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From the HopPress: Some Bits and Pieces of Ratebeer’s Best

VTHopHead-Admin — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 13:00:05 +0000

My latest featured article for RateBeer’s The HopPress… posted on Saturday, February 5th.

Like many of you, I really look forward to the Ratebeer Best lists being released every year. It gives me a chance to look at the brewing industry as a whole and see who was hot and who was [...]

Ratebeer Rating #1101 – Redhook Eisbock 28

VTHopHead-Admin — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 20:48:34 +0000

The “Commercial Description” for this beer reads…

Eisbock 28 is an ice processed winter warmer. This rich lager is aged for months at temperatures well below freezing and is a deep gold color and has a smooth and malty flavor with bittersweet complexities. This highly unique beer is unlike any other and to our knowledge [...]

Ratebeer Rating #1015: Weyerbacher QUAD

VTHopHead-Admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:29:02 +0000

The “Commercial Description” for this beer reads…

Massively big and delicious, QUAD is an elegant and dark ale. Rich with complexity and flavor, try savoring it after a long day or during a fine dinner. You also might enjoy it as an aperitif or as an accompaniment to a dessert, but QUAD stands alone quite [...]

From the HopPress: Reflections on 1000 Beers

VTHopHead-Admin — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:20:17 +0000

My latest featured article for RateBeer’s The HopPress… posted on Saturday, June 12th.

I recently reached one of those “important” milestones with my Ratebeer beer collection… my 1,000th beer rating. While I am sure that there are some Ratebeerians that would laugh at such a paltry number of ratings (the “top dog”, [...]

From the Hop Press: Beers of Spring

VTHopHead-Admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:56:53 +0000

My latest featured article for RateBeer’s The Hop Press… posted on Saturday, March 13th.

As spring arrives, so do the beers more appropriate to the season; a return of beers more suited to the warmer weather and a transition between the heavy/alcoholic beers of winter and the much lighter beers of summer. [...]

Ratebeer #988: Dogfish Head Chateau Jiahu

VTHopHead-Admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:14:12 +0000

One of the most interesting beers that I have ever had… the Dogfish description reads…

Similar to a beer brewed in China some 9,000 years ago, Chateau Jiahu used a recipe that included rice, honey, and grape and hawthorn fruits. The formula was obtained from archaeologists who derived it from the residues of [...]

Ratebeer #974: Stoudt’s Double IPA

VTHopHead-Admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:53:43 +0000

I really enjoyed this beer at the Three Penny Tap Room the other night… Stoudt’s Double IPA

Poured a pretty golden amber in color with a medium off-white head that produced some very nice lacing on the glass. Aroma is strong of pine resin hopiness. Flavor is also very hoppy with pine, but well muted [...]

Pumpkin Ales – A Sign of the Season

VTHopHead-Admin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:30:33 +0000

I have been drinking a few pumpkin ales lately... 'tis the season for harvest-type ales, of course. I am not usually one for pumpkin beers... typically the spices are just a bit too much for me, but below is a run down of three of my most recent samplings. [...]

#880 – Long Trail Imperial Porter

VTHopHead-Admin — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:35:15 +0000

One their new "Brewmaster & Limited Edition Series". Like many quality craft brewers these days, Long Trail has created this growing collection of "premium beer". Currently includes their "Coffee Stout", "Double IPA" and this "Imperial Porter". [...]

Clipper City Heavy Seas – The Great Pumpkin Imperial Ale

VTHopHead-Admin — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:29:52 +0000

Pours a nice "pumpkin" amber in color with a very small whitish head that fades to almost nothing... low carbonation. Aroma is slightly sweet and almost all pumpkin spice (clove, nutmeg, cinnamon,etc.) and nothing else. Flavor is a bit more complex. Some pumpkin, spices ( as noted) and a bit of harsh, unpleasant alcohol character. Slightly bitter and astringent at the end. Lingering bitterness with little else. [...]