Sea Dog Brewing’s Apricot Wheat Beer is a very enjoyable.
It pours up nicely, but there is little head and it fades fast. The color is a light amber and little hazy.
The aroma is rich in apricot and wheat as expected. It is a tart apricot.
The tastes is very rich with apricot followed by a crisp finish due to the carbonation. I could drink this all day, but it would cause problems at my job.
It could be a session beer for someone like myself that enjoys fruit beers.
The Ommegang and Achouffe breweries collaborated to make Gnomegang.
The beer pours up nicely and the head fades quickly. The color is a nice hazy deep wheat color that is just hazy enough to defuse the light from other side.
The aroma is very yeasty with hints of fruit throughout.
The taste starts with a little hint of pepper with fruits like banana and dry cherries.
This a very enjoyable beer and I would recommend it.
Magic Hat Brewing’s Demo I.P.A. On Tour is a very interesting.
It pours up with full head that fades slowly to minimal head with a nice lacing. The color is a very deep reddish brown.
The aroma is rich in dark malts and hops, which gives this IPA a boldness that is very enjoyable.
The tastes of hops and malt flavors are ever present on the tongue right at the beginning. The malt is deep giving signs of a complex set of malts being used. The finish is a very enjoyable blend of hops and malt.
The 6% ABV makes this beer very nice to enjoy with friends especially being a part of a sampler.
Magic Hat Brewing’s Circus Boy is an unfiltered hefeweizen. It pours up cloudy as expected with a deep golden straw color.
The aroma is minimal, but the typical hefeweizen aromas are present just toned down a great deal.
The tastes starts with a light sweetness that fades to a mild Hefeweizen taste profile.
I enjoyed this as a mellow version of a Hefeweizen. But, it would not be the first Hefeweizen to grab.
Sinebrychoff Porter pours up very nicely.
The aroma has a dark chocolate hints with a hoppiness that holds on in the nose.
The flavor starts very dry and the bitterness stays through the finish. There are chocolate tones throughout the flavor profile. The dryness is the primary flavor characteristic in the flavor
Rosenbach 2007 Vintage is an oak aged ale with sourness this is very enjoyable.
It starts with a dry tart cherry aroma. A very little bit of oakiness in the aroma’s finish.
The tastes are very similar, but the flavors of the tart cherry are holding on in the back of the mouth.
Bière De L’amitié starts with a woody sweetness.
An alcohol taste was a little present, but it is very well hidden.
Fuller’s London Porter poured up very nice with a little bit of head that turns into a nice fading head throughout the drink.
It is very true to the bottle’s flavor.
The chocolate flavors are wonderful.
The aroma is just perfect with a chocolate tone and mild hop aroma.
Magic Hat Brewing Company’s #9 is very interesting. I detect fruity tones, which you would not expect in a Pale Ale. But, the nose is fruity with a little hop aroma.
It pours up with little to no head off from the draft taps at this location.
The fruitiness is present in the taste, too. There is a mellow malt flavor that is playing host to the fruit and hop flavors.
I think this is one of my favorite beers. The fruity tones are what makes this beer for me. It would be a great session beer with the 5.1% ABV an the limited flavor and aroma range.
Good People Brewing Company’s IPA pours up nicely from the can. Canning is new for this brewery. The head fades to minimal around the edges.
The aroma is a mild grassiness similar to many IPAs. No other smells are detected.
The tastes are initially malty with variety of hop characteristics mixed throughout the taste profile.
The beer is not bad, but it is not one my favorite IPA. I do not suggest drinking this beer from the can as their Brown Ale was very metallic in the can.