Brew52 » casey http://www.brew52.com/2008 52 Minnesota beers reviewed for the 52 weeks of 2008. Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:16:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 American hop training beer http://www.brew52.com/2008/week4/american-hop-training-beer/ http://www.brew52.com/2008/week4/american-hop-training-beer/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:29:12 +0000 casey http://www.brew52.com/2008/week4/american-hop-training-beer/ Want to know what tons and tons of Cascade and other American hops taste like? Well here it is. Lingers on your palette long after your last sip. From my review on it:

The hops assault you with a black pepper and pine spice, followed by a surge of citrus(grapefruit mostly). I noted a toffee and bread taste from the malt. You get a taste of alcohol at the finish, and its gin-like in complexity, probably my favorite part about this beer. Something about this beer always makes me describe it as “chewy”, I think its because you’re left smacking your lips with the long aftertaste. This beer just seems to stick to your palate, lingering at the top of our mouth and sides of your tongue. Its quite an intense experience, and an enjoyable one at that.  If you really enjoy this, try to track down some of Bells “Hopslam”.

]]> http://www.brew52.com/2008/week4/american-hop-training-beer/feed/ 4 good drinkable belgian http://www.brew52.com/2008/week3/good-drinkable-belgian/ http://www.brew52.com/2008/week3/good-drinkable-belgian/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:36:05 +0000 casey http://www.brew52.com/2008/week3/good-drinkable-belgian/ Pretty good beer.  You instantly get the belgian yeast taste, with a little bitter bite from the hops.  It comes across as a little thin but I think its purposeful.  You just hear Belgian and expect to be assaulted with alcohol and yeast, instead you get a great easy drinking session beer.  You would have no problem drinking several of these with a nice big pizza.

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