours a nice, slightly hazy medium amber tone yielding a medium frothy, off-white head with decent retention and lacing. The aroma is sweet, malty with notes of spice, some breadiness. The taste is similar to the aroma with some toffee and hints of hops and yeast. The mouthfeel is medium bodied and is somewhat creamy with average carbonation.

Jun 16, 2012
12:00:00 PM
205 Two Brothers Ebels Weiss Beer United States Hefeweizen 3.9

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

pours a cloudy lemon yellow like color with a fluffy thick long lasting white head. The aroma has soft clove mild lemon and banana tones as well. The taste has some chalky yeast notes, with a bit of fruit mild banana, citrus tone with a clove finish. Acidity presence brings a tart quality about it, dry powdered yeast slap pack notes. The mouthfeel is light airy not to effervescent with carbonation, decent mix nothing offensive. Drinkability is solid a nice summer beer.

Jun 30, 2012
12:00:00 PM
206 Ringneck Olde 21 Imperial IPA United States Imperial IPA 3.9

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

pours a orange/yellow color with a nice, active frothy head that gently sticks and slides. The aroma is good ruby red grapefruit juice hoppiness upfront, sweetened by a brown bread maltiness. The taste is very hoppy without ever being incredibly bitter. The malt sticks to it well without ever becoming sweet either. The mouthfeel is light in body and well carbonated.

Jul 6, 2012
12:00:00 PM
207 Cerveza Cristal Peru Pale Lager 3.9

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

pours a very golden, clear, straw colour with a bone white cap, decent retention and lacing. The aroma is grainy & corny, slightly sweet. The taste is excellent but it is a bit grainy and corny with a bit more bitterness than standard carribbean beers. The mouthfeel is very light and very refreshing.

Jul 7, 2012
12:00:00 PM
208 Goose Island Christmas Ale 2009 United States Spiced Beer 3.9

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

pours a reddish-brown amber color with a small tan head with some lacing remaining. The aroma is of steeped tea and holiday spices. The taste is of cinnamon and nutmeg notes with a bit of raisin and caramel as well. The mouthfeel is a medium to full body and is a very smooth and pleasantly drinking brown ale. Overall: an enjoyable, easy drinking quaff that's sure to satiate during the chilly holiday season.. I'd like to try this one fresh, but I gotta say, this 3 year old bottle appears to have aged great.

Jul 15, 2012
12:00:00 PM
209 Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier Germany Hefeweizen 3.9

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

Pours a cloudy pale golden yellow in color with moderate amounts of visible carbonation with a medium sized dense foamy off-white head that reduces slowly with a light to moderate lacing. The aroma is moderate to heavy with banana and clove, also there are some lighter hints of wheat. The taste is very similar to the aroma, the predominant flavors are banana and clove (spice) along with some wheat and yeast. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with moderate to heavy amounts of carbonation.

Jul 15, 2012
12:00:00 PM
210 Brooklyn Oktoberfest United States Marzen / Oktoberfest 3.9

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

Pours a clear copper body with medium sized white head with spotty retention and not much lacing. The aroma is sweet, toasted malts with caramel and buttered bread and a hint of earthy hops. The taste starts off on the sweeter side with a load of caramel and some hints of toffee lingering and toasted malts take a little edge off the caramel and they end up adding some biscuit flavors that show off some sweetness as well. There is a brief grainy presence but that gets cut short as the grassy and floral hops come in at the end to finish the beer. The mouthfeel is medium bodied and sweet with a touch of grassy hops at the finish.

Jul 21, 2012
12:00:00 PM
211 Veldensteiner Landbier Germany Kellerbier 3.9

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

Pours clear garnet red with light amounts of visible carbonation and small frothy off white head with excellent retention which leaves excellent amounts of lacing. The aromas are malty and bready with just a hint of spicy hops. The malts seem to be toasted and overall the smell is not unlike pumpernickel bread. The tastes are slightly sweet and malty bready & toasted malts with slight hints of raisin, and toffee. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied and very little carbonation.

Jul 30, 2012
12:00:00 PM
212 Spaten Oktoberfest Ur-Marzen Germany Marzen / Oktoberfest 3.9

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

Pours a light copper color with near perfect transparency with a few bubbles that create a small white head which manages to stay intact all the way down the glass and leaves behind a few small blotches of lacing at the bottom of the glass. The aroma has a musty smell of grassy hops and sweet malt. The taste is musty sweet malt upfront. The body is lightly toasted grain with a hint of earthy hops with a tinge of eurolager skunkiness. Flash of earthy hops as the beer passes over the back of the tongue leads to slightly bitter toasted grain finish. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with moderate carbonation.

Aug 4, 2012
12:00:00 PM
213 Evil Twin Mad Dog Pale Ale United States American Pale Ale 3.9

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

Pours a crystal clear dark copper in color with moderate amounts of visible carbonation and some orange / amber highlights. Small foamy beige head that slowly reduces to a medium patch along with a thin film. The aroma has moderate amounts of caramel malts, fruity yeasts, and citrus / lemon rind hops, with much lighter notes of herbal hops. The taste is similar to the aroma,starts out with a moderate combination of pale and caramel malts with a light amount of sweetness. There are some light to moderate amounts of fruity yeast and moderate amounts of herbal and citrus / lemon rind hops. Light to moderate amounts of bitterness that fade rather quickly. The mouthfeel is on the lighter side of medium bodied with slightly more than moderate amounts of carbonation. Smooth.

Nov 1, 2014
12:00:00 PM
214 Anchor Our Special Ale 2014 United States Spiced Beer 3.9

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

pours a medium, cream-colored head, a dark, ruby-brown appearance, and some moderate lacing left on the glass. The aroma is very spicy this year, with probably nutmeg, cinnamon, and white pepper, and the flavor is also spicy, with brown bread, some bitterness, and a touch of fruit. Mouthfeel is medium and prickly, and finishes semi-dry, spicy, and easy drinking.

Dec 13, 2014
12:00:00 PM
215 Zauber Brewing Buxum Blonde United States Blonde Ale 3.9

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

pours a clear blonde color, with small white head, which stays for while dissolves into nice lacing. The aroma is of fruits and hops. The taste is malts and light fruits The mouthfeel is light bodied and quite refreshing.

May 4, 2015
12:00:00 PM
216 The Actual Photon United States Light / Lite Lager 3.9

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

pours a nice light golden color (darker golden the one would expect for a light beer), with small white head which recedes to a little lace around edges. The aroma is light but with nice malt aroma. The taste is very similar to the aroma, a lot of body for a light beer. Very refreshing when sitting outside on hot early summer day. This is the first beer from this brewery can't wait to taste more. The mouthfeel is light but with more to it then once would expect for a light beer.

May 26, 2015
12:00:00 PM
217 Buckeye Lake Blue Goose Cream Ale United States Cream Ale 3.9

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

pours a clear pale golden color with a thin white head that evaporates quickly to an outer ring. Spotty lacing. Aroma of grassy hops and malt. Light-bodied with flavors of mild hops, fruit and pale malts. The finish is sweet with a short malty aftertaste.

Jul 6, 2015
12:00:00 PM
218 Four String Tinnitus United States Blonde Ale 3.9

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

pours a nice light golden yellow, with nice white head, that stays for a while and leaves nice lacing. the aroma is malts, lemon and fruity spearmint. The taste follows aroma and is so very refreshing. The mouthfeel is light / medium bodied with clean fresh finish

Oct 8, 2015
12:00:00 PM
219 Sweetwater Waterkeeper Hefeweizen United States Hefeweizen 3.9

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

Pours a mildly hazy, golden color with a fluffy, white, medium sized head, with decently good head retention and lacing vaguely present. The aroma is a good scented beer though lacking as pronounced aromas. The most dominant aroma was that of hops, bread malts and notes of banana vaguely present. The taste has flavors are full and robust as to be expected, banana is the most dominant taste, followed with a decent blend of malt and hop as well as cloves and spice. The mouthfeel is fairly smooth and with crisp aftertaste, medium bodied beer.

Dec 15, 2015
12:00:00 PM
220 Wolf's Ridge Brewing Sustinator United States Doppelbock 3.9

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

pours a hazy copper-amber color with a medium off-white head that dissipates steadily to an outer ring leaving strings of lacing on the glass. The aroma of roasted malt, fruit and hops. The taste is roast malt, ripe fruit and earthy hops. The finish is fruity with a short malty aftertaste. The mouthfeel is medium bodied

Apr 7, 2016
12:00:00 PM
221 Seventh Son Chester Copperpot United States Altbier 3.9

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

Poured clear dark brown color with an average frothy tan head that was mostly lasting with very good lacing. Moderate to heavy roasted malt and smoke aroma. Medium to full body with an smooth texture and soft carbonation. Medium to heavy smoke sweet flavor with a medium to heavy sweet finish

Apr 11, 2016
12:00:00 PM
222 Homestead Pioneer Ohio Pilsner United States Bohemian / Czech Pilsener 3.9

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

pours a clear golden color with a medium white head that fades away steadily to a film of lacing. Aroma of herbal hops, malt and fruit. Light to medium body with a grassy hop character and notes of doughy malt and fruit. The finish is mildly bitter with a grassy hop aftertaste.

Sep 11, 2016
12:00:00 PM
223 SanTan Mr. Pineapple United States Fruit Beer 3.9

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

pours a slightly yellow in color and has a short white head that quickly died down. The aroma was of light wheat and pineapple and not much else. The taste has flavors of pineapple juice along with notes of wheat. Mouthfeel is medium-bodied and a moderate amount of carbonation.

Jul 26, 2018
12:00:00 PM
224 Staas Brewing Baumholder United States Weizenbock 3.9

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

Pours a hazy light yellow small frothy head. The aroma is has the strong yeast notes with subtle banana in there as well. Flavor is dominated by all the nice yeast flavors, some banana and subtle clove, subtle sweet aftertaste with a nice malt tone. A medium light mouthfeel.

Sep 8, 2018
12:00:00 PM
225 Seventh Son Passing Place United States Lager 3.9

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

pours a pale golden yellow with nice large white head, that hangs around for a while. The aroma is typical for lager. The taste is wonderful, a really nice full bodied lager. breaking my rule having more then one during sample session.

Oct 8, 2018
12:00:00 PM