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100 Beers, 100 Days: Day #16 - April 21, 2009
Once again and at the suggestion of previous commenters, I returned to Brooklyn Brewery for something new. This was one of the few beers at Nashua Garden I haven’t had before and wouldn’t mind trying, so it was a pretty easy choice.
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100 Beers, 100 Days: Day #15 - April 20, 2009
It’s Australian for crap beer.
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100 Beers, 100 Days: Day #14 - April 19, 2009
Flying Dog Tire Bite Golden Ale
I don’t feel like writing a whole lot about beer tonight, so let me jump straight to the point. Tire Bite is a golden colored, light bodied, moderately hopped pale ale. The hops contribute a good amount of bitterness and citrusy flavors. Their website indicates Perle and Hallertauer hops, both of which I have used in my homebrews before. I thought they tasted familiar. This is a very refreshing beer and you could easily enjoy several in a session. It’d be particularly good on a hot day.
This is my first Flying Dog beer and I like it quite a bit. I’ll have to search out a mixed pack of theirs and give a couple others a try. I recommend you do the same.
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100 Beers, 100 Days: Day #13 - April 18, 2009
Pennichuck Backdraft Chocolate Porter
Two weeks into this experiment, and I’m right back where I started: a chocolate beer. This time, it’s from the relatively new and relatively small Pennichuck Brewing Company in Milford, NH. You’ve probably never even heard of Milford, NH. I guess it’s not really an internationally known brewing town. Perhaps future editions of my Designing Great Beers will talk about how to treat your water to match Milford, NH.
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100 Beers, 100 Days: Day #12 - April 17, 2009
Today’s beer was a great example of how American microbrewers interpret traditional European styles: just keep throwing more hops at it until it’s “Imperial”. I don’t really like this trend, since the bigger and hoppier beers seem to get closer and closer to the same result regardless of the initial style.
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100 Beers, 100 Days: Day #11 - April 16, 2009
Now here is a completely different style from anything I’ve done in this project so far. The Duchesse is a Flemish Red Ale. This means it’s from the Flanders region in Belgium and that it’s going to be rather sour. This is an old, old style of beer. And like many of the Belgian beers, it’s pretty off the wall. Most people haven’t have anything like it before, nor would they likely consider it to be beer. It’s also the most expensive beer I’ve had in this project at about $11 for a 750 mL bottle.
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100 Beers, 100 Days: Day #10 - April 15, 2009
Star Island Single is Smuttynose Brewery’s latest year round beer, replacing Portsmouth Lager in the lineup. That’s a little surprising to me, but sounds good. I’m not the world’s biggest fan of Pilsners (though I do enjoy one on occasion) so this is an interesting change. The Star Island is billed as more of a sessionable Belgian ale with some spices. Let’s see how it stacks up.
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100 Beers, 100 Days: Day #9 - April 14, 2009
This was a very well made, tasty, and refreshing pilsner. Not one of those crappy ones like you’d find in a gas station.
Okay that was a really short review, but I don’t know what to say. Pilsners tend to fall into two groups for me: good and crappy. There’s no real middle ground and I can’t taste much difference within the two groups. Oh well.
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100 Beers, 100 Days: Day #8 - April 13, 2009
Straight to the review on tonight’s beer - no introduction. Anchor Bock pours a dark rusty color, almost black or very dark brown. I would have called it black had I not held the glass up to a light and looked through to see a color. The dense head is white and very long lived. I’d say it probably lasted halfway through the glass.
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100 Beers, 100 Days: Day #7 - April 12, 2009
As a homebrewer, fruit beers are tough for me. I like some of them and have tried to make several fruit or spiced beers, but they almost always come out a total disaster. Either I get sick of the flavor long before I run out of beer or they end up as gushers that mostly go down the drain. So I tend to stick with store bought beers if I ever want anything with fruit added. I’ve had some luck with adding fruit concentrates but that’s just not the same.