Lakefront IPA
May 1, 2012 by justin · Leave a Comment
Lakefront IPA is from my Craft Beer Club box. It is hoppy with a lot of lemon grass flavour. Refreshing, rather smooth slight bite to it. Not the hoppiest hop bomb Ive had, not bad though. Could be either more up front with the hops or smoother. Almost hits it head on, just misses the mark a bit.
Craft Beer Club = AWESOMENESS!
April 12, 2012 by justin · Leave a Comment
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No joke here people, Craft Beer Club = AWESOMENESS! I have been approached by many companies since I started BeerGeek, dude in 2010 and I have turned them down, until now! Craft Beer Club is a product I believe in. I mean what is there not to love? Craft beer, in the mail, delivered…monthly! just amazing, I love the interwebs!
If you subscribe for a full year you get the full package that was delivered to my doorstep last week. I had seen their site but still didnt know what to expect, and honestly, I couldnt have expected the awesomeness that arrived.
The FedEx guy, in his stupid little budget truck that makes him look like a creeper, knocked on my door and needed my signature cause alcohol had arrived! Ok, so that is cool factor the first.
I got the box inside and you should have seen the smile on my face when I opened the box to see an array of peanuts, 4 tasting glasses, and the best bottle opener I have ever used (really I might have been more excited about the damn bottle opener than anything. It is perfectly weighted and feels nice in your hand. I get excited about things like that.
I think my buddy who was here was wondering if I was gonna remove the top tray to see the beer!
I did…
OMG, 4 styles of beer, 2 from Cisco Brewers and 2 from Lakefront Brewery. Reviews of them coming soon!
I am VERY happy with Craft Beer Club, and I think you will be too.
Session Black Lager
January 5, 2012 by justin · Leave a Comment
Nice thin session lager. Tasty, I could drink this all night. I just might!
Parabola
September 11, 2011 by justin · Leave a Comment
Parabola is a VERY Tasty Imperial stout from Firestone Walker Brewing Co.! Beware though, 12.5% ABV! Smooth, dark, just wow.
Short’s huma lupa licious
September 5, 2011 by justin · Leave a Comment
Picked my hops last week and expected more from the huma lupa. Very tastey not as strong on the hops. More sweet hop flowers
World Wide Stout
January 23, 2011 by justin · Leave a Comment
I have been reading about Dogfish Head’s World Wide Stout for sometime now and keep looking for a bottle. I found this bottle on my big trip to Nejames in Lenox where my receipt was longer than my grocery receipt.
When first released in 1999 it was considered the strongest, in ABV, beer in the world. Of course we have since seen brewers like Brew Dog and Sam Adams pass the WWS. WWS has varied in its alcohol volume at one point, 2003, coming in at 23% and today averages 18%. There has been much discussion on the interwebs about “why” the ABV is not printed on the bottle. Some suggest that this might be because of state laws in regards to “what is beer” many setting a definition that includes a limit on ABV. This tradition goes back to the days of prohibition repeal and the arguments for beer being a temperate beverage as opposed to whisky and bourbon.
Anyway. Who the hell cares? Bottled in 2009, this beverage kicks ass! I am a lover of stouts, especially on nights like tonight where the tempature is going to dip into the negitive range on the ferinheight scale. A dark beer with warming alcohol is just what the doctor ordered. The aroma and flavour of this beer are so complex you could write a book about just this one beer, I will spare you.
In summary, barley, roasted, slightly smokey, the alcohol is totally hidden… you can only get a sense of the strength in the warming character and towards the end when you realize that it is a good thing it wasn’t a 22oz bottle!
This is an amazing brew. It will be hard to top this one when I write my top-ten list next week.
Avery Anniversary Ale – Seventeen (Dry Hopped Black Lager)
January 22, 2011 by justin · Leave a Comment
Make it black is all the rage, as I stated in my Back in Black review. This one, a lager, and in black. I dig it. Too bad the Avery Anniversary Ale – Seventeen was only brewed once. Perfectly hopped and not too sweet this beer is proof that putting the yeast at the bottom doesnt have to mean that it is light and tasteless. Happy birthday Avery!
Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale
Well, Happy Birthday to me! For my special day I decided to hide a bottle of Stone’s Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale in my coat pocket and head to the theater to watch Black Swan. I couldn’t see the beer since I was in a movie theater drinking to out of the 22oz bottle but wow could I taste it! I think this is the perfect beer to pair with Black Swan. Both are great, both are disturbing.
This beer is bitter and sweet all at the same time, like the swan queen. It is strong and not to be messed with. It doesn’t back down and it good to the last drop. The aroma could probably be smelled 3 rows away, not the best to sneak into a place. However, no one would complain cause the hops and malt are so perfectly balanced. Drink this beer!
(Thanks to The Full Pint for the image, I was in a dark theater)
Back in Black
Everyone is doing it, Black IPA’s. Black IPA’s are hipper than PBR on a warm day in Williamsburg. And in a can? Watch out Pabst!
So far I have been a fan of the 21st Amendment (brewery and otherwise). Back in Black is no exception. Hoppy and delicious! What beer in a can should taste like. Crisp and not syrupy like some strong IPAs. There is a slight roasted flavour that you will not usually find in lighter colour IPA’s. Slight citrus aroma, which throws my brain in a knot since the colour is dark. I like to be fucked in the head so I’m down with this beer!
The Dogfather
January 16, 2011 by justin · Leave a Comment
I know, I say “Dogfather” and you automatically think of the infomercial dog trainer dude. No, I’m talking about Laughing Dog Brewing’s Imperial Stout. This stout is as dark as my black lab but not as sweet. At 11% ABV it is heavier than my dog as well. A slightly roasted flavour is present but it is too thin and bubbly in the mouthfeel for me and a bit, could be less carbonated for sure. The aroma is very full, chocolate, almonds, fennel, coffee. The alcohol is nicely hidden. Not bad at all.
PS Yes that is my street in the background, hard to tell its a road with all that snow on it!