Day 365-Beer 365 Korbinian, Brauerei Weihenstephaner, freising Germany HAPPY NEW YEAR

It's truly hard to believe but 1 year and 365 beers one new beer every day is complete. Tonight's brew was drank for the New Years Celebration, it is a Dopplebock or Dunkles Starkbier at 7.4%ABV and poured an almost black colour one fingers of head that settled to leave only a spattering of lacing. The aroma is somewhat of medicinal, alcohol up front with some dark fruits and roasted malts, toffee and chocolate. The flavour has lots of dark fruits, cherries, plum and some toffee, caramel and a hint of coffee all with a nut background. A really good brew for its style but a little syrupy for my tastes, overall a great way to end the year's quest 3.7 out of 5. NO MORE BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL, UNLESS MAYBE I GET THIRSTY AGAIN WE WILL SEE. HAPPY NEW YEAR AND MAY 2015 BE A GREAT YEAR IN YOUR LIFE, THANKS FOR READING MY BLOG AND CHECK IN AGAIN NOW AND THEN I MAY FIND A FEW MORE TO ADD TO THE LIST. The body is medium to full, and slightly syrupy.

Day 364-Beer 365-1 Harvest Special Ale, Southern Tier Brewing Co. Lakewood New York

The count down to midnight has begun, after tonight one more beer to go to accomplish my goal of 365 different beers, one each day for the year 2014. Tonight's brew is an ESB an extra special/strong bitter. A similar brew is Hobgoblin. This one pours a golden amber with a couple of fingers of head that leaves some very nice and very sticky lacing. The aroma is grapefruit and caramel malts with an earthy background. The flavour is toffee and caramel background with some nice grapefruit hop bitters. A really nicely balanced ESB with a crisp dry finish and much more flavour than most beer in its style, 3.9 out of 5, I wish I had a couple of these to drink tonight but unfortunately I only bought 1. ....ONE MORE BOTTLE OF BEER ON THE WALL....

Day 363-Beer 363 St. Bernardus Christmas Ale, Brouwerij St. Bernardus, Watou Belgium

Well it still the Christmas Season and so my last Christmas ale, this one a Belgian abbey ale. This beer is listed as a Quadruple or a Quad. Inspired by the Trappist brewers of Belgium, a Quadruple is a Belgian style ale of great strength with bolder flavor compared to its Dubbel and Tripel sister styles. Typically a dark creation that ranges within the deep red, brown and garnet hues. Full bodied with a rich malty palate. Sweet with a low bitterness yet a well perceived alcohol. This one is 10%ABV and comes in a 750mil bottle. It poured a dark mahogany colour with lots of fuzzy head that settles to a thin layer of sticky foam. The aroma is fairly sweet with lots of dark fruits, plums, brown sugar with a brandy like background. the flavour is again sweet up front with some dark fruits especially plum with hints of black cherries along with toffee and caramel malts. A great winter brew that will warm your innards 3.9 out of 5

Day 362-Beer 362 Grande Cuvee, Porter Baltique, Les Trois Mousquetaires,Brossard Quebec

An interesting night for an interesting beer. Kristal decided to try a play the Interview on our Internet on the spot and I stated watch it will probably run out with 5 minutes to go. I must have esp because with almost exactly five minutes to go our Internet time ran out, not to worry we refilled it with of course my card and managed to see the end of a movie that was so bad and so corny that it almost became funny. As for tonight's brew it was a nice big 750 mil bottle at 10%ABV which helped me make through the movie. It poured a very dark chocolate colour with a finger of tan coloured head. The aroma had hints of espresso, chocolate, dark fruits, roasted malts and some brandy making almost the aroma of a liqueur. the flavour stars of very sweet, toffee, roasted malt and licorice then coffee with a smokey background and a sweet finish on the palate. Overall a good brew but a little on the sweet side for me 3.6 out of 5. A great desert brew that you could serve as a frozen yogurt float or add it to the pot when you cook your next batch of buttered carrots.

Day 361 - Beer 361 Organic Chocolate Stout, Bison Brewing, Ukiah California

This one is an American Style Stout brewed with Peruvian Cocoa. It poured almost black in colour with one finger of tan coloured head The aroma is dark chocolate, burnt coffee and roasted malts. The flavour chocolate espresso coffee and a hint of bitter chocolate hops. Try this one in your favourite recipes that call for beer or forget the water and add some of this brew to the next gravy that you make. Overall a good stout, 3.5 out of 5 Four More Bottles of Beer on the wall

Day 360-Beer 360 2XMass, Southern Tier Brewing Co. Lakewood New York

some more Christmas cheer, this on is brewed in the tradition of Swedish Glogg with figs, orange peel, spices, 2 varieties of hops and 4 types of malt. It pours a a hazy mahogany colour with one finger of cream coloured head that leaves some spotty lacing with lots of continuous carbonation bubbles. As for the aroma it smells like a cinnamon cookies, candy cane, with some pine tree resin thrown in for good measure. The flavour has a nice pine hop bitterness in the background with some peppery spices and then some sweet candy candy flavour remains on the palate. It certainly is an interesting and different brew that was worth the sample but I probably wouldn't buy another. 3.3 out of 5 .

Day 359-Beer 359 Snow Roller Hoppy Brown Ale, South Burlington, Vermont

I'm Dreaming of a white Christmas.... well there is no snow here in Florida today, although it was a little cool. Had dinner a 1 oclock at Camp Tiger, wow what a meal, then five holes of golf with Kristal and Rochelle followed by a losing game of dominos against the pro's Phylis and Lynn. Well back to the white Christmas we couldn't find any snow so I drank a snow roller. The name contradicts the look, it's far from white. It is listed as an american brown ale and pours a dark brown/mahogany colour with two fingers of off white head that settles to a thin laye of sticky lacing. The smell is nutty with rich earthy malts and some pine and floral hops. The flavour leaves a little sweetness on the palate with nutty malts with pine resin and grassy hops and a peppery background. Overall a good brew that lives up to its label of a "Hoppy Brown Ale". There are more hops than are usual for a Brown Ale. It also makes a good Winter Warmer with is 6.2%ABV. Take your soul for a roll in the snow. 3.4 out of 5. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT

Day 358 Beer 358 Helios Farmhouse Ale, Victory Brewing Co. Downington Pennsylvania

Tonight's brew is a saison or farmhouse ale. It poured a golden yellow with lots of white head that left a nice coating of lacing. The aroma has a lemon background with soem bread yeasts and sweet malt. The taste is typical saison wheat/bread yeast a hint of lemon zest some herbal hops and a peppery dry finish. Saison has become one of my favourite styles but this one just doesn't do it. 3.2 out of 5. 7 more bottles of beer on the wall......

Day 357-Beer 357 Brooklyn Summer Ale, Brooklyn Brewing C. Brooklyn New York

Tonight's brew is an English Pale ale. It pours a clear golden colour with an orange hint to it. It had one finger of white head that dissipates quickly leaving just a spot of lacing. The aroma is very light with a hint of grassy hops. The flavour has a sweet malt character with a hint of coriander, orange and some grassy hops, Not the best brew but not the worst either 3.2 out of

Day 356-Beer 356 Le Freak Ale, Green Flash Brewing Co. San Diego California

A great day today, weather in the high 70's , golf in the 80's, overall 62 with my handicap, My daughter arrived in Florida for the holidays and some good rummio games with the neighbors, and now the countdown is 10. Le Freak is a combination of two styles, Belgian Trippel and American IPA hence the category Belgian IPA. At 9.2% ABV it is a strong beer and it comes in a one pint 6 oz. bottle. It poured an amber colour with tons of frothy off white head that seem to last forever and stuck to the sides of the glass. The aroma was more Belgian than APA, banana, bready yeast cloves with a hint of citrus and pine resin. The flavour was sweet, banana, bread yeast, coriander, citrus, grapefruit and orange with some peppery spices, coriander and a heavy metallic background from the high alcohol content. It finishes with a bitter yet sweet taste in your mouth. Overall a very interesting brew 3.5 out of 5. .....NINE MORE BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL.....

Day 355-Beer 355 Old Man Winter Ale, Southern Tier Brewing Co. Lakewood New York

this one list as an old ale or a stock ale. They are left in vats to mature hence the name. The usually have a full malt body with plenty of character. Their colour ranges from dark amber to very dark brown. Hop levels can vary greatly they should have a fruity background of raisins and or black current. This one poured a dark brown with one finger of off white heat that created a sticky film of lacing on the sides of the glass. The aroma is very malty, caramel, raisin and toasted nuts with some pine resin and citrus hops in the background. The taste matches the nose, it has a creamy texture at first with hints of dark fruits and sweet caramel malts, toasted grains with a background of pine resin, citrus peel providing a nice hop bitterness. It not what I remember Molson Stock Ale being like but then Molson stock ale does not fit the category at all. A very good brew 3.8 out of 5.10 more bottles of beer on the wall

Day 354-Beer 354 Maximus Ale, Lagunitas Brewing Co. Petaluma California

Tonight's brew is an American Double or Imperial Pale Ale. Typically they are an IPA on steroids with a very heavy malt background and a high alcohol content, this one is 8.2%ABV. It poured a golden/orange colour with one finger of off white head and lots of carbonation bubbles. The head settled to a thick layer of lacing that stick to the sides of the glass as you drink this beer. The aroma is heavy on the hops, citrus, lemon and grapefruit, pine resin and just a hint of something sweet, apricots maybe, in the background.The flavours are also nice and strong,pine resin hops up front moving to sweet toffee and apricot than back to some grapefruit bitterness and a peppery feeling from the alcohol. A really great APA, 3.9 out of 5. Check out 90 Minute IPA for a comparable.

Day 353-Beer 353 Samuel Adams Latitude 48 IPA, Hopology Collection, Boston Beer Co. Jamaica Plains Ma.

Tonight's brew poured a golden amber colour with two fingers of head that lasted a long time and created a nice sticky film of lacing. Lots of carbonation bubbles. The aroma was citrus hops and pine resin. The flavour has some caramel malt up front with some nice cir=trus/grapefuit hop bitterness that finishes with a nice dry taste and some grapefruit on your and a creamy feel. Overall a good American Pale Ale 3.5 out of 5.

Day 352-Beer 352 Farmhouse Red Ale, Blue Moon Brewing Co. , Golden Coloradao

Great game of cards tonight, a Rochelle takes home the big prize again, maybe my turn next week or maybe not. Tonights brew is a saison/farmhouse ale. It poured a copper/amber colour with one finger of off white head that left a thin layer of foam across the surface and some sticky leggs. The aroma for a saison was quite mild, some bread yeast, dark fruit/raisin and a hint of spicy hops. The flavourI bought a six-pack of Farmhouse Red Ale in a grocery store, poured in to a pint glass.The flavour has some swwet malt up front with bready yeast, pepper and just a hint of hop bitterness. An good brew as I do enjoy farmhouse ales. 3.6 out of 5 F

Day 351-Beer 351 Blonde Bock, Gordon Biersch Brewing Co. San Jose California

15 bottles of beer on the wall and soon one will be drank and then there will only be 14. Tonight's brew is a Maibock or Helles Bock, see Dead Guy Ale for a comparative beer. It poured a realitively clear light amber/copper colour with some floaties and one finger of head that left a minimal amount of lacing and a sticky film on the sides of the glass. The aroma is bread yeast, caramel malts and a hint of grassy hops.The flavour has a bready taste up front with very sweet caramel malts and honey with hints of peppery and citrus/lemon hops with some warming as it has 7%ABV. An okay brew but a tad on the sweet side, 3.5 out of 5 14 to go

Day 350-Beer 350 Vitus, Brauerei Weihenstephaner, Freising Germany

Tonight's brew is from a brewer that lists itself as the oldest brewing co. in the world, established in 1040. It brews all of its beers under the purity law of 1516. The brew is a Weizenbock a more powerful Dunkel Weizen (of "bock strength"), it should have a pronounced estery alcohol character, with some spiciness from this, and bolder and more complex malt characters of dark fruits. The average alcohol by volume (abv) is in the range: 7.0-10.0%. This one is 7.7% ABV and comes in a one pint one oz bottle and it won a world beer award for the world's best strong wheat beer in 2012, I am looking forward to this one. It pours a typical unfiltered wheat bear, a cloudy golden yellow colour with two fingers of fluffy white head that settles to leave a small amount of lacing. The aroma is very bold with bread yeast up front and a sweet background of banana and bubblegum and hints of clove and peppery spices. The flavour also stands out, banana bread, spices, cloves with a little honey spread. There is a nice warmth from the high alcohol content but not a burn. This would be a great beer for a cold evening back in Canada which I don't miss right now. And you know I am not a wheat beer fan but this well it transcends the style. A fitting beer for my birthday. 3.9 out of 5

Day 349-Beer 349 Maibock, Capital Brewery Co, Middleton Wisconsin

tonight's brew as the name states is a Maibock. It poured a a murky golden amber with a slight orange hue with two fingers of head that left almost no lacing. The aroma was very yeasty up front with a sweet honey and molasses background. The flavour has caramel malts and bread yeast of front with a spicy hop background which settles back to a sweet finish. A little to sweet for the style but a fairly good brew, 3.5 out of 5

Day 348-Beer 348 Farmers Tan, Southern Tier Brewing Co. Lakewood New York

I'm not sure if it is a Farmers Tan or a Golfers Tan but I probably have both. It poured a orange/amber colour with two fingers of sudsy head that left a little lacing and lot of rising carbonation bubbles. The aroma has hints of floral and citrus hops and some bready malts.The flavour is malty up front with some citrus hops and a dry finish. An okay brew but it won't be on my list for Santa 3.2 out of 5

Day 347-Beer 347 Shock Top Honey Bourbon Cask Wheat Ale, Shock Top Brewing Co. St Louis Mo

This one is thanks to Edie and Fred. This one is a Belgian-Style Witbier, or an unfiltered wheat ale and is brewed with honey, caramel malt, and aged on bourbon cask staves. It pours a very muddy orange colour with one finger of off white head that leaves only a small amount of lacing. The aroma is very unique, lots of honey, caramel candy apple with an oak wine barrel background and the smell of a spicy bourbon. The taste is very sweet lots of honey and brown sugar taste with a very creamy feel in your mouth then some spice and oak which fades again to honey and sugar. A beer that a non beer drinker might enjoy on a hot summer night. A little to sweet for my taste but a good brew 3.4 out of 5

Day 346-Beer 346 Batch 19, Coors Brewing, Golden Colorado

They say this is a pre-prohibition style lager or maybe they just don't want to admit that they made this brew during the prohibition era. It poured a hazy golden copper colour with one finger of head and almost no lacing. The is light, sweet malt and hints of citrus and grassy hops. The flavor is very similar some sweet malt up front with a hint of grassy hops and minimal bitterness. 3.3 out of 5