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Featured Beers - February 2013
Featured Brewery & Beer |
The U.S. Microbrewed Beer Club
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The U.S. and International Variety Beer Club
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The Hop-Heads Beer Club
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The International Beer Club
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The Rare Beer Club®
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4 styles: 12 bottles |
4 styles: 12 bottles |
3 styles: 12 bottles |
2 styles: 12 bottles |
2 styles: 2, 4 or 6 btls |
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Blue Mountain Barrel House - Chocolate & Coffee Aged Dark Hollow | |||||||||||||||
Birra San Martino - La Gold | |||||||||||||||
Anadolu Efes Brewery - Efes Pilsener | |||||||||||||||
Hofbrauhaus Wolters - Wolters Fest-Bier | |||||||||||||||
Sea Dog Brewing Company - Hazelnut Porter | |||||||||||||||
Sea Dog Brewing Company - India Pale Ale | |||||||||||||||
Lake Placid Craft Brewing Company - Barkeater Amber | |||||||||||||||
Lake Placid Craft Brewing Company - Ubu Ale |
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- ABV: 5.6%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 32
- Serving Temperature: 50-55°F
- Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
- Hops: Perle, Willamette
- Malts: 2-Row British Pale, Crystal, Chocolate, Munich
- Country: United States
Sea Dog’s Hazelnut Porter is brewed with an infusion of natural hazelnut flavor to complement the roasty flavors emblematic of the porter style – a pairing that makes sense given the popularity of hazelnut coffee. We found that this interesting approach to a porter does indeed work out quite well. An attractive brew, it offers up a deep, dark brown color with garnet hues at the edge of the glass when held to the light. The hazelnut aroma is most certainly...
- ABV: 5.4%
- Serving Temperature: 45-50°F
- Suggested Glassware: Mug or Stein
- Country: Germany
Wolters Fest-Bier pours a light coppery-amber color with a large, pillowy head from an aggressive pour. On the nose, look for notes of lightly toasted bread, biscuits, mildly fruity Munich malts, and a touch of honey sweetness. Overlaying the malts are some herbal and grassy noble hop aromas, providing a very German character, along with a touch of fruit hinting toward apple flesh. On the palate, the beer comes across fairly round and medium bodied...
- Notable Ingredients: Chestnut Honey, Millefiori Honey
- Style: Strong Honey Bock
- ABV: 7.6%
- Serving Temperature: 45-50° F
- Suggested Glassware: Flute or Snifter
- Country: Switzerland
La Gold, at first glance, seems like a curious thing: a honey-infused bock beer, produced in Switzerland. The honey addition makes more immediate sense when one thinks in terms of the traditional focus of potent dark lagers: caramel, dried fruit, toasted cereal… all of which readily compliment the inclusion of a honeyed sweetness. And when it comes to the idea of a world-class German-style lager hailing from Switzerland… Well, one could easily point...
- ABV: 5.8%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 49
- Serving Temperature: 45-50°F
- Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
- Hops: Fuggle
- Malts: 2-Row British Pale, Crystal, Malted Wheat
- Country: United States
Sea Dog has produced an IPA for many moons, but this particular beer is a new recipe, and we were fortunate enough to taste it alongside the previous version for comparison. Now a touch lighter in color than before, Sea Dog’s IPA presents a clear, light amber copper hue on the pour, with a plentiful, creamy head. A pleasant aroma of caramel malt is apparent, with a lightly toasty quality, a nicely spicy and floral hop note, and some mild buttery undercurrents...
- Notable Ingredients: Cocoa Nibs, Coffee
- Style: Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout with Cocoa Nibs & Coffee
- ABV: 10%
- Serving Temperature: 50-55° F
- Suggested Glassware: Snifter, Tulip, or Oversized Wine Glass
- Country: United States
Blue Mountain’s Chocolate & Coffee Aged Dark Hollow is a limited-edition twist on their flagship imperial stout. For us, this beer embodies what Taylor and Blue Mountain bring to the glass: nuanced barrel contributions, pinpoint balance, and a creative approach that takes the bourbon-barrel-imperial-stout archetype and spins it in a wholly different direction. With all the recent attention paid to this sub-style by brewers (including countless combinations...
- ABV: 5.1%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 34
- Serving Temperature: 45-50°F
- Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
- Hops: Fuggle, Cascade, Centennial
- Malts: Munich, Crystal, Chocolate
- Country: United States
Amber ales are a bit of a catch-all category in some ways, as examples of the style vary widely in their approach. We like what the folks at Lake Placid have done with theirs. Barkeater enticed us from the pour, presenting a rich, brownish-amber color topped with plenty of dense beige foam. There’s some complexity on the nose; we picked up nice touches of caramel/crystal malt, light brown sugar, and fairly prominent toasty notes, along with a...
- ABV: 5.0%
- Serving Temperature: 43-48°F
- Suggested Glassware: Pilsner Glass
- Country: Turkey
The name Efes has been synonymous with beer in Turkey since their Pilsener hit the scene in 1969. Made with malts produced in Efes’s own malteries, this brew presents a quintessential German-style pilsner appearance in the glass: pure golden in color with nice clarity, capped by a bright white head of foam that drops some lace as it recedes. On the nose, expect a lightly sweet pils malt aroma, while the noble hops offer up a fairly grassy and...
- ABV: 6.5%
- Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 42
- Serving Temperature: 47-55°F
- Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
- Hops: Cluster, Willamette
- Malts: 2-Row Pale, Crystal 45, Chocolate
- Country: United States
This English-style Strong Ale was a Gold Medal winner at the World Beer Championships, and it’s easy to see why. On the pour, expect a rich, dark, brownish-red color with a moderate tan head that leaves nice lacing as you drink it down. Quite aromatic on the nose, you can tell it’s a malt-driven brew right away with deep, toasty, bready aromas with a nutty and lightly woody undertone. On the palate, a big, rich malt profile offers up notes of bread, caramel...
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