Beer review: Blue Fin Stout Brewed by: Shipyard Brewing Co. Maine, United States Style / ABV: Irish Dry Stout / 4.70% ABV C- / 2.65 look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | drink: 2.5 rDev: -41.9% I received a bottle of this at a conference I recently attended. I love [...]
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Double Dragon From: Felinfoel Brewery Company, Ltd. in United Kingdom (Wales) Style: English Pale Ale overall: 4.2 appearance: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | mouthfeel: 4.5 | drinkability: 3.5 A- Deep rich amber. Clear, but rich! Beautiful thick tan head. Stays a good couple, few minutes. Leaves a nice lacing on the glass [...]
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Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout From: North Coast Brewing Co. in California, United States Style: Russian Imperial Stout overall: 3.2 appearance: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | mouthfeel: 4 | drinkability: 3 A- A nice, rich opaque black pour. Not too thick of a head, but a nice soft tan. Doesn’t last long, [...]
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Grozet Gooseberry & Wheat Ale From: Heather Ale Ltd. / The Brewery Craigmill in United Kingdom (Scotland) Style: Scottish Gruit / Ancient Herbed Ale overall: 3.8 appearance: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | mouthfeel: 4 | drinkability: 4 A- Deep amber. Clear. Medium to shallow head, but somewhat rich. Keeps a decent lacing. [...]
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Schlafly Irish-Style Extra Stout From: Saint Louis Brewery / Schlafly Tap Room in Missouri, United States Style: Irish Dry Stout overall: 3.25 appearance: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | mouthfeel: 4 | drinkability: 3.5 A- Dark, deep black with a slight red hue. Pleasant brown-tan head, sticks around a little while, but then [...]
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Ebulum Elderberry Black Ale From: Heather Ale Ltd. / The Brewery Craigmill in United Kingdom (Scotland) Style: Scottish Gruit / Ancient Herbed Ale overall: 4.2 appearance: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | mouthfeel: 4 | drinkability: 4 A- Deep, opaque brown/black. Beautiful, rich, thick, DEEP dark tan head that lasts forever. Even with [...]
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Fraoch Heather Ale From: Heather Ale Ltd. / The Brewery Craigmill in United Kingdom (Scotland) Style: Scottish Gruit / Ancient Herbed Ale overall: 3.1 appearance: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | mouthfeel: 4 | drinkability: 3 A- Pours a bright, clear golden. Thin, white-tan head that disappears in seconds and leave virtually nothing [...]
READ MORE »Samuel Smith’s India Ale From:Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) in United Kingdom (England) Style: English India Pale Ale (IPA) overall: 3.7 appearance: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | mouthfeel: 4 | drinkability: 4 A – Beautiful clear, dark amber. Thick, creamy head that stays a reasonable amount of time and leaves a good [...]
READ MORE »SAM ADAMS’ CREAM STOUT overall: 3.95 appearance: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | mouthfeel: 4.5 | drinkability: 4 A – Beautiful deep, opaque brown to almost black. Slight amber tint; I don’t see any ruby as other mention. Pours a reasonably thick head. Soft looking, nice tan brown. Dissipates somewhat quickly, but leaves [...]
READ MORE »Test FileSalvator Doppel Bock From: Paulaner Salvator Thomasbraeu AG in Germany Style: Doppelbock overall: 2.15 appearance: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | mouthfeel: 2 | drinkability: 1.5 (A) – Deep, rich amber. nearly opaque. A dirty amber. The head was a nutty tan–very nice. A minimal amount of lacing, but it stayed awhile. [...]
READ MORE »Two Hearted Ale From: Bell’s Brewery, Inc / Eccentric Café & Beergarden in Michigan, United States Style: American IPA overall: 3.3 appearance: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | mouthfeel: 3 | drinkability: 4 A: A bright golden color. See through, rich amber. The head was surprisingly thick and solid. Biteable even. Leaves a [...]
READ MORE »Shakespeare Stout My review. From: Rogue Ales Brewery / Brewer’s on the Bay in Oregon, United States Style: American Stout overall: 3.75 appearance: 4.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 4 | mouthfeel: 4 | drinkability: 3.5 I couldn’t really detect a scent. (But then, I may have allergies acting up.) But the pour was great! [...]
READ MORE »St. Pauli Girl Special Dark overall: 3.05 appearance: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | mouthfeel: 2.5 | drinkability: 3 First, I’m wondering if I didn’t enjoy it as well as I could have because the date on my bottle was for next month. I don’t know what the life of one of these [...]
READ MORE »Old Slug Porter (Beer Advocate review) overall: 3.3 appearance: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | mouthfeel: 3.5 | drinkability: 3.5 Interesting bottle art. Cute. =) It pours with a nice, thick, nutty cream colored head. Very thick if you’re not careful, but reasonably thick with a careful pour. Almost edible. It’s a deep, [...]
READ MORE »Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Weizen (Beer Advocate review) overall: 1.9 appearance: 4 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | mouthfeel: 3.5 | drinkability: 1.5 Wow, this was a shocker of a beer! I shouldn’t have been surprised, it says “Schlenkerla Smokebeer” right on the bottle. But I’d never had a smoke-beer before, so hey. Nice pour; [...]
READ MORE »Hobgoblin (Beer Advocate review) overall: 3.75 appearance: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | mouthfeel: 4 | drinkability: 3.5 Unfortunately this is an example of “I may not know if it’s art, but I know what I like.” A nice color, a nice, creamy head, and a creamy feel without that oily feel that [...]
READ MORE »Bohemia (Beer Advocate review) overall: 2.45 appearance: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | mouthfeel: 2.5 | drinkability: 3 Golden pour, pretty yellow actually; golden is kind of kind. (I’m not a fan of golden beers. No real reason…biased against gold, yellow beers mainly because of its resemblance to something…else.) No real “head” per [...]
READ MORE »Sam Adams Boston Lager (Beer Advocate review) overall: 3.4 appearance: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | mouthfeel: 3.5 | drinkability: 3.5 Not bad. I don’t get the caramel flavor that some people have said, but I definitely detect a heady fruity scent and taste, like peach or apricot. Definitely a grassy aroma, not [...]
READ MORE »Guinness Extra Stout (Original) (Beer Advocate review) overall: 3.1 appearance: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | mouthfeel: 2.5 | drinkability: 3.5 In short, Guinness Stout kind of tastes and feels like a Guinness Draught Lite. It has the strong bitter, hoppiness of the Draught, but not the heaviness or creamy feel. The head [...]
READ MORE »Instead of rewriting these, I’m going to just copy and paste the reviews I wrote for Beer Advocate on these three beers. Enjoy (or not.) Samual Adams Black Lager (Beer Advocate review) overall: 2.1 appearance: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | mouthfeel: 2 | drinkability: 2 First and foremost, not impressed. The color [...]
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