Brooklyn Winter Ale

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Winter Ale

• Brewery: Brooklyn Brewing Company (New York)

• Style: Scottish ale

• ABV: 6.1%

• IBU: 25

• Pour Color: A nice shade of red that shows tons of bubbles and light.

      This one poured a nice shade of red in the glass. The carbonation seemed a little higher then most. The head fizzed quick but would only be a film for most the glass. The Scottish malts give it a nice caramel scent. This one seems to have a spice but thats prolly just the higher carbonation. The real star of this one is the caramel malts. A slightly sweet fairly strong tasting beer. The yeast also has a role in the flavor that blends into a nice bread taste. The hops really take a back seat to all the malt flavor that's going on in this one. Still this mustache thinks it's a good scotch ale!
      Brooklyn makes tons of great beers. At the local store to day I got to meet there buffalo and Rochester rep. Unlike the big names it seems that Brooklyn wants educated beer people to do there representing, not young good looking girls that are just learning beer for the first time. If you're in Brooklyn anytime soon try some "there will be black" for me and let me know how it is!

Rating: ****

Dry Hopped Pale Ale

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Dry Hopped Pale Ale

• Brewery: Founders Brewing Company (Michigan)

• Style: American Pale Ale

• ABV: 5.4%

• IBU: 35

• Pour Color: A nice golden color, Slightly hazy but light travels through.

      Right away on the pour you can see the hazy dots floating in the pale. A nice sign that this one was dry hopped! The head on the top of the beer was fairly lack luster. Came up slightly and disappeared quick. The smell off the glass was quite malty. A sweat wheat scent. The hops scent was slightly grassy. On taste the malts have a slight toasty taste. There is a mix of bitter flavors in this pale. A nice pine and almost lime citrus flavor. The bitter isn't deep but you know it's there! Overall a really good pale.
      Another beer from founders and another good one. The malts are done in a decent way but the hops are the star of this one. Seems more bitter then the 35 it says on the bottle. The dry hop taste comes through nicely on this one and brightens everything up. A really refreshing beer for a summer or winter day.

Rating: ****1/2

Nugget Nectar

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Nugget Nectar

• Brewery: Troegs brewery (Pennsylvania)

• Style: Imperial Amber Ale

• ABV: 7.5%

• IBU: 93

• Pour Color: A darker amber color

      On pour it's completely see through although a redish/orange color. The head was fairly fluffy although disappeared after a sip or two. Smelling this one is a hop fest with a slight scent of malts. The taste is a nice mix of pine, spice, and grass. The malts of this one are easy to taste. They come through as a nice earthy fresh taste. Almost a biscuit taste to it. Great spectrum of flavors in all the important parts of a beer.
      Troegs Imperial Amber is amazing. Nugget Nectar is a great name that explains everything you need to know about this one. The Nugget comes through and really mixes well with the malts. Almost a toasty flavor that rally make this one a treat. All you mustaches out there need to get the Face to buy a few of these. YOU'RE WELCOME!

Rating: *****

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: ****