Beer Ratings: Most Recent

Wild Beer Shepton Mallet, Somerset

Draught at Wild Beer @ Wapping Wharf, Bristol. Clouded orange to brown with white head. Tropical fruit notes to the fore with this one, quite acidic in character though, tart, tongue coating sharpness, a little tough on the palate. It's fine if a little harsh.

Beachwood Blendery Long Beach, California

Wazig blond bier met zeer weinig wit schuim. Geur: zacht zurig, lichte stalgeur, licht fruitig, wat citrus. Smaak: citrus zurig. Medium koolzuurprikkel. Afdronk: licht zoetig en zurig.

Ballast Point Brewing Company (Constellation) San Diego, California

12oz bottle, into a tulip glass. Pours hazy dark golden with medium lacy white head. Aroma is sweet and fruity yeast, with floral and juicy hops. Taste is similar - really tropical and juicy up front, the yeast comes on strong on the finish and leaves a really dry white wine flavor on the palate. Quite different from the rest of the Sculpin family, guessing that's the direction BP is headed these days. Not bad, some great flavor here, probably wouldn't choose this over OG Sculpin though.

Slater's Stafford, Staffordshire

Cask at the Antelope in Surbiton. Decent balance, some sweet malt and orange marmalade. Nice.

De Garde Brewing Tillamook, Oregon

Poured from a 750 ml bottle. Aroma is somewhat hop forward with an herbal, grassy note. Medium light peppery, phenolic note and moderate grain notes. Hints of grain, pineapple and citrus. Faint oak. Pours a hazy, dull, gold color with a large, frothy, white head that recedes steadily to a thin film that clumps on the edges. Flavor has a moderate acidity with light grain notes. Fairly fruity with quite a bit of pineapple. Light citrus and grain notes with a hint of salinity. Light oak notes. Medium hop notes, grassy and herbal with light phenolics that are accentuated by the hops. Mouthfeel is light bodied with high carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a nice gose but one I wished I drank fresher. The hop profile has become a bit grassy and the phenolics seem to be kicking up a bit.

Kirin Brewery Company Tokyo, Japan

330ml can Light gold with decent head. Grainy/rice aroma. Crisp bitterness, some malt in the taste. Not bad.

Summer Wine Brewery Holmfirth, West Yorkshire

Cask at the Antelope in Surbiton. Slightly hazy yellow pour. Citrus aroma, light, dry hops, some grainy malt, orange peel, resin. Decent.

Public House Kitchen & Brewery Manassas, Virginia

Pint pour at the brewpub. Poured a medium-dark brown color with a small off-white head. Aroma was sweet malts, light toasted notes. Some nutty character. Toasty. Pretty good decent brown ale.

Public House Kitchen & Brewery Manassas, Virginia

Pint pour at the brewpub. Poured a dark cola color, not as opaque as I expected it would have been. Aroma was light roast and light malt. Flavor was light sweetness, roasted, light malt. Okay.

Russian River Brewing Santa Rosa, California

0,51l bottle from Russian River, shared with wiosna @ Hotel Lucia. Pours clear golden with a medium head. Aroma is sweet fruity malts. Flavor is sweet malts with tropical fruits and hops. Very nice.

Bagby Beer Company Oceanside, California

@MBCC2017S03 Pours black with a tan head. Chocolatey aroma with caramel, toffee and barrel. Tastes chocolatey with caramel, toffee and barrel notes. Medium body+

Bagby Beer Company Oceanside, California

@MBCC2017S03 Pours yellow with a small head. Grainy lager aroma. Tastes bitter with grain, lager and watered down notes. Light body

2 Silos Brewing Company Manassas, Virginia

Draft at 2 Silos. Poured a kind of hazy orange color with a small off-white head. Aroma was some light wheat, some funky hay, juicy notes. Light floral notes. Mild. Really easy to drink.

Toolbox Brewing Company Vista, California

@MBCC2017S03 Pours yellow with a small head. Bretty aroma with tart lemon, tea and fresh leaves. Tastes sour with leaves, tea and sour notes. Medium body

Woodland Empire Ale Craft Boise, Idaho

Can from LaBodega, black beer, huge, thick, tenacious walnut colored head, chunky lace. Aroma is chocolate, vanilla, caramel, malt. Taste is vanilla, cookies, coffee, whiskey, chocolate, molasses, brown sugar, kahlua. Palate is rich and thick, carbonation moderate. This is a tad hot, but sweet enough it doesn’t matter. As a desert beer, it’s about right, but dry it ain’t.