Grains of Truth: 7.0 – This is another successful beer from Ommegang with a flavorful harvest ale that has close to the perfect amount of hops you want in a beer like this.
Price Average: Grains of Truth $10 for 4-Pack
Website: http://www.ommegang.com/
Carlsberg Lager: 1.5 – I don’t know what I was expecting with this beer, but it wasn’t this. I really don’t like it though. I can’t objectively give it nothing, but whatever this is – I am not a fan.
Price $7 for 6-Pack
Website: http://www.carlsberg.com/
Count: 16/71
Miles Davis Bitches Brew: 8.0 – This is a combo of honey beer, some roots, and an imperial stout – and I normally give Dogfish some ‘commentary’ on making weird beers just because they can. Not so here – this is a complex flavorful brew that has some real dark weight to it. I can’t complain though because it just tastes so good. (And yes I did mix it with the album)
Price Average: Miles Davis Bitches Brew $14
Website: http://www.dogfish.com/
Avery Brewing Eighteen: 7.0 – The sweetness is just a bit off, but that is as far as Rye beers, or Saisons go – quite good. The dry hopping may have contributed to the complexity here, but I must warn you. When you open this do it inside a sink, I used a standard wall opener and the top third ended up on the floor.
Price Average: Avery Brewing Eighteen $10
Website: http://averybrewing.com
Ashtray Heart: 8.25 – This bottle has been staring at me for a while, and I never bought it on the price point alone. I knew my mind would always wonder, good but is it 28 dollars good. In short this is a fulfilling and rich beer with a bunch of flavor, but balanced enough that it’s not heavy like other imperial stouts. I got the nerve to buy this due to a 20% sale (if buying 3 big bottles of anything) so I am very satisfied for having tried this – but I doubt I’d buy it again.
Price Average: Ashtray Heart $28
Website: http://eviltwin.dk/
Troegs Chocolate Stout: 5.5 – If you really like chocolate and you seriously meant that – this is for you. This might as well be cocoa, and while not my thing I can respect it’s taste. Honestly this should come with a real warning label about how chocolate it actually is compared to other chocolate stouts.
Price Average: Troegs Chocolate Stout $10
Website: http://www.troegs.com/
Efes Pilsner: 1.5 – What taste that has is just not good. I could say more, but this beer doesn’t deserve thought – just skip.
Price $2.50
Website: http://www.anadoluefes.com/
Count: 15/71
Russian Imperial Stout: 6.0 – It’s a bit more like a bourbon aged stout based on the sweetness, and it does lack the impact of heavyness you would expect. It is still delicious though so good marks.
Price Average: Russian Imperial Stout $6
Duvel Belgian Golden Ale: 6.0 – Poor slowly when you do this because this is a seriously bottle conditioned head-y beer. However I love the lingering aftertaste from this beer – it’s kinda like what brewers try to pass off as nuts and bananas. For the record we are now more than 1/4 of the way done and this is the highest so far (just barely beat last week’s Dos Equis)
Price $4 (375mL bottle, which is not pictured above)
Website: http://www.duvel.com/
Count: 14/71
Das Schwarze Schwarzbier: 5.0 – It’s an okay schwarzbier, but the taste leaves much more to be desired.
Price Average: Das Schwarze Schwarzbier $5
Website: https://www.schwabenbraeu.de/