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You know what I like less than a beer that foams out? Nothing. Not a damn thing. It ruins the beer, strips the body, and in a beer already listed as mild there;s simply no room for this sort of thing. Poured about 1/8 of an inch of beer, and several inches of foam. When that settled down, the beer was a coppery brown like a bock, with a head that would never go away. Which is usually a

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I'm not real sure why I've been holding on to this one, but I'm sitting across from a plate full of sausage from Taylor Cafe, so I'm glad I did. Pours a clear golden amber with a nice light tan, pillowy head. Sweet malty smell, with a slight spicy zip to it. A bit more bitterness in the taste than I expected based on the smell. It's actually fairly bitter for the style. Still malty, but it

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This is Vencil Mares: I didn't know it when I first walked in. I even took the photo before I knew it. I just liked being back in a small town where you can go to a place like this and see regulars and locals, which I thought he was. And the conversation started up easily enough--we were the only two people in the place except for two waitresses and from the sounds in the back one person

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If you're a country music fan, and I mean real country music and not that faggotty long-haired untucked-shirt boy band fake country bullshit like half the crap on the country stations today, you need to catch Billy Joe Shaver at one of his current concerts. Or even if you're not. He's written songs that have been sung by Elvis, Johnny Cash, and Willie Nelson, among others, and continues to

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...but he doesn't want the poor to be able to see a doctor. It's funny, to me, that those who throw the name of God around the most are also the most likely to argue against things like social services for the poor, universal health care, and such. I'll just leave this here for you to think about.

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Hey--y'all wouldn't happen to know where there's a local beer store that has a few bottles of DR 11 squirreled away for sale, would you? I do. Suck it. I'm glad to buy a few singles of this, since the DR 6 was a complete disaster in my opinion. I know it wasn't in your opinion. Feel free to write your opinions down somewhere. And yes, I know 6 was a barley wine and 11 is an imperial IPA.

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In searching my past beers, I see I've already had one from the Philippines, which surprises the hell out of me. This one pours a very clear yellow with a pretty nice white head. I'm going to call it a pilsner already, because the head is throwing off that pilsner funk. Seems kind of sweet, so I'm going with German. No, it's too crisp for a German. So I'm switching to Czech. It's not as

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Pours an opaque blackish brown. Nice tan head to it. Smells great, but a bit more like a stout than a porter at first, but it does have a few tannins in there if you really try. Still more of a stout in the taste, and feels a bit like a milk stout. Only in the aftertaste does it taste like a porter. Until then, it seems like a standard stout. A good one, but not really a porter. More

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I remember liking this brewery, but I don't remember why. I can't remember where I got this beer or how long ago, but I'm hoping it has held up over however long. Pours an unfiltered deep amber with a nice light tan head. Holy Hell, I've heard and even described some beers as being floral, but this one is nuts. The head throws off a huge lavender smell. It had me wondering if there was some

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Pours a nice amber, with a decent sized light tan head. Both good, grassy hops and a nice sweet malt. Well balanced and promising so far. I don;t want to say it's light in the body. It's more that it's more crisp than many IPA's, and it's nice and drinkable. It has a nice bitterness to it that comes out more than the malt, which is surprising based on the smell. Still, if it was weaker in

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Not so sure about Hawaiian beers. This one pours a medium amber, but has a great light tan head. Man, the head throws off a great crisp pilsner smell. And I mean, huge. It's crisp and not very sweet, so it must be more of a Czech than a German. Very nice. Spot on for a Czech, and a very light and drinkable beer. Every time I run across one of these I'm reminded that you don't have to be

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An abbey ale... brewed with Belgian sugar... by a macro brewer. What the Hell, I like Budweiser, we'll see if this is any good. Pours a nice, fairly opaque amber with a very nice head--although I poured it fast, so we'll see if there's any taste left once the head is gone. Blue Moon Brewing Company's Full Moon Winter. Pretty nice smell to it. Fairly malty and slightly peppery, like a winter

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Had to google this to make sure the bartender gave me the correct style, and she was off by a touch. She said it was an eisbock, which probably would have made it a bit stronger. No big deal, and the only thing I''m a little pissed about is the "banana and cloves" description on the website. That is the faggiest beer description ever, and I hate it every time I see it. Pours a loosely or

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This is another one I had out of the bottle. Nice slightly peppery zip in addition to a fair amount of bitterness in the smell. The way a warmer should be. It has a bit of an alcohol smell, but it's minor. Tastes about the same. Not as much alcohol, but it's still there. Right on type for a warmer, but nothing terribly spectacular.

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Had this one out of the bottle, so I'm fairly clueless as to the appearance. It has a solid, sweet, bready malt-forward smell. Big and smooth in the feel, with a good grassy bitter kick to it, but still feels maltier than most barleywines. Glad to see it, too. Most breweries think they have to hop the style up beyond recognition, so a maltier version is a good find.

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I seriously hate the little bottle. Pours a fairly deep, loosely filtered reddish brown with a nice tan head. Big, bready smell. Pretty good punch to it, about like an imperial pale should be, although it has a pretty harsh bitter aftertaste. I don't know, seems kind of meh overall, although that may be because it's a pretty bland style to take imperial. It should be closer to an IPA, but

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I don't even remember where or when I got this. Which may not be a good sign, but we'll see. Pours an opaque black that is amber to clear at the edges. Looks a little light in the body. Very small tan head that is pretty small for a stout, much less one with oatmeal. Nice smell to it though. Lots of tannins, like a porter, and some very subtle coffee, but mostly alcohol. Smooth, like

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A blend of Old Ale and Imperial IPA? Where in the Hell did they decide to come up with that? I could have sworn I had this before, but maybe I swore off Dogfish before it became widely available in Texas. Didn't know it was an IPA, at least in part, or I might not have ignored it. Then again, who knows what it will actually be, based on their penchant for mislabeling styles. Pours a loosely

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Alright--brewer's licorice (is there such a thing?), black strap molasses, cherry bark and vanilla beans aged in oak barrels has all the hallmarks of trying too hard. But I've liked everything this brewery has ever done, so I'm keeping an open mind. Pours an inky brownish black with a solid dark tan head. Smells deep and grainy, with oak. Good body, although I expected bigger. Maybe it's all

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Pours a deep brown with a big tan head. Smells sort of spicy. There are some grassy hops in there, but more peppery than hoppy. Says it's an amber. Weird, although in the light it is more like a deep amber than a brown. Nice amber taste to it though. The hops and spice trade places in the taste. Nice enough winter warmer.

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I've had this beer for at least a year and a half, which has to be past its date. I'm betting it's big enough to age well though. Pours an inky brownish black with a nice dark tan head. No sign of aging poorly there. Still smells pretty grainy and robust, too. Feels a little light compared to the appearance and smell though. It still has plenty of taste, and it hasn't lost any zip because it

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Belgian Strong Ale? Quad? I was expecting an imperial stout or some such, but it pours too fast and is too light. Nice, rich brown with a huge tan head. Very floral and slightly grassy. I'm putting it as a strong ale. None of the Belgian yeast tastes. Just Googled it and it says winter seasonal, but that's so broad that it could be anything. It's got some spice to it, so that's on type, but

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If you can't tell, I'm dumping a ton of beers I've kept notes on into the blog, so I can track what I've had better. Most Rogue beers would deserve a more detailed post, but unfortunately this one doesn't so I don't feel too bad including it in the dump. Pours a cloudy yellow, with a fizzy almost white head. It has a slightly malty sweet smell, with indistinct hops. Tastes about the same, and

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Brew Dog Toklo? I think thtat's what the label says. I hate this brewery though. Stout with cranberries and jasmine? Dumb. 18.2% ABV? Even dumber. Pours like a standard stout--not as opaque as an RIS. Nice head though. Can't smell much but alcohol. Amateurish. Slight roasted grain smell, but not much. Tastes awful. Like rubbing alcohol with some grain in it. Too bad too, because the

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Pours a deep black, with a great deep brown head. Fair amount of roasted coffee and grain in the smell. I'm hoping it's as good as Founder's Breakfast Stout, and so far it's headed that way. Pretty nice. Strong roasted grain in the taste, with a good coffee aftertaste. Smooth, almost like a milk stout, but not quite. Wish it had a bit more carbonation, but other than that this is a pretty

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Pours a blackish brown, with a dark tan head. Roasted grain smell, but with the edge taken off of it. You can definitely feel the lactose, but you can't really taste it. And I like that better than those that throw the sweetness at you with no improvement in the body (I'm looking at you, Left Hand). Very nice beer. It has the feel of a smooth imperial, with a laid back stout taste.

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Pours a clear coppery brown with a nice tan head. Very malty smell, with a hint of the standard Shiner smell that most of their beers have. Still nice. Nice punch to it. But, as I mentioned, it tastes like a shiner Bock version of an alt. Good beer and very drinkable, just comes across as a lighter version of their bock. Glad to see them trying so many different styles in recent years though.

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Imperial brown? I see a shark being jumped. Pours a deep brown. Moderate head that disappears making it look more like a Coke than anything else. Smells, I don't know, like a wanna' be stout. Tastes about the same. More hops than a brown should have, even an imperial, whatever that means for a brown. Otherwise it tastes like a slightly nutty standard stout. Meh. It's like a boring brown, but

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Stout.... lager? Pours an opaque black with a fairly light tan head for a stout. Fairly light smell for a stout too. Not sure of that's the oatmeal, which always seems to give stouts a lighter and sweeter smell, or the fact that it's a lager. Pretty nice. Probably one of the heaviest lagers I've felt, it's similar to a dopplebock in feel. But it's a stout in the taste. Pretty strong

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I've had several assorted stouts waiting in the beer cellar (which has now moved from the kitchen cabinets to the bedroom closet) for quite some time. I'm not sure why, but I've been keeping an eye on this one in particular. Pours an opaque brownish black with a nice tan head despite a very slow pour. Great, solid smell to it. Lots of roasted grain, but also something sweet. Almost like a

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Pours a light orangish-yellow, with a nice fizzy white head that stays surprisingly well, especially considering how old this beer has to be. Sweet malty smell to it, which should make it a German. It has the right hops hit to it as well. Very nice. Definitely a German pils, because it's maltier and smoother than a Czech. Still light and drinkable though, with a clean finish and feel.

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Man, I haven't seen a beer this pale and clear since they were giving away free Cerveza Sol at Lado B in Guadalajara. You know, I actually like Budweiser, and this looks and smells a lot like it. Bright yellow with strong carbonation and a fizzy white head. Strong adjunct grain smell. I like this beer. It is what it purports to be--and nothing else. Crisp and light, it has a little bit

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Drinking this one in the middle of the day so I can cover it up with other beers later--like that DR11 I just scored. Pours a very slightly hazy yellow to light amber. Big foamy head that I'm hoping will go away, and makes me wonder if I need to switch dishwasher soaps. We'll have to try out that theory with a few more beers. Very strong carbonation despite the foaming and despite the fact

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Never been impressed with Widmer. Bought this as a single a while back and have been avoiding it in favor of others, but I figure, what the hell. Pours a slightly hazy amber with a quickly dissipating tan head. Throws off a nice smell though, slightly peppery with some alcohol. So far, better than expected and seemingly on type. Seems like a repurposed amber. Pretty big hops bite for a

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Pours inky black, but not opaque as it poured. On type for a stout. Nice dark tan head that sticks fairly well. Throws off a sweet floral smell as the head dissipates, and settles to a nice grainy smell. Still a bit sweet, apparently from the lactose. Huh. I like it. But the lactose isn't too apparent. It is mostly apparent in the feel, making the feel a little smooth up front like

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A black wheat? Should be interesting. And it's good to see a German ale, as opposed to all of those god-awful lagers stinking up the place. Pours an opaque inky brown, with a great tan head. Smells like a lot of European beers--very yeasty. More yeast than hops or malt to it, even. Not as bad as a wit, but not as clean as I like a wheat to be. Not zippy like my favorite American wheats.

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Alright, this is what made me think of posting again. I recently had this beer at lunch in a pretty nice restaurant in Houston, and thought I should start putting things down here again. I remember when this brewery just announced that it was opening, and I thought it was a stupid name. Still do. Like someone couldn't let go of the Renaissance Festival or something. Then I looked up the

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Holy crap. Been since October since I posted? I know y'all have all been sitting around wondering "OMG, where is BOTD?" Well, y'all can all just relax now. This one pours a deep amber with a big, pillowy tan head. Smells great. Hoppy and slightly floral, but with a big bready backbone to it. Funny though, it's more malty than hoppy in the taste. That's fine, just different. And it may

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The only reason I bought this was because of the Long Shot competition. I bet it started as a great beer. but will be greatly reduced after Sam Adams gets hold of it. Pours a deep coppery amber with a nice small-celled tan head. Nice bready smell to it, with no alcohol, a surprise for a 9% beer. There's the alcohol. It's the biggest part of the taste, followed by a sickly sweet fruit taste.

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I hate all things that incorporate the word 'Dixie' into them, and despite avoiding this one for years for that very reason, I decided to buy it just so I could hate on it. Blackened? Not really. It's closer to a brown. It's like their hillbilly dislike for black people kept them from making a black beer, too. It has that wet raisin smell that poorly made lagers often have. It's a lager,

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One of the most over-hyped over self-promoted breweries ever. Yes, I like the label art. The beer just never has matched it. Pours a decent enough amber, with a pillowy tan head that is fairly large probably because the last pour out of the bottle was all foam. Smells nice enough, with a fair amount of grassy hops but a substantial amount of malt as well. Eh. Kind of a dull, hollowness to

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Another single that I had to pick up. Pours a clear yellow with a fizzy white head. Like a lot of European lagers, it seems to be a pilsner. And from the funky smell, a Czech at that. Light bodied--too light for a German pils. Nice and crisp, but a little more dull than a Czech Rebel. A little more watered down. Good beer for what it is, but not a great beer for the style.

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Saw the label and thought it was going to be a straight-up wheat. Must. Read. The. Labels. Pours a hazy yellow with a white head that thins to a sheet fairly quickly. Has that deep yeasty smell that wits have. I'm hopeful though, because it doesn't have the plastic or chemical smell that many have. I've like the only other Wolaver's beer I've had so far, which was a very good stout, so maybe

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Pours a fairly deep red, almost brown, with a nice tan head that stays. Smells like a pretty strong pale, with grassy hops and a sweeter than normal malt for an amber/red. The taste is back down to a red though. Standard amount of bitterness that is less grassy than the smell, and no real sweetness. Instead, more of a grainy malt taste that suits the style well. A bit watery in the feel, is

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I've had a few Big Sky beers, but none have been posted here for some reason. Guess it's been a while. Of all of them, Moose Drool has the biggest following. The right name is everything, sometimes. Pours a nice brown, tinged with red. Tan head dissipates to a collar pretty quickly. Nice slightly nutty smell, with minimal hops. Much nuttier in the taste. Nice, fairly light body, again

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I stopped trying Belgians by the time this one was widely available in Houston, but I couldn't pass it up for one reason, here about a month ago. Nice, deep smell. Not terribly bready like I'd expect, but deep ad not hoppy. Slightly fizzy smell to it. Tan head didn't stick around too long, but didn't disappear immediately, either. Big feel to it, like a quad should have. Fairly strong

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I'm guessing this will be another over-hyped Dogfish beer, but I swear I'm keeping my mind open. Pours a deep brown--same color but not as opaque as Palo Santo, with a nice tan head that stays. Smells kinda fizzy. Very slightly nutty, like a brown, but mostly just kind of... there. Eh, not bad. I expected something much more off the wall. The 8% ABV is imperceptible, and there isn't a

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I've liked everything I've had from this brewery, so I hope this hasn't been sitting in the cellar too long. From what I remember, I got it in Nebraska about a year ago. Pours a cloudy deep amber with a pillowy light tan head that thins fairly quickly to a sheet. Big grassy hops smell, with a sweet malt and a slight hint of alcohol. 8% ABV is bigger than most, but not too big for a DIPA.

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Pours a yellowish amber with a decent enough light tan head. Slightly grassy, more malt than the last IPA I had, which is a good sign. Tastes nice, I'm betting this has been laying around a while so I bet it would be better if it was newer. Grassy hops that are fairly moderate, with a lighter body than I would like. All in all, there's nothing that stands out about this one. Not bad, but

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Damn. Foams out of the bottle, then again right out of the glass. Too bad, because it smells like it would be a good IPA. Pours a nice amber with a tan head, and there must be some carbonation left because it's loosely filtered with particulates that rise to the top and then sink again. Smells nice. Very grassy, and slightly sweet. Despite the apparent carbonation, it feels dead. It

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I bought this thinking it was from China. Oh well. Pours black alright. Color and body of a standard stout, with a fizzy head but I'm going to stick with my gut that it's an ale and not a lager. Smells kind of like a porter. Slightly sweeter than a stout, with a smaller roasted smell. Whoa. It's like drinking fizzy raisins. Blech. Too sweet with a weird tobacco (cigar, not pipe or

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So, my first Yuengling. From what I can tell it's like the Shiner of Pennsylvania, but with a longer history. Sounds good to me. Pours nice. Like a stout with a hint of red and a nice medium-tan head that stays pretty well. Smells great. Roasted malt with a sweet floral hops, but both are subtle. Tannins are even more so. Nice. Still very mild, very much like a schwarzbier, but enough

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I don't remember this last year--glad to see another Texas Oktoberfest, even if it is likely to taste like Shiner Bock with a twist. It has '96' on the neck label--maybe this is what they brewed that year for their anniversary beer. Pours very light orange with a ton of carbonation and a nice light tan head that stays for quite a while. Clear Shiner smell to it. It also has a sweeter malt

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I was surprised to see that my Dogfish Head beers, except for the big ones, predate my posts here. Been a while and I've felt no real urge to go back and buy more of them, because I have always considered this brewery's IPAs a bit overrated. Pours a hazy almost amber with a huge pillowy tan head. Throws off a ton of floral hops at first, but then kind of dies out in the smell. Slightly sweet,

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Pours right. Reddish, to almost brown, actually. Light tan head that stays well. Decent enough smell, slightly sweet and crisp, with a raw hops smell as well. Not bad. A bit harsh, maybe, like the raw smell indicated, but overall it';s pretty good. I've had a few Summit beers and was surprised to see that I haven't posted about them, but this one is my favorite so far, from what I remember.

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Here's how you know you have a problem--even a crap beer is a must-buy because you haven't seen the dark version of the crap beer you've had before. Pours a deep brown, with a nice tan head that's fizzy like it should be for a lager. Smells sickly sweet though, and a bit like raisins. I hate that I just used that word in describing a beer. Someone please shoot me if I ever say 'cloying'.

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Finally, a Lagunitas beer without a stupid name. Pours a deeper red than most, so that's another step in the right direction. Decent enough tan head that thins to a sheet, which is fairly standard for a red/amber. Nice, sweet smell. Kind of a light, floral hops, which adds to the sweet smell. Not bready, or grainy, just sweet. Good hit, close to an IPA. The hops are grassier than I

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On a good note, I see that none of my old reviews of Pike beers are on this blog. So, I have an excuse to buy them all again. I can't remember where I got this one, or how long ago. I'm hoping that they didn't over-do the wood aged aspect, as so many brewers are prone to do in an attempt to be bigger than they really are. Pike always does the bigger beers right though. This one pours black.

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This post will be proof positive to the one person who ever reads it that I can be objective. Just because I don't like something, doesn't mean it isn't done right. This one pours a hazy yellow with a fizzy white head that fades fairly quickly. Throws off a ton of floral hops and that weird, chemical smelling yeast that I don't like. But, of course, it's supposed to be like that. Ooof.

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Man, I remember the last time I looked up this brewery I found that it had been sold and the labels discontinued. And that felt like a year ago. Still, it's sitting in the cellar, so I'm trying it tonight. Besides, I just came back from out of state with about 40 new beers to try, so I'm cleaning house. Pours a clear, slightly coppery brown with a nice enough tan head. Browns never seem to

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This is one of the first breweries that I remember being different. And although I traditionally don't like wood aged beers because they're overdone with scotch, I'll try everything Great Divide makes. Pours slow, with a ton of body. That's a good sign. Deep amber with a huge tan head and a great smell. Slight vanilla that comes from the oak, but mostly floral hops and a slightly sweet malt.

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I've started to like all Ridgeway beers, and a black ale as opposed to a black lager is intriguing, so I have high hopes for this one. Pours like a stout, although not as opaque as some. Nice tan head and a good, roasted grain smell to it. Excellent taste to it. I'm not sure what the difference between a black ale and a stout, but it feels just a little lighter in the body so maybe the

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Pours a slightly hazy light amber with decent carbonation and a decent enough tan head. Nice grassy hops in the smell, with a twangy, sweet malt as well. Almost a bit of citrus--orange, not lemon. Nice. I've had this one sitting around for a while and was a bit worried about how good it would be. Plus, it's from Georgia. But it's right on type for a pale (I don't know about that "extra"

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A Maltese beer? Had to buy it. Pours a slightly amber yellow with a head that never really forms, despite pretty strong carbonation. Smells like white grape juice. Huh. Decent body, which must be what the "extra" is about. And I didn't notice before, but it has 9% ABV, but bites like it's higher. Not very subtle. Sickly sweet malt and a cardboard bitterness that only comes out when the

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Pours a deep orangish amber, and pours very slowly in a way that implies a big body. Big rocky head stays for a long time. Huge floral hops thrown off as the head dissipates, and if you get closer you can smell a slightly sweet malt. Big. I'm starting to really like this style, and this is a very good one. Solid in both bitterness and bready malt, it's a big beer that is essentially like a

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I'm glad to see the various new beers from Real Ale. I've liked them for years, even back when people were complaining about carbonation issues, or distribution problems, or whatever it was cool to complain about at the time. All that seems to be behind them now, and I haven't heard a complaint about them, legitimate or otherwise, for some time. What they need now is a good stout--but that's

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I must confess my ignorance as to what make a stout one that is foreign and to be exported. If it's foreign, wouldn't you haves to import it? And aren't all exports to foreign places? I don't know. What I do know is that it pours a nice, almost completely opaque black with a good tan head that sticks. And that it smells grainy and substantial. Tastes the same. It's straightforward, with a

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Alright, I know ahead of time it's a wit, but I couldn't avoid the hype. Pours a solid amber with large particulates and a nice light tan head. Smells sweet, like a white grape juice. The yeast smell that I don't like is barely present, so I'm hoping the taste is better than I expected. Sure enough, it's like a sweet, grapey, light bodied wit. The taste that I usually don't like in

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Pours a deep amber with a nice tan head that stays very well. Smells great. A good compromise of hops and malt, without getting too hoppy like an IPA as a few ESB's try to do. Solid taste. Hops are indistinct but present, the malt is there without being too sweet. Good beer. I've decided to pick up every beer in this series that I see.

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Another single that I couldn't pass up. Pours a clear yellow with a fizzy white head that quickly thins. Huh. Great smell. Excellent pilsner funk to it, more hoppy than malty. This is a good beer. It's right where it needs to be for the style, and damn if that's not surprising fro Peru. I'll have more of this, for sure.

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I have several beers, parks, and BBQ joints that I haven't posted in a while, but this one seems like a perfect one to start back with. Pours a great deep brown, with a smooth tan head that stays. Smells great. I know I bag on Belgians all the time, but this reminds me of when I first started trying different beers and thought Belgians were the best. I had yet to try all of the great American

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You know how small equipment with four cycle engines use oil that's not black, but it's kind of amber to orange? That's how this pours, almost. Smells great, too. Big head that thins but stays, and a smell that doesn't quit. Strong, grassy hops with big, sweet malt. Well, the 10.85% ABV makes it a little sharp, but otherwise it's a nice beer. Not as good as I was hoping early on, but it

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Not sure why I'm just now getting to this beer, but I'm hoping this goes well with my brisket and sausage from Leon's in Galveston. Pours a clear, deep yellow to amber with a nice fizzy white head that stays well with decent carbonation. Nice malty smell. Very slight hops smell in there somewhere. Not distinct. You know, this tastes a great deal like a bock, and not just because it has a

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Pours a deep amber, slightly hazy, with a huge tan head that stays forever. Smells great as it pours, too. Nice and grassy, with the malt present, but clearly secondary. This is very similar to Great Divide's barleywine, just scaled back as an IPA should be. Big grassy bitterness with a nice, smooth body and with the malt providing more body than taste. Not sweet, it's slightly sharp. Very

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Pours a cloudy deep amber with a light tan head that like many IPAs thins to a sheet, but stays. I can smell it right as it starts to pour. Both grassy and floral, a bit sharp, and with an alcohol bite to it. Slightly sweet malt is back in there somewhere. The alcohol stays prominently in the taste, followed by a grassy bitterness, which is finished off by a nutty brown taste, which is very

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Ingredients: water, malt, rice, hop. Just one hop? Pours a clear amber-tinged yellow with a decent head for a lager on the lighter side. Wow, for only 4.9% ABV, this one smells like little more than alcohol. It's like a champagne pilsner, but only once your nose stops burning. Not too bad of a taste. Kind of like a white grape juice pilsner. A friend of my dad's once wrote a book about

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Pours a hazy, deep amber with a nice tan head. Smells floral, with a sharp alcohol bite right at first. Both mellow to primarily malt. Not really sweet,and not really bready. Ooof. Tastes like alcohol and sharp bitterness. Not in a good way, either. Thin body that makes it feel and taste week, except for the harshness of the alcohol and a bitterness that isn't really hoppy, just harsh.

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Nice. A bottle conditioned IPA from a random micro brewery? Should be good. Pours a nice amber with a good tan head that sticks well. Hazy with quite a few larger particulates floating around on the carbonation. Looks great.Pretty mils. Sweet malt and slight grassy hops are in there, but it's not as in your face as many IPAs try to be. Very nice. Bitterness is right on, and it's got a

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On the one hand, I like very few fruit beers. On the other, Great Divide is one of my favorite breweries. Here goes. Wow, throws off a huge sweet malt smell. Not really raspberry, but sweet and bready. Pours a deep amber, like a red ale, not red like raspberry. Hopefully that means they were subtle about the raspberry.Good for a fruit beer. It's as bitter as a pale, but not as sharp. It's

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This place is in the old fake Luling City Market off West Gray, and I'm in the area frequently so I thought I'd give it a shot. Plus, I was in between hearings and had plenty of time for lunch and a beer. Or two.First impression: Five meat combo! Why don't more places do this?Sauce is light and vinegary. Hint of black pepper, with a non-distinct red pepper zip. Not bad, but meh.Cole slaw was

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You know how you can tell I'm not a serious beer drinker? Because I try stuff like this. Pours a nice amber, with a good tan head that stays well.Nice and grassy, with a slight floral smell as well. Not a lot of malt in the smell.Eh. Kind of empty. It's kind of slightly bitter, and kind of maybe a little like a pale, and maybe there's a smooth body to it. But in general, it's just... kind

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Last time I had a beer from such a random country, I was very pleasantly surprised. It was Lion Stout from Sri Lanka, and it was a very good beer. So, who knows.Pours a slightly hazy deep yellow with a big, fizzy, white head that actually stays very well. Says "all malt lager" on the label, but lists Saaz hops as an ingredient--I know they meant 'all barley malt', but still. Very low hops

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To me Boulevard is another brewery that distributes beyond its means. Beyond its abilities, certainly, given that their beers generally seem off. Like a small Sam Adams. This one pours more orange than amber, with a huge tan head that may be because there was some water in my glass, but then again it stuck pretty well so maybe it's legitimate.Smells OK too. Moderately hoppy for the style,

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I've been here twice now, both times after hiking Enchanted Rock. It makes a great stop on the way home, or if you're camping in the area. The food is pretty good for what you should expect in the area, and the beers are decent. Not great, and not all good, but worth supporting. Hopefully they'll tweak them in the future to beef them up a little. The beers are below, and are very briefly

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Pours a slightly hazy amber with an off-white head.Great smell. Nice and hoppy, slightly sweet malt backbone.Pretty good. The hops are a little muted, but still in good form. Nice body to it that is on the heavier end for the style, which I like. Good beer. I never really go looking for Pyramid beers, but this is the best one of theirs that I can recall./in a hurry, for some reason

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I'm a sucker for the bombers that are new to Houston, and even though I'm hit and miss on Dogfish beers and I think they play fast and loose with the rules (Palo Santo is not a brown!), I picked this one up right before the 4th,Pours a nice enough amber, but it pours fast. I was expecting to see more body, and if it's this obvious this early, I'm guessing that it'll be even more obvious in the

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I've heard plenty about this brewery, but never had one of their beers. I figured I'd start them off with one of my favorite styles and hope for the best.Pours a completely opaque black with a big dark tan head that sticks very well. Nice, robust smell. Deep and roasted grain, with more coffee than chocolate. Nice body as well, goes down smooth and is as heavy as an impy stout should be.

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Man, I guess wherever Dundee is made "brown" means "crystal clear and kind of orangish." Standard lager head, it fizzes up and then is gone. The honey smell is fairly strong, mixed in with a harsh malt and alcohol smell. Lots of rise, I think.Eh, it's like a sweet, bigger, Budweiser. The honey is definitely there, as is the rise-ish harshness that many macro lagers have. It's not a bad beer,

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It's not labeled as such, but this one os clearly a pilsner--and I'm going to say a Czech instead of a German, since it's not very malty.Pours a clear deep yellow to amber with a huge tan head. The smell gives it right away. It has the perfect skunk's ass smell that a pilsner should have. Very floral.Great taste as well. This is a very good pilsner, which is surprising from Costa Rica. I

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It's scarily close to Louisiana and Arkansas, but Caddo Lake is a beautiful park near Uncertain, Texas. Huge pine trees, and a swamp that is a rarity in Texas--not even the Deliverance-like parts around Beaumont and Orange are as much like a real swamp as this. Like most all state parks there are primitive campsites, screened shelters, and cabins, but this one offers boat tours of the swamps.

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I will never buy beer in plastic bottles again. I will never buy beer in plastic bottles again.I will never buy beer in plastic bottles again. I will never buy beer in plastic bottles again.I will never buy beer in plastic bottles again. I will never buy beer in plastic bottles again.I will never buy beer in plastic bottles again. I will never buy beer in plastic bottles again.This one was

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My compulsion to buy singles has struck again. The key here: low expectations. I'm sure it has a brewery name, but I can't find it on the label. Kind of a generic Euro lager. It says it's a "Dutch Pilsner," whatever that is, although I like pilsners so it should be at least passable.Mild in smell. The pilsner funk is in there, with a sweetness that European lagers all seem to have.It's

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It's been a while since I had a Gordon Biersch beer, and I remember them as mediocre. Add to that my lackluster feeling about Sierra Nevada's Golden Bock, and all I really hope for this beer is that it doesn't suck mightily. That's okay though, low expectations are usually exceeded.Pours a hazy light amber with a nice off white head. Nice malty smell, with a hint of the usual lager smell to go

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Alright, I ordered the three meat plate, with the holy trinity of brisket, ribs and sausage, which came smothered in sauce. Serious party foul. Sauce is nice though. Slightly vinegary and peppery, maybe a little tomotoey? I like it.Green beans are overcooked and mushy. Black eyed peas too. They tasted good but it was kind of like black eyed pea soup.They make their own hot links, and they're

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Pours like a straight stout. Opaque in the glass, but amber highlights as it pours. Great dark tan head that stays for good. Smells great too. Big roasted and chocolate flavors, backed by a solid and grainy smell. Medium body with moderate bitterness, its primary flavor is the roasted grain. This would make a great imperial, if it had more body, but as a stout it's excellent. I'm starting

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Alright--back from another round of illness, but ready to go. I do have some catching up to do, mostly with parks, but while I get started on some of that I'm going to have this beer. I thought it was going to be a brown, but it's a stout, so it's already looking up.Pours an opaque blackish brown with a better than average dark tan head. Nice smell. A bit harsh and grainy, with a nice

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Finally, another Texas stout. Pours an opaque black with reddish highlights as it pours and a nice dark tan head. The oatmeal lends a great grainy smell to the roasted and coffee flavors.It feels like it's going to have a nice body at first, but then it gets a bit watery. Very nice taste though. Still grainy from the oatmeal, and the coffee comes out a bit more in the taste. Not quite enough

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This one's left over from a Kansas trip last Thanksgiving. I've had beers from this brewery in BOTM shipments, so I had to finish out their others when I saw them.Pours a foamy and slightly hazy amber with huge carbonation and a huge pillowy tan head.Great smell. Nice and grassy, slightly sweet malt.Nice. Body is a little light, but it's spot on otherwise. This is the best Tallgrass beer I've

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Sweet. Heard about this one, but just now found it at Spec's. Glad to see Oskar Blues expanding./Pours a deep, clear amber with a nice tan head. Slow carbonation, hopefully due to a big body.I guess my nose isn't working, because I can barely smell anything from this one. Taste may be gone too, because although there's quite a bit of bitterness I don't really get anything else from it.I'll

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I must have been in a hole somewhere, because I had no idea that Real Ale was even coming out with this beer. And of course I'm no Belgian fan, but I have to get everything they put out. Plus, I bought it as a single, so there was little risk.Pours a nice, clear orange-tinted yellow with a very nice pillowy white head. Nic ecarbonation too.Smells right for a tripel. Solid and malty, it still

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