Westmalle Tripel

Wheaty, clean, fruits. medicinal. Like a really strong hefeweizen? I feel like people might say there are bananas, but I don't believe it.

Rochefort 10

Like the 8, but 20% more enlightening.

Palm

Slightly unexpected sour overtone in the smell, might have been the glass though. Very full and wheaty (I think when I say "wheaty" I really mean "malty") taste, but very slightly sour. The only beer I've had in Belgium.

Hitachino Nest Ginger

Weird. I really think if Kataja's lammin was carbonated, this would be it. The juniper is still there, and I have trouble finding the ginger it didn't tell me.

Delirium Tremens

Leffe-y in its sweet honey-ness. I think the yeast had settled a bit too much, and the initial taste was more a bite of metallic acidity. I think this could be a favorite if the yeast was better mixed.

Hitachino Nest Ginger Brew

Crazy unique. The ginger taste is there but subtle. The flavor is too unique to compare it to others. It's more of a novel basic taste that you compare other things to. I could drink it all day, though. MM SO TASTY!

Duvel

Tastes like cartoon characters. No really! It's all rounded, blockish, and.. cartoony.

Corsendonk Abbey Ale

Winy, but still 75% satisfying.

Rochefort 6

[moment of silence for how good this beer is] Full-flavored. GREAT head.

Voodoovator

Tastes intensely like rubber cement. That's good though! I know - it surprises me too!

Ommegang Chocolate Indulgance Stout

Definitely an Ommegang. Drinkable for sure. Watery, maybe a bit. Detrimental to the experience, only mildly. Chocolaty and stouty, less so. Worth spending money on? Nah..

Hitachino Nest Espresso Stout

The only well-rounded espresso stout I have yet encountered. Rich in flavor, but not to the point where it's syrupy. If you don't like espresso or chocolate stouts, you should totally try it.

O'Doul's Amber Lager

Yeah Man! It's totally like we're not getting drunk! Tastier than expected - very sweet. Not tasty enough to function sans alcohol. It's like a plane without a pilot.. or something. Maybe. I dunno. SHUT UP! Stop making fun of me!

Duvel

I was expecting something Leffe-ish, but this isn't as bubblegummy. I'll need to try it again when it isn't preceded by a Rochefort 6.

Voodoovator

Are all doppelbocks like this? Some really strange artificial and synthesized overtones. If they were any stronger, it'd be no good. As it is, an oddly balanced concoction.

Lindeman's Framboise Lambic

A reminder of how subtle beer actually is, this is basically liquid raspberries in a barnyard.

Chocolate Indulgence Stout

The initial hit of alcohol seems to be very in the Ommegang style, it's nice. Almost like a stout trying to be a dubbel or tripel. The chocolate-ness is kind of secondary.

Hitachino Nest Espresso Stout

It's not just full like "oh that's nice and flavorful", but it forces flavor on you. It's a fireball that explodes and keeps rushing forward. Bitter, but only the way espresso is bitter.

O'Douls Amber Lager

Better than expected, but I guess that's what happens when you have incredibly low expectations. The aftertaste isn't terrible, but the metallic thinness/wateriness on the first bite isn't very kind.

UFO Hefeweizen

A little tart, slightly thin, classically wheaty hefeweizen. Brian says it's too epoxy-ish, but he just had a candycane so I don't trust him.

Miller Lite

No.

Rochefort 6

Sharp, and then super earthy with a dull chocolate or coffee bitterness. Hints of wheat in the background, but the earthiness is the main thing. A little simpler than the 8. Apple.

2/24/09: I taste not as much bitterness this time, and more spiciness. I don't know if I can rank the 6/8/10, every time I have one of them again I feel like it's my favorite.

Corsendonk Pater

Reminds me of surfing and San Diego cars for some reason. A nice oaky, earthy taste with lighter fruit overtones. Hints of bitterness and wheat.

Bush De Noël

The 12% is all in the first half second. Kind of quad-ish, some fruit, but with wheatier notes shining through at the end. I don't taste the Christmas so much.

Maredsous Dubbel

I feel like I've had this before. It's very similar to one of the previous posts, but I can't remember which. A little bitter, nutty, sightly medicinal and flowery. A bit of molasses sugaryness.

Maredsous Tripel

Starts a little strong, goes flowery, berries, and finishes with some wheat. Seems a little stronger near the bottom. Complimented by a peanut + squash sauce I happened to have.

Weyerbacher Merry Monks

Bubblegummy. Pleasant at first, but one dimensional by the end.

2/4/09: I taste more now. Still incredibly vinous and sweet, but there is a lot of fruit, too. There is something vaguely chocolate-y/earth-y about the aftertaste on the back of the tongue that reminds me of a wet dog. It's really nice, surprisingly. Should probably be paired with a cheese, or a big meal where it's drunk in large sips.

Chimay White

I didn't taste the complexity of the Chimay Blue. Seems bitter for a tripel, but not overwhelmingly so.

May 7th, 2009: I didn't really understand this at the time. Has some tart-sourness, very grape-juicey vinous characteristics, a little spice and a very smooth body.

Leffe Vieille Cuvée

A friend of the olives. I imagine more berries and citrus here, maybe a little more medicinal and less sweet than the blonde.

Delirium Nocturnum

Tasted kind of candied. Kyle keeps beating me to the descriptions.

Chima Bee El You Ee

Add one, maybe two spices and you could have soup.

Saxo

BOUQUET IN THE MOUTH!

Delirium Nocturnum

A lot like the Saxo, but more even. There is no time-domain variation in this one, it's absolutely unwavering.

Chimay Blue

A gouda-porter. If every beer is short composition, this one is heavily syncopated.

Saxo

Flowery, a bit Leffe-y. Surprisingly wine-like. Sweet.

Rochefort 8

Looks like: once you've poured the yeast, a cappuccino. Tastes like: everything all at once.

Leffe Blonde

The first beer I had in Paris. I feel like the head is somehow the quintessential beer head. Probably the sweetest beer I've ever tasted, with some fruity and sugary overtones. If you let it get to warm it loses some appeal.

Hitachino Nest Weizen

Seems a little light for a hefeweizen. But the spirit is the same as the others, so it's just as enjoyable.

SkullSplitter

Vaguely reminiscent of the Lammin Kataja Olut near the bottom. Smokey and sweet, with an intensely medicinal carbonation. You really need a single sip, but nothing more. I could finish half a bottle at some point in the distant future.

SkullSplitter

I dreaded every sip of this beer. The flavor does not entirely balance out the "oh my god my gums! - it hurts!" factor

Xingu

Next to marinara tastes like camping wet dog. on its own - ..kind of buttery. In taste, not texture. I mean. you know. like french toast. ...I'm drunk.

Koestritzer Schwarzbier

"Smells like a rotting garden" Tastes like black. Like pink candy tastes like pink. And green candy tastes like your female parent. (apologies to those with two daddies or otherwise motherless) [ponders origin of term: "motherless swine"]

Xingu Black

Definitely a schwarzbier derivative. A little more flowery and sweet, slightly less watery.

Koestritzer Schwarzbier

Androgynous label leads to a light liquid. The most bitterness I think I care for before needing cheese. I can imagine Goethe drinking this and reflecting on color theory. It's black.

La Rossa

First of the Italians. Kind of wish it was the last. Curious as to what other Italian's interpretation of "beer" is, though.

Fermented Crispix. ..is my analogy to this beer.

Anderson Valley ESB (extra special brew)

mmm!! that's nice. tastes like ..prunes.
10 minutes later as we start pushing our record for time spent drinking a single beer: ..can I change my answer?

Anderson Alley Pale Ale

It's that awkward poser that doesn't quite get it

Midas Touch

More desert-y? The longest-developing beer yet, it starts off grapey, moves towards a bitter hoppiness, and the barley finale kicks in about 10 seconds in.

Aprihop

Refreshing and not overdone. The hops balance out the sweetness of the apricot flavor.

Tire Bite Golden Ale (Flying Dog)

Compared to all the other half-assed stuff Flying Dog Pees at consumers, it's pretty tasty. Wheaty without being too sweet.

Tire Bite Golden Ale

Starts off wonderfully doughy, finishes a bit metallic. What is it? Copper? Aluminum? Iron? Name your metals, man.

Raison D'etre

Strong, dark, woody, one dimensional. That's probably just me though.

Raison D'etre (Dogfish Head)

Teriyaki bacon cheeseburger gone breakfast sandwich with a drizzle of maple syrup.
In other words f-ing delicious.

Blue Point Toasted Lager

Sweetveggiesoap.

Toasted Lager (Blue Point Brewing Co.

Fabric Softener, and that's my final answer.

Left Hand Milk Stout

Reminiscent of a backcountry hospital bed.

Milk Stout (Left Hand Brewing Co)

Opens like a brie-tasting lager; lives like burnt/smoked applesauce; dies like cough syrup.
It's an ongoing simile of not-so-good.

Red Rocket Ale

Like a hoppy stout? I don't know the names for these things really. I can taste the fruitiness. A flowery belch.

Red Rocket Ale

Drink it and try not to think about Tootsie Pops - I dare you!
..it's like Necco tried to make beer.
It's a 3-stager: Beer! Flat soda? Hops..
Drink it quick enough to belch - you won't be disappointed.

Hoptical Illusion

Erm.. Nothing terribly special. They put more hops in. Good for them.
Balanced well enough to drink quickly, though. Beware!

Hoptical Illusion

I think I tasted a vague hint of starch somewhere? Tasty otherwise. Kind of over the top.

Blue Point (wannabe) Blueberry

Artificial ester-ific.
Tastes like if Dunkin Donuts tried to brew beer in their muffin tins.

Blue Point Blueberry

Weird. Watery Flintstones pills lager. Not a fan.