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St Peter's Cream Stout Beer Review

St Peter's Cream Stout Beer Review

St Peter's Cream Stout Sweet/Cream Stout [Type 35] 6.5% ABV Another beer from Owen and Aza. St. Peter's Cream Stout is a sweet, heavy beer with a slightly bitter taste. This is a little surprising for a cream stout, but I found it a

Chimay Première (Red) Beer Review

Chimay Première (Red) Beer Review

Chimay Première Dubbel [Type 43] 7.0% ABV A shout out to Owen and Aza for giving me this beer, as well as several others that will be appearing in this blog soon. For a dubbel, Chimay Première has a surprisingly light mouthfeel. It is still a dark, yeasty beer,

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Beer Club, California Youngberg Edition

Beer Club, California Youngberg Edition

We are out in California for Christmas, and I had the chance to try several beers for Christmas. We purchased a bottle of Samuel Adams Infinium, the new champagne beer produced in collaboration with Weihenstephan. We were given a bottle of Heritage 100 2010 from BJ's Breweries. We

Beer Club December 2010

Beer Club December 2010

Stouts and Porters December 2010 Lineup Porters come from Merrie Old England. The first recorded examples of the style are from the 1700s. They were blended beers, a combination of a stale or old ale, a new ale, and a weak or mild ale. Various flavors could be achieved by

Witches Brew Beer Review

Witches Brew Beer Review

Brouwerij Van Steenberge Witches BrewBelgian Golden Ale [Type 6] 9.3% ABV A very hoppy Trippel. Witches Brew has a vigorous head, one that requires several minutes to fall. This may or may not have been encouraged by the bottle dropping on the Magistra's toe on Thanksgiving. Sorry

Shiner Holiday Cheer Beer Review

Shiner Holiday Cheer Beer Review

Dunkelweizen [Type 27] 5.4% ABV I had a bottle of Shiner Holiday Cheer at Goode & Co. in Houston, TX along with some great BBQ brisket! This is a dunkelweizen made with peaches and pecans. No hop flavor at all. Rating An extremely sweet fruity beer, Holiday Cheer is