Widmer Brothers Pitch Black IPA

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Pitch Black IPA

• Brewery: Widmer Brothers Brewing (Oregon)

• Style: Black IPA

• ABV: 6.5%

• IBU: 65

• Pour Color: Black on pour letting little to no light through

      On pour this one had a nice fluffy head that even as you drink holds on the top. It's one of the first beer that had a low head all the way down. A roasted sweet caramel scent first thing you smell. Mixed with a pine and citrus hop blend. The cascade hops come out as the first star of this beer. As it splashed up on me it was all I tasted at first. A nice sweet roasted taste to the malts balance it well. This one is a really good Black IPA.
      Some real dark beers this week but still a real nice hop presence. For some reason that chocolate/coffee flavor works so well with the bitter hops. This is another balanced beer that a hop head or dark beer lover can get into.  I'd recommend your face get one today!

Rating: ****

Yakima Glory Ale

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Yakima Glory Ale

• Brewery: Victory brewing (Pennsylvania)

• Style: Dark IPA

• ABV: 8.7%

• IBU:?

• Pour Color: Pours a very dark red.

      This one poured a dark colored red that let through little light. The head was big and fluffy but disappeared quickly. The scent of this one is earthy. You get a slightly fruity scent off it too. Those scents also have a slight sweet smell of malts to it. On taste you get hit with tons of flavors. Sweet roasted flavored malts are there in that dark color. The hops though are spicy and grassy. There's a flowery hint to this one too. Wow the range and flavor of this one is great and not scene often!
      Not quite as hoppy as a IPA usually is but nothing to complain about. This beer has a nice scent and a nice taste. The malts are strong as the hops and this leads to a nice balance. The crisp flavors are met by roasted dark malts and neither are left to go it alone. This one makes me glad the face is going to a victory take over in his home city!

Rating: ****1/2

Righteous Ale

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Righteous Ale

• Brewery: Sixpoint Brewery (New York)

• Style: Rye Beer

• ABV: 6.4%

• IBU: 57

• Pour Color: A golden slightly brown color.

      On Pour this one was quite hazy with a nice fluffy head. The scent off the glass was the rye in this one. The hops had a scent of grass and pine. Tasting it you get huge tones of the rye. Giving it both a spicy taste and bitter aspect really adds to this beer. Then the hops comes pine and citrus flavors. Really much more malty flavor in this real hoppy beer then most. Unique and delicious!
      This is a huge malt fest with that rye and tastes quite spicy. Really a bread in a bottle taste to it. I found it to be great but those who don't like rye should avoid it. This isn't the type of beer the Face would get normally, but I'm glad he did.
     

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: *****

Rocky Mountain IPA

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Rocky Mountain IPA

• Brewery: Fort Collins Brewery

• Style: IPA

• ABV: 6.2%

• IBU: 80

• Pour Color: Almost a orange color really. very murky.

      On pour this one had a nice head that was fluffy it held fairly well. As the Face lifted the glass it was a nice floral and pine scent off it mainly. The malt does come through on scent too though. On taste the malt again is only in the back ground as the hops comes forward. Bitter with almost a grapefruit and pine mix. Really a well balanced beer that lingers on the follicles between sips.
      An Elephant on your bottle is a easy way to get the face to try your beer. Easily mesmerized that one. Anyway Fort Collins Brewery joins the list of great Colorado breweries. This IPA is another great example of delicious beer from the rocky mountain state. Canned or bottled I'm enjoying Colorado beer!

Rating: ****1/2

Raspberry

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Raspberry

• Brewery: Sea Dog Brewing (Maine)

• Style: Fruit Beer

• ABV: 4.7%

• IBU:

• Pour Color: A dark beer on pour. When held up to light shows red through.

      Another sea dog beer and another fruit flavor. I think the face likes these guys or something. On pour it's golden and crisp. The head really didn't show up when this one was poured. The scent is a sweet raspberry. On taste it's also the taste of that sweet raspberry. The wheat is mellow but it's there especially as you swallow. Almost a biscuit flavor that mixes well with the echos of raspberry. 
      Sea Dog really knows how to make fruit beers drinkable. At 4.7% this one has a higher alcohol level then most the fruit beers out there. As with the other Sea Dog this one is a fruit first beer. The difference with this one though, is that it has the wheat flavor, really making the fruit crisper. This is a really good fruit beer.

 

Rating: ****

Vanilla Porter

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Vanilla Porter 

• Brewery: Breckenridge Brewery (Colorado)

• Style: Porter

• ABV: 4.7%

• IBU:16

• Pour Color: A dark beer on pour. When held up to light shows red through.

      This one looked to me to be another flavored novelty beer that the Face likes to get. It poured and had a slight head that went away fast. That worried me to. The came the scent off the glass. It was scent of coffee, slight nuttiness, and sweet caramel. Altogether just in scent I started to twinge waiting for a splash. Then it came and I twisted a little tighter. A nice little taste of caramel and coffee are heightened with a nice roasted flavor. Chocolate comes through and a nice cereal taste on top of it. Then comes their vanilla taste. Not to strong at all it really seems to help brighten the other flavors in this one. This one is light for a porter in body but all and all lots of flavor. 
       Colorado is starting to flow pretty regularly on me.  Oskar blues is one of my favorite breweries. This one though just made me a fan of Breckenridge Brewery too! A nice balanced porter with a extra kick of vanilla. A beer no one should be sad to have in their mustache. Thanks again Face!

  

Rating: ****1/2