The Week in Review (What I drank in a sentence or less)

• Stone Vertical Epic 10.10.10-Good beer, described as a Belgian Tripel with a couple of left turns. This reminds me a little of DFH Red and White.
• Southern Tier Harvest Ale-Had it on tap at the Blue Monkey, a solid sessionable fall beer!

• Evolution Brewing Lot No. 3 IPA-I picked up a 6 pack while staying in Salisbury MD. Very Solid IPA at a great price.

• Evolution Brewing Lucky 7 Porter-Had it on tap at The Greene Turtle in Salisbury MD while watching the Phillies game.

• Dogfish Head Indian Brown Ale-I have not had this beer in quite a while and forgot how good it was.

• Lagunitas IPA-Had it at Blue Monkey while watching The Phillies game....Good IPA.

• Evolution Brewing Menagerie 2-I purchased a growler of this at the brewery, it is their Lucky 7 porter aged for 6 months in bourbon barrels and then added to a smaller amount of their Coffee Stout-Delicious!

• Lilja's Sasquatch Stout-Another of the amazing Bell Beverage Case deals, $10.99 a case, I bought 2! Good Stout!

• Lilja's Pulling Boat Pale Ale-Yes, another $10.99 case. What more can I say!

• Founders Breakfast Stout-Such a good beer. I purchased this 4 pack at the West Deptford Canal's. Great Beer.

• Duck Rabbit Milk Stout-From NC and the Dark Beer specialists.....A great Milk Stout

• Brown's Brewing Oatmeal Stout-Brown's Brewing from Troy NY (I have never heard of them). A friend gave this to me and it was a decent beer. I'll have to research this brewery and see what else they have.

Evolution Brewing Co

While travelling for work this week, I ventured out and found a beer place I had not been to yet. Evolution Brewing Co in Delmar De. It is located about 10 miles north of Salisbury MD. I stopped in Wednesday afternoon to sample the beers and buy a growler. I sampled 5 beers on tap and all were pretty good but my favorite was the Lucky 7 Porter aged in Bourbon barrels and then infused with the Rise Up Coffee Stout and so this was the growler I purchased. They also have 4 regular beers available in bottles, Lot No. 3 IPA, Exile ESB, Primal Pale Ale and Lucky 7 Porter. All of their beers are good but I especially liked the 5 on tap at the (small) brewery. I will certainly stop back in the next time I am in this area and will hope to get another draft only beer!

Variety is the spice of life...or something...

My Fridge just got filled up with a variety of Beers. I purchased 6 different cases-All at $10.99 a case. All Fresh through December at the earliest and a couple through February. Bell Beverage brought in a few pallets of close out beer and priced them to move. I purchased:

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  The Point Burly Brown Ale


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  Hook & Ladder Flashpoint Pale Ale


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  Lilja's Pulling Boat Pale Ale


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  Lilja's Sasquatch Stout


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  Peak Organic Pommegranite Wheat

The Week in Review (What I drank in a sentence or less)

• Bell's Best Brown Ale (mini Keg)-Had this during Saturday's Phillies vs. Giants game. A great beer but unfortunately the beer was way better than the results of the game.
• Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA-I had this several times last week, on tap at a hotel, at Helium Comedy Club and in bottles. All fresh, All good!
• Nodding Head Harvest Ale (cask)-Enjoyed a few too many of this great beer!
• Yards ESA-Had it on tap at McGlinchey's after too many Harvest Ales so not much to say.
• Lancaster Milk Stout-By far their best beer, and I am anxiously awaiting a new version this year-Double Chocolate Milk Stout.
• Lancaster Hop Hog IPA-Not sure if mine was out of code but it was not good.
• The Point Burly Brown Ale-Bought a case for $10.99, not an exceptional beer but certainly worth the price and quite drinkable.
• Hook & Ladder Flashpoint Pale Ale-Also a $10.99 case and again a great value-Decent beer at an unbelievable price.

The Week in Review (What I drank in a sentence or less)

1. Sam Adams Dunkelweizen-Part of the Sam Harvest Variety-It says it is exclusive to this variety pack but I swear I had it before. Good beer, nothing exceptional but good and representative of the style.
2. Sam Adams Harvest Pumpkin-Again, exclusive to the variety pack. A decent Pumpkin beer. I am not a huge Pumpkin beer fan so you'll not get much more from me than "decent".
3. Sly Fox Burns Scotch Ale-Had it on tap at the Blue Monkey while watching the Phillies beat the Reds. Very good-Both the beer and the Phillies win!
4. Troegs Dead Reckoning-A favorite of mine each Fall.
5. Yards ESA-I have had this beer many times and always enjoyed but this one cost $12 at Tower Theatre and tasted off. I don't think they keep the lines in good shape so after being disappointed, I switched to:
6. Guinness-Again $12 and at Tower Theatre and again it tasted off. Lesson Learned: Avoid Beer at this venue!
7. Founders Harvest Ale-Great hop aroma and great Hop flavor! Enjoyed this beer a lot.
8. Great Divide Rumble-Oak Aged IPA, I had to try it. Very good.
9. Left Hand Oxymoron (A Teutonic IPA)-Tastes as hoppy as an IPA but is a Pale Lager and I think it is a one off beer with another brewery-Definitely worth seeking out.
10. Weyerbacher Big Ern (DIPA)-Had this on tap at the Uno's in Maple Shade NJ and the menu says it is brewed exclusively for the Uno's chain. This location has a really solid beer lineup (The previous 3 entries were also had at Unos).
11. Brassiere Dieu du Ciel-Peche Mortel-An Imperial Coffee stout. A style I love and this beer did not disappoint, very good!

The Week in Review (What I drank in a sentence or less)

1. Harpoon Leviathan Series-Triticus-This beer was first brewed a few years ago and the brothers from Beer advocate were involved. Not sure if they were this brew, and I never tried last time, so no comparison here. Surprisingly good, I was not expecting it t o be as good for some reason. The high abv is hidden well.
2. Victory Storm King-This bottle was about 6 months old and as good as ever, such a good beer!
3. DuClaw Brewing-Black Jack Stout-Deep black, the way a Russian Imperial Stout should be-Very tasty and great aromas
4. Bell's Two Hearted Ale-(Part of the Bell Beverage Sampling) A great IPA, Centennial Hops a plenty!
5. Bell's Kalamazoo Stout-Very smooth. (Bell Beverage Sampling)
6. Bell's Porter-Another winner! (Bell Beverage Sampling)
7. Too many to name from Blue Monkey Octoberfest but the standouts: Dogfish Palo Santo Marron (a fav of mine), Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin, Stone Cali-Belgique, Troegs Dead Reckoning (another fav), Left Hand 400 Pound Monkey