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“Massive”… it’s the only way to describe it…

I just finished a bottle of Weyerbacher Thirteen… their 13th anniversary Imperial Stout.  At 13.6% ABV… it’ll *rock* you!!  Picked this up at Downeast Beverage during a brief foray to Portland, Maine last week.  The details…

Pours a very dark black/brown in color with a medium dark tan head that stuck around to [...]

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850th Ratebeer rating – Southern Tier Hoppe

While I have not been keeping this site up to date lately, I have not stopped drinking/collecting beer.  I was excited to make my 850th Ratebeer rating this afternoon… Southern Tier Brewing Company’s Hoppe Imperial Pale Ale.

This beer pours a hazy orange/amber in color with a small white head that quickly fades.  Not much [...]

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I just posted my 800th beer ra…

I just posted my 800th beer rating on Ratebeer.com. See all my ratings at http://tinyurl.com/dzvg36

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800th Ratebeer Rating – North Coast Old Stock Ale 2008

Bottle (2008 Vintage) – Poured a dark reddish brown in color with a medium thick tan head that hung in and produced some good lacing on the glass.  Aroma is malty and slightly sweet with elements of caramel, toffee, lightly roasted malts and some alcohol.  Flavor was very complex… caramel malt, some hops and some [...]

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Las Vegas – Land of Beer?

I spent the better part of last week in Las Vegas at a conference.  During the few days that I was there, I was able to add an incredible 16 new beers to my Ratebeer ratings list.  Almost all of these new beers were sampled at the restaurants and bars in and around the Mandalay [...]

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Beer Store – Richmond Beverage

I stopped by here a few weeks ago to check it out… in downtown Richmond, Vermont.  My son had passed along a tip that they had a decent beer selection… very true!  The owners were extremely nice and knowledgeable about the beer that they carried… pointed out the new arrivals and expressed an interest in [...]

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Rock Art Brewery – Belvidere Big IPA

Pours a quite dark  and hazy orange-amber in color with almost no head or carbonation.  Aroma is very hoppy with citrus/grapefruit, but balanced with a nice sweetish malty background.  Flavor is initially strong with hops… plenty of citrus and pine… slightly sweet too.  Eventually it is all about the hops, however, and those and their [...]

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Stoudt’s Brewing Co. – Stoudt’s Triple

Pours a hazy orangish amber in color with a small white head that fades to a very thin covering over the beer.  No lacing.  Aroma is strong of Belgian yeast, spices (cloves, nutmeg) and a light fruitiness.  Flavor is very fruity… apples, melon… and slightly sweet.  Alcohol is apparent, but muted by the intense fruity [...]

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