Enigma from New Glarus
NASTIEST EFFEN BEER I HAVE EVER PUT TO MY LIPS!!!
I should have known something was amiss when teh head was bubblin like
a friggin diet coke and disappeared! This is an unplugged beer where
Dan is allowed to do his thing. Tastes like Dan mopped up the brew
house floor and used the mop head as a lauter tun!! And then smashed
some cherries up with his bare feet after a 40 mile hike through Death
Valley in wool socks and mega boots. I can't believe they charged
3.50 for a bottle of this swill... Horrifying!!
Now I can tell you it was a nasty beer because each of my kids did not
get sickened by their tastes!! LOL!! How sick is that!! They thought it was sweet, like mom's champagne.
The ball just dropped in New York City on the TV... This is my quick
down and dirty resolution for 2007. DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT DRINK ANY
MORE OF THIS BEER POURED FROM A DONKEY'S ASS!!!!!!!!!
Imperial Stout from Arcadia Ales
HOLY CRAP BATMAN!!! This stout is a damn
goodun!! Pours as black as black can be! You definitely get punched
square in the nose with the coffee and sweet malts on this one!
Guinness has always been one of my favorite stouts. I have just found
a rival!! This has some good alchy content in it too. Being that it
is New Years eve, I let each of the kids take a very tiny sip, each
freaked out and ran away from me! I think i even heard Mike mutter
something about me being a "crazy old man". Sam can't get enough water
and other stuff to drink, haha.
Mark suggested this beer too! A very fine job in the suggestion
department! I will have to drop him a line and thank him. I may have
found a new favorite stout. Man, the guys at St. James Gate are gunna
be upset!!
Abbey Triple from Sprecher
This is the special New Years beer... A big liter
bottle with the flippy top!
I started on this a couple of hours ago and then took a break to drink
some other beers, hehe. I first had this at the ERBF and it is one
smooth beer! The bottle is cool too! It is a vivid blue bottle that
will sit nicely with the rest of the growlers in the basement bar!
Pours a light honey colored and has a nice haze. Virtually no head
whatsoever, which in and of itself is a crying shame!! After all,
wasn't it Benjamin Franklin that said "give me head until I am dead"?
Hmmmm Go buy this beer! Drink this beer!! Enjoy this beer!!!
Celebration Ale from Sierra Nevada
This was some pretty decent beer! Ale is slowly
becoming one of my favorite styles of beer! I used to be a huge porter
and stout fan, but damn, ale is cool!
While this is a good beer, it is certainly nothing special. But,
having said that, since I have never had it before, it is certainly a
special treat for me!! A nice orange color with the typical citrus
tastes and a little hoppy hint that you would expect from an ale. If i
came across a 6'er in the cooler at the local boozer, I would buy it.
Just as I did the Pale Ale a couple days back.
Hopslam Ale from Bell's
Holy Crapola! Lotsa hops! Not as much as Bitter
Woman From Hell, but still a ton of hops! I love hops and all that
bitter goodness that is associated with it!! When Mark, at Trig's in
Eagle River suggested this beer, I had to snap it up! Bell's has been
a longtime fav of mine. It all started with their porter and the
relationship has only blossomed from there.
Hopslam is a single batch release... That means if you're lucky enough
to see it in a store, BUY IT!!!! This beer poured a nice orange color,
kind of reminded me of a Weiss beer. It was weird because looking at
it I almost anticipated that banana citrus hit, but no, I was slammed
back into my seat by the huge hop presence and a nice hit of citrus. I
wish I had more than one bottle because I couldn't nail down the citrus
taste, but I think it may have been a grapefruit. Weird, complex,
awesome effen beer!! Well done, Bells!!
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