Day 11:
Phillips Dr. Funk Dunkel - Quite good by domestic standards, right up there with a fresh Denison's on-tap.
3.75 (BA=3.31; RB=3.1; UT=3.63)
Newport Storm India Point Ale - This doesn't have the aroma and late-hop flavour of some contemporary brews, but there's a solid bitterness and a classic hopping, with a nice crisp finish. A really good drinker... wish I had more!
4 (BA=3.86; RB=3.22; UT=3.33)
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Beer Advent Calendars
Day 10:
Phillips Phoenix Gold Lager - more body & flavour than a macro brew, easy drinking, but not very enticing.
3 (BA=3.5; RB=2.54; UT=3.330
Back Forty Truck Stop Honey Brown - Like many North American Honey Brown's, this is barely brown at all, light honey sweetness. I wonder if they use Gambrinus Honey Malt.
3 (BA=3.56; RB=2.88; UT=3.41)
Day 19:
Newport Storm Blueberry - It's alright for what it is, has some nice blueberry aroma & flavour, but basically a fizzy blonde ale with no other character or head.
2.75 (BA=3.3; RB=2.87; UT=3.31)
Phillips Skookum Cascadian Brown Ale - The original Black Toque was the first regularly bottled Cascadian Dark Ale. It confused a few people and Beer Advocate even had it listed as a British IPA for many years. Eventually they tweaked the recipe and rebranded it as Skookum (local Chinook jargon that has come to mean impressive/awesome/well-done), but I don't why the marketing geniuses went with CBA? It's still a Skookum brew, but no longer available in bombers.
4 (BA=3.9; RB=3.53; UT=3.55)
That's it, they're done!
I'm planning to review these ratings at some point, but in the mean time, here's some reflections from another blog:
http://hopscanary.blogspot.ca/2013/12/c ... endar.html
Phillips Phoenix Gold Lager - more body & flavour than a macro brew, easy drinking, but not very enticing.
3 (BA=3.5; RB=2.54; UT=3.330
Back Forty Truck Stop Honey Brown - Like many North American Honey Brown's, this is barely brown at all, light honey sweetness. I wonder if they use Gambrinus Honey Malt.
3 (BA=3.56; RB=2.88; UT=3.41)
Day 19:
Newport Storm Blueberry - It's alright for what it is, has some nice blueberry aroma & flavour, but basically a fizzy blonde ale with no other character or head.
2.75 (BA=3.3; RB=2.87; UT=3.31)
Phillips Skookum Cascadian Brown Ale - The original Black Toque was the first regularly bottled Cascadian Dark Ale. It confused a few people and Beer Advocate even had it listed as a British IPA for many years. Eventually they tweaked the recipe and rebranded it as Skookum (local Chinook jargon that has come to mean impressive/awesome/well-done), but I don't why the marketing geniuses went with CBA? It's still a Skookum brew, but no longer available in bombers.
4 (BA=3.9; RB=3.53; UT=3.55)
That's it, they're done!
I'm planning to review these ratings at some point, but in the mean time, here's some reflections from another blog:
http://hopscanary.blogspot.ca/2013/12/c ... endar.html
