Saranac IPA

part of tasting flight @ david copperfield's

pretty standard IPA -- basically, too strong for me! not bad balance, but wasn't really feeling it either.

Southampton Double White

kinda boring and a little off. then again, maybe i'm just not in a white ale kind of mood anymore

tasting flight @ david copperfield's

Unibroue Chambly Noire

mrm. good idea, not great execution. great hints to greatness, but just isn't tasty enough -- too thin

part of tasting flight @ david copperfield's

Long Trail Double Bag

tasting flight @ david copperfield's

this shit is good. dark malty goodness that's probably good in any weather. amazing tasty without being too heavy.

4.6%abv

Brooklyn Brewery Flemish Gold

6.5% abv saison farmhouse ale

tasting flight @ david copperfield's

its ok -- the taste is a bit off in a degree. not super excited about it

Prieure Royal Saint-Laurent 2007 Muscadet Cotes de Grand-Lieu

2007 estate bottled

$7.69 @ usq (after 30% disc)

sur lie, appellation muscadet cotes de grand-lieu controlee

12% ABV, loire white wine

very clean, not super exciting or tasty, but quite refreshing going down.

Brooklyn Brewery Oktoberfest

$8.99/6pk on sale from FD n(normally 10.99)

as oktoberfest beers go, its probably one of the better ones i've had... i just don't like the taste/style. too much... "autumn"-ness in it for my taste.

Takara Sierra Cold

$5.99 for 300mL@ warehouse

Type: Junmai Ginjo / Premium

Character:

Light and clean

Dry/Sweet: +5 (dry)

Texture: Soft and smooth

Aroma: Pleasant ginjo aroma

Suggestions

Serving: Chilled

Pairing food: Perfect by itself or with lightly seasoned foods

Alcohol: 12%

Size: 300ML

12% abv

kind of boring, tasteless. maybe i needed to have it even colder.

Pepperwood Grove 2005 Sauvignon Blanc

$6.99 @warehouse

13.5% abv, california , vinted & bottled by 3 loose screws, a division of don sebastiani and sons, napa, california

bought this just to throw into the fondue, but its actaullyr eally quite tasty (and for that matter, the first decent wine i've gotten from warehouse). fresh and herbaceous nose, apples taste. should be chilled quite a bit, but really not bad

Dogfish Head Red & White

@ PAOC retreat 2008

10% abv

y'know, its good, but for some reason, for a crazy craft brewery like dogfish head, and a nonstandard brew from them at that, it seems to have a very "dogfish-heady" taste. something about that slight tasty sweetness that they manage to pull off in alot of their beers.

so its good, sweet, fairly complex in flavour... but at the same time not all *that* different. D:~

Takara Sho Chiku Bai Nigori Silky Mild Sake

junmai nigori sake -- coarsely filtered. $3.99/375mL @ warehouse. +20 on sweetness scale. had w/snow crabs

drink chilled/cold, 15% abv

suuper good. white milky, sweet & fruity/musty. not too sweet, can't feel the alcohol at all. god i love nigori sakes. makes an excellent dessert drink, or with anything spicy

Channing Daughters 2006 Rosso Fresco

@ g's pl, w/asian noodles & veggies

$18.99 @ USQ, $13.29 w/30% off discount

reaaly really really tasty! long finish, great smell, very easy drinking. could workl with pretty much ANY food.

92.1% Merlot, 4.6% Blaufrankisch, 2.8% Cabernet Sauvignon and 0.5% Dornfelder

Sincerely 2007 Sauvignon Blanc

South Africa, western cape, produced by neil ellis wines 12.5% abv

from usq ($11.99, $8.39 after 30% discount)

very mineral, salty(?)sour-y(?)

1st impression: its ok, i'm actually shaping up to be not much of a sauvignon blanc fan.

2nd: chilled very much (fridge temp), with arugula salad, mrmmm. goes down very smooth and delicious. not super good by itself, but amazing with food

Samuel Adams Black Lager

@ PAOC retreat 2008

4.90% abv

really quite delicious -- had it right after the honey porter and they almost sorta blended into one, not a good sign of my senses. regardless, tasty, good, would have again

Samuel Adams Honey Porter

@ paoc retreat 2008

yummy! a good balance of sweetness with the beer. don't think i could drink more than half of this at at ime though... still *too* sweet

Colonia Las Liebres 2006 Bonarda

$7.99 @ USQ (w/discount $5.59)

mendoza argentina 13.5% abv, producer Altos las Hormigas

very delicious bite, mineral-y taste, lots of spinach. not much fruit to me, despite what the website review says... regardless, good and would get again

Belgian Beer Fest 2008 - Night of the Funk

Boston, MA

September 26th, 2008

(first number me, second, N, everything in bold is what we tasted)

Allagash Brewing Co.
Portland, ME / allagash.com

· 4 - Interlude (Strong Ale in French Oak w/ Farmhouse & Brett yeast; 9.5%) 4

· 5/4 - Barrel-Aged 10th Anniversary

B. United International
Importer / bunitedint.com

· Hanssens Cassis by Hanssens Artisanaal (Experimental brew w/ black currants; Version 1-2008; only 10 special cases made; 6.0%)

· Ichtegems Grand Cru (Flemish Red Ale; 7.0%)

· Scires by Birrificio Italiano (Black Cherry Sour Ale; 7.0%)

Boston Beer Co.
Boston, MA / samueladams.com

· 1/2 Samuel Adams Charon's Kriek (Barrel-aged Cherry Beer; 6.0%)

· Samuel Adams Kosmic Mother Funk (Bretty Brown; 10.0%)

Brewery Ommegang
Cooperstown, NY / ommegang.com

· 3/2 Biere de Mars (The last 24 bottles in existence from the brewery; 6.5%)

· 2 Ommegeddon (Saison w/ Brettanomyces; 8.0%)

· 2 Rouge (Flanders Red Ale; 5.0%)

Cambridge Brewing Co.
Cambridge, MA / cambridgebrewingcompany.com

· 5 Samson (Belgian Barleywine; blend of bbl-aged Belgian strong brown ales and vintage Barleywines w/ traditional brewing herbs and subtle Brett; 10.0%)

· 2 Delilah (Blend of bbl-aged Belgian strong golden ale with Brett. Anomolous and Bruxellensis, and an herbed Belgian blonde gruit beer; 7.0%)

· Funky Bitch (Barrel-aged, spiced Belgian brown ale with Brett, blended with several other CBC barrel cellar specimens including our unreleased, spontaneously fermented sour Imperial Gueze; 9.0%)

D&V International
Importer / specialtybeer.com

· 4 Oud Beersel Framboise (Traditional Raspberry Lambic; 6.0%)

· 2/3 Oud Beersel Oude Kriek (Traditional Cherry Lambic; 6.5%)

· Oud Beersel Oude Gueuze (Traditional Blended Lambic; 6.0%)

· 4 Duchesse De Bourgogne by Brouwerij Verhaeghe (Traditional Flemish Red Ale, matured in oak barrels and blended; 6.0%)

· 5/4 Vichtenaar by Brouwerij Verhaeghe (Flanders Red Ale; 5.10%)

Deschutes Brewery
Bend, OR / deschutesbrewery.com

· The Dissident (Flanders Oud Bruin; rare; we only got our hands on one case; 11.0%)

Global Beer Network
Importer / globalbeer.com

· 2/3 Cherish Raspberry (Fruit Lambic; 5.0%)

· 5 Monk's Café Flemish Sour Red Ale (5.5%)

· 3/2 Petrus Aged Pale (Aged in oak for 3 years; 7.3%)

Global Brewers Guild
Importer

· 4 DeProef Reinaaert (Flemish Wild Ale; 9.0%)

· 3 DeProef Zoetzuur Flemish Ale (Flanders Red Ale; 7.0%)

Ithaca Beer Co.
Ithaca, NY / ithacabeer.com

· 2 Vitus (Neo-Flemish American Whiskey Sout Brown w/ hand-crushd Wild Grapes; 6.0%)

· 2 Champagne Grisette (Tart wheat ale, fermented w/ Saccharomyces Bayanus & Brettanomyces; 4.5%)

New Belgium Brewing Co.
Fort Collins, CO / newbelgium.com

· 2 NBB Love (Single bbl, unblended La Folie, sour, wood-aged beer; 7.0%)

Rohrbach Brewing Co.
Rochester, NY / rohrbachs.com

· Oak-Aged Belgian Pale Ale (Wild Belgian Pale Ale on cask; 5.9%)

Russian River Brewing Co.
Santa Rosa, CA / russianriverbrewing.com
Vinnie Cilurzo was kind enough to send us one case of each of the following:

· Beatification (Batch #2; 100% spontaneously fermented w/ Saccharomyces, Brettanomyces, Lactobacillus, Pediococcus & other wild yeast & bacteria in old bbls; 5.5%)

· Supplication (Batch #3; Brown Ale aged in French oak Pinot Noir barrels with three strains of Brettanomyces, Lactobacillus, Pediococcus and sour cherries; 7.0%)

· Temptation (Batch #1; 3 years old; Blonde Ale aged in French oak chardonnay bbls with Brettanomyces; 7.25%)

· 2 Dubbel Pale Ale

Shelton Brothers
Importer / sheltonbrothers.com
Note: selection might change day of.

· Haandbryggeriet Haandbakk

· 5 Nørrebro Bryghus Old Odense Ale

· 3 Mikkeller It's Alive!

· 3/2 Flemish Primitive # 6

· Cuvée De Ranke

· De Ranke Kriek

· Struise Earthmonk Sour Ale

· Cantillon Classic Gueuze

· Cantillon Kriek

· Cantillon Vigneronne

· Drie Fonteinen Oude Geuze

· 2/3 Drie Fonteinen Oude Kriek

· Panil Barriquee Sour Red Ale

· 2/3 Oro de Calabaza

· 3 La Roja

· 2 Calabaza Blanca

· 2 Bam Bière Farmhouse Ale

· 4/3 Echt Kriekenbier

· 1 Boon Greuze

· 4 Kriek Boon

· 3 Boon Framboise

Southampton Publick House
Southampton, NY / publick.com

· 4 Cuvee des Fleurs (A Saison flavored with a blend of edible flowers including L. augustifolia, A. nobilis, C. officinalis, R. canina and H. lupulus.; 8.0%)

The Bruery
Placentia, CA / thebruery.com

· Hottenroth Berliner Weisse (Traditional Berliner Weisse w/ Lactobacillus, Brettanomyces, and Saccaromyces fermentation. Special barrel aged version; 3.1%)

· 3/2 Melangé #1 (Blend of a young Flanders Red & Imperial Stout)

· 2 Saison Rue (Saison bottled w/ Brett; 8.5%)

The Lost Abbey
San Marcos, CA / thelostabbey.com

· Cable Car 08 (Sour Ale, blended once a year to celebrate the Toronado. Only 50 cases were produced this year; 7.0%)

· 2 Cuvee de Tomme (Dark Strong Ale aged in bourbon & French oak bbls w/ Brett & sour cherries for over one year; 11.0%)

· 2 Saint's Devotion 08 (Devotion Ale spiked w/ Brett; 7.0%)

· Sinners 08 (Secret blend of 3 bbls; 9.0%)

Wetten Importers
Importer / wettenimporters.com

· Geuze Fond Tradition (5.0%)

Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
Easton, PA / weyerbacher.com

· 2/2.5 Riserva (American Wild Ale; 11.4%)

Willimantic Brewing Co.
Willimantic, CT / willibrew.com

· Willi Wonder! (Willi Whammer '05 blended w/ Certified Gold to Workingman's Wheat (and Willi beers), aged in a fresh Dickel bbl w/ Brett and Lambic yeast; 7.0%)