Dogfish Head | Raison D’Etre | 8% ABV
Belgian Strong Dark Ale?
I never really thought of this as a belgian but I guess it kind of makes sense. The raisons give it a sweet taste that compliments the malts very nicely. This is a good beer if you like it sweet.
Price: $9.99/6pack
Rating: 6/10
Maine Beer Company | Zoe | 7.2% ABV
Red Ale
This is no ordinary red. I’m blown away by how dark looking this is. The carmel in this is a punch in the face and then Immediately fades into a heavy malt flavor. This is a really good read. I like it a lot.
Rating: 7/10
-G
Pipeworks Brewing Co | Hyper Dog 7.5% ABV
Milk Stout
Holy shit! Come to Chicago and get this! You won’t find a better milk stout. Coffee, Vanilla, Malts. Perfect!
Price: $9.99
Rating: 8/10
5 Rabbit Cerveceria | 5Vulture | 6.4% ABV
Dark Ale (chile beer)
Sweet, bready, creamy, spice is barely present and doesn’t burn. Easy to drink, but in the future
I would go straight to New Belgium’s Cocoa Mole if I wanted a chile beer.
Rating: 4/10
Price: 7.99/6 pack
-Steven
Half Pints Brewing Co | Little Scrapper IPA | 6% ABV
IPA
Half Pints Brewing Co is the local brewery for a GANG of friends I have in the Winnipeg area. For those of you dumb American that might be reading(and I hope you’re not), that’s in Canada. I recently went to Minneapolis to meet them and got a whole shit load of Half Pints beer! This blog is going to have a lot of half pints reviews coming up. Starting with the Little Scrapper IPA! This is a malty IPA or so I hope. Otherwise this is kind of old. Either way it’s not very good. Poor start to a brewery that has been hyped up for me. Booooooooooooooo.
Price: I unno. Usual 6 pack prices?
Rating: 3/10
Avery Brewing | IPA | 6.5% ABV
IPA
Just another generic IPA with mild bitterness and not much else. There are better options than this for the price.
Price: $8.99/6pack
Rating: 4/10
Founders | Centennial IPA | 7.2% ABV
IPA
Bottled 2/22/2012 Smells great, very floral. Bitter, dank and a little sweet. Wasn’t the freshest IPA, but still pretty solid. Founders has so many other better beers though. Reminded me of Sierra Nevada Torpedo - yeah probably different hops or something, go ahead write and complain that I can’t tell the difference.
Rating: 5/10
Price: $7.99/6pack
-Steven
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co | Hoptimum | 10.4% ABV
Double IPA
Sierra Nevada seems to be able to do no wrong with me lately. Hoptimum is their annual double IPA release and it’s fantastic! Sweet. Bitter. Fresh. Floral. This is a great IPA. If you can get your hands on it, do it! Love it.
Price: $7.99/4pack
Rating: 9/10
Short’s Brewing | The Soft Parade | 9% ABV
Fruit/Vegatable Beer
Smells like Flinestone’s vitamins. A different kind of fruit beer. Pungent and biting but easy to take another sip. It’ll get you drunk.
Rating: 7/10
Price: Unknown
-Steven
Founders Brewing | Cerise | 6.5% ABV
Fruit/Vegetable Beer
A tasty dessert beer that isn’t as tart, sweet or medicinal as a lambic.
Rating: 9/10
Price: 11.49/4pack
-Steven
