SweetWater TripleTail Tropical IPA

SweetWater Brewing, Atlanta, GA 5.5% ABV A tropical approach to the IPA style – TripleTail weaves juicy and bodacious hops with notes of papya, pineapple and passionfruit into this lush hop-forward IPA, creating a mouthwatering vacation for your senses.  At 5.5% ABV, you can lean back assured it will refresh from sun up to sun…

Founder’s Centennial IPA

Founder’s Brewing Company, Grand Rapids, MI   Get ready to bask in the glory of the frothy head’s floral bouquet.  Relish the citrus accents from the abundance of dry hopping.  This one’s sweet, yet balanced.  Malty undertones shake hands with the hop character for a finish that never turns too bitter. 7.2% ABV Clear amber…

Celis Grand Cru Belgian Ale

Celis Brewing Company, Stratford, CT 9% ABV Hazy golden yellow in color with a Belgian funk (but in a good way!) and fruit on the nose.  Tastes like a Belgian beer with a nice touch of coriander.  Refreshing and a good example of an American Belgian-style beer. Would we have it again?  Yup Would we…

Palm Special Belgian Ale

Palm Belgian Craft Brewery, Steenhuffel, Belgium   Palm was originally brewed at the beginning of the 20th century as a new style of craft ale.  This ‘speciale Belge’ has the taste complexity of an ale brewed to be refreshing like pilsner or lager.  It is Palm’s perfect balance of flavour and approachability that makes it…

Stillwater Artisanal Why Can’t IBU Ale

Stillwater Artisanal Ales, Baltimore, MD 5.7% ABV This brew is a hazy golden amber with a hoppy nose.  It tastes like a heavier Southern Prohibition Devil’s Harvest, though not as fruity.  Why Can’t IBU is on the bitter end of the spectrum, but extremely drinkable.  Simple, seamless, balanced – a great combination of malt, fruit,…

Bell’s Oberon Ale

Bell’s Brewery, Inc., Comstock, MI 5.8% ABV Hazy gold in color with a nose of wheat and malt.  Very light and unremarkable.  Malty and that’s about it.  Very smooth, drinkable and simple. Would we have it again?  No https://www.bellsbeer.com/beer/seasonal/bells-oberon-ale  

Squatter’s Full Suspension Pale Ale

Utah Brewers Cooperative, Salt Lake City, UT This rich, Northwest-style Pale Ale is a rare feat of balance: unfiltered, dry-hopped to 40 IBUs and deliciously sessionable.  Groove on this two-time Great American Beer Festival Gold Medal winner (2001 and 2002 Bitter Category).  It really smoothes out the bumps. 4% ABV Hazy light amber/orange color with…

Great Divide Denver Pale Ale

Great Divide Brewing Company, Denver, CO   DPA is a world-renowned, classic pale ale with a malty middle and an equally hearty complement of hop aroma, flavor and bitterness. 5.5% ABV DPA is hazy amber in color and smells strongly of malt.  Very reminiscent of an English-style bitter or ESB.  Very malty with a hint…

Paulaner Salvator Double Bock

Paulaner Brewery, Munich, Germany 7.9% ABV Hazy orange/amber in color with a touch of malty sweetness on the nose.  This beer has a touch of candy sweetness to us.  Reminds Father Jack of dried figs and raisins.  Medium bodied with little to no bitterness.  We would describe it as a dessert beer as it is…

Wasatch Devastator Double Bock

Utah Brewers Cooperative, Salt Lake City, UT If you are going to sin, sin big.  With 8% alc/vol and a creamy richness, this brew has developed a serious cult following.  Imagine that – a cult following in Utah?! 8% ABV Clear brown in color with a nose of sweet grain with hints of caramel and…

Bell’s Consecrator Doppelbock

Bell’s Brewery, Kalamazoo & Comstock MI A traditional Doppelbock fermented with an old world yeast. Reddish brown in color with a mild hop profile, Consecrator is a well-balanced, full-bodied lager with hints of caramel and molasses in its smooth, malty finish after spending 3 months maturing in our fermentation tanks. 8% ABV Consecrator is clear amber…

Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock

Brauerei Aying Franz Inselkammerkging, Aying, Germany 6.7% ABV Dark brown in color with a subdued nose of roasted rainins.  Similar to Spaten Optimator, but without the burnt aftertaste.  Sweeter than Spaten, with a much sweeter, but not cloying, aftertaste.  Our top choice, thus far, for a Doppelbock! Would we have it again?  Yes Would we…