Sunday, April 13, 2014
Day 103-Beer 103 420 Extra Pale Ale, Sweet Water Brewing Co.,Atlanta Georgia
And the wheels on the bus go round and round, " this kind of beer keeps the wheels on the bus going round and round". It poured a dark golden colour with good head that disapated quickly and left very spoty lacing. The aroma had hints of citrus, malts and herbal spices. The taste was quite lite with some sweet malt up front and then some citrus and a little hops bitterness. A nice easy drinking crisp beer that would be great on a hot summer day. 3.7 out of 5
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Day 102- Beer 102 Red's Rye P.A., Founders Brewing, Grand Rapid Michigan
Oh Hoppedays are here again... Red's Rye poured a hazy dark orange/copper colour with off white head that left nice lacing that stuck to the sides of the glass. The aroma was grapefruit, tangerine and hops. The taste was grapefruit up front with a sweet malt hiding in the wings and some spicy flavour from the rye and hops. A fairly good IPA but there are ones that are much better. 3.7 out of 5
Friday, April 11, 2014
Day 101-Beer 101 Hopsecutioner India Pale Ale, Terrapin Beer Co. Athens Georgia
100 bottles of beer on the wall, and none of them will fall. Number 100 is an IPA from Georgia "Terapin hath recruited ye olde HOPSECUTIONER to execute the exact hop profilefor this KILLER ALE. YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HEAD OVER THIS ONE" It poured a golden copper colour with lots of head, good carbonation and lots of lacing that stuck to the sides of the glass. The aroma is sweet malt and citrus. The flavour was not a bitter or hoppy as I expected from the name but it was rather well balanced with hop bitterness and sweet malts that lingerin your mouth. A very drinkable IPA that is clean crisp and somewhat light in spite of it's 7.35 alchohol. A very good beer 4 out of 5. 100 down the hatch and 265 to go.
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Day 100-Beer 100 Island Summer Ale, St John Brewers, St John Virgin Islands
99 bottles of beer on the wall, if one of those beers should happen to be drunk we'd need another bottle of beer for the wall. Tonight's brew poured a clear golden colour with adequate head and some lacing. The smell was a typical ale with hints of sweet citrus, wheat and yeast. Taste of wheat and citrus. A very light tasting brew that would go down very easily on a hot day on the beach especially if you were in the Virgin Islands. 3.5 out of 5
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Day 99 Beer 99 Double Chocolate Stout, Wells and Young Brewing Co. Bedford England
Across the ocean in search of a better chocolate stout to the country known for some of its stouts, England. Chocolate malts and real dark chocolate are combined with a dark ale to make tonight's brew. It poured a dark, dark chocolate colour that allowed almost no light to pass through it. It produced lots of creamy dark milk chocolate heat that left nice sticky lacing across the surface and that clung to the glass as you drank it. The aroma was dark chocolate and roasted malts with hints of coffee, caramel and toffee. The taste mirrors the smell bitter dark chocolate, roasted malts, coffee with a hint of sweet toffee and vanilla. Overall a nice creamy feel and a well balanced light taste even with the 5.2%ABV. No comparison to last nights stout. This is what a stout should taste like, it was worth the trip to Bedford. Oh yeah, it comes is a 16.9 oz bottle so there is lots to enjoy. 4 out of 5.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Day 98Beer 98 Chocolate Stout, Fort Collins Brewery, Fort Collins Colorado
Tonight's brew poured a dark chocolate colour with creamy milk chocolate head that left nice sticky lacing. The aroma was chocolate with some hints of coffee and carmel. The taste had a hint of chocolate with some hop bitterness but overall a little thin for a stout. 3.5 out of 5
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