[LoF] Pear Ginger Beer
New Belgium Brewing Company
Fort Collins, CO
7% abv
Limited edition. Ale brewed with pear juice, lemon, and ginger. Nose is pear, fruit, wheat, sour, hardly any ginger really. Now this is an ale, an actual beer brewed with pear and ginger. Carbonation is light light...
Row Hard Root Beer
Alcoholic Root Beer
Root Sellers
Memhpis, TN
6.7% abv
"Brewed with botanicals, molasses, and pure cane sugar." I like the sound of that. At first sip, this is lighter and the alcohol is masked quite well. And then another sip, and another sip, and then it's starts to...
Coney Island Hard Root Beer
Coney Island Brewing Co.
Brooklyn, NY
5.8% abv
Now this take on Alcoholic RB makes no bones about what it is... "Ale made with natural flavors and caramel color added." You might be familiar with my opinion of "natural" flavors. It's just marketing BS! Anything...
Not Your Father's Root Beer
Ale with the taste of spices
Small Town Brewery
La Crosse, WI
5.9% abv
C'mon people, by now you've run across this! I was presented with one of these a handful of months ago just to try for a hoot. Since I like things like ginger beers, cream sodas, and root...
I've tried the Sprecher Hard Root Beer... and it sucks. Sprecher is 0 for 2 in my playbook currently. :noway:
Now on the topic of alcoholic root beer I must respectfully disagree. I've always enjoyed rooty type drinks such as root beer, sassafras, sarsaparilla, ginger, etc; so the thought of...
Rogue Farms Pumpkin Savior Ale
"Pumpkin" Ale
Rogue Ales, OR
5.6% abv
A few months ago we found this at our local LS selling for $1.29. For a bomber?!! Hell, I'll try that! Who cares if it's even mediocre, it's $1.29! And I'll be damned if it wasn't simply good. Not much pumpkin really...
Sprecher
Hard Ginger Beer
Sprecher Brewing Company, WI
4.7% abv
Meh. :twocents:
(I prefer this #419 found at the Chalet Party Shop in Elkhart, IN for you interested INGOers.)
Ommegang VS Bison !!!
VERSES! Heavyweight Saison championship bout!
In this corner... the challenger from Cooperstown, NY; weighing in at 7.7% abv, "OMG it's Ommegang," Hennepin Farmhouse Saison! And in this corner... from Ukiah, CA; weighing in at 6% abv, "Go organic or go home," Bison...
Crabbie's
"Original" Alcoholic Ginger Beer
4.8% abv
After my positive experience with another Ginger Beer I feel obliged to sample every other kind I can get my hands on. Pours a crystal clear gold amber. Impressive. But that's as far as I'm impressed. After being spoiled with RJ #419...
Bells VS Greenbush !!!
VERSES!
[yes, yes I know it's July. I'm catching up here people. Regardless...] Who is the Winter Weather Winner?
In this corner... weighing in at 5% abv, a "seasonally nuanced wheat ale," Bells Winter White Ale! And the challenger... weighing in at 6.1% abv, an...
Anicca
American IPA
Half Acre & Three Floyds
7.3% abv
Pours a deeper copper, almost brown in color. Thick tan head. Good strong hop aroma. Straight off the vine-like, and it persists nicely. Initial taste... bitter hop bite, but backed up with smooth sweetness, just this side of "hop...
Hi all. So, my computer was in the shop for three months. No Joke. Hence my absence. The only thing sadder is that there have been a total of one and a half reviews since then. Bear with me as I have some catching up to do. Binge and purge time.
Stone VS Upland !!!
VERSES!
In this corner... weighing in at 5.4%, the Bastard of Beer, see review #390, Stone Pale Ale
and the challenger... weighing in at 5.0%, homegrown favorite from Bloom-town Indiana, Upland Helios Pale Ale!
Stone has deeper red coloring to it while Upland is a...
Royal Jamaican: (alcoholic) ginger beer
Royal Jamaican
(alcoholic) ginger beer
Beer brewed with ginger
RJ Rums & Spirits
Kingston 11, Jamaica
(imported by International Distillers & Vinters, Everett, WA)
4.4% abv
Pours a cloudy, almost milky, pale lemony yellow. No real head to speak of...
unfiltered MASTODON: The Hunter
German Lager
Mahr's Brau
Bamberg, Germany
(imported by Shelton Brothers, Belchertown, MA)
5.2% abv
Pours a deep amber with not much head. Consistent light bubbling to the end in my glass. It's a straight forward German Lager tasting beer. Smooth, kind of...
Wee Heavy; Claymore Scotch Ale
Great Divide Brewing
Denver, CO
7.7% abv
Malt-a malty malt malt malt. If you don't mind sweet this warms up nice. slightly roasted, burnt, caramel-y, smokey... malt. There is a subtle bitter towards the end, which I assume is some hops.
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Showdown Rye IPA
Imperial IPA with rye!
Great Divide Brewing Co
Denver, CO
8.3% abv
Yum yum. This reminds me of DFH 90 minute in a way, but with a bit more concise and smooth defined articulation towards the end. I see a "showdown" in the future! :draw::yesway:
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Escape to Colorado IPA
Epic Brewing, UT & CO
6.2% abv
Upon escaping from the can this pours a cloudy light amber. It has a lovely floral hop nose. Very pleasant and smells great. Hits the tongue smooth with just the right amount of sweetness, and then finishes with a nice hop profile...