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.

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.

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.

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.

Belated Reviews #2

New Glarus-Hop Hearty
I love this brewery so much. I can kill easily kill off a 6er of almost everything they make. This IPA is no exception. It has a beautiful crisp earthy hoppyness to it and there's no apparent bitterness. Combined with the hoppy/citrus aroma. Its Damn good.I need to get some more of this. Who's going to Wisconsin?

Privatbrauerei Hoepfner-Hoepfner Pilsner
The taste of this beer brought back memory's. I went to Germany when I was 19 or 20. That was when I fell in love with beer. After drinking this I remember i can see why. The bottle was brought back to the states from friend that was traveling in Germany. I don't drink allot of Pilsners, but this one was f&*(ing good. It was a typical German pilsner with a hoppy kick to it. Time to start saving for another trip to the land of beer and encased meats.

Deschutes Brewery-Cascade Ale
When I lived in Colorado I would pick this up sometimes. This was brought back from Portland from a friend. Actually the same friend that brought me beer back from Germany. I have some great friends. I miss all of the west coast beers that don’t make it out this way. This is a good pale ale with a strong honey and malt aftertaste. It also has nice citrus flavor to it. It’s a good beer for a summer afternoon.

Belated Reviews the 22's

The bottles are starting to pile up. So it's time to do a few reviews in one post.

Hitachino Nest-White Ale
This is a really solid white ale. It has the nice orange citrus flavors with a touch of lemon. Pours to a cloudy light straw color. This is good stuff for sure. Plus the owl on the label is just damn cool.

Southern Tier-Uber Sun

This is an imperial summer wheat beer. I’ve never heard of the style before. It’s a high gravity wheat beer. I was not impressed at all. It takes everything I like about a wheat beer and Americanizes it. It’s quite hoppy and all you can taste is the alcohol. There have been quite a few BIG BEERS coming out in the last few years. Some of them are just awful high gravity beers. A higher gravity does not make a better beer!!! End rant.

Three Floyds-Blackheart

Wow 3F do it again. It’s an English IPA. It has a earthy citrus aroma that doesn’t usually come with an English ipa. You get a big citrus start and then the malt and hoppy bitternes kicks in. This beer is way to easy to drink for something that’s 9%. I don’t think this a good example of the style but it’s damn good. The artwork on the bottle is great. It was done by Blackheart Tattoo of San Francisco.

Widmer Brothers Brewing Co.-Widmer Hefeweizen

On the bottle it says “uncompromised and unfiltered”. One of those statements is true. This stuff sucks. It pours like a hefe, but has no taste. Just plain boring.