posted by dave in category
belgian,
good,
weird
(bottle) Hazy brown. Minimal head. Aroma is complex and very strong, with malts and hops and nothing else. Flavor is mostly weird malts. Most quads feature dark fruit flavors, this is all malts. The two inches of sediment in the bottom of the bottle grossed me out. Overall, not bad, not great.
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Ounces Consumed: 22
posted by dave in category
good,
weird
(draft) Clear dark copper in color. Good head. A delicious aroma of malt and oak and molasses. Syrupy mouthfeel. Flavor is mostly malt, with the slightest hints of dark fruits. Damn good.
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Ounces Consumed: 20
posted by dave in category
belgian,
good,
weird
(draft) Clear dark bronze. Decent head. No detectable aroma. Flavor of dried cherries. The finish was quite drying as well. A good beer, but weird.
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Ounces Consumed: 35
posted by dave in category
brown,
decent,
weird
(draft) Clear dark orange in color, this beer didn't seem to have much of an aroma. So I was surprised to find such a funky and citrusy flavor. To be fair, this beer may have clashed greatly with the chocolately porter I'd had earlier, but I don't think I'd have liked it all that much anyway. I only drank a few sips, then I gave the rest away.
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Ounces Consumed: 4
posted by dave in category
adjuncts,
good,
weird
(draft) The first few sips, understandably, brought to mind a beer with ginger ale poured into it. By the end of the glass I'd decided that I did like this beer, and that I wished that it was even a little stranger than it was. Very unusual, and very drinkable.
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Ounces Consumed: 40
posted by dave in category
davefest,
good,
rice,
weird
(draft) Tastes like a pilsner until you swallow, that's when the funkiness takes over. I guess the funkiness was due to the sake yeasts used on the rice. My enjoyment of this beer grew with each sip, and I missed it when it was gone.
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Ounces Consumed: 100
posted by dave in category
bourbon,
decent,
weird
(draft) Clear amber in color. No head to speak of. Very strong aroma of coconuts, of all things. Mouthfeel was fairly thin. Coconut predominates the flavor, just like it does the aroma. Smells like suntan lotion,a nd tastes like what I imagine suntan lotion tastes like. After an inch or so was gone, this started to taste a little better. What was strange was that I got absolutely zero indication of this beer's alleged bourbon influence.
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Ounces Consumed: 10
posted by dave in category
adjuncts,
weird,
yummy
(draft) Clear dark copper in color. Good head and lacing. Strong spice and malt aroma and flavor. Mouthfeel seemed a little watery at first, but it seemed to thicken as the glass emptied. Flavor is nutmeg and cinnamon and a touch of citrus. A lingering slightly hoppy finish. A yummy beer.
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Ounces Consumed: 112
posted by dave in category
belgian,
davefest,
sour,
weird
(draft) Dark red, and sour. The first sip pretty much tells the whol story of this beer. I recommend it to anyone wanting to try something different, and almost everyone who's tried it has liked it a lot.
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Ounces Consumed: 115
posted by dave in category
brown,
weird,
yummy
(bottle) Clear dark orange. Kind of a weird color. No head to speak of. An arome of malts and hops that was pretty enticing. Medium mouthfeel. The flavor was extremely good. The hops seemed to be a mixture of the piney kind (which I hate) and the flowery kind (which I love) and there was also a strong malty component to the flavor. Definitely very interesting and drinkable. I'd love to try this on tap someday. Yummy.
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Ounces Consumed: 36
posted by dave in category
adjuncts,
brown,
weird,
yummy
(draft) Clear brown. Zero fizz. Smells like a pine tree - must be the mugwort. The flavor is very weird, and very good. I like this a lot. Tastes like it should have more alcohol than it does.
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Ounces Consumed: 320
posted by dave in category
adjuncts,
decent,
weird
(draft) Dark gold. There's an unidentifiable (by me at least) aroma and flavor, both reminiscent of evergreen shrubbery. The finish is drying and long-lasting. It kind of reminds me of when I was a kid and I'd chew on Sassafras leaves. The finish is the most notable characteristic. A decent beer.
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Ounces Consumed: 23
posted by dave in category
swill,
weird
(draft) I ordered this by mistake, as I'd thought I was ordering their hefeweissbier. I could not have been more wrong. I did have a few sips of this, to see if it was as disgusting as all dopplebocks are to me. It was. I only had those few sips.
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Ounces Consumed: 2
posted by dave in category
adjuncts,
decent,
weird
Very faint peppery aroma, with a little smoke thrown in. Not much taste until the finish, then a little pepper heat. I was expecting more pepper, so I was expecting to dislike this more than I did.
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Ounces Consumed: 52
posted by dave in category
brown,
swill,
weird
(draft) Very dark brown. Huge heaping head. Bitter aroma and bitter flavor. Quite disgusting.
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Ounces Consumed: 1
posted by dave in category
good,
ipa,
weird
(draft) Clear copper with a firm white head. Aroma of flowers and bubble gum - very intriguing. Flavor was very complex and hard to describe. There was definitely some lingering hop bitterness at the finish but it was accompanied by the complex flavors so it wasn't overpowering at all. An IPA that I actually like. Wonders never cease.
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Ounces Consumed: 11
posted by dave in category
adjuncts,
belgian,
weird,
yummy
(draft) Kind of funky aroma, which was to be expected I suppose. A mild mustardy flavor, just a slight spiciness. Much much better than I'd expected. I will have more of this, definitely.
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Ounces Consumed: 348