Beer Ratings: Most Recent

Boneflower Craft Mead Highland, Indiana

At Chris’ July 2024 tasting. Deep deep purple color. Tons of fresh blueberry syrup sweetness. Excellent.

John Martin Genval, Walloon Brabant

330 ml bottle, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 6.8%. Deep golden to amber colour, huge white head. Aroma of Belgian ale yeast, malts and mild spices, including juniper berries. Flavour with the same elements, not too sweet, some fruitiness too, low bitterness.

Far Yeast Brewing Company Kitatsuru-gun, Yamanashi

Can. Pours frosty gold. Lemon, grain, floral, peach, fragrant, light spice. Medium body. Decent.

Good Drinks Australia Palmyra, Western Australia

Given to me as a gift. Pours a very pale amber with a fast disappearing head. Basically it's now a glass of fizzy creek water. Very faint nose of tin, slightly sweet taste, zero body. Hard to criticize water but that's what this is

Foghorn Brewery Newcastle, New South Wales

Pint on tap at brewery. Almost totally black beer with a thin head, nose is vanilla malt. Good lacing. Medium body, light zing. Taste is all vanilla, finish has a touch of coffee and cocoa. Nice pint. Probably too sweet for a session but excellent nonetheless.

Kuhnhenn Brewing Warren, Michigan

Pours hazy amber with a one finger, white head. Aroma is caramel, bread and coriander. Taste is caramel, moving to bread and coriander. Finish mirrors the taste.

Strange Fellows Brewing Vancouver, British Columbia

Bottle pour at brewery. Pours cloudy yellow with thin white head. Aroma is tart with rustic yeast, bugs, grass. Flavour has similar profile, prominent buttery oak.

Brick Lane Brewing Dandenong, Victoria

Crystal clear amber beer with a thin white head. Light carbonation. Lightly roasted rice nose, a touch of grain. Nice lacing, flat mouthfeel, medium body. Super easy drinking. Slightly sour finish, a little lingering tin. Fills the brief as a Japanese Lager.

Refined Fool Brewing Co. Sarnia, Ontario

Pretty bland, light passionfruit, light citrus, pretty watery and thin. Soft mouth feel, soft carb. Nothing special.

Side Project Brewing Maplewood, Missouri

Bottle at Chris’s July 2024 tasting. Perfect acidity balance. Deep purple color. Light acetic acid. Excellent.

Wild Air Beerworks Asbury Park, New Jersey

16 ounce can. Number one with a bullet. Hazy yellow gold color. Rocky white head. Spotty lacing. Floral hop aroma hints at sweet tangerine and zesty lemon notes. Flavor is sweet tangerine, pineapple, lemon and passion fruit. Tasty.

8th Wonder Brewery Houston, Texas

Pours black, 3/4 inch of light brown foam, very dense and meringue-like. Aroma of roasted malt and coffee. Taste is roasted malt, molasses, and dark chocolate. A bit bitter on the finish - in a good way. Great stuff.

Sidekick Brewing (BC) Chilliwack, British Columbia

Vibrant, opaque colour. Thick head. Aroma has lychee, pomelo and cannabis. The body is relatively light, bitterness moderate and the hops aren’t as bright on the palate either. The aroma seems to overpromise and the palate underdelivers. It’s not bad or anything but just would prefer more hop bite.

608 Brewing Company La Crosse , Wisconsin

Aromas are dry grain, citrus, sweat, onion, cat pee. Flavors are similar to nose, excellent balance between bitter, sweet and carbonation. Slightly soft mouth, a bit chewy and a mildly bitter finish. Very nice beer.

Gigantic Brewing Portland, Oregon

2022 version. Sweet and slightly spicy aroma. Pours brown with a thin tan head. The taste has plenty of rye spice but is a bit one dimensional. Long lasting finish. Good beer from an underrated brewery.