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Brew: Monty Python's Holy Grail Ale
Brewed by: Black Sheep Brewery PLC; Ripon, United Kingdom
Style: English pale ale
Glassware: Best served in a pint glass.
Personal Notes: Pours a rich amber colored body sporting a somewhat melancholy foamy head. No big signs of carbonation that I took note of. As with most English pale ales, this one has the pleasant scents nuts and butter and the taste supports those scents with strong flavors of nuts and butter; I did note that the hops presents quite a bitter punch on the first few sips but mellows out after a while. It's not real heavy so it's a real good session beer! But for me this was a fun beer just because of the label as this ale was "tempered over burning witches"!!
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Brew: New Belgium Blue Paddle
Brewed by: New Belgium Brewing Co.; Fort Collins, Colorado USA
Style: German Pilsener
Glassware: Best served in a pilsner glass or mug.
Personal Notes: This brew pours out a clear light golden body that sports a tall foamy head that stays well with the brew for quite a while. Scents and flavors full of malts well-blended with just the right amount of hops to make for a superbly balanced brew. Light and refreshing ... definitely a great brew to be enjoyed during the hot Texas summers! A great brew to be enjoyed with poultry and fish/seafood meals!
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Brew: Oaked Arrogant Bastard Ale
Brewed by: Stone Brewing Co.; Escondido, California USA
Style: American Strong Ale
Glassware: Best served in a mug, pint/becker, or a snifter.
Personal Notes: Pours a dark reddish brown body sporting a good foamy head which left thick lacing on the sides of the glass while the brew was being enjoyed. A very "citrusy" scent and flavor hit strong at first but as the brew warms, there are scents and flavors of brown sugar, roasted hazelnut (most likely from the oaking process), and loads of hops coupled with subtle undertones of roasted malts. If I were to coin a term to describe either the scent or the flavor it would be 'complex'. Definitely a great session beer!
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I love all weiss beers. They are not cold filtered, and still have yeast in it. That yeast is actually very healthy, and with it included, is the way beer was always meant to be had.
Your comments about Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier makes me want to go out and get some. Hacker Pschoor is my usual favorite, but I even like Blue Moons Weiss.
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Brew: Lagunitas Censored (a.k.a. The Kronik)
Brewed by: Lagunitas Brewing Co; Petaluma, California USA
Style: American Amber/Red Ale
Glassware: Best served in the drain…. or perhaps a dixie cup…. or if you want to go high-society you can serve it up in a pint glass or mug.
Personal Notes:
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First things first… I had some high expectations for this brew based on inputs that others had given me on it and other brews that they have tried from Lagunitas. I’ll state for the record that if the rest of their line tastes like this, I’m spending my money on some other brewer!!
… it’s been days and I still can’t get that taste out of my mouth!!! …
And now for the review…
It started off looking like a good brew! A rich warm copper body but it only sported a teeny-tiny foam ring that dissipated quickly and left very little (if any) lacing on the side of the glass. The smell though was just a turn-off and I should have stopped right there and poured it down the drain! But nooooooooo, morbid curiosity got the better of me! It tasted as though I just took a handful of rotten hops and chewed on it! (and the beer wasn’t ‘off’… bottle was sealed right and it was recently brewed/bottled… it just tasted horrible!) I figured that a few more samples would do the trick and let the real flavor come out but I was sadly disappointed. I just can’t put into words how bad this beer tasted (ANY brew would be better than this)!
Sorry folks… no pics of the brew in the serving glass… didn’t want to waste the time with all the editing required on a shoddy beer like this one!
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Awesome thread AW, I like reading your reviews, but I don't venture away from Coors light much, except for regular Blue Moon on occasion..... Thumbs Up
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Brew: Paulaner Salvator Double Bock
Brewed by: Paulaner Brauerei GmbH & Co; Germany
Style: Doppelbock
Glassware: Best served in a pilsner glass or mug.
Personal Notes: Definitely a brew going into my BHOF (Beer Hall of Fame)!! This brew pours a rich dark red body that sports a thick foamy head that lends well with the brew for quite a while. Scents of strong malt, coffee (maybe a rich espresso) followed with rich malty flavors blended with hints of orange or cloves with very little presence of the taste of alcohol. It has a nice thick feel to it and is a great beer to pair up with wild game or other rich meats.
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Brew: Kronenbourg 1664
Brewed by: Brasseries Kronenbourg; Strasbourg, France
Style: European Pale Lager
Glassware: Best served in pilsner glass.
Personal Notes: This being my first French brew to sample, I didn't have any set expectations. Not a bad brew at all I must say, but nothing outstanding either. If you like Heineken then you'll easily like this brew as well. It pours a rich copper-colored body sporting a somewhat dismal bubbly head that dissipates very quickly and leaves very little lacing. Upon opening, my senses detected a very grassy, somewhat pungent, odor that frankly nearly kept me from sampling this brew. It's a bitter tasting beer; for me it was almost too bitter (but that's just me). Flavors detected consisted of the traditional grains, malts and hops; but I just could not find a happy balance between them; but the grassy flavor was very appearant and somewhat overbearing. It's very light on the pallet and a brew that can be a good session beer; especially on those hot summer days. This brew would be good with some fish or possibly some small fried baby crabs!
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Brew: Left Hand Milk Stout
Brewed by: Left Hand Brewing Co; Longmont, Colorado USA
Style: Milk/Sweet Stout
Glassware: Best served in a pint or a mug.
Personal Notes: This was my first experience in the Milk/Sweet Stout line of brews and this first introduction was quite an interesting one to say the least! The brew pours up very rich and thick with a near-black body that looked very inviting to enjoy! This would have been an awesome view had it not been for the puny head that disappeared so fast that I hardly had time to take a picture of it! Aromas of sweet chocolate and robust coffee teased my senses along with rich flavors of chocolate, strong coffee and a light hint of something smoky. It was very rich and thick but not syrupy like I had imagined it might be. Definitely a brew to be enjoyed after a good meal as it's almost like a fine dessert wine!
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Brew: Shock Top Raspberry Wheat
Brewed by: Anheuser-Busch, Inc.; St. Louis, Missouri USA
Style: American Pale Wheat Ale
Glassware: Best served in a pint glass, mug or a weizen glass.
Personal Notes: Now I'm not a huge fan of fruity-tootie brews but this one wasn't all that bad; not all that great but definitely not all that bad! It pours a very hazy/murky orange-ish body and sporting an 'ok' foamy head that goes away rather quickly. Loads of raspberry scents are detected right upon opening followed up with a slightly citrus-y scent. The flavor is, in my opinion, too heavy with the raspberry flavor and definitely not pure raspberry being added! There are also hints of orange (and sometimes lemon) flavors as well. The body feels creamy and very smooth with no harsh alcohol being detected. Might enjoy a couple on a hot summer day but not something I would drink a lot of or that often.
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