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# Beer Origin Style Score Date
2376 Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout United States Imperial Stout 3.7

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Great appearance, solid black with a large tan head. Aroma is chocolate and alcohol. Flavor is alcohol, chocolate, charcoal, and smoke. Overall this a pretty good beer but way too much alcohol especially considering the ABV. Overated beer.

Mar 2, 2004
12:26:02 PM
2377 Smuttynose Robust Porter United States Porter 3.5

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Black appearance with a tan head. Aroma is chocolate and dark fruit. Roasted malt, wood, and bitter chocolate flavor. An above average porter.

Mar 2, 2004
12:23:02 PM
2378 Wolavers Oatmeal Stout United States Oatmeal Stout 3.7

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

Dark appearance with a moderate off white head. Aroma is chocolate and oatmeal. Flavor is coffee, chocolate, and oatmeal. Bittersweet aftertaste. After this malthead paradise of an evening I'm dying for an IPA :)

Mar 2, 2004
12:21:02 PM
2379 Dogfish Head Chicory Stout United States Stout 4.1

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

Pours pitch black with a monster light tan head. Flavor is roasted malt and high quality coffee. Very well balanced not bending itself too bitter or sweet. Dark fruits and roasted malts abound. It also has a very carbonated mouthfeel. This is one fine stout.

Mar 2, 2004
12:18:02 PM
2380 Ace Pear Cider United States Cider 3.1

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

Interesting cider and much better than I expected. Aroma of pears and sour fruit. Flavor is oranges, pears, and apples. Not as sweet as I had feared. It has a slighty dry finish. Pretty good.

Mar 2, 2004
12:16:02 PM
2381 Saranac Stout United States Stout 2.7

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

A watered down stout. A light beer with dark food coloring. Slight bitter flavor and a huge watery palate. Some coffee flavor is present. Nothing I would ever seek out.

Mar 2, 2004
12:13:02 PM
2382 Neuzeller Kloster-Brau Original Badebier (Bathbeer) Germany Schwarzbier 3.8

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

Aroma is chocolate, caramel and blackberries. Appearance is dark with a minimal head. Flavor is chocolate, dark fruit, and licorice. Aftertaste is sweet with a hint of sourness on your tounge. This is a nice one and possibly the longest beer name I've had the pleasure to rate.

Mar 2, 2004
12:11:02 PM
2383 Palma Louca Pale Pils Brazil Pale Lager 1.9

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 3 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 5

Wow I wasn't expecting much and I got even less. No aroma. Standard light yellow appearance. It tastes like any other standard crap beer really. This is as much of a pilsner as Miller Lite and alot more expensive. NEXT!

Mar 2, 2004
12:08:02 PM
2384 Wychwood Goliath United Kingdom Bitter 3.3

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

Smells like iced tea? And I dont mean the rapper of course, apples and caramel. Brownish/orange appearance with almost no head. A slightly bitter one dimensional flavor with some caramel and fruit. Not too bad just nothing impressive either.

Mar 2, 2004
12:05:02 PM
2385 Julius Echter Hefe-Weiss Dunkel Germany Dunkel Weizen 3.7

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

Pours a cloudy brown with a massive head. Aroma is of citrus fruit and bread. Flavor is sour with some wheat and citrus fruit. Quite a different take on the style from what I have experienced. A good beer heya!

Mar 2, 2004
12:01:02 PM
2386 Strongbow Cider United Kingdom Cider 3.0

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

I saw this tap while sitting at the 5 seasons in Atlanta and thought well what the heck. This may be a step above alot of standard American Ciders with a drier taste to it. But overall pretty standard issue stuff.

Mar 2, 2004
04:09:02 AM
2387 Three Floyds Dreadnaught Imperial IPA United States Imperial IPA 4.3

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

Finally I get the 3 floyds! And it did not disappoint. Aroma is floral, sharp citrus, pine, wood, and of course fresh hops. Appearance is orange with a silky head and good lacing. The flavor is amazing. A nice hop punch but not as much as I expected. Lemons, oranges, and vanilla exist in the flavor. The citrus flavor and hops blend prefectly together. It has a very smooth and creamy mouthfeel to curb the sharp citrus and hop bite. I thought this would knock Stone IPA off my top spot for sure but thus far this is my second favorite IPA. Excellent beer! Rerate: The 2005 edition does not seem to be as good. It has lost some of the malt profile and its more like hop juice at this point. Its still good not great.

Mar 2, 2004
04:06:02 AM
2388 Bert Grants India Pale Ale United States IPA 2.7

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

What the hell? This beer stood even less of a chance after enjoying a 3 Floyds Dreadnaught IPA. It's like a one legged man in an ass kicking contest. NO CHANCE! Dark golden appearance with mininal head. Aroma is pretty tame hops and lemon. Flavor is slightly hoppy without anything to back it up. It tastes like someone dumped a bunch of hops in an Amstel Light. And I want to meet the absolute idiot who proclaimed this as "the only properly hopped beer in America" as shown in the commerical description. I'm reminded of that old Looney Tunes cartoon with the big bulldog "Spike" who was always followed around by that little yapping dog that said stuff like "You are so strong Spike, I want to be like you Spike!" And Spike would always smack him and say "Ah shut up!" Well this beer is the little yapping dog and the Dreadnaught is the bulldog bitch smacking this beer. Sorry for that strange story. Overall pretty crappy.

Mar 2, 2004
04:03:02 AM
2389 Rogue American Amber United States Amber Ale 3.3

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

A reddish brown appearance with a nice looking head and lacing. Aroma is malty with some hops coming through. Flavor is a little thin at least compared to other Rogue beers. Some hop bitterness followed with a bit of a smokey tobacco and sour grape flavor. A nice sipping beer but Rogue offers many better. Good one though

Mar 2, 2004
03:58:02 AM
2390 Dogwood Winter Ale 2003 (Special Edition) United States Spiced Beer 2.5

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 5

Smells of strong ginger and cinnamon. Appearance is a nice dark brown. Flavor is SPICE! Overload going on here. Cinnamon, ginger, and cloves is all I can taste. I enjoy a nice spiced winter beer but this is too much. It's darn close to a drain pour. I still appreciate biermonk giving me this beer and he did warn me of the excess spice. Bottom line don't seek this out, just get the regular Dogwood 2003-2004 winter ale its a very good beer.

Mar 2, 2004
03:53:02 AM
2391 Dogwood Winter Ale 2001 United States Belgian Strong Ale 3.3

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

This was very similar to many belgian blondes Ive had. Beers! Anyway this poured a murky orange. It had a very musky presence to it. A lot of spices and sour citrus flavor was present. Might be past its prime but it was doable.

Mar 2, 2004
03:49:02 AM
2392 Thyssens Amsterdams Blond Netherlands Belgian Ale 3.2

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

Apperance is a deep amber and the bottle looks like a lighthouse I kid you not. Aroma is a bit musky with some malty notes. Flavor has a slight sour character with a vanilla and sour fruit flavor. In that strange Orval kind of way I enjoyed this beer!

Mar 2, 2004
03:40:02 AM
2393 Fuller's India Pale Ale United Kingdom IPA 2.9

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

An almost non existent aroma. Appearance is amber with a large head. Flavor is spicy? with some faint hops. A very soapy flavor. I can appreciate the English IPA's with less hops but this is not a good example. Can this really be made by the same folks who make London Porter and 1845? Hard to believe. Below average IPA.

Mar 2, 2004
03:03:02 AM
2394 RCH Old Slug Porter United Kingdom Porter 3.6

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

A nice black appearance. Aroma is chocolate and some alcohol. Flavor is smokey with a bitter coffee and dark chocolate taste. I generally find porters to be one dimensional. But this has a little more character even for an old slug!

Mar 2, 2004
02:33:02 AM
2395 Rochefort Trappistes 8 Belgium Belgian Strong Ale 3.9

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Aroma is fantastic full of grapes, dates, spices, and nuts. Flavor is very smooth with a hint of bitterness. A nice woody and dark fruit flavor. It hides the alcohol amazingly well. This is certainly the short cousin of Rocherfort 10. Overall this a nice belgian but a little light bodied and not in the league of Rochefort 10.

Mar 2, 2004
02:31:02 AM
2396 Corsendonk Christmas Ale Belgium Belgian Strong Ale 4.3

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

Aroma is cherries, oranges, raisins, and alcohol. Appearance is a very nice brownish red color. Flavor is very chocolately. Some wintergreen mint and spiced plums. A sort of grainy and very sweet aftertaste. An Andes Mint in a liquid form. A tad too sweet but its one fine cold weather beer. Groovy!

Mar 2, 2004
02:29:02 AM
2397 Bert Grants Lazy Days Pale Ale United States American Pale Ale 3.3

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

A fairly weak citrus aroma. A nice amber appearance with a good lasting head. Flavor is very subtle with just a touch of hops and citrus. A very mild version of an American Pale Ale but enough flavor to make it pass. Overall its alright despite these lazy hops.

Mar 2, 2004
02:21:02 AM
2398 Tennents Lager United Kingdom Lager 2.2

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 2 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 5

Aroma is strong and grassy. Appearance is a very light golden color. Flavor is crisp with some slight citrus. But oh god this has a nappy aftertaste! Maybe one of the worst ever. Overall this is run of the mill and too expensive.

Mar 2, 2004
02:17:02 AM
2399 Yuengling Lord Chesterfield Ale United States Blonde Ale 2.5

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

Aroma is grass and soap. Flavor is lemony with a hop or 2 in there. What makes this an ale again, is it the golden appearance, the light flavor, or the green bottle? Im not sure. Average.

Mar 2, 2004
02:13:02 AM
2400 Anheuser World Select United States Lager 2.8

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

Not nearly as bad as I imagined. AB cant seem to get the aroma to improve, it still smells like a Bud. Appearance is a dark golden color. Flavor has some malt character vs the usual rice character. Some bitterness in the flavor as well. Im not going to knock it just because it's made by AB. A pretty good lager and better than many Ive had. Easy to knock but as good as many European lagers just not worth the cost.

Mar 2, 2004
02:08:02 AM