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: ****

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: *****