I'll try to describe what I like/not about each beverage, and rate them as well. I've used a number of scales in the past, but have decided here to go with the simplicity of a 3-point scale. Each beverage will be rated as:
MB = "Must Buy"
ID = "It'll Do"
SK = "Skunk"
Definitely has that "saison" feel to it, so not really my thing. A bit sweet, and it lingers, but it has a bitterness to balance. Pretty decent for a brief step away from stouts and IPAs. ID
22oz bottle, 7.5% ABV
Southern Tier Brewing Company
Lakewood, NY
purchased at Kenwood
posted by Brian @ 8:34 PM
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Nice bitter IPA. A bit of some unique flavors, but nothing too crazy, or else my taste buds are shot, which is a valid possibility. ID
22oz bottle, 9.3% ABV
The Stone Brewing Company
Escondido, San Diego County, CA
purchased at Kenwood
posted by Brian @ 7:07 PM
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Nice and bitter. All hops and bitterness with little grain flavor, so I like it. Stone doesn't ever seem to disappoint! And I've been drinking my own high gravity beers too much lately (10% ABV) so I figured I should buy some beers cause commercial beers are rarely so strong. So I'm detoxing a bit with this nice tasting IPA until I read the label and see Stone packed this one with 10.8% ABV, the bastards, so I guess I'm getting F-ed up again tonight! And even my girlfriend can't taste the booze on this, so cheers! MB
22oz bottle, 10.8% ABV
The Stone Brewing Company
Escondido, San Diego County, CA
purchased at Kenwood
posted by Brian @ 10:04 PM
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Very grainy and a bit funky. Bitter, but 100 IBU bitter? Not sure but that's all I plan to say. ID
22oz bottle, 101 IBU, 9% ABV
Green Flash Brewing Company
San Diego, CA
purchased at Kenwood
posted by Brian @ 10:30 PM
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Wanted to try this cause I recently bought a pound of Nelson Sauvin hops for my own brews, which this beer features. It has a nice character, bitter and a bit fruity. Pretty bitter, which tells me I'm really not hitting my IBU targets on my own beers. Anyway, ID for now.
22oz bottle, 8.2% ABV
Against The Grain Brewery
Westminster, Maryland
purchased at Kenwood
posted by Brian @ 4:24 PM
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A straight up IPA with good bitterness and solid malt backbone. The grapefruit peel is not jumping out at me, but there's definitely something, that might be it lingering with a fresh spiciness on the tip of my tongue. Not bad at all. ID
22oz bottle, 8.2% ABV
Koochenvagner's Brewing Company
Escondido, San Diego County, CA
purchased at Kenwood
posted by Brian @ 7:41 PM
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