Posts Tagged: Stouts
Stouts: The Week Of Ten Stouts
Posted by on Sunday, December 31, 2006 in - 12 comments
I've written about plenty of stouts before but never a collection this big: imperial stouts, imperial extra double stout and just plain stouts, from four US states as well as Quebec, England and Australia. Stout has experienced a great diversification in its sub-styles through the explosion of …
Stouts: Oatmeal Stout, Anderson Valley, Boonville, CA, US
Posted by on Wednesday, November 1, 2006 in - 1 comment
...Or rather "Quick Note: Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout, Anderson Valley Brewing Company, Boonville, Mendocio County, California, USA". Damn good thing the beer is damn good with that much on the label. • Expresso foam head laying languidly over the blackest of ale. Dry licorice and minty hop …
Stouts: Three Stouts From Three Continents
Posted by on Thursday, September 21, 2006 in - leave a comment
Japan, Ireland and New York. When managing the stash you have to make sure some of the lighter brews out there do not kick around too long. Bought in Maine, maybe in April, I am worried about the Japanese Sweet Stout as the label says "alcoholic content not in excess of 4% of volume." Hmmm. This …
Three Imperial Stouts
Posted by on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 in - 8 comments
The season of Yule demands big beers and there are few bigger as a style, rather than some stunt for high alcohol, than the imperial stout. The Beer Judge Certificate Program describes the style in this way: • “Intensely fruity and malty, backed up by balancing roastiness and prominent hop …
Weyerbacher Brewing Company, Easton, PA, USA
Posted by on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 in - 4 comments
I did not see their Imperial Raspberry Stout - just the Old Heathen Imperial Stout and the Imperial Pumpkin Ale. You know, this use of the old "imperial" adjective is all the rage in the US craft brewing trade. It originally meant a honking big stout and was roughly to porter what barley wine was …
New York: Black Chocolate Stout, Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn
Posted by on Monday, October 10, 2005 in - 1 comment
According to Lew Bryson in his book New York Breweries, this is the beer that got Garrett Oliver the job as brewmaster at Brooklyn in 1994: • “He'd been brewing at a brewpub, Manhattan Brewing, since 1989. He could see the writting on the wall there, and one day when no one was in, he brewed up …
Stouts: Dogfish Head Chicory Stout, Delaware, USA
Posted by on Monday, October 3, 2005 in - 4 comments
Holy adjuncts! The Canadian version of this ale - found by surprise at the LCBO this weekend - has to have ingredient listings in English and French plastered on the neck with a bubble jet quality label. And what secrets it reveals: water (ok), malt (of course), hops (fine), yeast (sure, sure …
Stouts: Sinha Stout, Bygama, Sri Lanka
Posted by on Friday, September 2, 2005 in - 13 comments
Surprised I was. I pop into the government store looking for kookoo juice and what do I find? A beer I have not seen before. And from Sri Lanka as well. Excellence. I like these dark beers called foreign stouts. Last fall I reviewed another, Royal Extra Stout from Trindad, which is the same sort …
Stouts: Mackeson Triple Stout, London, UK...err....Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Posted by on Monday, August 22, 2005 in - 14 comments
The contract brewed US version of a classic brewed under license from Whitbread from England. This is one of the great beers I have never gotten around to trying. • A sweet or even milk stout if lactose, milk sugar, was actually added by the good brewers of Ohio - a practice which may well be …
Stouts: Shakespeare Stout, Rogue, Oregon, USA
Posted by on Monday, May 30, 2005 in - 1 comment
Another gem from Rogue. The first impression is of minty hops over roast barley and creamy yeast. The aroma is what you wished coffee was really like in the morning, nice mocha head over deep brown beer. It is actually deceptively simple at first sip. The hops have the mintiness of Guinness's …
