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Lumberyard Brewing Company Porter

Lumberyard Brewing Company Porter

Lumberyard Porter Porter [Type 34] 6.7% ABV A dark brown porter with little carbonation. Nice and smooth. Rating Just about right for this time of year. Hoppy up front, chocolaty on the finish. My other beer reviews

Another Beer Taxonomy

Another Beer Taxonomy

Samuel Adams Old Fezziwig Beer Review

Samuel Adams Old Fezziwig Beer Review

Samuel Adams Old Fezziwig Winter warmer [Type 33] 5.9% ABV Old Fezziwig is a winter warmer, a rich dark ale often brewed with additional spices. This ale is a dark copper color, with a head that dissipates quickly. Rating Sweet, but with a hop kick. This beer is indeed

Noel de Calabaza Beer Review

Noel de Calabaza Beer Review

Noel de Calabaza Belgian Dark Ale, [Type 29] 9.0% ABV This beer shares sour notes with its close neighbor, the Flanders Red style. The sour flavor is foremost, but not overwhelming. Some fruity sweetness is also present. No noticeable hop flavor. Dark brown, with an impressively fluffy head. Aged

Dogfish Head Punkin Ale Review

Dogfish Head Punkin Ale Review

Dogfish Head Punkin Ale Fruit [Pumpkin] Ale [Type 15] 7.0% ABV Punkin Ale pours orange, with a short white head. This beer is brewed with pumpkin, brown sugar, allspice, cinnamon, and nutmeg. There are suspended solids [pumpkin?] visible in the light. The spices hit the tongue first, with a

Beer Journals

In both senses of the word. New Belgium provided a link on Facebook to 33 Beers, a nice little beer journal that contains a beer flavor wheel and a place to record vital stats like alcohol by volume and method of serving. There is an associated blog, 999 Beers, that

Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock Beer Review

Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock Beer Review

Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock Bock [Type 40] 5.6% ABV This comes in the Sam Adams winter seasonal pack, and it is a fine beer for winter. It is dark and rich, with a tawny head that dies down quickly. This is a good thing, because the lack of carbonation