Gled Tae Meet Ye, My Name Is Nut Brown
7.4 by
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Received as a gift from Sheri and Mike. Thank you! Day 16 of 24 beers of Christmas 2021. Pours clear with an inch of light tan foam. Good retention with some thick lacing that is near the liquid level. Aroma is nutty with caramel and toffee. The nuttiness is really the front runner. Taste doesn't fall far from the taste. Nutty with caramel and toffee around the edges. Hints of spice in the finish that lingers, forming a bitterness. Light end of medium body up front transitioning to medi...read more
8.0 by
scot
Received as a gift from Sheri and Mike. Thank you! Day 15 of 24 beers of Christmas 2021. Pours clear but as it fills the glass becomes opaque due to the color. Light tan foam covers deeply; almost half a glass. Good retention but no lacing. Slight covering throughout the drink. Aroma is oddly good for what was initially expected. No dark malts, just fruity yeast, with lemon and lime. Clean. Taste is once again fruity with with hints of lemon and lime. No real maltiness to the taste. H...read more
American IPA - New England (NEIPA)
7.0 by
scot
Received as a gift from Sheri and Mike. Thank you! Day 14 of 24 beers of Christmas 2021. Date on can of 2021-10-27. Pours cloudy with a pure white foam that covers. Retention is a bit slight. Minor but not much lacing. Aroma of pineapple, hints of lemon, light mango and sweet. Mild tropical fruit medley. Taste is really light no matter what the descriptors. Lemon, pineapple and sweetness. There is a light bitterness to the finish that quickly defuses. Light body, too light. Huge, spr...read more
Pollyanna Brewing Company - St Charles
6.6 by
scot
Received as a gift from Sheri and Mike. Thank you! Day 13 of 24 beers of Christmas 2021. Pours opaque with a finger of tan foam. Loosely packed foam recedes quicker than typical, assuming the vanilla. No lacing. Aroma of vanilla with some chocolate. Mildly sweet. Not robust. Taste is vanilla forward. Hints of chocolate with light caramel and toffee sweetness. The vanilla really is the leader. Light body, especially for a porter. Medium carbonation. I would have like to see more body...read more
7.8 by
scot
Received as a gift from Sheri and Mike. Thank you! Day 12 of 24 beers of Christmas 2021. Pours opaque with a few fingers of tan foam that wants to hide rather than be proud of its beauty. Surprisingly no lacing. The nose is amazing. Roast, cocoa, and coffee prance all over the sense. Hints of sweetness are quickly beaten aback by the roastiness. Cocoa more prevalent than the coffee. Taste is initially a bit rough around the edges, almost abrasive. After the initial sip, the taste becomes...read more
American Black/Cascadian Dark Ale
8.2 by
scot
Received as a gift from Sheri and Mike. Thank you! Day 11 of 24 beers of Christmas 2021. Date on can of 2021-11-15. Pours with a tan to dark tan foam that fills half the glass (typical of the style). Unbelievable retention. Froths up nicely on the top as it recedes. Thick, sticky lacing abounds. Aroma is full of pine, similar to cutting down a damn forest. Hints of chocolate are assisted by suggestions of roast. Coffee could be looming. As it warms the coffee pushes both the chocolate ...read more
7.1 by
scot
Received as a gift from Sheri and Mike. Thank you! Day 10 of 24 beers of Christmas 2021. Pours with a bit of chill haze, at least that is what I am going to call it. Minimal snow white foam that recedes back almost as quickly as it is created. No lacing. The cranberry colors really come through, assuming the blood orange doesn't hurt. Color is a mix between pink and red. Aroma gives the typical berliner weiss type yeast scents. Tart yet sweet. Stating that I could pick up specific scent...read more
5.6 by
scot
Received as a gift from Sheri and Mike. Thank you! Day 9 of 24 beers of Christmas 2021. Pours clear but due to the darker color hard to see through it at the widest point of the snifter. Nice tan foam covers. Foam is quick to exit stage right leaving nary a trace behind. Aroma doesn't carry the typical Belgian yeast associated with a Dubbel. No hints of dark fruits. I get the muddiness that I would call light chocolate. Some malt. Taste is muddied like the aroma. Nothing really distinc...read more
American IPA - New England (NEIPA)
8.6 by
scot
Received as a gift from Sheri and Mike. Thank you! Day 8 of 24 beers of Christmas 2021. Pours cloudy with a huge white foam. Stellar retention with huge amounts of sticky, ringed lacing from the onset. Love a lot of head, on a beer, and this one doesn't disappoint. Aroma is sweet, mango, and orange citrus. There is a dankness that develops as it warms. Taste is well balanced of mango, orange, and sweetness. There are minimal hints of bitterness in the finish but the orange pleasantly l...read more
5.4 by
scot
Received as a gift from Sheri and Mike. Thank you! Day 7 of 24 beers of Christmas 2021. Pours clear with a touch of haze. Off white, half-finger of foam covers. Average lacing with thick ringed lacing. Aroma of sweet fruitiness. Hints of tea around the edges. Tastes is sweet and fruity up front before being assaulted by the tea. That is a harsh takeover. A bitter, somewhat fruity, and tea lingering finish that doesn't leave a welcome mat in my mouth. Medium body with a big carbonation....read more
6.5 by
scot
Received as a gift from Sheri and Mike. Thank you! Day 6 of 24 beers of Christmas 2021. Pours clear but the width of the glass makes it opaque at the thickness. Beautiful, lightly frothy foam covers the beer. Great retention with sheeting lacing. Aroma of ginger and cinnamon with each waft alternating between the two. Cinnamon eventually takes the lead. Some sweetness. Taste is well balanced up front before the finish into the end that leads it astray. The cinnamon builds, overpowers, a...read more
7.9 by
scot
Received as a gift from Sheri and Mike. Thank you! Day 5 of 24 beers of Christmas 2021. Pours partially opaque due to the dark color, allowing to see through on the edges. An inch of more of beautiful tan foam. Great retention. No lacing. Aroma is malt forward. Dark fruits but lighter: raisin comes to mind. Toffee. Clean. Taste has the light raisin and toffee but mellow overall. Light end of medium body. Big carbonation. Looks beautiful in the glass and has a great malt forward arom...read more