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Beer Review: Rogue’s Charlie & Southern Tier’s Mokah 0

Last night went to the Drafting room with gift certificate in hand.  Been awhile since our last visit and it was a treat.  Two new beers to try.
Rogue Charlie
Part of the John’s Locker Stock series
When we arrived, I always check this as the Drafting Room is one of the limited locations getting the JLS of [...]

Beer Review: Dogfish Head Brewpub visit June 18, 2009 0

My last few trips to the DFH brewpub have resulted in poor timed “between good stuff” visits.  Last night was a different story; I tried 3 brews that were “new to me!”.
Sah’tea
“Trained in the ancient art of Sah’tea…….”
Catherine decided to give this one a whirl with very little knowledge of the brew.  Our waitress was [...]

Beer Review: Uinta Variety 0

Recently went through a variety case from Uinta Brewing. From their site:
Uinta Brewing was established in 1993 to produce fresh, full-flavored beers for distribution. Named after Utah’s highest mountain range, Uinta was the first distributing craft brewed brewery in Salt Lake City.
3 beers in the case, 8 of each.  My general impression:
Angler Pale ale
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Beer Review: Fool Circle American Stout 0

I sampled the new American Stout from Fool Circle over the weekend.  A fine textbook stout.  Not a radical redefinition and not a lame brew.  It pours dark with a short head.   Nice malty meets hoppy-aroma.  Sweet hops up front with warming malts to finish the ride.  Nice.

Beer Review: Allagash Fluxus ‘07 2

This past weekend I went to a Wine & Cheese event.  So what did I bring? Beer of course!  I went through my local “cool beer place” and looked and found a bottle of Allagash Fluxus.  I did not know until getting ready to write this that this was the 2007 version.
The beer comes in [...]