posted by dave in category good, lager, smoked, weird

(draft) Clear amber. Nice whitish head. Smells like malt and peat to me. Medium mouthfeel. Flavor sharper than I was expecting. Smoky and malty. Quite good.

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Ounces Consumed: 132

posted by dave in category good, weird

(draft) Clear dark copper in color. Good head. A delicious aroma of malt and oak and molasses. Syrupy mouthfeel. Flavor is mostly malt, with the slightest hints of dark fruits. Damn good.

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Ounces Consumed: 20

posted by dave in category belgian, good, weird

(bottle) Hazy brown. Minimal head. Aroma is complex and very strong, with malts and hops and nothing else. Flavor is mostly weird malts. Most quads feature dark fruit flavors, this is all malts. The two inches of sediment in the bottom of the bottle grossed me out. Overall, not bad, not great.

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Ounces Consumed: 22

posted by dave in category adjuncts, good, weird

(draft) Hazy brown. Huge white head and good lacing. Light aroma of spices and hops and malts. Creamy mouthfeel. Flavor hard to describe. Sweet with a slightly bitter finish. Damn good.

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Ounces Consumed: 4

posted by dave in category belgian, good, weird


(draft) Clear dark bronze. Decent head. No detectable aroma. Flavor of dried cherries. The finish was quite drying as well. A good beer, but weird.

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Ounces Consumed: 52

posted by dave in category brown, decent, weird

(draft) Clear dark orange in color, this beer didn't seem to have much of an aroma. So I was surprised to find such a funky and citrusy flavor. To be fair, this beer may have clashed greatly with the chocolately porter I'd had earlier, but I don't think I'd have liked it all that much anyway. I only drank a few sips, then I gave the rest away.

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Ounces Consumed: 4

posted by dave in category bourbon, good, stout, weird

(bottle) The color of dark cola. No head whatsoever. Aroma was weird. Dark fruits reminded me of a strong Belgian. Surprising to find this aroma in an imperial stout. Medium mouthfeel. Flavor was surprisingly good. Fruity and malty. Definitely different. I have another bottle in my fridge, and I'm looking forward to opening it soon.

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Ounces Consumed: 23

posted by dave in category adjuncts, decent, weird

(draft) Looked like a lager. Nice white head. Very unusual aroma that I never could place. Flavor was mild and maltier than I was expecting. Finish a little bitter, because of the chiles I suppose. Stronger than it tastes. Decent.

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Ounces Consumed: 4

posted by dave in category belgian, decent, weird

(draft) Hazy Gold. Nice white head. Mouthfeel almost creamy. Light aroma and flavor of apples and pears. There's a weird funky finish that I could definitely do without. Decent is all I can say.

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Ounces Consumed: 10

posted by dave in category decent, weird

(bottle) Fizzy orange in color, with a decent white head. Citrusy aroma. Mild citrusy and malty flavor. Not the worst beer I've ever had. Decent, but weird.

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Ounces Consumed: 16

posted by dave in category good, weird

(bottle) Clear dark amber, with a decent beige head. Enticing aroma of malts and caramel. Medium mouthfeel. Flavor mild, with malts and dark fruits. A fairly strong alcohol burn is present all the way to the finish. Pretty damn good.

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Ounces Consumed: 12

posted by dave in category adjuncts, good, weird

(draft) The first few sips, understandably, brought to mind a beer with ginger ale poured into it. By the end of the glass I'd decided that I did like this beer, and that I wished that it was even a little stranger than it was. Very unusual, and very drinkable.

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Ounces Consumed: 40

posted by dave in category davefest, good, rice, weird

(draft) Tastes like a pilsner until you swallow, that's when the funkiness takes over. I guess the funkiness was due to the sake yeasts used on the rice. My enjoyment of this beer grew with each sip, and I missed it when it was gone.

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Ounces Consumed: 100

posted by dave in category bourbon, decent, weird

(draft) Clear amber in color. No head to speak of. Very strong aroma of coconuts, of all things. Mouthfeel was fairly thin. Coconut predominates the flavor, just like it does the aroma. Smells like suntan lotion,a nd tastes like what I imagine suntan lotion tastes like. After an inch or so was gone, this started to taste a little better. What was strange was that I got absolutely zero indication of this beer's alleged bourbon influence.

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Ounces Consumed: 10

posted by dave in category adjuncts, weird, yummy

(draft) Clear dark copper in color. Good head and lacing. Strong spice and malt aroma and flavor. Mouthfeel seemed a little watery at first, but it seemed to thicken as the glass emptied. Flavor is nutmeg and cinnamon and a touch of citrus. A lingering slightly hoppy finish. A yummy beer.

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Ounces Consumed: 132

posted by dave in category belgian, davefest, sour, weird

(draft) Dark red, and sour. The first sip pretty much tells the whol story of this beer. I recommend it to anyone wanting to try something different, and almost everyone who's tried it has liked it a lot.

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Ounces Consumed: 115

posted by dave in category brown, good, weird

(bottle) Clear amber, with a whitish head that faded quickly. Surprising aroma of chocolate and molasses. Fizzy mouthfeel. Flavor of malts and spices. Clean finish. Not too bad.

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Ounces Consumed: 72

posted by dave in category brown, weird, yummy

Clear dark orange. Kind of a weird color. No head to speak of. An aroma of malts and hops that was pretty enticing. Medium mouthfeel. The flavor was extremely good. The hops seemed to be a mixture of the piney kind (which I hate) and the flowery kind (which I love) and there was also a strong malty component to the flavor, and a tiny hint of smoke. Definitely very interesting and drinkable. I'd love to try this on tap someday. Yummy.

Update 110208: I've had it on tap, and it's still yummy.

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Ounces Consumed: 1219

posted by dave in category adjuncts, brown, weird, yummy

(draft) Clear brown. Zero fizz. Smells like a pine tree - must be the mugwort. The flavor is very weird, and very good. I like this a lot. Tastes like it should have more alcohol than it does.

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Ounces Consumed: 340

posted by dave in category good, weird

(draft) Clear reddish-brown. No appreciable head. No appreciable aroma. Flavor of roasted malts plus weirdness. Nice smooth finish. Good. Better than I remembered from before. The ridiculous hoppy bitterness is gone. Definitely a change for the better.

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Ounces Consumed: 147

posted by dave in category adjuncts, decent, weird

(draft) Dark gold. There's an unidentifiable (by me at least) aroma and flavor, both reminiscent of evergreen shrubbery. The finish is drying and long-lasting. It kind of reminds me of when I was a kid and I'd chew on Sassafras leaves. The finish is the most notable characteristic. A decent beer.

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Ounces Consumed: 23

posted by dave in category brown, good, sour, weird

(bottle) Cloudy brown. Thin head that disappeared right away. Strongly sour aroma. Wow. Extremely sour flavor. Thinnish mouthfeel. Weird, but good.

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Ounces Consumed: 6

posted by dave in category swill, weird

(draft) Clear light yellow. Looked like a light lager. No head. No aroma. Flavor was, thankfully, not hoppy. There wasn't much flavor at all. A little bit of grassiness. A waste of time.

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Ounces Consumed: 3

posted by dave in category swill, weird

(draft) I ordered this by mistake, as I'd thought I was ordering their hefeweissbier. I could not have been more wrong. I did have a few sips of this, to see if it was as disgusting as all dopplebocks are to me. It was. I only had those few sips.

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Ounces Consumed: 2

posted by dave in category adjuncts, decent, weird

Very faint peppery aroma, with a little smoke thrown in. Not much taste until the finish, then a little pepper heat. I was expecting more pepper, so I was expecting to dislike this more than I did.

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Ounces Consumed: 52

posted by dave in category brown, swill, weird

(draft) Very dark brown. Huge heaping head. Bitter aroma and bitter flavor. Quite disgusting.

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Ounces Consumed: 1

posted by dave in category decent, weird

(bottle) Clear dark amber. Tan head that faded quickly. Aroma of burnt malts and molasses. Medium mouthfeel. It's got that same weird flavor that I find in most bocks. I don't like it.

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Ounces Consumed: 2

posted by dave in category brown, good, weird

(bottle) Clear light brown. Minimal white head. Aromatic hops and maybe caramel in the aroma. Mouthfeel a little cloying. Flavor sweeter than I was expecting. Good, not great.

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Ounces Consumed: 18

posted by dave in category good, rye, weird

(bottle) Hazy copper in color. Huge white head. Medium mouthfeel. Not a lot of aroma or initial flavor - it kinda seemed like a brown ale. After a few sips, the dryness of the rye started to show in the finish. A fairly mild rye beer, but a good one.

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Ounces Consumed: 12

posted by dave in category good, ipa, weird

(draft) Clear copper with a firm white head. Aroma of flowers and bubble gum - very intriguing. Flavor was very complex and hard to describe. There was definitely some lingering hop bitterness at the finish but it was accompanied by the complex flavors so it wasn't overpowering at all. An IPA that I actually like. Wonders never cease.

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Ounces Consumed: 11

posted by dave in category belgian, decent, weird

(bottle) Clear and fizzy golden in color. Nice white head that lasted long enough. The aroma was of apples and pumpkins. The flavor was decidedly weird. Apples and pumpkins and dark fruits - it was a little too weird for my tastes. I didn't finish the bottle. Decent is all I can say.

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Ounces Consumed: 34

posted by dave in category adjuncts, belgian, weird, yummy

(draft) Kind of funky aroma, which was to be expected I suppose. A mild mustardy flavor, just a slight spiciness. Much much better than I'd expected. I will have more of this, definitely.

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Ounces Consumed: 348

posted by dave in category apa, weird, wheat, yummy

Had a sample, and was intrigued enough to have a half-pint next. Hazy yellow in color. Good head and great lacing. Aroma was mostly floral, with a touch of the bubble gum scent that was expected because of the beer's name. Flavor was pretty damn good. Intense, but it never quite got to the point where it was overpowering. A little citrusy, not bitter at all. A little weird. I liked it a lot.

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Ounces Consumed: 4791

posted by dave in category ipa, porter, swill, weird

(draft) Black with a tan head that faded quickly. Malty aroma. Thin mouthfeel. Decent flavor of malts and licorice. Disgusting hoppy metallic finish. Gross.

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Ounces Consumed: 2

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