Beer Ratings: Favorites

Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan Freising, Bavaria

Delicious banana flavours, cloves and some spices. Rounded and full bodied. Like the hefeweissbier but fuller bigger and more flavour. If there was one beer I could drink day after day, month after month, year after year this would be it 👌

Heller-Bräu Trum Bamberg, Bavaria

Fogged copper liquid with a beautiful ivory-coloured head. Aroma: Intense rich smoked malts, caramel & toast, berry esters, bread, spicy hop. Taste: Medium dry. Rich malts, clean smoke, bread, fruity notes, a proper amount of noble hop. Perfectly balanced. Mouth feel: Medium body, soft to average carbonation. Summary: Very good. Again.

Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel Moortgat) Paso Robles, California

A boxed 355ml bottle, 2021 vintage, 25th anniversary, bottled on 14th September 2021. Poured into a snifter glass. It was a clear dark cola brown in colour with a thin tanned head that had pretty good retention but left only sparse lacing. Aromas of light roast, chocolate fudge, oak, caramel, bourbon, tequila, dried dark fruit, and notes of vanilla. Tastes lightly roasty, chocolate, oak, a touch sweet, dried dark fruit, raisin, dates, caramel, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, and tequila. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Overall, an enjoyable sipper with balanced and complex aromas and flavours.

Parish Brewing Company (USA) Broussard, Louisiana

Can @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is hazy golden. Aroma and taste are rich tropical fruits, flowers, citrus, bitter hops and malt. Nice bitter fruity finish.

Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Chico, California

L: -pours the darkest of brown with no light coming through and a small-to-medium,quickly dissipating,foamy,khaki head S: -coffee,vanilla,coconut,leafy,chocolate,syrupy,prunes T: -Follows the nose + spicy,oak bitterniss F: -low-to-medium carbonation -medium-to-full body -boozy O: A great Barrel-aged Imperial Stout.

Boneyard Beer Company Bend, Oregon

16oz can. Pours clear golden with foamy white head. Aroma has some pine, malts, resin, floral notes. Flavour has a bit of candied malts, some pine and resin, some citrus. Hop expression could be a bit stronger.

Dominion City Brewing Co. Ottawa, Ontario

Can from the LCBO. Cloudy pale orange with a small long lived white cap that produces tight lace. Nose is bright citrus and tropical fruit with some peach and melon. Light fruity sweetness with medium pineapple, citrus peel and resin bitterness. Mouth is medium and creamy with average carbonation and a juicy finish. Solid. 8/4/8+/4/16

Fremont Brewing Company Seattle, Washington

Waxed bomber. A year since bottling. Aroma has notes of toffee, sherry, barrel, nuts, Worcestershire, cashew brittle. Pours hazy brown with a half finger beige head that falls into a ring after a minute. Taste is bittersweet and slightly savory with flavors like the aroma descriptors. Maybe the best one of these I’ve had.

Breakside Brewery Milwaukie, Oregon

The Breakside IPA, a gem from Oregon, presents a visual allure with its golden-amber clarity that captures the light beautifully. This beer is a feast for the senses, starting with a robust hoppy aroma that evokes the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest with piney and floral undertones. In terms of taste, it strikes a harmonious balance between a medium to heavy bitterness that IPA aficionados cherish and a light, smooth mouthfeel that makes it surprisingly approachable. The bitterness, while prominent, does not overpower, ensuring each sip is as enjoyable as the last. The Breakside IPA is a testament to traditional craft, offering a sensory journey that is both familiar to the IPA style yet distinct in its execution. It’s an exemplary choice for those who appreciate the hop-centric nature of an IPA, while also serving as a refined introduction for newcomers eager to explore the depths of hop flavors.

Anchorage Brewing Company Anchorage, Alaska

(Bottle, thanks to Håkan) Black colour with brief, bubbly, beige head. Malty, vinous nose with notes of sweet espresso, dark chocolate, bourbon, treacle, caramel, liquorice, oak wood, dried fruit, raisins and alcohol. Malty, roasted, vinous taste with sweet espresso, dark chocolate, bourbon, oak wood, vanilla, caramel, treacle, liquorice, raisins, dried figs, soy sauce, a touch of cinnamon and a generous roasty bitterness in a warming finish. Full body, sweet. Rich, heavy and warming. Quite sweet and sticky, but really tasty. Great beer!

Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Chico, California

--Canned, from Systembolaget. -- Clear golden, miood sized head. Generous bready, spicy hay aroma. Mid sweet with full body and rounded mouthfeel. Solid bready malt, loads of spicy hay. Long very bitter finish with warming alcohol. Thoroughly solid.

Heller-Bräu Trum Bamberg, Bavaria

500mL bottle, pours black with a small beige head. Aroma has a nice ashy smoke character, toasted caramel and bready malt. Flavour reveals a great ashy smoke character as usual, smoked wood, dry bready malt, and a touch of toasted caramel. As usual, good depth to the smoke and malty; low residual sweetness. Soft bready malt mouthfeel and finish. Great stuff.

Fuller's (Asahi) Chiswick, Greater London

02Oct2023 Sweet grain and cereal malts, caramel, molasses, candied dark fruits. Clear, dark gold, small, frothy, off-white head. Medium sweet. Sweet grain malts, caramel, treacle, stewed, dark fruits, soft carb, full bod. Outstanding, great shape this one, rich. Cask at The Counting House, London.

Three Floyds Brewing Company Munster, Indiana

Cloudy amber pour white foam - pine, huge spicy hops, resin, elite balance, as good as advertised

Food Factory Brewery Turku, Southwest Finland

Can 440ml (K-Market Kyläsaari)
Hazy yellow colour, medium-sized white head. Aroma is fruity with some pineapple and cantaloupe. Light-bodied. Sweet fruity, mellow citrus and pineapple. Close to what nowadays is called Cold IPA.