Friday, November 28, 2008

Brugge Beer-Tripel de Ripple


This is an interesting beer. It's one of those tripels that will easily kill you. It goes down so smooth that you want to take hug gulps but it definitely should be sipped. Especially since it 9.85%. It has a vanilla and pear nose to it. Pours to a 1 finger solid head. This is a great tripel that reminds me of a citrusy Tripel Karmeliet. The bottle art for the brewery is great too. I guess there will be something to look forward to when work sends me to Indy now.

Monday, November 24, 2008

Avery-Ale to the Chief


“We the Brewers of Avery Brewing Company, in order to form a more perfect ale, require new leadership that can liberate us from our quagmires in foreign lands; embrace environmentally sound energy alternatives to imported oil; heal our ailing health care system; free us from tyrannical debt and resurrect the collapsing dollar. We hereby pledge to provide him with an ample amount of our Presidential Pale Ale to support in the struggle for the aforementioned goals!”

This is what the label reads. The beer inside the bottle is as good as the label. They call it a pale ale, but it's more like an IPA or a Double. The brew has a strong alcohol aroma with some grassy hoppy notes that follow. There is also some malt in the nose as well. It has a dry malty bitter sweet taste to it. Not what I expected at all. I definitely poured this when it was too cool. Once it warmed up I really enjoyed it. With the beer being 8.75% it packs a punch. Well worth the $8 for a 22ozer. I need to get some more of these for inagruation day.

Friday, November 21, 2008

Jolly Pumpkin-Bam Bière



Jolly Pumpkin is a brewery out of Dexter Michigan, which is only a few mile outside of Ann Arbor. I have been totally impressed with everything I've had from them. The Bam Bière is a Saison/Farmhouse ale. One of my favorite styles. It was delicious. There are some wiffs of lemon and it has a slight sour apple note. Also theres a subtlle grassness to it. Bam is only 4.5% so anyone can enjoy this beer. I would recomend trying any of their brews.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Three Floyds-BooDoo


Do you like hops? If yes continue reading. If not go have a miller shite.

This beer smells fantastic. Just like hops picked fresh off the vine. I couldn't keep my nose out of the glass. It has a nice citrus note that goes very well with the grassyness of the beer. At only 5.5 apv it goes down real easy. Also the bottle art is nice and creepy. I need to pick up some more of these.

Brew Dog-Punk IPA


How could I not buy this when I saw the name. After drinking it I think it I think it needs to be renamed to Adult Contemporary IPA. It's freakin lame. There was a nice good head. The hoppyness was very subtle. It goes down quite smooth though. Too smooth kinda like a pbr will go down smooth. Not what you would expect with that name. I was also excited because this was a Scottish import. The scotts let me down just like they did in Euro qualifiers. At $10 a 22 it hurts the walet too.