Russian River has been flooding my local store w/ uniuqe beers. I am a sucker as I’ll buy everything they release. This week is Intinction. It has a funny wine cover knife on the label which I think represents the pilsner ages in sauvignon blanc barrels and grapes. It tastes like a sour (which I […]
Posts By / Greg Bolcer
Knee Deep Simtra
I like a lot of Knee Deep Brewing’s beers. I even like some of their IPAs. The label sounded familiar, so I grabbed one. This is just ridiculous and undrinkable. I confused their Citra with Simtra. Coming in at 11.25% with Citra and Simcoe hops that top out at a 131 IBU. They describe it […]
Trestles IPA
Left Coast brewery of San Clemente, California claims that “People that go left are in their right mind.” Last I checked, the point at Trestles break far better right. Trestle’s IPA has IBU’s of 58.5. It’s brewed by a local, family owned Left Coast Brewery in San Clemente. The label claims it’s a light bodied, […]
Blind Tasting
Modern Times Bedrock
Bedrock is a toasty, malty brown ale made with both coffee and beer. It has a mild aftertaste of toasted coconut, the coffee gives it a slight roasted chocolate hint, but it’s not sweet at all. At 30 IBUs and 6.2% it comes in much less than Barley Forge’s 37 IBU 6.6% Patsy, which is […]
IPA 395 by Mammoth Brewing
My neighbor and I spend a lot of time trying to find unique beers for each other. He got home late on Friday, so I ended up popping open the bottle I got for him instead of gifting it. It’s an 8% double IPA with 70 IBUs. It’s named after the infamous California Highway 395. […]
Alaskan Double Black IPA
I tried this yesterday and it was good. At 7.7% it’s double seems to apply to the black part and not the IPA. It’s dark, rich, malty, mildly sweet with faint coffee tastes. Nobody else seemed to like it, so I got it all to myself.
Stone Go to IPA
So I tried this the other day. It comes in an attractive box. The cans are artistic black and yellow and I thought I was buying one of the latest Stone Hop series. When I got it home I found out it was the Stone go to IPA. While Stone is one of my favorite […]
Just Outstanding IPA
The label claims a big malty taste with Cimcoe and Amarillo hops. I can’t distinguish the hops, but the big malty part is really there and I like it. It’s light in color, but it’s got the taste complexity of a red or brown, so they weren’t lying. It’s not heavy though as it finished […]
Tales from the Kettle
Scottish ale brewed with black tea gives this a unique taste. Scottish ales are usually too dry and syrupy for me on the brown side because of the carmelization, but the tea factor makes a good offset. 21st amendment gave a place to its brewing competition participants and chose this as a finalist. The brewers’ […]
