Beer Sampling Report for Feb 2/1 - 2/15 Part 1 of 2
32 unique beers, from 6 countries. The US is the most represented country with 23 beers. And I actually realized I’m missing one that I sampled on 2/14 (Brooklyn Chocolate Stout).
Hennepin Farmhouse Saison
Saison
Ommegang
Cooperstown, NY
USA
7.7
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Draft
Pours gold, with white head. Floral hops, herby, peppery aroma. Belgian funk, medium malts, grassy, fruit, and yeast.
6/10
Tocobaga
Red Ale
Cigar City
Tampa, FL
USA
7.4
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Bottle
Amber pour, with thin head. Citrus, and pepper aroma. Caramel flavor, peppery, citrus, grapefruit. Bitter finish.
6/10
Hillsborough River Dry Stout (Patio Tools)
Dry Stout
Cigar City
Tampa, FL
USA
5.5
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Growler
Pitch black pour, with dark brown head. Coffee and cocoa aroma. Bitter chocolate, and bitter coffee tast. Dry finish.
6/10
Hopslam
DIPA
Bell’s
Comstock, MI
USA
10.0
70
Bottle
Pours a cloudy honey color. Big white head that fades, good lacing. Citrus and pine scents. Pine, citrus, floral, and honey flavors, finishes dry.
8/10
Raftman
Smoked Ale
Unibroue
Chambly
Canada
5.5
16
Draft
Amber pour, with medium lacy head. Caramel aromas. Whiskey malts in taste, little to no smoke flavor. Very thin mmouthfeel.
5/10
Biere du Soleil
Belgian Ale
Achouffe
Achouffe
Belgium
4.5
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Draft
1 oz sample. Cloudy orange pour. Grass and citrus hop aroma. Belgian funkiness, slight malts, and citurs hops.
5/10
Scotch Silly
Scotch Ale
Silly
Silly
Belgium
8.0
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Draft
1 oz sample. Dark brown pour, with almost no head. Caramel malt, wood, and leather aroma. Coffee, roasted chocolate, and toffee malt flavors, acerbic alcohol bitterness.
7/10
White Hoplosion
Wheat Ale
Weihenstephaner
Freising
Germany
5.3
32
Draft
Hazy straw yellow pour. Large white lacy head. Aroma of bananas, wheat, hops, lemon. Same flavors, creamy mouthfeel.
6/10
Baltic Porter
Baltic Porter
Smuttynose
Portsmouth, NH
USA
8.7
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Draft
Black pour, with large creamy head. Chocolate and coffee aroma. Coffee, vanilla, and slight roasty chocolate flavors, slight smokiness. Low carbonation, bitter coffee finish.
5/10
Hop Rod Rye
DIPA
Bear Republic
Healdsburg, CA
USA
8.0
90
Bottle
Cloudy amber pour, lacy tan head. Citrus hop aroma. Dry malt flavors, bitter rye, floral hops. Dry finish.
6/10
Ta Henket
Ancient Ale
Dogfish Head
Milton, DE
USA
4.5
7
Bottle
Deep gold, with large white head. Grapes, dried fruit smell, and bread yeast smell. Herbal with slight malts on the front, very funky at the end with chamomille dominating.
1/10
420
Pale Ale
Sweetwater
Atlanta, GA
USA
5.2
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Draft
Golden pour, with small white head. Caramel malt, and citrus hop smell. Grapefruit hops, and sweet malts. Dry finish.
7/10
Belgian IPA
IPA
Intuition
Jacksonville, FL
USA
6.2
45
Draft
Cloudy straw-colored pour. Citrus hop, spicy. Spicy citrus, ginger, and acetone flavors.
7/10
Riverside Red Ale
Amber Ale
Intuition
Jacksonville, FL
USA
7.0
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Draft
Ruby pour, w/ medium tan head. Bitter citrus and caramel smell. Bready malts, and bitter hops, slight citrus finish.
6/10
Truckstop
Sweet Stout
Intuition
Jacksonville, FL
USA
8.2
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Draft
Very, very sweet. Malt and sugars very evident on the nose from pour. Dark brown, almost black with thin head. Oatmeal, coffee, maple, caramel flavors with bitter hop backbone. Finishes very sweet and syrupy.
10/10
Boucanee
Smoked Wheat
Bayou Teche
Arnaudville, LA
USA
5.1
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Bottle
Pours clear amber, thing white head, that quickly dissipated. Smells of salt, smoke, and yeast. Malt and smoke dominate up front, very one dimensional.
3/10
Single Hop East Kent Golding IPA
IPA
Mikkeller
Copenhagen
Denmark
6.9
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Bottle
Cloudy yellow-orange pour. Floral, and grass smell. Tastes of grass, flowers, and bitter hops. Dry, crisp finish.
4/10
Single Hop Nelson Sauvin
IPA
Mikkeller
Copenhagen
Denmark
6.9
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Bottle
Cloudy yellow-orange pour. Floral, and citrus smell. Tastes of honey, ginger and spicy citrus hops. Dry, crisp finish.
5/10
Single Hop Simcoe IPA
IPA
Mikkeller
Copenhagen
Denmark
6.9
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Bottle
Cloudy yellow-orange pour. Floral, and citrus smell. Tastes of honey, grapefruit, and spicy citrus hops. Dry, crisp finish.
7/10