Beer Ratings: Most Recent

Equilibrium Brewery Middletown, New York

Waxed, capped 375 from Tavour. Pours clear gold with a moderate white head that didn't last long. Aroma seems a Brett/pedio mix. Med body. Flavor is fruit and funk - still going with Brett/pedio. A bit astringent. Citrus may be in it. Definitely approachable.

Matilda Bay Brewing Co. (CUB - Asahi) Melbourne, Victoria

Draught at Sail & Anchor, Fremantle, Western Australia. poured a clouded straw yellow with 1cm of bright white open foam that diminished quickly to a blotchy cap that laced poorly. Carbonation low, average and medium-sized. Aroma strongly of tropical fruits (lots of passionfruit, hints of pineapple). Taste strongly of tropical fruits (passionfruit dominates) and citrus (zesty grapefruit); nice moderate to strong bitterness. Light to medium body. Smooth, crisp, clean refreshing and slightly dry with a medium-length finish. Nice for a mid-strength.

Matilda Bay Brewing Co. (CUB - Asahi) Melbourne, Victoria

Draught at Sail & Anchor, Fremantle, Western Australia. Poured a clear light amber (lacking haziness) with 1cm of bright white open foam that diminished slowly to a cap that laced OK. Carbonation high, lively and medium to coarse. Aroma moderately strong of earthy malts, straw, with hints of citrus and stone fruit; no obvious hops. Taste strongly of malts and slightly earthy musty grain; no real bitterness. Light body. Smooth with a short finish.

Anchorage Brewing Company Anchorage, Alaska

Pours clear golden with a two finger, white head. Aroma is caramel, noble hops and bread. Taste is caramel, moving to bread and light noble hops. Finish matches the taste. Very smooth.

Fonta Flora Brewery Morganton, North Carolina

Pours opaque dark chocolate with a thick tan head. Aroma yields chocolate, roast malt, quality coffee, hints of salt and caramel. Flavor delivers semi-sweet chocolate, roast malt, quality coffee, a little caramel, a little salt. Texture provides decent body and peppy fizz. Keep on evolvin'.

Valle, Ballina y Fernández (El Gaitero) La Espuncia, Villaviciosa, Asturias

Bottle. Appearance - deep cherry red and fairly clear. Short lived off white head. Nose - more apple than grape, initially. Then some Schoer. Taste - sweet red grape and juicy apple. Palate - light bodied, sweet then some fruit tannins and grape acid. Overall - ok.

Toppling Goliath Brewing Co. Decorah, Iowa

Pineapple, orange, biscuit malt, and grapefruit peel aroma. Hazy golden yellow with giant white head. Moderately sweet pineapple, orange, biscuit malt, and moderately bitter grapefruit peel and pine flavor. Good body.

Revision Brewing Company Sparks, Nevada

not sure how I feel about thos one. can definitely place the lime but I don't really like it. the name makes you think it'd have some pepper, which is thankfully doesn't contain. still, odd flavor.

Saint Arnold Brewing Company Houston, Texas

On tap at Woodlands Mitchell Pavilion. Pours a hazy gold with small white head that lasts. The aroma is dough and corn malt. Light body, grass, straw, dough, light finish, very nice.

Pastore Brewing Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire

Can from Fierce Beer, Edinburgh. Appearance - amber to red, clear and quickly disappearing head. Nose - tart red fruit, generally. Taste - rhubarb and raspberry for sure, underlying nutty vibe. Palate - light to medium bodied, tangy and lightly sour finish. Overall - pretty decent.

Evil Genius Beer Company Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Can to glass. Dark brown to black with light brown head. Malty caramel sniff and taste. Reminds me of a chocolate malt ball. Like a whopper with an artificial peanut butter flavor. Good happy hour brew.

Gem State Brewing Company Eagle, Idaho

On tap at the Eagle taproom Fairly clear medium light golden pour. No head or bubbles. Nice watermelon jolly rancher aromas and flavors. It overly sweet. It enough for the melon flavors to be prominent. Modest tartness. Fun

Nonsuch Brewing Co. Winnipeg, Manitoba

750ml bottle. Pours a clear deep gold, with a large but fading white head. Aromas of dried apricot, dessert wine, leather, funk. Light tartness up front, hints of honey, oak, dried apricot, white wine, spice, melon, bracingly sour finish, little alcohol warmth. Solidly excellent beer.

Gem State Brewing Company Eagle, Idaho

On tap at the Eagle taproom Slightly hazy medium golden. Fine lasting white ring of micro bubbles. Plain mellow soft aromas and flavors of fruity melon tropical ho character.

5e Baron Microbrasserie Gatineau, Quebec

Clean golden colour with big head, slightly off-white, bubbly, average stay and leaving some soapy lacing spots. Fairly herbal, hoppy aromas at first, and then, some nice cereal malt base comes out. The taste is pretty hoppy for the style, resulting in a nice drying finish. A nice blend of grassiness over the grainy malts. A very tad haze comes out at the last pour, but pretty well filtered overall. A very easy-drinking Maibock that is a little hoppier, but with a touch of Pils spiciness. .