May 2012
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Watch BEER REVIEW: New Belgium Lips of Faith Tart Lychee
Price: $8.99 at Total Wine
Region: Colorado
Style: Wild Ale
ABV: 8.5%
Sight: opaque blonde
Smell: sweet melon, earth, lambic
Taste: lemon Warhead coating, green grapes, touch of earthy funk, yeast emerges on finish
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THANK YOU 101
Hello everyone!
I’ve noticed that I’ve gained a few followers here and there over the past few weeks and I wanted to take the courtesy of thanking you all and welcoming you to my blog!
More than just being a detailed record of all the new and interesting beverages I get to taste, I hope this blog helps you in some way—to appreciate flavor, to broaden your palate, to satisfy...
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TASTING NOTE: NV Osborne Solera India Rare Sherry
My dad likes fortified wines. He’s just a classy dude like that. When I was first getting into wine, I remember him telling me that one of his favorite bottles he’s ever had was a Madeira, and I’ve always known him to enjoy a good Port now and again. So for his birthday this year, I thought I’d find him something a little different—a serious Sherry with some...
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BEER REVIEW: Samuel Adams Single Batch Series...
Price: $6.99/22-oz at Total Wine
Region: Boston, Massachusetts
Style: Sahti
ABV: 7%
Sight: copper, russet
Smell: caramel, bready, herbal
Taste: malty, herbal, bready, evergreen, berry finish
Overall: Sahti is an ancient style of beer from Finland that uses juniper instead of hops. I didn’t get an overwhelming juniper note off of this, but there is something faintly herbal about...
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TASTING NOTE: 2010 Rock View Riesling
It’s been a while since I last reviewed a Riesling, and I figured it’s about time I do one again, especially since the last one sucked. I’ve had other bad Rieslings since then, but I’ve also tasted some top-notch ones, and I have to say, there are few things more delicious than a premium Riesling that gets the balance of sweetness and acidity just right.
This next one is...
BEER REVIEW: Full Sail LTD #4
Price: $8.99/6-pk at Total Wine
Region: Oregon
Style: American All-Malt Lager
ABV: 7%
Sight: clear amber
Smell: sweet malt, citrus, melon
Taste: buttery, sweet malt, melon, spicy hop finish
Overall: “What do you get when you brew an elegant Limited Edition Lager with one select barley? The single malt of suds.” This is recipe #4 of Full Sail’s Limited Edition series,...
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BEER REVIEW: Natty Greene's Buckshot Amber Ale
Price: $8.99/6-pk at Total Wine
Region: Greensboro, North Carolina
Style: Amber Ale
ABV: 4.9%
Sight: clear copper
Smell: cat kibble, nutty
Taste: toasty, walnut, dry
Overall: This has happened to me before with an amber ale, but something about this smells EXACTLY like the inside of a cat food bag. Some people may not want to admit it because it doesn’t sound very appetizing, and...
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TASTING NOTE: 2010 Caves de la Nantaise Muscadet
Region: Muscadet, Loire, France
Varietal: Melon de Bourgogne
Price: $7.99 at Total Wine
Sight: pale yellow
Smell: lemon, jasmine, gravel
Taste: lemon, orange zest, floral, mineral, crisp
Overall: I paired this wine with spicy cajun fish in a dill cream sauce, cooked asparagus, and my beautiful friend Nicole. She had found a recipe on Pinterest and when we decided we were going to get...
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BEER REVIEW: Anchor Brewing Old Foghorn Barleywine...
Price: $14.99/6-pk at Total Wine
Region: San Francisco, California
Style: American Barleywine
ABV: 9.4%
Sight: tawny body, tan head (little retention)
Smell: white raisin, coconut milk, banana, little whiff of alcohol
Taste: banana bread, sweet malt, piña colada candy, touch of mocha, medium body
Overall: In wine, there’s something called “dessert wine.” They’re...
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BEER REVIEW: The Bruery Mischief
I picked up “Mischief” about a month ago in anticipation for the release of Marvel’s The Avengers on May 4th. Why? The main villian of the film is Thor’s brother Loki, god of Mischief. (See what I did there?) Actor Tom Hiddleston made Loki my favorite part of the Thor movie that came out last year; somehow his calculating, sinister subtlety is just as compelling as...
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