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Brewery: Abita (USA) Beer: Vanilla Doubledog, 7.0% ABV, 650ml bottle Listed Ingredients: Pale, Caramel, and Chocolate Malts; Willamette Hops; whole Vanilla Beans. Style: Spiced Strong Ale Rating: 4/5 Probably Vegan Friendly Appearance Black, almost completely opaque. Pours a thick, creamy head. Aroma Cream, vanilla, just a hint of malt and alcohol. Taste Round and soft, [...]
Brewery: Highland Brewing Company (USA) Beer: Thunderstruck Coffee Porter, 5.8% ABV, 26 IBU, 355ml bottle Listed Ingredients: Pale Malt, Carmel 60, Chocolate Malts, Midnight Wheat; Chinook, Hallertau Mittlefrue, and German Select Hops; Yeast, Water, and Organic Coffee from Dynamite Roasting Co. Style: Coffee Porter Rating: 3/5 Vegan Friendly Appearance Black, pours a modest but creamy [...]
Brewery: Stone Brewing (USA) Beer: Arrogant Bastard Ale, 7.2% ABV, 650ml bottle Style: IPA? Listed Ingredients: Water, Malted Barley, Hops, Yeast, Arrogance! Rating: 3/5 Vegan Friendly Appearance Deep brown, a little hazy, pours a creamy head that lasts. Aroma Hoppy, reminds me of a strong pale ale, a hint of iron? Taste Hoppy bitterness, IPA-like [...]
Brewery: Flying Dog Brewery (USA) Beer: Double Dog, 11.5% ABV, 24°P, 85 IBU 355ml bottle Style: Double Pale Ale Listed Ingredients: Water, Malted Barley, Columbus, Warrior, and Cascade Hops, Ale Yeast Rating: 3/5 Vegan Friendly Appearance Amber/yellow, slight haze. Pours a nice but modest head, not very thick. Aroma Alcohol and malt, contrasted by an [...]
Brewery: Brouwerij van Honsebrouck (Belgium) Beer: St. Louis Kriek, 4.0% ABV, 250ml bottle Listed Ingredients: Sugar, Barley Malt, Wheat, Cherries (15%) Style: Lambic (Kriek) Rating: 3/5 Probably Vegan Friendly Appearance Dark ruby red, almost brown. Aroma Sweet spices, cherries, almond pits Taste Sweet, maybe too much so. The gueuze base gives the beer a sour [...]
Brewery: Fuller’s (England) Beer: Old Winter Ale, 5.3% ABV, 500ml bottle Listed Ingredients: Crystal Malts, Target, Challenger, and Northdown Hops Style: Winter Ale/Bitter Rating: 4/5 Vegan Friendly Appearance Copper/amber. Pours a moderately thick head. Aroma Caramel sweetness, malt, toffee. Taste Starts as a typical English Bitter, but a toffee-like sweetness overwhelms quickly. Tastes like an [...]
Brewery: Stallhagen (Finland) Beer: Winter Porter (an alias for ‘Baltic Porter’), 7.0% ABV, 500ml bottle Listed Ingredients: Water, Malted Barley, Hops, Yeast. Style: Porter Rating: 3/5 Probably Vegan Friendly Appearance Black, pours a nice head of medium thickness. Aroma Roasted malt, caramel, hint of licorice and woodsmoke. Taste Medium dry, no nonsense porter. Maltyness hints [...]
Every year the beer restaurant chain in Finland owned by HOK-Elanto has a winter ale festival from mid-November or so until the end of the year. Usually they run out of the best stuff well before Christmas, so it’s a good idea to start sampling early. 2011′s list of ten beers was not particularly impressive, [...]
Brewery: Svaneke Bryghus (Denmark) Beer: Jule Spektakel, 8.0% ABV, 500ml bottle Style: Belgian Style / Christmas Ale Listed Ingredients: Water, Malted Barley, Hops, Trappist Yeast Rating: 4/5 Probably Vegan Friendly Appearance Deep brown, almost black, pours a rather light head for a beer of this type. Aroma A delicate balance of malt, hops, dried fruit, [...]
