Posts Tagged: Beer Reviews
Quick Note: Boont Amber Ale, Anderson Valley Brewing, California
Posted by on Tuesday, March 27, 2007 in - 9 comments
I bought this beer because there is a cute little bear with antlers on the bottle. No surprise in a California beer, but life is better with a little humor, right? I did the smart thing and poured my wife a big glass of her favorite wine, so I wouldn’t have to share. Her comments are helpful, but … read more »
Quick Note: Railbender Ale, Erie Brewing, Erie, PA, USA
Posted by on Monday, March 26, 2007 in - leave a comment
This is the first beer I have found from this western Pennsylvanian outpost on its north-west Great Lakes coast. The beer pours a lovely clouded orange amber with rich frothy white lace-leaving head. I wondered immediately after I poured it if I was looking at some sort of take off on a Belgian …
Quick Note: Porter, Wensleydale Brewery, Leyburn, England
Posted by on Sunday, March 18, 2007 in - leave a comment
Tonight, there's a bit of a nip in the air. The wind seems to turned to the north. A good enough excuse to open a dark winter type ale. • As if one needed an excuse. So I reached for a bottle of Wensleydale Porter, at 6.6% a punchy little number. This dark-copper coloured ale exudes a sweet …
Stouts: Old No. 38 Stout, North Coast Brewing, Cali., USA
Posted by on Friday, March 16, 2007 in - leave a comment
I think I recognize North Coast now by the smell, maybe I just think I do: something fresh and fruity, even a bit seashore-ish. This is a great take on a dry stout. Dark brown under rich sorta Manila envelope cream rim and foam. In the mouth, soft water with dry roast barley and minty almost …
The Week Of Schloss Eggenberg
Posted by on Sunday, March 11, 2007 in - leave a comment
I feel so cheap using a photo with a flash. Where has my style gone? Couldn't I have lined these up in a snow drift or something? Anyway, this was the second set of brews forwarded for review by importers Roland and Russell. The first review bottles, four from O'Hanlon's was a real treat, so I … read more »
Nova Scotia: London Porter, Propeller Brewing
Posted by on Saturday, March 10, 2007 in - 6 comments
Halifax's Propeller Brewing Company has a new (nope, just newly noticed by me) London Style Porter. A very nice, smooth, tasty dark addition to the local brew scene. The Propeller website states: • “A dark full-flavoured beer but smoother and less bitter than stout. Made with softened water …
Quick Note: St. George's Ale, Young's, London, England
Posted by on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 in - 4 comments
I have reviewed a few of Young's ales but this may be my last given the news last fall of their merger with Charles Wells and the closure of the captial's Ram brewery after 469 years. I understand their range is now being brewed at the Wells' brewery in Bedford. I trust this bottle is actually a …
Paul Goes To The Elysian Beer Festival
Posted by on Sunday, March 4, 2007 in - 1 comment
It's strange how the politics of a republican changes from left to right as you travel from east to west across the Atlantic Ocean. Arguably England's greatest historical figure would also have found it strange. He would not have approved of my recent visit to the town where he lived for a period …
The Week Of Eight Flavoured Beers
Posted by on Saturday, February 24, 2007 in - leave a comment
This week may not last that long. These beers have sort of collected on the stash shelf over time. Usually, I do not go out of my way to find a beer that has been flavoured. The worst thing, in fact, I have been asked in a pub by a bar tender after I said that I would have a beer was "what flavour …
Vermont: Harvest Ale, Long Trail Brewing, Bridgewater Corners
Posted by on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 in - leave a comment
I have reviewed one or two Long Trail beers here before, and the company should hire me I love them so much. • This bottle of Harvest Ale has sat in the beer stash here for a little bit, waiting for the right moment. My wife is out and about this evening, so I didn't have to share, making this a …
