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

• Russian River-Damnation-Russian River beers are highly regarded and living in the Philly region, I am lucky to be in the only east coast distribution area. Good stuff.
• Stone-Ruination IPA-HOPS!
• Iron Hill-Luca Brasi Coffee Stout-Had this on tap for the release and it was very good. Great coffee flavor.
• Iron Hill-Decaf-This is the Nitro version of the above without the coffee added and again a very good beer.
• Dogfish Head-Pangaea-Brewed with ingredients from each continent.
• Philadelphia Brewing Co-Harvest from the Hood-A wet hop ale brewed with hops grown from a local garden not far from the brewery.
• Otto's Pub-Double D IPA-A very solid offering from the State College Brew pub.
• Horseheads Brewing-IPA-A surprisingly good IPA. My Dad said he really likes this beer so I figured it was not very hoppy-I guess his tastes are changing because it is quite hoppy.
• Butternuts-Moo Thunder-A canned Milk Stout-I've seen the Butternuts beers all over and never paid them much attention as they seem to be more about the marketing than the beer. This, however was a good beer-Nothing complex or earth shattering but a very good Milk Stout.
• Butternuts-Snapperhead IPA-Not quite as good as the previous offering but not awful.
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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.

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

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

(A little late on this post...)

1. Weyerbacher Lima-Had it on tap at Blue Monkey Tavern-Black IPA, pretty good but I feel like every brewery is currently brewing a Black IPA.
2. White Birch Espresso Imperial Stout-Very good beer. I love coffee and I love beer so it is usually a great combo. Thanks to Bob for getting this bottle to me.
3. Heavy Seas Loose Cannon-Very drinkable. Also had this on tap at Blue Monkey Tavern.
4. Ithaca Cascazilla-Being from upstate NY, I have always been glad to get Ithaca beers in the Philly region-Great beer.
5. Southern Tier IPA-I took this beer to a wine and Cheese party as my drink of choice that night. Glad I did. Solid beer, but I love the 2XIPA.
6. Stoudt's Octoberfest-Had this while tailgating at the Phillies last home game. Good beer, even though the Phillies lost that game.
7. Yards Philly Pale Ale-Had it at Citizen's Bank Park, usually I get Hop Devil but it was replaced by Sam Octoberfest so I got this-Always a good beer!

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

1. Uinta Crooked Line Series-Cockeyed Cooper-A bourbon Barrel aged barley wine. I have not had much from this brewery but this was good, I will have to seek out others from the Crooked Line.
2. Resurrection Ale-I picked up a 6 pack of cans of this beer from Baltimore. 7% Belgian ale in a can, Good stuff.
3. Sam Adams Sample A (Belgian Style IPA)-Part of the Sam Adams Beer Lover's Choice program. A good beer but not quite as good as Flying Dog's version of the style.
4. Sam Adams Sample B (American Rye Ale)-Sometimes I don't care for Rye ales, especially if there is a lot of Rye but this was good and not too much Rye. It also seemed to be the crowd favorite of the two.
5. Sam Adams Latitude 48 IPA-This is a very good IPA. Now available year round, it is nice to have a solid IPA option from Sam Adams.
6. Sam Adams Black Lager-I had not have not had this for a couple of years and forgot how good it is. Almost like a porter. A very good beer.
7. DuClaw Brewing Serum-A Double IPA. Very Hoppy and at 9% a bit overpowering. Not quite as balanced as I would have liked.
8. Rogue John John Hazelnut-This is the 3rd installment of the John John Ales and again as with the first two, it is a bit disappointing. I had high expectations for this one as I really enjoy the nuttiness of the Hazelnut and figured the rum barrel aging would add to it. Instead I feel like they traded the nuttiness for a rum flavor. It is good, probably my favorite of the three so far but I was hoping for more.

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

1. Brooklyn-Pennant Ale-Great session Pale Ale and great special at Bell-$16.99 a case-Can't be beat!


2. Stillwater Artisanal Ales-Stateside Saison-Solid Saison from a new brewery-Have to try other styles from Stillwater. Very Promising.


3. The Pike-Kilt Lifter Scotch style Ale-Very good and at $3.99 a bomber, a great deal too!


4. Rogue-Double Chocolate Stout-(chocolate) x 2=8.7% abv. of goodness!


5. Ballast Point-Sculpin-On tap @ Blue Monkey Tavern, So Good!


6. Stone IPA-on tap @ Bobby Ray's Place opening night-Bar was crowded (too soon to evaluate)-This beer was great and reminded me how much I love West Coast IPAs!


7. Coffee Porter (my latest home brew)-Down to less than 10 bottles-Still holding up well, I still think it should be darker but the flavor is good!


8. Wolaver's-Pumpkin Ale-Sampled at Bell beverage and then a case purchased to be split between Linda and Wendy-Good beer, just not my favorite style.


9. Dogfish Head-Bitches Brew-A very limited release with a lot of hype. It was good but I expected more.


10. Victory-Hop Devil-An old favorite, had it on tap at Chickie's and Pete's South Philly


11. Yards-Pale Ale-A very solid Pale Ale, again at Chickie's and Pete's South Philly