Posts Tagged: Beer Reviews
Ontario: F + M Brewing, Elmira Road, Guelph,
Posted by on Friday, August 10, 2007 in - leave a comment
Neat and Tidy • Not all my travels for beer around Lake Ontario were on the US side. No, I headed straight for what must be the densest centre of brewing in Canada: Guelph, Ontario. Between the 401 and highway 7 on the west side of town you have national brewer Sleeman as well as venerable …
BF: Bell's Special Double Cream Stout, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Posted by on Friday, August 10, 2007 in - leave a comment
This is one of the best beers I have had in a long time. Thankfully, I landed a six pack when the elves drove back from Michigan the other week. This stout defines rich and would be a great introduction to beer for any chocoholic or coffee fiend who says they hate beer: licorice, espresso, dark …
Quick Note: Aviator Red, Flying Bison, Buffalo, NY, USA
Posted by on Thursday, August 9, 2007 in - 1 comment
It's a scary thing realizing you have to start moving out some of these beer in the stash. Drew gave me reason enough today what with his award winning...or at lease beerfest pass winning comment to the effect he likes this beer. Aviator Red is made by Flying Bison which describes it thusly …
New York: Rohrbach Brewing Company, Rochester
Posted by on Thursday, August 9, 2007 in - 2 comments
One of the other great things about a trip south, other than loading up the stash with brews that are forbidden to Canadians otherwise, is finding a great new brewpub. A few miles to the west of Rochester, on highway 33, we found one more at Rohrbach Brewing. • We sat outside and were treated to …
Brewery Focus: Bell's Best Brown Ale, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Posted by on Tuesday, July 31, 2007 in - leave a comment
The funny thing about brown beer is that beer is basically brown. All beer is brown. OK, almost all beer. Daniels and Parker say at the outset of Chapter 1 of their book Brown Beer: • “While exploring the history of brown ale, we wound up visiting nearly every other style of British ale. From …
Brewery Focus: Bell's Two Hearted Ale, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Posted by on Monday, July 30, 2007 in - leave a comment
I don't know about this Brewery Focus idea. It's getting so unfocused. The other posts for Bells are here and here - but that was a couple of weeks ago. Have I pushed the limits of blogging? Could I get a life and just get on with the review? • The name of the beer along with the picture of the …
About Oaked Beer: Insanity, Weyerbacher, Easton, PA, USA
Posted by on Saturday, July 28, 2007 in - leave a comment
Actively carbonated bright red-chestnut ale under a tan foam and rim, this beer is sort of like a BBQ raisin. It matches big oak with a big ale and the result is impressive. The brewery tells us it's their Blithering Idiot Barleywine incarcerated in oak bourbon casks for a time. • Rich as …
Belgium: Reserve Speciale, Brasserie La Binchoise, Binche
Posted by on Wednesday, July 25, 2007 in - leave a comment
An amber ale from the makes of Brune Tradition, reviewed last year. I like these malty brews by La Binchoise but I was a little surprised how the cork blew out of my hand leaving a dent in the ceiling. Maybe that has something to do with the freshness date of C3-06. Maybe not. • The beer pours …
Brewery Focus: Hebridean Gold, Isle of Skye Brewing, Scotland
Posted by on Sunday, July 22, 2007 in - leave a comment
The third of the trio from Isle of Skye Brewing, this one is a pale oat ale. I am looking forward to this. • This ale pours a bright burnished gold with a fine white froth and rim being sustained by very active carbonation. On the nose pale ale graininess as well as a fruity yeast tang. In the …
Sour Beer Studies: Gueuze Cuvée René, Lindemans, Belgium
Posted by on Saturday, July 21, 2007 in - leave a comment
I had great concerns about this beer given my whole Cantillon thing and my expectation of mouth puckering sourness. How wrong I was. While it is dry and even assertive in its acidity, this is no lemon. • On the nose there is fright fruit with some pear and berry. The beer pours a slightly cloudy …
