Three beers to update on tonight (for the record, watching Old School for like the 137th time - Frank the Tank is describing his nice little Saturday at this very moment).
Ommegang Abbey Ale (Rating = 4)
I've actually had this one before. The brewery is based in Cooperstown and is owned by Duvel. We went there a few years back with a friend of mine - a nice little weekend with the brewery visit, a visit to the Baseball HOF and a great dinner. The beers here were really great. Since then, we've seen Ommegang starting to appear all over. They had a beer and food pairing a while back at the local liquor store out here (shout out to Julio's in Westborough) and now they actually have six packs in the store, in addition to the large format bottles that are cool.
This is a solid entry from Ommegang - tasty, with some heft to it (8.5% alcohol). It's dark, but not a porter - pretty good stuff.
Fuller's ESB (Rating = 4.0)
Another brew that stirs up some of my old London days for school and work. This just screams "traditional london beer". It's got some hops, a little bitter, but has some fruity flavor as well. Very easy drinking beer. Apparently it was originally brewed as a winter beer, but is now a regular beer for all seasons. Classic British beer - worth checking out.
Sierra Nevada Kellerweis Hefeweizen (Rating = 3.5)
I had this one last week, but forgot to post about it. I like Sierra Nevada's standard entry. This one was a bit of a summer version - it had the interesting smell and subtle taste of banana. Not bad, but again, won't be knocking down doors to get it again.
Beers down: 14
Beers to go: 987
Here is the updated spreadsheet.
Ommegang Abbey Ale (Rating = 4)
I've actually had this one before. The brewery is based in Cooperstown and is owned by Duvel. We went there a few years back with a friend of mine - a nice little weekend with the brewery visit, a visit to the Baseball HOF and a great dinner. The beers here were really great. Since then, we've seen Ommegang starting to appear all over. They had a beer and food pairing a while back at the local liquor store out here (shout out to Julio's in Westborough) and now they actually have six packs in the store, in addition to the large format bottles that are cool.
This is a solid entry from Ommegang - tasty, with some heft to it (8.5% alcohol). It's dark, but not a porter - pretty good stuff.
Fuller's ESB (Rating = 4.0)
Another brew that stirs up some of my old London days for school and work. This just screams "traditional london beer". It's got some hops, a little bitter, but has some fruity flavor as well. Very easy drinking beer. Apparently it was originally brewed as a winter beer, but is now a regular beer for all seasons. Classic British beer - worth checking out.
Sierra Nevada Kellerweis Hefeweizen (Rating = 3.5)
I had this one last week, but forgot to post about it. I like Sierra Nevada's standard entry. This one was a bit of a summer version - it had the interesting smell and subtle taste of banana. Not bad, but again, won't be knocking down doors to get it again.
Beers down: 14
Beers to go: 987
Here is the updated spreadsheet.
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