I didn't take notes on these beers as they were all consumed at social occasions. The first three were at a third floor six-pack swap on September 24th, and the second two were at the Muddy on September 29th.
Beer Stats:
Brewery: Tröegs Brewing Company
Alcohol: 4.80%
Serving: Bottle, 12 oz.
Style: American Pale Wheat Ale, BJCP Style Guide
This seemed like a pretty solid wheat beer. There were the nice fruity esters that are missing from too many American Wheat Ales.
Beer Stats:
Brewery: Wachusett Brewing Company
Alcohol: ?
Serving: Bottle, 12 oz.
Style: English Brown Ale, BJCP Style Guide
A pretty standard brown ale: roasty and malty.
Beer Stats:
Brewery: Black Toad Brewing Company
Alcohol: 5.30%
Serving: Bottle, 12 oz.
Style: English Brown Ale, BJCP Style Guide
This was a pretty robust brown ale with a good bit f roasted bitterness.
Beer Stats:
Brewery: Green Flash Brewing Co.
Alcohol: 7.30%
Serving: Tap
Style: American IPA, BJCP Style Guide
This was a nice, hoppy IPA.
Beer Stats:
Brewery: Opa Opa Steakhouse and Brewery
Alcohol: ?
Serving: Tap
Style: Witbier, BJCP Style Guide
I thought this was a pretty average witbier.
Beer Stats:
Brewery: Tröegs Brewing Company
Alcohol: 4.80%
Serving: Bottle, 12 oz.
Style: American Pale Wheat Ale, BJCP Style Guide
This seemed like a pretty solid wheat beer. There were the nice fruity esters that are missing from too many American Wheat Ales.
Beer Stats:
Brewery: Wachusett Brewing Company
Alcohol: ?
Serving: Bottle, 12 oz.
Style: English Brown Ale, BJCP Style Guide
A pretty standard brown ale: roasty and malty.
Beer Stats:
Brewery: Black Toad Brewing Company
Alcohol: 5.30%
Serving: Bottle, 12 oz.
Style: English Brown Ale, BJCP Style Guide
This was a pretty robust brown ale with a good bit f roasted bitterness.
Beer Stats:
Brewery: Green Flash Brewing Co.
Alcohol: 7.30%
Serving: Tap
Style: American IPA, BJCP Style Guide
This was a nice, hoppy IPA.
Beer Stats:
Brewery: Opa Opa Steakhouse and Brewery
Alcohol: ?
Serving: Tap
Style: Witbier, BJCP Style Guide
I thought this was a pretty average witbier.
Labels: American Pale Wheat Ale, English Brown Ale
991. Harpoon Catamount Maple Wheat (100 Barrel Series #26)
Published by Unknown on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 at 9:30 AM.
991. Harpoon Catamount Maple Wheat (100 Barrel Series #26)
I bought this bottle at Downtown Wine & Spirits in late February and had it on the 4th of March.
Beer Stats:
Brewery: Harpoon Brewery
Alcohol: 6.80%
Serving: Bottle, 22 oz.
Style: American Pale Wheat Ale, BJCP Style Guide
Appearance: 4.0 | Smell: 3.5| Taste: 3.5 | Mouthfeel: 4.0 | Drinkability: 4.0
Overall: 3.7
Pours a clear, dark copper. Topped by a fluffy, cohesive, beige head that fades to a film leaving patchy lace. The aroma is malty with notes of caramel, toffee and maple syrup. A bit of leafy hops appear on the swirl.
A light, bready sweetness upfront builds in sweetness in the center with caramel malts and maple syrup. There's a light spiciness towards the finish, which is lightly bitter. Medium-bodied with a good amount of carbonation.
Malty, but balanced. There's not so much maple syrup so as to make the beer overwhelmingly sweet, but it could have used a bit more to add a bit more maple flavor, which was mild overall.
I bought this bottle at Downtown Wine & Spirits in late February and had it on the 4th of March.
Beer Stats:
Brewery: Harpoon Brewery
Alcohol: 6.80%
Serving: Bottle, 22 oz.
Style: American Pale Wheat Ale, BJCP Style Guide
Appearance: 4.0 | Smell: 3.5| Taste: 3.5 | Mouthfeel: 4.0 | Drinkability: 4.0
Overall: 3.7
Pours a clear, dark copper. Topped by a fluffy, cohesive, beige head that fades to a film leaving patchy lace. The aroma is malty with notes of caramel, toffee and maple syrup. A bit of leafy hops appear on the swirl.
A light, bready sweetness upfront builds in sweetness in the center with caramel malts and maple syrup. There's a light spiciness towards the finish, which is lightly bitter. Medium-bodied with a good amount of carbonation.
Malty, but balanced. There's not so much maple syrup so as to make the beer overwhelmingly sweet, but it could have used a bit more to add a bit more maple flavor, which was mild overall.
Labels: American Pale Wheat Ale, Harpoon Brewery
443. John Harvard's West Side Wheat
I had dinner at John Harvard's tonight. They had West Side Wheat on tap, which I hadn't had before, so I gave it a try. It was served in a standard pint glass. I had a photo from my camera phone, but it was pretty blurry so I won't post it.
Beer Stats:
Brewery: John Harvard's Brew House
Alcohol: ?
Serving: Draft, 16 oz.
Style: American Pale Wheat Ale, BJCP Style Guide
Appearance (4.0): Pours a very cloudy pale straw color. It's topped by a thin sudsy white head that clings to the side of the glass.
Smell (3.5): Light citrus, grain, and floral hops.
Taste (3.5): Bready, powdery yeast, with a light tartness in the center. The finish is grainy with a nice hop bitterness.
Mouthfeel (4.0): Light-bodied, tingly carbonation, with a lightly dry finish.
Drinkability (4.5): Light and refreshing with a pleasant hop bitterness.
Overall (3.75): American Pale Wheat Ales aren't one of my favorite styles, but this one was good with a nice hop bitterness in the finish.
I had dinner at John Harvard's tonight. They had West Side Wheat on tap, which I hadn't had before, so I gave it a try. It was served in a standard pint glass. I had a photo from my camera phone, but it was pretty blurry so I won't post it.
Beer Stats:
Brewery: John Harvard's Brew House
Alcohol: ?
Serving: Draft, 16 oz.
Style: American Pale Wheat Ale, BJCP Style Guide
Appearance (4.0): Pours a very cloudy pale straw color. It's topped by a thin sudsy white head that clings to the side of the glass.
Smell (3.5): Light citrus, grain, and floral hops.
Taste (3.5): Bready, powdery yeast, with a light tartness in the center. The finish is grainy with a nice hop bitterness.
Mouthfeel (4.0): Light-bodied, tingly carbonation, with a lightly dry finish.
Drinkability (4.5): Light and refreshing with a pleasant hop bitterness.
Overall (3.75): American Pale Wheat Ales aren't one of my favorite styles, but this one was good with a nice hop bitterness in the finish.
Labels: American Pale Wheat Ale, John Harvard's, Reviews
Both of these beers came in the Magic Hat mixed 12-pack that I bought at Downtown Wine & Spirits before Belgium Comes to Cooperstown. I had the Circus Boy Thursday night and the Hocus Pocus Friday night. I let both warm slightly and served them in my UFO Weizen glass.
422. Circus Boy
Beer Stats:
Brewery: Magic Hat Brewing Company
Alcohol: 5.00%
Serving: Bottle, 12 oz
Style: American Pale Wheat Ale, BJCP Style Guide
Appearance (3.5): Pours a hazy straw golden with a creamy fluffy white head.
Smell (3.5): Yeasty, grainy, light citrus, sweet but subtle bubblegum.
Taste (3.0): Grainy wheat, citric tartness, with a lemon zest bitterness.
Mouthfeel (3.5): Light-bodied, low carbonation that still manages to give a tingling sensation
Drinkability (4.0): Light and refreshing.
Overall (3.35): An okay beer, an easy drinker, but lacking in flavor.
423. Hocus Pocus
Beer Stats:
Brewery: Magic Hat Brewing Company
Alcohol: 5.00%
Serving: Bottle, 12 oz
Style: American Pale Wheat Ale, BJCP Style Guide
Appearance (3.0): Pours a lightly hazy pale straw, topped by a fluffy white head that slowly recedes.
Smell (3.0): Grainy wheat, tart citrus, very minimal.
Taste (3.5): Light citric tartness, coarse graininess, fruity apple in the finish. Bitterness is present, but is very low.
Mouthfeel (3.0): Light-bodied, low-carbonation, tingly, a tad watery.
Drinkability (4.0): Light refreshing and pretty easy to drink, a good hot weather beer.
Overall (3.3): This beer is a little lacking in the flavor department, but it's not bad for something light and refreshing.
422. Circus Boy
Beer Stats:
Brewery: Magic Hat Brewing Company
Alcohol: 5.00%
Serving: Bottle, 12 oz
Style: American Pale Wheat Ale, BJCP Style Guide
Appearance (3.5): Pours a hazy straw golden with a creamy fluffy white head.
Smell (3.5): Yeasty, grainy, light citrus, sweet but subtle bubblegum.
Taste (3.0): Grainy wheat, citric tartness, with a lemon zest bitterness.
Mouthfeel (3.5): Light-bodied, low carbonation that still manages to give a tingling sensation
Drinkability (4.0): Light and refreshing.
Overall (3.35): An okay beer, an easy drinker, but lacking in flavor.
423. Hocus Pocus
Beer Stats:
Brewery: Magic Hat Brewing Company
Alcohol: 5.00%
Serving: Bottle, 12 oz
Style: American Pale Wheat Ale, BJCP Style Guide
Appearance (3.0): Pours a lightly hazy pale straw, topped by a fluffy white head that slowly recedes.
Smell (3.0): Grainy wheat, tart citrus, very minimal.
Taste (3.5): Light citric tartness, coarse graininess, fruity apple in the finish. Bitterness is present, but is very low.
Mouthfeel (3.0): Light-bodied, low-carbonation, tingly, a tad watery.
Drinkability (4.0): Light refreshing and pretty easy to drink, a good hot weather beer.
Overall (3.3): This beer is a little lacking in the flavor department, but it's not bad for something light and refreshing.
Labels: American Pale Wheat Ale, Magic Hat Brewing Company, Reviews
I went to The Muddy Charles, an on campus pub, to watch the Germany vs. Italy World Cup game this afternoon. I had a couple of beers and watched the game with some classmates I ran into.
163. Samuel Adams Summer Ale
Beer Stats:
Brewery: Boston Beer Company
Alcohol: 5.20%
Serving: Draft, 16 oz.
Style: American Pale Wheat Ale
Appearance (4.0): Pours a brilliant hazy golden with a thick white head that fades and persists as a thin layer.
Smell (3.0): Light citric/lemon fruitiness and a light grainy aroma.
Taste (3.5): Lemon tartness, light sweetness. The finish is grainy and spicy with a very slight bitterness.
Mouthfeel (3.5): Tingly carbonation, oily, light dryness.
Drinkability (4.0): Refreshing.
Overall (3.75): Not an amazing beer, but nice enough. Definitely good for a hot and humid day.
397. Redhook IPA
Beer Stats:
Brewery: Redhook Ale Brewery
Alcohol: 6.51%
Serving: Draft, 16 oz.
Style: American IPA, BJCP Style Guide
Appearance (3.5): Pours a clear amber with a thin creamy head.
Smell (3.5): Strong piney hop aromas, light fruity malts appear upon swirling.
Taste (3.0): A strong resiny hop bitterness is present throughout. Light toasty and fruity malts provide balance.
Mouthfeel (3.5): Oily and medium-bodied.
Drinkability (3.5): Easy enough to drink.
Overall (3.3): Not that bad, but not that good.
163. Samuel Adams Summer Ale
Beer Stats:
Brewery: Boston Beer Company
Alcohol: 5.20%
Serving: Draft, 16 oz.
Style: American Pale Wheat Ale
Appearance (4.0): Pours a brilliant hazy golden with a thick white head that fades and persists as a thin layer.
Smell (3.0): Light citric/lemon fruitiness and a light grainy aroma.
Taste (3.5): Lemon tartness, light sweetness. The finish is grainy and spicy with a very slight bitterness.
Mouthfeel (3.5): Tingly carbonation, oily, light dryness.
Drinkability (4.0): Refreshing.
Overall (3.75): Not an amazing beer, but nice enough. Definitely good for a hot and humid day.
397. Redhook IPA
Beer Stats:
Brewery: Redhook Ale Brewery
Alcohol: 6.51%
Serving: Draft, 16 oz.
Style: American IPA, BJCP Style Guide
Appearance (3.5): Pours a clear amber with a thin creamy head.
Smell (3.5): Strong piney hop aromas, light fruity malts appear upon swirling.
Taste (3.0): A strong resiny hop bitterness is present throughout. Light toasty and fruity malts provide balance.
Mouthfeel (3.5): Oily and medium-bodied.
Drinkability (3.5): Easy enough to drink.
Overall (3.3): Not that bad, but not that good.
Labels: American IPA, American Pale Wheat Ale, Boston Beer Company, Redhook Ale Brewery, Reviews
