Choklat

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Choklat

• Brewery: Southern Tier Brewing Company (New York)

• Style: Imperial Stout

• ABV: 10%

• IBU: ?

• Pour Color: Just black and no light gets thru!

      The head of this beer wasn't very high and didn't really last that long. It's a black hole of a stout poured into a glass. Absolutely no light makes it out of the glass. A sweet alcoholic scent comes off the top. The flavor is bitter, sweet chocolate and a nice compliment of roasted malts. Not really much hops to mention. The alcohol though has a strong bite and really isn't hidden. The high ABV is right up front but still a great dessert beer!
      The only problem this beer has is that alcohol flavor and scent. As you drink this one it nearly has legs like wine. It has a strong alcohol scent too. Then you sip it and find it too has a alcoholic kick. All and all this one tries to mix in with that ABV instead of hiding it like some others. This can easily alienate those who buy it thinking it's liquid Hershey's. Myself though found it to be delicious.

Rating: ****

Racer 5 IPA

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Racer 5 IPA

• Brewery: Bear Republic (California)

• Style: IPA

• ABV: 7%

• IBU: 75

• Pour Color: A golden slightly amber color with a haze. Light travels thru easily!

      I've got my follicles all in this one. The head was fairly high and lasted as a lacing for most the glass. The color was a very hazy gold. The haze and scent off the top screamed dry hop! A nice bouquet of citrus and alchol off the top. A fairly sweet back ground for a IPA. The hops come through as a mix of citrus and pine. Noticeable alcohol taste in mouth too. A nice original tasting IPA.
      An IPA that tastes different then most I have tasted before are hard to find. Racer 5 really is one of those kind of IPAs. The really sweet backing is usually found in a slightly overly bitter pale ale. Dale's uses it nicely. Deviant Dale's does too. This one isn't on par with those for me but this mustache enjoyed this beer. The alcoholic bite is just a little to much for every day of the week..

Rating: ****

Milk Stout Nitro

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Milk Stout Nitro

• Brewery: Left Hand Brewing

• Style: Milk Stout

• ABV: 6%

• IBU: 25

• Pour Color: A dark nearly black pour that lets little if any light thru

      This one had a eventful pouring as it has nitrous in it. The head came up nice and fluffy. A very creamy feel to it and it lasted for most the glass. The scent off the top was a nice roasted chocolate malt verity. The nitrous and milk give this beer a great feel in the mouth. The flavors are rather watered down though. A roasted/sweet flavor is really the most dominant tastes. You also get tones of coffee and chocolate. A nice milk stout that really has the body you want just not as strong of a flavor profile.
      Pouring a nitros beer is always so much more fun then a normal beer. The cloudiness that seems to settle out but really just builds the head up. It also adds the right carbonation to a milk stout in my opinion. Creamy, fresh, and light this beer really is good. I just wish they went further with the flavors cause it's slightly boring for my taste buds. I'd probably buy this again if I was hanging with a Stout drinker though.

Rating: ****

Lunch

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Lunch

• Brewery: Maine Beer Company (Maine)

• Style: IPA

• ABV: 7%

• IBU:

• Pour Color: A extremely hop hazed golden/amber color

      You open this bottle and find out quick you in a hop haze! The scent comming out the bottle gave a preview of the glass. It was strong pine, citrus, and passion fruit. A bouquet that made the face's wife look at me and say "I can smell it from here!" The color of the pour is gold and quite hazy showing the hop residue in this IPA. The head was fluffy and big and didn't just go away. I was afraid it was going to be over whelmed. The flavor is where it just gets real so much better! You got a buffet of hop goodness just dancing on the follicles! Passion fruit, orange, pine, and a slight grassy flavor. All and all it's the most flavor packed IPA I've ever had. This beer is incredible!
      As far as a IPA goes this is it. As far as a great beer with complexity and verity in flavor this is it! Recently i've had Heady Topper and Ghandi-Bot also top rated beers but still I compare them to my favorite beer. Dale's is my favorite beer period. Deviant Dale's used to be my special occasion must have beer. There is no question that this is now my must have for,or just after, any celebration that's really special!

Rating: *****

Ghandi-Bot

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Ghandi-Bot

• Brewery: New England Brewing Company (Connecticut)

• Style: Double India Pale Ale

• ABV: 8.8%

• IBU: 85

• Pour Color: A mix between gold and amber but see thru

      This one poured with a nice fluffy head. It fought well but was bested quickly by my follicles. It had a lacing on the top and sides for the rest of the glass. The amber color was slightly hazy but mostly see thru. The scent off the top of the glass was a spicy, floral, grassy verity of hops with a sweet malt backing. The taste was mostly those same hops. The floral seems to take center stage and the alcohol being 8.8% is really pretty easy drinking to me. The malts lend a slight sweet backing but no real flavor to compete with the hops. All and all a really really good DIPA!
      This is one of the ones I've heard stories about and it really didn't disappoint. A hop heads dream in a Double IPA and the ABV is pretty palatable.  The flowery taste though is super fresh and smells super good out the can and in a glass. I would find it real hard to decide between this and Deviant Dales if I saw em on a shelf and that's saying a lot for a DIPA in my book! Then again I've been looking for this one for months. Deviant Dales I been drinking all that time. Availability will always effect what you drink and Gandhi-Bot is sometimes hard to find!

Rating: *****

Stranger

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Stranger

• Brewery: Left Hand Brewing Company (Colorado)

• Style: American Pale Ale

• ABV: 5%

• IBU: 36

• Pour Color: An amber golden color that lets light thru

      A gold colored amber that can be seen thru easy in the glass. The head wasn't much and didn't hang around to long. The scent off the top is citrus and piney. Not really much of a malt character to the bouquet. The hops give you a mix of granny smith apple, lime, and lemon. You also get a nice spiciness. Alot of stuff going on and a pretty good pale ale.
      I enjoyed what this beer had to offer. A mustache swim in something this complex is always fun. Unfortunately I think they go a little too light on all of these flavors. A pale, to me, should drink this easy and leave such mellow notes on the finish. This being my first Left Hand product I was excited but really didn't find it to be that special.

Rating: ***

Sun Block

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Sun Block

• Brewery: Captain Lawrence Brewing Company (New York)

• Style: Unfiltered Wheat

• ABV: 4.5

• IBU:

• Pour Color: A hazy yellow pour with a fluffy light head.

      Poured into a typical pint glass and it was hazy and yellow. Light made it through but you couldn't see through this beer. The top had a yeasty sour dough scent that mixed with a slight hops presence. The feel in the mouth wasn't that much different then most summer beers. It has a little more heartiness because of the unfiltered quality. The taste was a bitter sour dough. As you swallow you get a nice wheat character. It's really a drinkable pale wheat beer for summer.
       Another summer beer but this one says unfiltered. So i made sure every bit of that yeast bed came back up. When a company points out an unfiltered beer it's the only thing to do. I also think this was important because it adds to the variety of flavors and textures in the bottle. Those flavors and textures really help add to the uniqueness of this beer. I like this beer a lot and would probably grab six packs again and again in the summer.

Rating: ****

Citra Blonde 2013

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Citra Blonde (2013)

• Brewery: Widmer Brothers Brewing (Oregon)

• Style: Blonde

• ABV: 4.3%

• IBU: 20

• Pour Color: A Golden easily seen thru pour with a nice fluffy head!

      This one was a golden color and had a fluffy head. Seemed a little extra fizzy. The head disapeared quick and left no trace though. The scent off the top was more wheat scented malts then anything else. The citra hops lend a slight lemon scent. The flavor is slightly bitter citrus notes and a wheat malt flavor. Really a typical summer beer that's light and easy to drink.
      Another beer of summer that really just fits in instead of stands out. It's light and not overly bitter or overly sweet. Instead of using the lemon that all the other beers of summer use though they create it with the citra. Refreshing, crisp, and clean and would make a good golf course beer. Can't really see taking a deep in it otherwise though.

Rating: ***

Undercover Investigation Shut Down Ale (2013)

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Undercover Investigation Shut Down Ale (2013)

• Brewery: Lagunitus Brewing Company (California)

• Style: Strong Ale

• ABV: 9.6%

• IBU: 74

• Pour Color: A red tinted golden pour that can easily be seen thru.

      The pour came out how I expected. The head was fluffy and left lacing for most the glass. It's see thru and bubbly. This beer has a nice red color. The scent came off the bottle as soon as I popped the top! The sweet caramel malts mix well with the nice bitter hop blend in the bouquet. Somewhere between IPA and ESB in flavor profile. You deffinitly don't get a 9.6% abv flavor off of it. Sweet fresh malts with a nice mix of spicy hops that aren't too over bearing. All around another great beer from lagunitus! 
      Another long name for a really really good beer. It's dedicated to the police that shut them down. Who couldn't love a beer or a company that does that kind of thing. Not as bitter as you would expect though. Strong, delicious, and putting it to the man! If you can't get behind at least one of those things then I would just stay away from lagunitus... Cause this is just what they do and they do it well!

Rating: *****

VooDoo Dounut Chocolate,Peanut Butter, And Banana Ale (2013)

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Voodoo 2013

• Brewery: Rogue Brewing Company (Oregon)

• Style: Fruit/Nutbrown

• ABV: 5.3

• IBU: 25

• Pour Color: A brown that lets a little light thru. 

     The pour came out good. People say the head has no retention and no lacing. That wasn't the case for me. It held it's own and was still round half the glass! The scent off the top is mostly that chocolate banana mix that you would expect. I found more of a peanut not a peanut butter aroma too. The color was a dark brown and makes me think of a nut brown instead of a fruit beer. The taste though was strong. You get the mix of peanut and banana when it's in your mouth. You swallow and get that nice chocolate echo that mixes well with the peanut flavor. I think this beer has what's advertised and delivers it pretty cleanly. NOT BAD AT ALL!
      People seem to be complaining about this ones extract flavors. I don't find the flavors to be that low of quality. Yeah they could of mellowed the banana flavor like a dream weaver but is that the profile of a doughnut? NO! I think as a dedication to a doughnut, and a novelty beer, they knocked it out of the park! It's over the top, it's wild and crazy, and it comes in single large bottles to enjoy with friends! This isn't a session beer, it's a special experience and I enjoyed dipping every follicle in it! My one complaint is that I think it could have been creamier. Still an amazing beer with an amazing flavor profile!

Rating: *****

Robust Porter

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Smuttynose Robust Porter

• Brewery: Smuttynose Brewing Company (New Hampshire)

• Style: Porter

• ABV: 6.2%

• IBU: 43

• Pour Color: Black...

      Pouring this one told a story. The head wasn't super big but creamy. The scent off the top was a roasted coffee scent. The carbination wasn't even seen through this beer. It was just a black hole of a beer absorbing every bit of light! The head by this time had went down to just a lacing. The flavor on sip was a nice full roasted flavor. Smoke, coffee and slight chocolate to it but also a fuller body. It really has some bulked up body to this one even though the head didn't show it.
      Delicious is how I would describe this. It's bitter in the roasted sense more then the IBU bitter. It's a extremely dry finish to it. Still it's got so much flavor you can't dislike it. Roasty and full bodied this one is making me glad I can flavor save. Smutty makes a good IPA and now I know they make a good dark beer too! 

Rating: ****1/2

Dunkel Lager

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Dunkel Lager 

• Brewery: SlyFox Brewing Company (Pennsylvania)

• Style: Munich Dunkel Lager

• ABV: 5.3%

• IBU: 21

• Pour Color: A amber color that light traveled thru easily.

      The pour left a head that was slightly fluffy for a sip or two. Then the head was gone. The top of the beer had lacing. Only a slight sweet malt scent off the top. The color was a amber that looked rather thin and allowed light thru. The malts were a sweet sour dough. The hops really added little to no bitterness or flavor. A lager like beer, not much more. 
      I'm not a lager fan and it takes something special to impress me. This isn't one of those special beers. This is overly sweet and sour. The mix makes for a weird swallow while also tasting the bready finish of yeast and malt. I really don't see myself grabbing another one of these.

Rating: *

Strawberry Wit

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Strawberry Wit

• Brewery: Ass Kisser Brewing Company

• Style: Ass Kissers Beverage Co. (California)

• ABV: 5.8%

• IBU: ?

• Pour Color: Golden and hazy really a good looking beer! 

      The head disappeared quick and lacing didn't really happen going down. The scent off the top was strawberry and lemon. The color was gold and hazy even though the light passed thru easy. The taste was malty at first. The malts were forward until swallow. Swallowing led to the mix of the strawberry/lemon that was promised in the scent. All and all a great fruit beer that doesn't just lean on the fruit to hard.
      The fruit of this beer is what makes it good to me. It's mellow enough to call this a beer with fruit instead of a fruitbeer. The malts are the star with a strong wheat flavor until the swallow. Once you swallow you get a nice mix of hops strawberry and lemon zest that really makes it refreshing. This is the type of fruit beer that this mustache likes to swim in instead of has to swim in!

Rating: ***1/2

Censored

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Censored

• Brewery: Lagunitas Brewing Company (California)

• Style: Amber Ale

• ABV: 6.75%

• IBU: 25.08

• Pour Color: A hazy deep amber color that light gets thru. 

      The pour came out with a nice fluffy head. It lasted a little while before disappearing. The scent off the top was malt heavy. Strong aroma of toasty caramel malts of some sort. The color of the beer was a darker amber that had a haze to it. The flavor of the beer was much less sweet then the scent would have led me to believe. This beer has a character that is unusual for a amber ale. It's got a full body and a malty taste that just is bigger then most ambers. The yeast and the toasted malt mix to give you a nice fresh bread or biscuit flavor. On swallow you get that familuar red ale finish of caramalts. A nice amber ale in my opinion. 
      Most amber ales just are fairly boring to this mustache. I'm actually more inclined to grab a wheat ale. That being said this is a lot different. Normally if I'm going to give a amber a distinction it's cause of the hop heavy way they did it. This beer here has little hop flavor but still awakes the taste buds. Another swim in this one is gonna be come shortly cause this is a good beer!

Rating: ****1/2

Odyssey

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Odyssey

• Brewery: SlyFox Brewing Company (Pennsylvania)

• Style: Imperial IPA

• ABV: 8.4%

• IBU: 90

• Pour Color: Slightly hazy and orange color

      The head came up and was fluffy. It lasted for a good while as I swam but soon was just lacing down the glass. It's a hazy orange color that light passed thru. The scent off the top was a lot less hops then I would expect. It was more earthy spicy tones to the bouquet then citrus or fruit. Slightly sweet malt scent. The mix of spicy hops, sweet malts, and yeast all have a slight liquorish taste to me or almost a root-beer. Not really my favorite to bathe in.
      This really is a strange double IPA. It's only a 8.4% alcohol beer and is fairly smooth at that level. The scent off of it was fairly boring. The taste profile too was strange and much more malt and yeast then hops. It does give you a nice bitter tone but it's more a biting a orange peel. Another thing that made this beer strange to me. Some will love this beer I guarentee but me... I'm not one of em.

Rating: **

Monster Ale

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Monster Ales

• Brewery: Brooklyn Brewing Company (New York)

• Style: Barley Wine

• ABV: 10.1%

• IBU:

• Pour Color: A nice copper color that let light pass easy.

       This beer poured with a head that disappeared quick. The scent off the top was a mix of apples and hops. Almost a falconers flight scent. The color was pretty much a copper and could easily be seen thru. The flavor gives you a nice mix of hops and malts with a yeasty taste. Not to sweet really and not really tasting like it's 10 percent. The hops are really the lightest taste not really bright or crisp. The hops might be the apple taste and scent I'm getting. The star is obviously the malts and yeast as you get a toasted roasted flavor while in mouth. Slightly sweet too. On swallow it turns to a yeasty biscuity taste that taste strange. It's a barley wine for sure though!
      At such a high alcohol you'd expect that you'd taste it. You really don't though. 10.1% and it's still fairly mellow. The taste though is off kilter to me. I swam in it and it really reminded me most of the Brooklyn IPA but not really much more. If you're looking for a high ABV that will be fairly easy drinking this is it. Not personally a favorite in the mix of flavors they did this with. I'm actually really disappointed cause most of the time Brooklyn hits a home run in my opinion!

Rating:***1/2

Captain's Reserve

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Captain's Reserve IIPA

• Brewery: Captain Lawrence Brewing Company (New York)

• Style: IIPA

• ABV: 9%

• IBU: 80

• Pour Color: A darker yellow color that can be seen through.

      The head came up and stayed up for a good while. Lacing would happen all the way down this one. The scent is a little less then you would expect from a Imperial IPA. You get a nice fruity tangy scent off the top. It has passion fruit in there, but also something that gives the nostrils a sting. When tasting it you find another surprise. The alcohol of a 9% is there but is nearly covered up. It has a nice sweet malt backing that competes right with the hoppy spice/fruity flavor. This makes it easy to swallow the beer before the real bite. The malts again make an appearance in the swallow with a nice biscuit finish. This isn't your normal IIPA it's pretty easily drinkable!
      Hopstoopid ain't this smooth! I mean you get the realization that this, as you drink it, is a imperial. It's not that it lacks flavor... It just has a mellow alcohol flavor that doesn't need a huge backing to cover up. It's a really well ballenced beer that doesn't seem to go hop insane. The beer doesn't have a flat boring taste profile either. Mellow crisp and easy to drink. Really a great beer that not many can rival!

Rating: *****

Exposed Cream Ale

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Exposed Cream Ale

• Brewery: Horny Goat Brewing (Wisconsin)

• Style: Cream Ale

• ABV: 5.3%

• IBU:

• Pour Color: Bright yellow color that was slightly cloudy.

      This one poured with little enthusiasm. I mean the head came and went but left some lacing on the top. It was a golden color with a little cloudy color. The scent off the top was mostly malt and biscuit. The taste was mostly those biscuit/bread tasting malts. The feel in the mouth really was fizzy and boring. Not really that creamy. This isn't one I'm going back to get again.
      On the website they list this as a session beer. Which is incorrect. If you're meaning it's easily drinkable then yes this is a "session beer". If you go by the actual meaning of "session beer" then you need a 5% or lower ABV . This obviously is not the case with this beer. This is important, cause a session beer is to be enjoyed over a long period of time and a 5.3% abv, may be a little high to bring on a hot day playing golf. It's easy to bathe in this beer cause it has such a mellow charicter with the 5.3%. That also lends to it being pretty boring in a world of craft beer. Really a everyday beer drinkers dream, in a craft beer bottle. If you've experienced craft beer, more then once, you probably left this kind of a beer in the review long ago!

Rating: *

Simcoe Spring

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Simcoe Spring

• Brewery: Peak Organic (Maine)

• Style: Pale Ale

• ABV: 5.4%

• IBU: 66

• Pour Color: A golden copper color that is easily seen thru

      This one was a darker straw color as it poured and left a nice head. The head would leave a nice island at the top and lacing all the way down. The simcoe comes through as a nice fruity scent. A citrus and pasion fruit scent are easy to smell. The feel in the mouth is light and smooth. The malts give a nice sweet flavor that just makes it easy drinking. A interesting pale. 
      I'm kinda blown away by this one. I like overly hopped or so dark you can't see thru it. This is neither of those. This is a nice spring offering that really gives a kick with simplicity. One hop really gives a lot of character in a beer I expected to be an average pale. It being by a organic brewery makes you think twice on what matters in brewing too!

Rating: ****1/2

3Beans

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: 3Beans

• Brewery: Six Points Brewing Company (New York)

• Style: Baltic Porter

• ABV: 10%

• IBU: 85

• Pour Color: Extremely dark and light is slow to pass thru

      The pour came out dark as a porter should. The scent is strong with a sweet chocolate fig scent. The alcohol also comes through on the bouquet.  The head frosted up but disappeared quickly. Chocolate and fig are also in the flavor as you sip. On the swallow comes the strong roasted tones of coffee with the alcohol taste. The roasted malt coffee flavor echos long after the liquor taste though. It's not often a beer has me talking about hops after the malts but that's this beer. At 85 IBU, they add some nice brightness in this dark beer, but not much. This really  is a porter that makes even a mustache dizzy!
      If you drink beers cause they may be smoother then liquor, this is not the beer for you. First sip and any-ones mustache is gonna curl. Give it another chance though! It's taste two or three that you realize how good this is. The coffee and the chocolate make it not so heavy hitting. Malty, bitter, and demands to be enjoyed not just chugged, a really great dark beer!

Rating: *****

Eliot Ness

The Beer Stats: 

• Beer Name: Eliot Ness

• Brewery: Great Lakes Brewing Company (Ohio)

• Style: Amber Lager

• ABV: 6.2%

• IBU: 27

• Pour Color: A amber color that light got thru easy

      The color was a toasted amber color along the lines of almost a red. The head came up frothy and eventually mellowed, although it left a trace of it self the whole way down! The scent off the top is malty yeasty and toasty. Not really a hop lovers beer here. The taste is much sweeter then I usualy enjoy. That though is mixed with a toasty almost biscuity taste. The only hops come through as a earthy variety, not very bold though. Really a lager that has some soul not just fizzy yellow sugar like some. 
     This is a nice light amber that is light but not. 6.2% abv gives it a little kick that most ambers wouldn't have. The toasty flavor and easy drinkability make this a pretty good beer. Not something to go tell the neighbor hood about either. Any speak easy or every day bar should have something this smooth on!

 
Rating: ****1/2

Red IPA

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Red IPA

• Brewery: Saranac Brewing Company (New York)

• Style: IPA

• ABV: 6.0%

• IBU: 63

• Color: A dark amber that can easily be seen thru

      The head of this beer was real fluffy from the get go. Easily distinguishable as a IPA as soon as you smelt the top. A nice citrus grassy smell. The color was obviously a red ale with a dark amber tone to it. Lacing began at the top and started tracing down as I bathed splash after splash. The bitterness is there for a IPA but it has a nice back bone to the sips. Hops are of course the star though. Citrus, grassy, and pine flavors are all easy to find. These flavors also echo long after the bathe and sip are over. Really one of the better spring seasonals I've had.

      Wow. Let me start by saying if you want a great 12 pack, you should get the 12 beers a springing from saranac. It's basically a IPA love triangle in that thing, plus a few more hop heavy favorites. This is the one I think is the best of the bunch though. The yeast flavor that most of the Saranac beers have, maybe it's a house yeast, don't blend this well. The yeast just fills out the flavor profile as you get a strong dose of bitter hops and slightly sweet malts. A IPA loving mustache like me can't help but love this one! Maybe this one will go full time soon like the White IPA!

Rating: *****

Mardi Gras Bock

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Mardi Gras Bock

• Brewery: Abita Brewing Company (Louisiana)

• Style: MaiBock 

• ABV: 6.5%

• IBU: 25

• Pour Color: A copper golden color

      You get both the yeast and the malts in the scent off the top. The head hung out rather low for a good portion of the glass. Slight traces of lacing on the sides. The color was a copperish golden color. It could easily be seen thru. The malt and yeast though tell this beers story. You got a nice mix of sweet malt and bread tones. The hops just helps add a little contrast that doesn't over take the beer. The yeast and the malts also echo long after the sip! Not really ballenced but actually very easy for a mustache to swim in frequently.
      Abita makes some good products. Another seasonal from them and another I would have again and again. Malty and hearty while not being to think to drink a whole night. Although the 6.5% ABV may be a little high to have all night. It's just a beer that any whiskers should be pleased with!

Rating: ****1/2

Lagunitas Sucks

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Lagunitas Sucks

• Brewery: Lagunitas Brewing Company (California)

• Style: Imperial IPA

• ABV: 7.85

• IBU: 63.21

• Pour Color: Gold easily light travels thru!

      The scent off the top is all IPA! Color is just a golden color that is easily seen thru. The scent off the top is a strong pineapple/citrus scent. The head came up and stayed very fluff for most the glass. Lacing from the head was seen the whole way down. The taste is a mix of citrus and grassy hops to me. The malts have a nice backing that really gets nearly drown out by the hops. It seems to try to be ballenced but really has that hop kick you would expect from a IIPA!
      Lagunitas sucks.... Not my experience but I also haven't tasted Brown Shugga before. Maybe not having it really does make them suck. Me though I love the IPA and I love Maximus! IPA's ain't a problem for Lagunitus and this isn't an exception. Delicious, bitter, and all the tastes you'd expect in a IPA. Let the other idiot faces think this beer or Lagunitas sucks you and this mustache know better!

Rating: *****

Nippletop

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Nippletop

• Brewery: Lake Placid Brewing Company (New York)

• Style: Milk Stout

• ABV: 4.9%

• IBU: 

• Pour Color: Dark Dark Brown... Light fails to make it thru!

      Nippletop is a dark beer on pour. Even that head on the top had a dark brown color. The head was nice and creamy on the top. It stuck around for awhile. The scent off the top is roasted malts and alcohol. The taste has a nice complexity of roasted malt, coffee and chocolate. The feel in the mouth is much fuller then most beers. It shows the use of oatmeal and lactose sugars in the brewing. It leaves a nice creamy feel all around. Not a bad beer to come down from the mountain for!
    Nippletop is a good but not great milk stout. It's got your strong malts to warm the insides. It's also got a great feel in your mouth. That coffee roasted flavor is really good too. All of these things though just don't go far enough for me. It's almost watered down at the finish to me. Still a good stout that most beer drinkers will like!

Rating: ***1/2