Bruxellensis: 5.0 – For a brett amber it’s surprisingly tame. Oh sure you can sense that the brett is there, but it’s not gone feral. Overall though it’s muted and the taste is very abruptly there and then gone with just a hint of brett lingering and not much else.
Price Average: $6
Website: http://brasseriedelasenne.be/
Dulle Teve: 7.0 – The nutty and banana flavors are great here. This reminds you of what tripels should be, in terms of being filling, delicious, sweet but nutty, and not just a slightly odder pale as some have done of late. Well done.
Price Average: $6
Website: http://www.dedollebrouwers.be/
Dhumavati: 3.6 – A mixed culture smoked ale – dafuq? Then you try it, and well – it tastes EXACTLY like you expected from that series of words. It’s basically like if someone had some sort of farmhouse mixed culture ale, and then added a dash of liquid smoke – and well. Well. Well it’s not great y’all. We won’t disparage it too hard because like – maybe this is somebody’s jam – but who?
Price Average: $12
Website: https://www.trvebrewing.com/
Kulmbacher Monchshof Schwarzbier: 6.0 – That is certainly exactly what you want from a schwarzbier. It’s dark and roasted without the heaviness from a porter or stout. It’s not terribly crazy or crazy good and is by the books, but being average isn’t a problem here.
Price Average: $3
Website: https://www.kulmbacher.de/
Berkshire Grisette: 6.5 – It truly is what you want from a grisette its light bit of citrus and easy to drink. There was quite a bit of head despite the lack of what feels like hoppy or wild yeast to the beer.
Price Average: $7 draft
Summer Jam: 7.5 – There is a bit of that wheat and overall pale ale flavor here, but let’s be real. This is a punch in the face of strawberries. Other strawberry beers often taste like strawberries, but in the way that you can tell, oh that’s how the berry has changed the taste of the beer. This? This taste like fucken strawberries, and we love it.
Price Average: $9 draft
Website: http://barreledsouls.com/
Spruced Traditional Gose: 1.0 – This is without a doubt the worst gose we’ve ever had. The consensus among the D&D group was that this is the worst gose and quite possibly one of the worst beers. It isn’t vile, but it’s basically undrinkable.
Price Average: $7
Website: www.bierkompass.de
Gravity Never Fails Porter: 6.0 – It’s not a great porter, but that’s mostly because the additional bitterness mixes in a way that makes this feels like a British ESB instead of a regular porter. It’s overall tasty with the roasted malt and chocolate flavors combining well with the hops.
Price Average: $6
Website: http://www.deranke.be/
Sonnenschein Kolsch: 7.5 – It’s a bit cheeky to state they haven’t tried to capture sunshine in a bottle and just made a nice kolsch instead – especially given how cliche that is, and that even doing this tactic is meant to imply it regardless. That being said it is a nice delicious kolsch, so who gives a shit.
Price Average: $12
Website: https://www.gneissbeer.com/
Sunset Saison: 5.5 – It’s an ale aged in Sauvignon Blanc Barrels, and you do get a white wine sort of carbonated aspect pervading this saison. As for the overall tastes it’s okay, but while this makes a nice sort of bubbly beer – we don’t need a bubbly beer.
Price Average: $16
Website: https://www.harpoonbrewery.com/