Otter Creek World Tour Mud Bock (Vermont) Billed as a seasonal ale, which is wise, because this is incredibly heavy, overwhelmingly spicy, and tastes of grade C syrup boiled down to a balsamic concentrate. Mud, indeed. (3/09)
Otter Creek World Tour Otters Dubbel (Vermont) While I wouldnt exactly call this beer lively, theres a certain verve to it, despite the weighty baked apple and stickiness inherent in the style. Or maybe its just overly light. I do like it for a while, but each glass after the first is progressively less interesting, and thats never a good sign. (3/09)
Smuttynose Gravitation Quadrupel Ale (New Hampshire) Accomplished. Especially since it manages to give what it always a very, very heavy style of ale life and lift. Still, its a bruiser, so drink carefully. Spice abounds. (3/09)
Les Brasseurs de Gayant La Goudale Bire Blonde lAncienne (Flanders) Boring, boring, boring. I wasnt aware they could carbonate tedium. (3/09)
Les Brasseurs de Gayant La Divine St-Landelin Bire Dore (Flanders) All acute angles and upthrust pinkies, yet worth a guzzle when refreshment is a more immediate goal than taste. (3/09)
Koningshoeven Bock (Netherlands) Powerful and metallic, but perhaps overly jacketed. The expected density is not overwhelming, but the beer never really goes anywhere interesting. (3/09)
Bosteels Tripel Karmeliet (Belgium) A really good beer with just a little bit too much sticky toffee pudding, which keeps it from truly soaring. A shame, because theres a lot to like here. (3/09)
Otter Creek World Tour Otters Dubbel (Vermont) While I wouldnt exactly call this beer lively, theres a certain verve to it, despite the weighty baked apple and stickiness inherent in the style. Or maybe its just overly light. I do like it for a while, but each glass after the first is progressively less interesting, and thats never a good sign. (3/09)
Smuttynose Gravitation Quadrupel Ale (New Hampshire) Accomplished. Especially since it manages to give what it always a very, very heavy style of ale life and lift. Still, its a bruiser, so drink carefully. Spice abounds. (3/09)
Les Brasseurs de Gayant La Goudale Bire Blonde lAncienne (Flanders) Boring, boring, boring. I wasnt aware they could carbonate tedium. (3/09)
Les Brasseurs de Gayant La Divine St-Landelin Bire Dore (Flanders) All acute angles and upthrust pinkies, yet worth a guzzle when refreshment is a more immediate goal than taste. (3/09)
Koningshoeven Bock (Netherlands) Powerful and metallic, but perhaps overly jacketed. The expected density is not overwhelming, but the beer never really goes anywhere interesting. (3/09)
Bosteels Tripel Karmeliet (Belgium) A really good beer with just a little bit too much sticky toffee pudding, which keeps it from truly soaring. A shame, because theres a lot to like here. (3/09)