Bayou Teche Swamp Thing IPA

Bayou Teche Brewing, Arnaudville, LA 6.3% ABV Hazy gold in color with a nose reminiscent of hashbrowns.  The palate starts with nothing, bitterness, and then ends with nothing.  All bitterness.  No fruit or complexity. Would we have this again?  No http://bayoutechebrewing.com/our-beers/swamp-thing/

Great Raft Shallow Water Kolsch Ale

Burial Beer, Asheville, NC This beer is for the prettiest champion of the battle, the masked walkers of the night, the keepers of the beat, and feathered dancers of Super Sunday.   4.5% ABV Cloudy gold with a very interesting nose of light malt with a hint of cleaning supplies.  Tastes like a Winn-Dixie Sprite…

Escutcheon Growler Kolsch Style Ale

Escutcheon Brewing Company, Winchester, VA Our Growler Kolsch-style is a twist on the classic brew from Cologne, having a crisp, malty flavor and subtle refreshing notes of German hops.  But don’t let its light color fool you the flavor runs deep and is more complex than meets the eye.  As a lagered ale, this beer…

Escutcheon Agonic Line Lager

Escutcheon Brewing Company, Winchester, VA Agonic Line is a true Vienna-style lager.  Malty aroma and sweetness are achieved with a combination of domestic and imported malts, with a subtle bitterness from noble hop strikes in the kettle.  A smooth and unwavering brew, this perfect combination of ingredients is sure to lead you in the right…

Abita To-Gose Sour

Abita Brewing, Abita Springs, LA In New Orleans, to-go cups mean the fun (and the beer) doesn’t always have to stay inside the bar. To-Gose is Abita’s refreshing take on a traditional Gose beer – a slightly salty and sour beer style. Brewed with malted wheat and barley and German Perle Hops, fresh key limes…

Avery El Gose

Avery Brewing, Boulder, CO 4.1% ABV Hazy gold in color with a nose of subdued lime.  Tastes brighter than Abita To-Gose Sour: lime is not as intrusive.  The lime also does not taste artificial like Abita.  Light on the palate and would be very refreshing on a hot summer day.  However, Gose does not seem…

Santa Fe Freestyle Pilsner

Santa Fe Brewing, Santa Fe, NM 5.5% ABV Clear light gold in color with a nose similar to a soft drink: a hint of sweetness.  On the palate the sweetness hits right away and fades quickly.  Too sweet for us: similar to a White Ale.  We are afraid this beer would give us the diabetus….

Squatter’s Squasatch Hoppy Pils Lager

Utah Brewers Cooperative, Salt Lake City, UT There is an elusive figure who lurks in the brewery amidst the tanks.  In tribute to this shadowy wanderer, we have brewed a beer in the Bavarian tradition using Pilsner malt, copious amounts of Euro hops and then lagered for supreme drinkability. 4% ABV Clear gold in color…

Bell’s Oarsman Ale

Bell’s Brewery, Inc., Comstock, MI   A refreshingly tart wheat ale with bright, citrusy aromas.  Great for you and your crew. 4% ABV Hazy light gold in color and smells a lot like Dupont Saison.  But it certainly does not taste like Dupont: it is a sour beer reminiscent of Fairhope’s sour offering.  Like drinking…

NOLA Hurricane Saison

NOLA Brewing, New Orleans, LA We made our Hurricane Saison to refresh the spirit and take the edge off.  The Belgian saison yeast imparts a fruity essence and its balanced blend of three hops and five malts accented by the addition of cumin, peppercorns and grains paradise, creating a truly distinctive — and we think…

St. Arnold Raspberry AF

St. Arnold Brewing, Houston, TX 3.6% ABV Ruby red in color and has a nose reminiscent of syrupy sweet framboise lambic.   Not as sweet as lambic, though.  More like a Sweetart or Kool-Aid.  It is by far our favorite St. Arnold beer.  This would be an excellent choice for a start of the night…

St. Arnold Summer Pils

St. Arnold Brewing, Houston, TX As Bishop of Metz, St. Arnold spent his life warning of the dangers of drinking water and extolling the virtues of beer.  During his funeral, his pallbearers stopped to quench their thirst, but they only had one mug to share among them.  Then a miracle happened.  The mug never ran…