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

Smuttynose Winter Ale

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Smuttynose Winter Ale

• Brewery: Smuttynose Brewing Company (New Hampshire)

• Style: Dubbel

• ABV: 5.83%

• IBU: 30

• Pour Color: A dark red color. Light makes it through.

      The head was quick to raise in the glass. Had a nice brown shade to the head too. It lowered after the first few seconds and hung low at the top. The smell was almost a raisin, chocolate, caramel mix. The color is a nice shade of red that makes it very appealing really. This one hits the mouth and you start to get a warmer sensation. The caramel character is there and a nice fruitiness. As you swallow you get a nice bitter finish. 
      Smuttynose brewing is a trip! You see the two guess on there IPA bottle and one of em is in a red flannel and suspenders. When I went to the American Craft Beer Festival in Boston that man was at the booth. He was more willing to talk beer then any other person in the place. That's the kind of person who loves his product. Also the kind of person that makes great beer. This mustache hasn't found one Smuttynose he wouldn't swim in again. Even if it's just one time a year for a specific style!

Rating: ****