Rochester Mills Raymonds Belgian Abbey Brown Ale

This stuff is quite good. The "Mills" usually makes some rather sterile stuff, but I really liked this beer. I suppose that it does not have the thickness of Leffe or an Ommegag, but it also does not cost an arm and a leg on draft. Good sweetness and nice dark red, brown color. Nice job!

I had a hell of a night at Rochester Mills and, as I sit here holding my head, I can at least weakly smile at the crushed napkin on which i took notes about this beer. WOW, it says, and that’s it - but I do remember the powerful spicy blast of this beer, warm and yeasty with a very present edge of alcohol and a whiff of cloves. It did me in.