Fremont Brewing Style: Winter Warmer Size: 22oz bottle Served in a tulip glass. Rating: Love at First Sip! Black as night, with no light breaking through and no hue around the edges. Beautiful 1-finger off-cream dense head, bubbles packed tightly until the very top, where they loosen up. Looks delicious. Nice off-white lacing. Smells of … More Fremont Abominable Ale
Dogfish Head Style: Pumpkin Beer Package: 6oz bottle from a 4-pack, purchased at Bottleworks in Seattle Sampled from a pint glass Rating: Solid Pours a beautiful dark gold color, with a 2-finger off-white head. Smells pumpkin-y, bready, and earthy, There are spices and yeast here, and also a little grass in the background. Taste is … More Dogfish Head Punkin Ale
Harmon Brewing Company Style: Brown Porter Package: 22oz bottle, purchased at Bottleworks in Seattle Sampled from a pint glass Rating: Okay I picked this beer up at my first Bottleworks stop back in Seattle.My pour produced a 1-finger tan-colored head, fizzy like soda. Dissipates quickly. Beer is dark brown, small amounts of light turn the … More Harmon Brewing Puget Sound Porter
American Brewing Company Edmonds, WA Style: American IPA Package: 22oz bottle, purchased at Bottleworks in Seattle Sampled from a pint glass.Rating: Solid This beer came highly-recommended by both Bottleworks staff and one of my good friends. The pour shows off an attractive copper-orange hue, just barely see-through when I hold it up to the light. … More American Brewing Breakaway IPA
In the beginning, the world was all darkness and doom. Women toiled and cooked thanklessly, while their men hunted and made war fraught with a weary sense of helplessness. They asked themselves depressing questions: What was it all for? What was the point of living this dreary life, whose sole goal seemed to be mere … More First Draft: Musings on a beer creation myth
Style: Sour Ale Package: 22oz bottle, purchased at Zipp’s Liquors in Minneapolis. Sampled from my Rodenbach Grand Cru tulip.Rating: Love at First Sip The moment I opened the bottle, a fruity sourness filled the kitchen. Smells of mangoes, star fruit, and hints of marmalade give way to the aroma of mandarin orange vinaigrette, a very … More New Belgium le Terroir
A 22oz bottle, sampled from a pint glass. Jack D’Or is a saison style ale brewed by Pretty Things Beer & Ale Project, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. On their web site, Pretty Things describe themselves as a “gypsy brewery,” which seems to mean that they travel a lot and occasionally return to the brewery they … More Pretty Things Jack D’Or Saison
22 ounce bottle purchased at Surdyk’s in Minneapolis. Sampled in a large snifter. According to Ratebeer.com, Night Stalker is available in Denmark and the following US states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Washington DC, and Wisconsin. A vigorous pour produces a large-bubbled, one-finger head, the color of espresso … More Goose Island Night Stalker Imperial Stout
Brau Brothers Brewing Company Style: Sweet Stout Package: Pint glass on draft, Common Roots Cafe in Minneapolis Rating: Okay Pours an impenetrable dark brown-black. Two-finger head collapses in about 3 minutes, leaving a thick, cream-colored lace all along the rim of the glass. Smells roasty and burnt coffeeish, yeasty & bready, with hints of tar … More Brau Brothers Cream Stout
Sampled on tap in a tulip glass at Acadia Cafe, Minneapolis. Rating: Love at First Sip According to Rate Beer, Existential Ale is available in Illinois, Michigan, and Pennsylvania; however, I purchased it in Minnesota, and have seen other New Holland beers here, as well. Poured dark copper with orange hues. A one-finger head collapses … More New Holland Existential Ale
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