Saturday, March 31, 2012

Apricot

The Beer Stats:
  • Beer Name: Apricot
  • Brewery: Sea Dog brewing co. (Maine)
  • Style: Fruit Beer
  • ABV: 4.6%
  • IBU:
  • Pour Color: A golden color with a orange haze.




      The Face grabbed himself another fruit beer today. Nice little apricot treat. As Face poured it the head disappeared quickly. A nice golden color that has just a slight orange to it. As I was drenched in it I realized this is much stronger of a apricot taste then most. Sweet also it has a ripe flavor of apricot. Nothing else really shines through strongly. A interesting take on fruit beer.
      Sea Dog has a wide verity of beers in many styles. This one is my second sea dog to taste and the first I have reviewed. I really enjoy the Sea Dog Blueberry and this one is in the same vain as that one. Strong straight forward fruit flavor! This one however just wasn't the same level as the Blueberry .
  

Rating: ***1/2

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Oatmeal Stout

The Beer Stats:
  • Beer Name: Oatmeal Stout
  • Brewery: Wolaver's (Vermont)
  • Style: Stout
  • ABV: 5.9%
  • IBU:40
  • Pour Color: Pour is black and lets little light through




      The beer pours black like a good stout should. The head was fluffy but didn't last long. As Face brought it up to me I could smell the roasted malts and a coffee scent. On the sip you realize how full bodied the oats make this one. A nice almost gritty feeling in the mouth. chocolate and coffee make up most the flavor on sip. Although the smoke of the roasted malts is hard to ignore. This one is a really good stout that most mustache's can appreciate.
      This one is more of a coffee beer then the Alta Gracia. A delicious dark beer that really isn't that hard to drink. Some darker beers have to thick a body. This one though is really nice and creamy not just thick. Really the best beer out of this sampler and a great beer that I would go back to again and again.

  

Rating: ****1/2

Brown Ale

The Beer Stats:
  • Beer Name: Brown Ale
  • Brewery: Wolaver's (Vermont)
  • Style: Brown Ale
  • ABV: 5.7%
  • IBU: 55
  • Pour Color: Brown almost amber color not quite see through.




      The pour came up with a nice creamy head. A nice malty scent off the beer with a sweet caramel smell. This one was another balanced taste of hops and malts. The roasted malts are obvious with a nice chocolate kick. It also seemed to have a coffee character too. The hops on this brown was where it got interesting. Quite a bit more hop then most browns giving it a bitter not to sweet flavor. The body and taste all blend nicely for a smooth taste. 
      Another good organic offering. Most browns have a almost watered down taste to it. Don't have to worry about that here. This one has got a good hop character and a delicious malt fullness. Really one of my favorite browns I've ever had.


  

Rating: ****

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Hop Devil

The Beer Stats:
  • Beer Name: Hop Devil
  • Brewery: Victory Brewery (Pennsylvania)
  • Style:IPA
  • ABV:6.7.%
  • IBU: 50
  • Pour Color: Nice golden color on the pour not very murky.




      The scent comes out the bottle. A nice full range of hop scent. Pine and citrus tones are easy to catch before the foam goes down in the glass. The head didn't stick around to long. The taste is a nice earthy deep hop flavor. It mixes well with the malts that only gives a slight sweet flavor. It must be the whole hops that they use that reminds me of a Torpedo. Not quite as bitter but a really great IPA. One of the best I have reviewed and a constant favorite of me and the Faces. 
      Another Victory brew and another one in the W column. This one doesn't kick your butt like a  Hop Wallop but is much easier drinking. Like I said this one is the old standby when it comes to my favorite beers. Hop heavy and drinkable for most occasions, the Hop Devil is always a good choice. 


  

Rating: *****

Monday, March 26, 2012

Alta Gracia Coffee Porter

The Beer Stats:
  • Beer Name: Alta Gracia Coffee Porter
  • Brewery:Wolaver's (Vermont)
  • Style: Coffee Porter
  • ABV:6.6.%
  • IBU:64
  • Pour Color: A brownish red color that light still gets through




      A nice pour and color to this coffee porter. Didn't know what to expect cause it was on the lighter side of the porters I've seen. A nice chocolate and caramel scent off the top the glass. The head started fluffy but disappeared quickly. The taste was a nice sweet malty taste. Coffee, chocolate and caramel are accompanied by a nice smoked taste. An amazing balanced coffee porter that most couldn't pull off.
      As a huge fan of coffee beers I was excited to try this one. A real nice balance and a good coffee taste is what I got, and honestly what more can you ask for.  It's easy drinking not being to thick or dark and really refreshing. This mustache enjoys it greatly.
  



Rating: ****

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Wolaver's IPA

The Beer Stats:
  • Beer Name: IPA
  • Brewery: Wolaver's (Vermont)
  • Style: IPA
  • ABV:6.5%
  • IBU: 50-60
  • Pour Color: A transparent gold to copper color on pour.




      This one poured like most the IPAs. Golden color, pretty see through, and a fairly nice looking head. The head disappeared quick on a sip of two. The scent was a nice bouquet of hops. The fact they use caramel malts shows through with a nice taste of sweet malt each sip. The mix of bitter and sweet really was done well. A balanced beverage for sure that any follicles would be lucky to take a dip in.
       Gonna be honest here and tell ya the Face ain't bought many things organic in his life. This one was a dollar more then the southern tier sampler twelve pack and he went with the Wolaver's. This being the first of the four, it's really a decent IPA. Hoppy and malty I really enjoyed it and hope the coffee porter and oatmeal stout are better yet. The Face and I will let you know soon though.
  



Rating: ***1/2

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Loopy

The Beer Stats:
  • Beer Name: Loopy
  • Brewery: Three Heads Brewing (New York)
  • Style: Oatmeal Red Ale
  • ABV: 6.6.%
  • IBU: 64
  • Pour Color: A murky red color




      On pour it had a nice head and I was ready to dive in. The smell of the hops were all over the top of the glass as the Face lifted it. The head retained well although the photo doesn't show it. On taste it's also the hops that are the star of this one. Pine and citrus tones hit you hard and echo on. With the oatmeal though the body of the beer is a little thicker. When it's in your mouth it tastes like a red ale, malty and earthy, not just a red IPA. My Mustache favorite list is getting outta control with beers like this one out there.
      This one reminds me of Cascazilla alot but still very different. A real delicious maltyness that Cascazilla doesn't have. Cascazilla though has a sweetness to it's maltyness that this one doesn't have. Loopy is an amazing ale that leaves this mustache again thanking the Face for what he does. I'm happy anytime Face pours it and splashes it on me.
  



Rating: ****1/2

Friday, March 23, 2012

Hop Wallop

The Beer Stats:
  • Beer Name: Hop Wallop
  • Brewery: Victory Brewerys (Pennsylvania)
  • Style: Imperial IPA
  • ABV:8.5%
  • IBU:
  • Pour Color: A nice goldern slightly cloudy color




      Hop Wallop.... Wow..... The pour was that golden color you expect from a lager or a pilsner. The scent though is not that of a lager. I got a heavy scent of hops, off the glass, as the Face lifted it. Then came the splash of hop flavor. Citrus tones and floral tones take over this beer quick and echo long. This one tastes like the hops forever after. As a hop lovin mustache this was paradise really. 
      This is one of my new favorites. The hop combination, with just a slight malt flavor, really works. This one is much easier to drink then the Hop Stoopid or the DogFish 120, but, still has the character of an Imperial IPA. With Prima Pills and Hop Devil also made by victory expect the Face and I to drink and review more Victory!  
  



Rating: ****1/2

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Saranac IPA

The Beer Stats:
  • Beer Name: Saranac IPA
  • Brewery: Saranac (New York)
  • Style:IPA
  • ABV: 5.8%
  • IBU: ?
  • Pour Color: A clear dark golden color




      The Face poured this one and it looked real nice. The head was fluffy and stood it's ground for a good few sips. I even got the face to wait a few minutes before he stuck me in. You could smell the hops off the top the glass. It had a nice citrus or almost pine scent. The taste was a nice bitter hop. The malts gave a sweet tinge that made it pretty easy drinking. Really a good IPA in a sea of them.
       This was one of the first IPA's that I had starting out into craft beer. I used to switch the black forest lager in my six pack, with the six pack behind mine, just to get a extra in the trail mix. Bathing in this one, off tap, is reminding me why I fell in love with IPAs. May not kick you in the head like a Dogfish, but a real nice balanced flavor.


  

Rating: ****

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Apricot Ale

The Beer Stats:
  • Beer Name: Apricot Ale
  • Brewery: Pyramid (Washington)
  • Style: Unfiltered Fruit Beer
  • ABV: 5.1%
  • IBU:11
  • Pour Color: A nice orange, very cloudy




      A nice shape and color to this bottle. Think the Face bought it because of the spring color. As soon as the bottle opens you smell the apricot. The pour was a good looking orange with light having trouble coming through. As you taste it you realize this is what it says. A strong taste of apricot almost approaching peach with the sweetness. The beer however also is unfiltered adding a nice body to the fruit beer. This one also lacks a artificial taste of the fruit that some of the apricot beers have. Honestly a nice light beer for a nice summer day. I found this one strong flavored but refreshing. 
      After a long day of digging through cob webs, and getting them stuck in these curls, this is a beer to take a bath in. Light, but full of the apricot flavor. I was really presently surprised with this beer. I know for a fact I will be getting another six pack soon.
      
      


  
Rating: ****

Monday, March 19, 2012

G'Knight

The Beer Stats:
  • Beer Name: G'Knight
  • Brewery: Oskar Blues (Colorado)
  • Style:Imperial Red Ale
  • ABV: 8.7%
  • IBU: 50
  • Pour Color: A copper color, transparent




      G'Knight don't take prisoners. I'm sitting here soaked in G'Knight and realizing what the Face did to me. A low but steady head came up on the pour. Nothing to fluffy for me though, i dove right in. The scent was a sweet, red ale, smell before impact and boom! A nice mix of hop and malt played out on me. The follicles could tell this one was bitter but sweet. This was fairly easy drinking as the Face sipped on. That could be a quick problem though. 8.7% and not really the taste of an imperial. This mustache is leaning on the wax again after a can of this one. 
      G'Knight has a nice mix of earthy tastes to it. I was surprised as the hops seemed to give earthy hints and the malts almost gave it a biscuit taste. This one is a red ale that doesn't stop. High on flavor, and high on alcohol, this is what a imperial beer should be. Two cans of this Dales Pale and Mama's Little Yella Pills would make a great six pack. I think I'll go get one once I sober up.
      
      




Rating: *****

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Aprihop

The Beer Stats:
  • Beer Name: Aprihop
  • Brewery: DogFish Head (Delaware)
  • Style: IPA
  • ABV: 7%
  • IBU: 50
  • Pour Color: A bronze color, transparent




      I saw the dogfish head logo and knew it was good! The Face poured and it was actually kind of uneventful. Not really a head on it and a bronze color to it. The scents coming off the glass were apricot and hops. The second it hit the follicles I knew this wasn't just a fruit beer. Apricot isn't the star of this one but only a flower in the flavor bouquet that blooms. Both bitter and slightly sweet this one is another great beer. It proves again that Dogfish Head is amazing at making beer. 
      Dogfish Head and IPA always means I gotta try it. This is a hop heads kind of beer while also being a spring kind of beer. It blows me away how this one can feed you so much hop and finish it off with a sweet apricot taste. This is another one that I have to say, if you ain't tried it go get one now! Can't wait to see if it's better off the tap!
      
      


  
Rating: *****

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Wexford

The Beer Stats:
  • Beer Name:Wexford
  • Brewery: Green King/Morland Brewery (Ireland)
  • Style: Irish Style Cream Ale
  • ABV: 5.0%
  • IBU:
  • Pour Color: A copper color, transparent




      Having only tasted a Genny Cream Ale before this I didn't know what to expect. Then the Face opened the nitrous can. Also a first for us. The sound threw the Face off. As the Face poured, I realized if nothing else, this was the coolest pour I had ever seen. Like sand falling to oblivion the glass became clear after being all cloudy. The head on this is another marvel. It stood up for a long, long time. Thick and creamy I was nearly lost in it every time. The taste was that of a creamy red too. It was creamy but wasn't too sweet of a cream ale. Very malty and really a easy drinking beer. The Irish seem to do this Irish style thing pretty good. Weird.
         Figure this and the Brooklyn stout are my favorite beers for the holiday. Hoping to get a good rotation of those as I celebrate this wonderful occasion. I hope that all the other facial haired gentlemen (and ladies?) have a great festivity to attend. Bring them great mustaches home, safe and soaked in some suds at the end of the night. Happy Saint Paddy's day, pop a nitrous can and enjoy my fellow beer lovers.       


  Rating: ****

Friday, March 16, 2012

Banana bread beer

The Beer Stats:
  • Beer Name: Banana Bread Beer
  • Brewery: Wells (UK)
  • Style: Fruit Beer
  • ABV: 5.2%
  • IBU: ? 
  • Pour Color: A copper color, transparent



      We picked this one up not knowing it was a UK beer. With that in mind it had a head that disappeared quick. A nice scent of banana hit my follicles first. Extremely light, this beer has no hop flavor and is very sweet at first splash. My curl maintained easily. The flavors you get is malts and the banana. Some say it's a artificial taste to the banana but I enjoyed it. 
      Banana works in some beers really well. This one stands on the fact it's a banana bread beer. Only having those flavors in the bottle makes the beer real light. A nice change of pace, once in awhile, but it doesn't always jump out at ya. Springs coming soon and this one might be a good pick up for you and you're Face.
           

Rating: ***1/2

Thursday, March 15, 2012

ImPaled Ale

The Beer Stats:
  • Beer Name: ImPaled Ale
  • Brewery: Middle Ages
  • Style: IPA
  • ABV: 6.5%
  • IBU:
  • Pour Color: A golden color with little transparency


      The pour came out looking quite good to this mustache. A nice almost golden color that was quite murky. It had a nice head too. It held up for quit a while actually. Not used to that in most my reviewed beers. As the glass came up I got excited and all hoped up on the first splash. The first after taste threw me off as it was a mint or wintergreen type flavor. That quickly disappeared after a few more sips. Overall though this is a great IPA. A hop heads dream in a glass, even if the first taste threw the follicles.
      Middle Ages is in Syracuse brewery and pretty close to me. Their Wailing Wench was my first experience with their beer. A great beer in itself, Impaled is in that same vein. An IPA that gives you a real kick of the hops you expect, but a goo malt flavor too. I hope to visit their brewery soon.



Rate: ****

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Java Sutra

The Beer Stats:
  • Beer Name:Java Sutra
  • Brewery: Three Heads Brewing (New York)
  • Style: Coffee Porter
  • ABV: 6.5%
  • IBU:55
  • Pour Color: Dark but lets through a little light.



      The Face poured this one and the head was high for awhile. A sweet almost caramel and roasted scent comes off the glass. With the first sip you get that nice smokiness. It's slightly sweet but also very bitter from the coffee and smoke. This one also has a nice strong hop flavor. Most porters just leave it for the malts to do the talking. This gives the hops a real strong character at the end of the taste. That, to me, seems to be the lingering flavor in the follicles each sip. This one is a really good porter.
      Java Sutra was the first Three Heads I had and loved it. The more they make the more I like of their beers. This one, like I said, has that great hop flavor on top of the normal flavors of a great coffee porter. If you start your Three Heads experience with Java Sutra because of this review, YOU'RE WELCOME!


Rate: ****1/2

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

UFO Hefeweizen

The Beer Stats:
  • Beer Name:UFO
  • Brewery: Harpoon (Massachusetts/Vermont)
  • Style: Hefeweizen
  • ABV: 4.8%
  • IBU: 19
  • Pour Color: A very murky yellow color






      This one was a golden color with a nice thick fluffy head. It didn't last long and then i saw the murkiness. A splash of this one and you don't get what you expect. With most unfiltered beers you have a thicker body. The UFO doesn't seem to have that quality. It's quite light in body in fact. On top of that the flavors of the normal Hefeweizen isn't really that strong. I would consider this one more of a wheat beer then Hefe because of it's really light character.
      The other Hefeweizen I reviewed was Dreamweaver. That one went heavy on flavor and blended it well. This however is a different animal. It blends it's flavors well but they are really more subtle then I personally like. My follicles forgot this one soon after it splashed up, and that usually doesn't happen. I could see the face grabbing this on a hot day but that's about it for such a mellow beer.





Rate: ***

Monday, March 12, 2012

Brooklyn Brown Ale

The Beer Stats:
  • Beer Name: Brown Ale
  • Brewery:Brooklyn Brewery (New York)
  • Style: Brown Ale
  • ABV: 5.6%
  • IBU:30
  • Pour Color: A translucent dark brown







      This one poured with a high fluffy head that was a tough opponent. Almost a roasted caramel scent. As it splashed upon me the head broke and a sea of flavor ensued. A delicious fairly strong bodied beer. Not quite a smooth drinking beer but not to thick either. You get tastes of caramel, coffee, chocolate, and roasted malt flavors. Really a lot of flavor that mixes well with the mellow taste of hops. 
      This was always one of me and the Face's favorite beers. A brown ale is supposed to show you the whole spectrum of light and dark beer in it's flavor. This one is one of the best at doing so. Even with the strong malt flavors you get a nice hop taste that blends it all together. One I'd recommend to anyone at any function.






Rate: ****1/2

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Irish Red Lager

The Beer Stats:
  • Beer Name: Irish Red Lager
  • Brewery: Dundee (New York)
  • Style: Red Lager
  • ABV: 5.5%
  • IBU: 25
  • Pour Color: A see through red



       The Face pours it and I know it's red ale time. It's brought up to me with a nice foamy head, and all I smell are those malts emanating. A slightly sweet flavor at the start of your sip and ends with the strong malt flavor. This one really is a pretty cut and dry red that offers little to get excited about. Extremely easy drinking and smooth but not much else. 
      Dundee is actually a Genesee Brewing product. I know not really a microbrewery but as I have said finding Irish seasonal is difficult. Dundee though at least gets in the spirit with this one. A red lager that really is just that. No extra hop flavor, or a dry finish, this one is just sweet malt. I would go for any of the other reds I've rated long before this one unfortunately. 


Rate: **1/2

Friday, March 9, 2012

Merry Monks'

The Beer Stats:
  • Beer Name: Merry Monks'
  • Style: Belgian Tripel
  • ABV: 9.3%
  • IBU:
  • Pour Color: A golden color very murky



       The Face poured this one and it was a cute golden color. The head was nice and light but quite foamy. I expected this to be a easy going beer as I was soaked. Quickly you realize this ones a heavy hitter. Not really a strong hop or malt flavor to this one. Merry Monks' though has a very complex series of flavors. The easy tastes to descripe are clove and am almost a banana. This one really hits like a strong ale or a barley wine as it drenches the follicles. Really delicious for being such a big ABV. This one could send a amateur for a loop for sure.
      Blithering idiot was my first experience with Weyerbacher. That is another good brew that will probably be reviewed here eventually. Merry Monks' though is a mustache bruising beer. It makes me glad, again, I've been heavily waxed to keep standing. Ohhh and remember to give this one a spin with a little beer in the bottom. If you get a older bottle, it does have a settling of sediment. If you don't swirl it then you lose some taste.


 Rating: ****

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Ruthless 2012

The Beer Stats:
  • Beer Name: Ruthless 2012
  • Brewery: Sierra Nevada (California)
  • Style: Rye IPA
  • ABV: 6.6%
  • IBU: 55
  • Pour Color: A red very clear beer



      Sierra Nevada again, but you think this mustache is disappointed? The pour on this one was the color of a red ale. The head lasted about two sips before disappearing. The hops of this one on the other hand lasted much longer. It had a strong hop scent in the glass. The Ruthless had a much stronger malt flavor as you would expect. With the addition of the rye it almost seems bitterer then the torpedo. The torpedo seems, more crisp on the finish, while the Ruthless really had a lingering flavor. Another good beer from Sierra Nevada, but what else would you expect?
     This is an exceptional seasonal beer. Sierra Nevada has always been one of the Face's favorite breweries and this one is another reason why. If a local place had this on tap, it'd be a pleasure, to go back and forth between Ruthless and the Torpedo extra IPA.  
     


 Rating: ****1/2

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

St. Patrick's Irish Ale

The Beer Stats:
  • Beer Name: St. Patrick's Irish Ale
  • Brewery: Custom Brewcrafters (New York)
  • Style:Red Ale
  • ABV: 4.9%
  • IBU:?
  • Pour Color: A red very clear beer



      This one poured with very little head. Once it was lifted to me it had all but vanished. As usual the Face took a smell of the beer before a sip, I got a whiff too. Malts are all I smelled off of this one. On taste, it's real easy to tell this is a red ale. Very slight taste of almost a smoke too. It also has a bitterness that wasn't there for Conway's or Celtic. Not as sweet as the Conway's either. The malts in this one dance much cleaner on the tongue then the Celtic though. This is another red ale that I could see drinking more then just once a year.
      I been trying to do more Irish style beers due to the season. This is actually pretty hard too do. Only certain American breweries have an offering of this type this time of year. Custom Brewcrafters happened to be one. Really a good beer for the holiday. I really have a hard time deciding if I'd be happier, with the Face, ordering a Conway's or this one.
     


 Rating: ****

Monday, March 5, 2012

Raging Bitch

The Beer Stats:
  • Beer Name: Raging Bitch
  • Style: Belgian-Style IPA
  • ABV: 8.3%
  • IBU: 60
  • Pour Color: A copper nearly gold color



      The light head on the top of this one disappeared quickly. With the beer exposed I was amazed at how pretty a color this beer pours. A real hoppy scent to it as it is lifted. The second it hits your mouth it's a hop wave. Pine and Citrus flavors hit quick and hard. This one was a real follicle tickler. A fairly smooth taste although all the fruit tones echo on. This one has a taste similar to the Saranac white IPA but of course is quite different.
      Flying Dog has some of the best art work on a bottle. Presenting pictures in that great gonzo style. The art is the reason the Face grabbed us our first bottle. Gonzo Imperial porter was a great beer to both of us and we knew Flying Dog needed more attention. This one is by far one of me and the Face's favorites now. 
     



Rating: ****1/2

Sunday, March 4, 2012

UBU

The Beer Stats:
  • Beer Name: Ubu Ale
  • Style: English Strong Ale
  • ABV: 7.0%
  • IBU: 30
  • Pour Color: A red see through pour



      The Ubu ale poured much darker then I expected. The head was no where near worthy of me and I chopped it down easily. A sip or two it was gone. There really wasn't a scent off the top of the beer. As it crept up to soak me i didn't know what to expect. The first taste was bitter from the hops but malty at the same time. As a English strong ale it has that earthy taste that you expect from the English. More a cross between a scotch ale and a red ale in flavor. It also had almost a sour taste that didn't seem to come from expiration. Not one I would go for again. This one the Face can keep.
        Lake Placid is another one of the beers made locally. Actually the same place that does Saranac does lake placid the way I understand it. This is the beer I see most of theirs on shelf and seems to represent them. I personally think there's a lot of English strong ales that are balanced and delicious. This one just wasn't one of em as far as my hairs could tell.



 Rating: ***1/2

Fisherman's IPA

The Beer Stats:
  • Beer Name: Fisherman's IPA
  • Style: IPA
  • ABV: 6%
  • IBU: 64
  • Pour Color: A copper colored, slightly murky



      As the Face poured this one it had a slight murkiness and almost the color of a red ale. The scent is the hopiest part of this one. The head disappeared quick and was no match for me. At first taste you realize this, IPA, is very different then most. This one has a real malty taste and real earthy tones. Bitter like most IPAs, it also has a strange malt sweetness.  It really tastes more like a hoped up red ale then most American IPAs. This one is a decent IPA but definitely was not what i was expecting.
      While siping this one the bitterness is there. That part is what you expect in a IPA. The malty sweetness though is strange. Almost a over sweet Cascazilla. It really didn't make me curl much.  If I saw a Cape Ann beer in a glass again I wouldn't stray from being soaked in it though.


 Rating: ***

Friday, March 2, 2012

Dry Irish Stout

The Beer Stats:


  • Beer Name: Dry Irish Stout
  • Style: Irish Style Stout
  • ABV: 4.2%
  • IBU:?
  • Pour: Black not see through at all
 



      It was dark pouring into the growler and it's dark in the glass. As it poured a big tall head came up. Through the next six or seven sips it held on. The smell is just a strong malty scent. A nice light taste to the beer yet real big body. Thicker then some of the other beers I've rated and much more malty. This one has tastes of caramel, chocolate, and barley all jumping out at you. The hop flavor though is there and bitter without taking over the brew. A really good Irish stout of course.
      All of Brooklyn's brews are delicious and this one is no exception. My favorite beer so far of the Saint Paddy's day variety. It's ability to not be a bread in the bottle feel while having that taste is amazing. Just the right balance of sweetness too. Another beer I got to say "Thank You Face."



Rating: ****1/2

Witte

The Beer Stats:
  • Beer Name:Witte
  • Brewery: Ommegang (Cooperstown, New York)
  • Style: Belgian White
  • ABV: 5.1%
  • IBU: 11
  • Pour Color: An extremely light cloudy white
      

      The Face had three different Ommegang flavors at his store for a tasting (Rare vos, Hennepin). Out of the three this one is third and still really great. A nice foamy head quickly dissipates and leaves the beer behind. A clove scent hits you and mixes well with the orange blossom in the taste. A really really light beer the summer witte really is a great beer year round!
      Ommegang really isn't that far from me and the Face in upstate, NY.  They really are doing something different then most breweries in America with Belgian style beers. In a world of craft IPA's, this company really gives you a good change of pace with interesting styles and flavors.



Rating: ****