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

EuroTrash Pilz

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: EuroTrash Pilz

• Brewery: Southern Tier Beer (New York)
  

• Style: Pilsner

• ABV: 5.2%

• IBU:

• Pour Color: Easily see thru straw color.

      The pour had a nice fluffy head to it. That would end quickly and a laced top would be seen for most the rest of the glass. A nice golden color that was easy to see through and actually quite bubbly. The scent off the top is a mostly malts. Wheat smell mostly and a little hint of hops. The taste is the same way. Very strong wheat and yeast flavor. The back ground isn't really bittered much by the hops. It's a sweet, slightly floral mix, toward the end of the taste. The wheat flavor lingers long after a sip. An average pilsner really.
      This is one of the few southern tier beers that just is boring to me. The hop really doesn't excite and the malts are just to sweet. It's really one of those yellow fizzy beers that other mass makers make. Yeah it's got a kick of a little more flavor but it's not really unique. If your a pilsner guy I can't see you being disappointed in this one. If you'er not a pilsner guy this isn't going to switch you to this style. Good beer but not great. 

Rating: **

Spring Bock

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Spring Bock

• Brewery: Otter Creek (Vermont)
  

• Style: Bock

• ABV: 6.2%

• IBU:

• Pour Color: A golden slightly murky color.

      The bottle is opened and you get a nice sweet malty yeasty scent off the spring bock. The head started fluffy but faded fast. The color was a golden orange that had a cloudy quality. The hop flavor in this one is a nice earthy back ground. The malt is a nice sweet barley flavor. Really a nice lager flavor. The one downside, much like the copper ale, is that it has a slight alkaline taste that again is a weird off flavor. Nice and light this one was a decent spring offering. 
      This is the last that is in their spring sampler, and I found the sampler wide ranging. The Copper Ale wasn't to good. The Bock is average. Yet the Stovepipe Porter and the Black IPA were great. When it comes to Otter Creek Brewing I'm gonna keep it dark from here on out. Otherwise the follicles pick up on a metal taste that isn't appealing.

Rating: ***

Discord

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Discord

• Brewery: Pyramid (Washington)
  

• Style: Black IPA

• ABV: 6.5%

• IBU: 69

• Pour Color: A very dark red letting through a little light

      On pour this one was quite dark, but didn't look to thick. The scent off the glass was a roasted hoppy scent. The head was nice and thick but disappeared quicker then I like. Bitter is the name of the game on this one. Slightly earthy, slightly citrus, and slightly grassy hops hit you fast and hard! The malts give a nice roasted coffee flavor to back those hops up. Good amount of textures and a good amount of body to this one. The hops are the star of this black IPA for sure though.
      Pyramid is turning out to be really good. The Outburst was great and now this Discord is gonna be sorely missed after the spring season. That's right PEOPLE AND MUSTACHES! This is a must try before it's gone. So go get one!

Rating: ****1/2

Strawberry Harvest

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Strawberry Harvest

• Brewery: Abita Brewing (Louisiana)
  

• Style: Fruit Beer

• ABV: 4.2%

• IBU:13

• Pour Color: A slightly hazy color but totally golden.

      The Face poured this one and it had a head that disappeared quick. The color was golden and hazy, but, light traveled through easy. The scent off the glass was a nice clean strawberry smell. You expect the strawberry to be overbearing but it's not. Light, but clearly their, it really is the taste of a ripe strawberry. It also has a nice citrus taste. As you swallow the nice strong taste of wheat really comes through giving you a great range of flavors. This is a delicious and refreshing beer. 
      This is our first taste of Louisiana and it's starting out great! This is by far my favorite fruit beer I have tasted. Crisp and refreshing it's a great beer to bathe in. On a hot summer day, when you're gonna have four or five, this fruit beer wouldn't be bad at all. I know the Face will be splashing this one on me again real soon.

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: *****

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: *****