Tuesday, December 30, 2008

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.

Monday, December 29, 2008

Rochefort 10

Like the 8, but 20% more enlightening.

Thursday, December 25, 2008

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.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

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!

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

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.

Monday, December 15, 2008

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.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

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.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

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.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008