Rating (Beer)

Beer #197 Allagash Fluxus 2009

Name: 2009 Fluxus Style: Saison/Farmhouse Ale Brewery: Allagash Brewing Company website Country: USA Region: Portland, Maine ABV: 8.3% abv How served: 750ml corked and caged bottle poured into a De Dolle Brouwers Oebier glass. My Overall Opinion: Very Good I

Beer #196 Dogfish Head 75 Minute IPA

Name: 75 Minute IPA Style: I.P.A. Brewery: Dogfish Head Brewery website Country:USA Region: Milton, Delaware ABV: 7.5% abv How served: 750ml capped bottle poured into a Dogfish Head snifter. My Overall Opinion: Very Good I paired this beer with: Hot

Beer #195 Cigar City Criterium Ale

Name: Criterium Ale (2012) Style: American Pale Wheat Ale Brewery: Cigar City Brewing website Country: USA Region: Tampa, Florida ABV: 5.0% abv How served: 750ml capped bottle poured into a Franziskaner weizen glass. My Overall Opinion: Good I paired this

Beer # 192 Ommegang Art of Darkness

Name: Art of Darkness Style: Belgian Strong Dark Ale Brewery:  Brewery Ommegang   website Country: USA Region: Cooperstown, New York ABV: 8.9% abv How served:  750ml corked and caged poured into a Ommegang glass. My Overall Opinion: Very Good. I paired

Beer #191 Struise Rosse by De Struise Brouwers

Name: Struise Rosse Style: Amber Ale Brewery:  De Struise Brouwers   website Country: Belgium Region: Oostvleteren ABV: 5.0% abv How served:  11.2oz capped bottle poured into a De Struise glass. My Overall Opinion: Very Good. I paired this beer with:  Nothing…Is

Beer # 190 Clown Shoes Miracle

Name: Miracle Style: I.P.A. Brewery:  Clown Shoes   website Country: USA Region: Ipswich, Massachusetts ABV: 5.5% abv How served:  22oz capped bomber poured into a De Struise glass.    My Overall Opinion: Good. I paired this beer with:  a Rib-eye steak

Westvleteren 12 and St Bernardus 12 side by side

Westvleteren 12 vs. St Bernardus Abt 12

In researching for an article about our upcoming tour to St. Bernardus my wife was surprised to learn that although Westvleteren is now using Westmalle’s yeast, St. Bernardus is apparently still brewing the original Westvleteren recipe with Westvleteren yeast…  So she came to think that if she’s lovin’ a Westy, is it really a Westy? or is St Bernardus the real WestyConfusing, for sure.  So all we could do was pull out a bottle of each of them…which was conveniently located in our Coke Machine, and do a blind tasting.  Life is rough sometimes, but we were willing to make the sacrifice in order to provide you, our readers and beer voyagers, with enlightenment.

Val-Dieu Grand Cru

Beer #189 Val-Dieu Grand Cru

Name: Grand Cru Style: Quadruple Brewery:  Brasserie de l’Abbaye du Val-Dieu   website Country: Belgium Region: Aubel ABV: 10.5% abv How served:  750ml corked and caged bottle poured into an Abbeye de Leffe chalice. My Overall Opinion: Amazing. I paired this

Harpoon Island Creek Oyster Stout 100 Barrel Series #30

Beer #188 Harpoon Island Creek Oyster Stout (100 Barrel Series #30)

Name: Island Creek Oyster Stout (100 Barrel Series #30) Style:  English Oyster Stout Brewery:  Harpoon Brewery website Country: USA Region: Boston, Massachusetts ABV: 5.5% abv How served:  22 oz gold foiled capped bottle poured into a Delirium Tremens glass. My

Goose Island Matilda

Beer # 187 Goose Island Matilda

Name: Matilda Style:  Belgian Strong Pale Ale Brewery:  Goose Island website Country: USA Region: Chicago, Illinois ABV: 7.0% abv How served:  22 oz capped bottle poured into a Malheur glass. My Overall Opinion: Good I paired this beer with: Giants