Posts Tagged: Porter Season
Vermont: Ravell Porter, Magic Hat, South Burlington
Posted by on Saturday, January 1, 2005 in - 1 comment
I had such high hopes for this post, comparing four of the brews in the South Burlington Vermont's Magic Hat Winter mixed 12 pack. Then the holidays hit, then the guests arrived, then the defence of the bottles began. Right now I have maybe 30 singles of beer stuck away for later comment at a …
Quick Note: Sinebrychoff Porter, Finland
Posted by on Saturday, December 18, 2004 in - 3 comments
Chocolate, licorice and heat. 7.2% Baltic porter, an artifact of a style. Heavy malty dark with a strong woodsy hop edge over the roast. $2.99 USD at the Party Source, Syracuse.
Quick Note: Labatt Porter
Posted by on Monday, November 29, 2004 in - 8 comments
While on the road, I chanced by a depanneur near the pulp mills in downtown Hull and found an artifact, Labatt Porter. This beer is a vestige of an earlier style of Canadian beer which died away as lagers came on to the scene. Old lumberjack taverns up the Outaouais may still have old sign for …
New York: Variety 12- Pack, Cooperstown Brewing, Milford
Posted by on Saturday, October 30, 2004 in - 10 comments
Another big buy from my trip a few weeks ago to the Party Source in Syracuse, NY. The case of this happy vista upon cracking the cardboard. Cooperstown Brewing is not actually in Cooperstown but is a proud cornerstone of the Milford, New York business community. • Like the Smuttynose case review …
Assorted Darks
Posted by on Thursday, September 2, 2004 in - 2 comments
Three New Yorkers and one each from England, Quebec and Ontario • Here are six dark ales which I have stuck away over the last while to describe some of the differences. This is a special message to Nils who I think can start his hunt for a beer he likes with some of these. • If you were …
