Harviestoun Brewery Ola Dubh Special Reserve 16
Ola Dubh Special Reserve 16: 1.0 – Well if Highland Park (the most baseline scotch) is what’s used – how does that affect this beer? Well it removed all head. However we’re sad to report that as for aging a beer in whiskey falling on the side of sweet or successfuly, this is far too sweet. There are some nice flavors there, but it’s all so overshadowed, and quite frankly the rest of this beer was poured out.
Price Average: $10
Website: https://harviestoun.com/
Grimbergen Dubbel Double Ale
Grimbergen Dubbel: 6.5 – This is actually a delight, and very delicious. Points however have been taken off because this on that list of beers where it’s difficult to finish, and suicide to have more than one. That’s because this beer is like a warm candied molasses cookie transmuted into a beer. It’s not even like over sugared or sickeningly sweet, it is just peak Christmas beer (yes we’re aware it’s March), and is invariably tasty.
Price Average: $7.50 draft
Website: https://www.grimbergenbeer.com/
Remy Martin Fine Champagne Cognac VSOP 750mL
1724 was a long time ago. The country we are posting from was not a thing™ at the time this company existed. With that much history, it does lend itself to the concept of whether we can truly judge such a thing. Well we might have only been around for less than a decade (bajeezus not by much though) but yes – yes we can judge them, and we say nay.
Green Flash Brewing ‘Cellar 3’ Baroque Belgique Pale Ale
Baroque Belgique Pale Ale: 3.0 – The side of the bottle says to open like a champagne bottle, what it really means is that as soon as that wire cap is loose, duck + cover. If that wasn’t an indication of the head be warned it’s a big dome, literally spent the first 10 minutes to get a glass, and you do have to wait because that head is bitter. The beer itself is very hoppy, a bit bitter, and you only get a twinge of that brettsour at the very tail end. Overall this is a miss.
Price Average: $13
Website: https://www.greenflashbrew.com/
Tincup American Whiskey 750mL
It’s been a minute since we’ve had something that is actually this well liked, but to give away too much at the beginning – Tin Cup is a good whiskey. That’s not to say it does not have its faults. While no single aspect of Tin Cup makes it exceptionally amazing, it is a solidly good whiskey, and it’s only true complaint comes in trying to change it.
Honest Weight Lightworks American Blonde Ale
Honest Weight Lightworks: 3.5 – It’s a blonde ale, but it’s more like a blonde ‘joke’ ale (as in there’s not a lot of substance there and it feels cheap). Beyond the small bit of a malt-ness, there’s just not much to go on.
Price Average: $8 draft
Website: http://www.honestweightbeer.com/
Caledonia Spirits Barr Hill Gin 750ML
It is a very peak Vermont thing to have a gin that would contain something like maple syrup or honey; however if you were expecting us to be sweet on this review – hello and welcome to Honest Booze Reviews where that rarely happens – and sure as shit isn’t going to happen here.
