Beer Ratings: Most Recent

Dancing Gnome Beer Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Mission Dolores, tap: pours orangey haze with a white head. Aroma is citrus and some tropical fruitiness. Taste is slightly bitter. Slightly sweet. Quite fruity. Pretty good.

Decadent Ales Mamaroneck, New York

Clear copper and peach coloured body with a rich, tan head, only one centimetre tall, but microfoamed and looking nice on top. Aroma of super pungent nuts, caramelised sugars, grain and a dash of pure candy bars and earthy malts. Strong throughout in the nose, but very fragrant and deep. Medium to Full-bodied; Deep robust caramelised sugar sweetness at first with bunches of maple syrup, molasses and of course - bunches of pecans and nuts of all types. Aftertaste shows the alcohol, strong malt and almost cloying, deep sugars, with a great balance, but lighter hop pungency and almost no bitterness as the flavour are dedicated to sugars, nuts and alcohol. Overall, a rich and pungent beer with a lot of caramelised sugars and nuts, alcohol and body, but hardly any 'true' IPA notes, as this was more of an American Strong, but still showed well, regardless of style definition. While not sublime, this beer was worth trying and I'm hoping to see in the subsequent calendar items.

Grimm Artisanal Ales Brooklyn, New York

Can picked up at M&F Bottleshop and shared at home - opaque amber with a puffy white head. Bold fruity with notes of stone fruit with some peach and lychee, some nectarines and mango, citrus undertones, substantial soft mouthfeel and body, sweet with just a hint of citrus peel bitterness into the hoppy finish. Lovely.

Wicked Weed Brewing (AB InBev) Asheville, North Carolina

Pours looking like Cola. Sweet molasses nose. Palate sweet and dark with hits of ginger. Nice

Grimm Artisanal Ales Brooklyn, New York

Can picked up at M&F Bottleshop and shared at home - hazed yellow with a white head. Bright fruity with some notes of pineapple and grapefruit, splash of lemon, chalky, smooth pillowy mouthfeel and medium body, fruity lingering hoppy finish. Nice

Grimm Artisanal Ales Brooklyn, New York

Can picked up at M&F Bottleshop and shared at home - hazed yellow pour with a white head. Intense juicy fruity with bold hits of mango and papaya, tangerine, nice hop spice, soft malts, medium body, robust hoppy close. Lovely!

Jester King Brewery Austin, Texas

Very cloudy straw gold with a big spicy coriander aroma with lots of herbal and acidic notes. Very dry very bretty and metallic. Not a huge fan to be honest.

Foley Brothers Brewing Brandon, Vermont

Can shared at home sourced from De Bierliefhebber - hazy golden orange with a white head. Tropical fruity with some melon, papaya, pine needles, light malty backing, medium body, light bitter hoppy close.

Tröegs Brewing Company Hershey, Pennsylvania

Clear golden coloured body with a peach glow, some small bubbles rising from the sideso f the glass and a thin, single centimetre tall, off-white, large-bubbled head. Aroma of grass, alcohol, pine, flowers, hay and a healthy dose of cleanser - deep and astringent thorughout the nose. Medium-bodied; Deep grassy and herbal flavour with a lot of pine, malt and especially astringent flavours noticeable. Strong hops on the finish that have more character than bitterness - fairly nice and robust. Aftertaset shows some bittterness from the hops with a grassy and herbal bite, but also dry and lightly medicinal - strong throughout the finish. Overall, a deep and robust beer with a good balance, but deep, astringent flavours and a smooth, light fruit-based sweetness at the absolute end - a nice and subtle variance from before. Good to try, but not great nor really recommended when other Imperial IPAs are around - but it's definitely not a bad beer. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchaased from Crystal City Wine Shop in Arlington, Virgini on 13-September-2019 for US$3,65 sampled at my house a few blocks away in Washington on 14-Sptember-2019, just a day later.

Foley Brothers Brewing Brandon, Vermont

Can shared at home sourced from De Bierliefhebber - hazed up orange with a white head. Vibrant fruity with notes of grapefruit and tangerine, some melon and pineapple, pine needles, medium body, solid hoppy close. Tasty stuff.

Yuengling Brewery Pottsville, Pennsylvania

Can shared at home thanks to TC - hazy amber with a white head. Sweet and light toasted bready malty with some faint notes of caramel, grain, cereal, light body, subdued hoppy bitter finish.

Dancing Gnome Beer Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

On tap at Mission Dolores. Pours hazy orange yellow. Orange, passionfruit, mango, biscuit. Good body. Nice.

Aslin Beer Company Herndon, Virginia

Shared at bottleshare: pours black with a beige head. Aroma is loads of peanut butter and some chocolate. Taste is sweet, but not too sweet. Loads of nuts and chocolate. Thick but not too thick. Pretty drinkable.

Löwenbräu Buttenheim Buttenheim, Bavaria

The beer has got a hazy dark golden brownish color with a steady head and medium body. Aroma of grains and malt. Taste of hops, bread, straw, grains and nuts. Malty hints.

Privatbrauerei Dorfner Hirschau, Bavaria

€-Fläschla: Pale golden to golden, hazy, lively carbonation, smaller persistent white foamy layer, sweetish grainy-dusty to pale malty nose, honeyish spots and herbal-grassy hops underneath; mild to moderate sweet-bitter flavour, light to medium bodied, quite soft; slightly lingering sweetish grainy finish with a mild but balancing herbal bitterness in the aftertaste. Unspectacular, but pretty decent and well quaffable Bier...