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8 Yankee Brew News December 2012/January 2013 By Gregg Glaser This issue’s tasting panel covered a wide range of ales and lagers. The panel consisted of Pete Reid (Modern Brewery Age), Greg Zannella (Northeast Beverages), Tom Conti (Conti Designs & Graphics) and Gregg Glaser (Yankee Brew News). The reviews are a distillation of the panelists’ comments. Harpoon Grateful Harvest Cranberry Ale, 5.9% Harpoon Brewery, Boston, Mass. 12-oz bottles fresh cranberries local harvested at A.D. Makepeace in Wareham, Mass. A red ale with an aroma of real cranberries plus malt — not sweet but fresh, bright and inviting. Cranberry flavor is much less than expected, and there’s no juicy sweetness. Instead, there’s malt, tart cranberry flavor and tannins. Well done. Samuel Adams White Christmas, 5.8% Boston Beer Co., Boston, Mass. 12-oz bottles unfiltered white ale with cinnamon, nutmeg & orange peel A cloudy gold color with a huge aroma of nutmeg plus a bit of cinnamon. The nutmeg is also big in the flavor along with cinnamon and a spicy dryness. No citrus or hop flavors detected. Dirty Blonde Ale, 5.3% Adirondack Brewery, Lake George, N.Y. 12-oz bottles unfiltered wheat ale A gold beer with a lovely, fresh citrusy hop aroma that continues into the first sip. There’s hop bitterness in the flavor and into the dry finish with malt sweetness in the middle. This is an excellent session beer. New Albion Ale, 6.0% New Albion Brewing (Boston Beer Co.), Boston, Mass. 12-oz bottles & draft first brewed in 1976 by Jack McAuliffe; re-brewed by Boston Beer Co. for a 2013 release A dark gold beer with an aroma of sweet malt and faint floral hops. Malty sweet in the taste along with violets and potpourri. Hop Session Ale, 5.0% White Birch Brewing, Hooksett, N.H. 22-oz bottles & draft An amber beer with lots of malt in the aroma plus soft, citrusy hops. Lots of hop flavor and bitterness with a dry, bitter hop finish. Soft in the mouthfeel. Some toffee in the middle and a dry finish. Winterhook, 6.0% Redhook Ale Brewery, Portsmouth, N.H. 12-oz & draft A dark amber beer with a lovely, inviting, clean, malty aroma. The flavor is balanced between clean malt sweetness, some roasted malts, toffee and a touch of cardamom noted by one person. Belgian Style Pale Ale, 6.7% White Birch Brewing, Hooksett, N.H. 22-oz bottles & draft A light amber beer with an aroma of sweet candy and a trace of hops. The flavor is not at all too sweet (a bit of caramel), and the hop bitterness stands out nicely with a hint of Belgian yeast spiciness. Nobel hops are prevalent. Quite drinkable. Someone said, “The cookie part of a wafer cookie.” Saranac Red IPA, 6.0% Matt Brewing, Utica, N.Y. 12-oz bottles & draft An amber beer with an aroma of earthy hops. Malt sweetness in the middle with hop bitterness in the flavor and finish. Samuel Adams Latitude 48 - 2013, 6.0% Boston Beer Co., Boston, Mass. 12-oz bottles (available in February) hops from the 48th Latitude An amber beer with an earthy, wet pine and slightly fruity aroma. This is a “hop-pourri” ale with earthy pine dominating and floral flavors in the background. There’s enough malt flavor and body to carry the hoppiness. The finish is dry and muted. Black Watch IPA, 6.8% Adirondack Brewery, Lake George, N.Y. 12-oz bottles & draft An almost black beer with an aroma where the hops shoot out of the glass with citrus (grapefruit) plus bubblegum, roasted malt and coffee — it’s all good. The flavor has tons of grapefruit plus roasted grains and dryness from the malts, which carries through to the finish. The hoppy dryness lingers. “Roasted grapefruit,” someone said. Flavorful and quite good. Saranac High Peaks Wet Hop IPA, 7.0% Matt Brewing, Utica, N.Y. 22-oz bottles & draft Wrobel Farms hops (New York heirloom) A pale amber beer with a subtle hop aroma with a touch of spice. Soft and easy to drink with malt sweetness and some hop flavor. The finish is also soft with not too much bitterness. The high ABV wasn’t noticeable; it’s a sessionable high ABV beer, if such a thing exists. Tastes more like a pale ale than an IPA.
Big Hoppy Double IPA, 8.5% The Cambridge House Beer Co. of CT (brewed at Paper City Brewery, Holyoke, Mass.) 22-oz bottles A medium amber beer with a big, sticky hop aroma plus malty sweet and evident alcohol. The taste has hop bitterness from the beginning to the finish, and it increases along the way. A medium body and a bitter, dry lingering finish. The alcohol is not too hot — this drinks easy for 8.5%. Hooksett Ale, 7.5% White Birch Brewing, Hooksett, N.H. 22-oz bottles Belgian-style IPA An amber beer with a clean, hoppy, sweet and floral “Belgian” aroma. Alcohol jumps out at the beginning. Then there’s sweet malt, that “Belgian ale” sweetness (not too much) and a pleasant body and mouthfeel. Well balanced. Dries nicely towards the finish in a beautiful way. A good beer. Narragansett Porter, 7.0% Narragansett Brewery, Providence, R.I. 16-oz cans An almost black beer with a roasty, sweet, coffee and chocolate aroma — all good. The flavor has coffee, lots of roasted malt, malt sweetness and a dry/roasty finish. A full body. Redhook Double Black Stout, 7.0% Redhook Ale Brewery, Portsmouth, N.H. 12-oz bottles & draft (with Farm Direct Caffe Vita coffee) A black beer with a wonderful espresso aroma. The coffee flavors are well balanced with the stout — it’s all there plus roasted malt and coffee bitterness. It needs whipped cream. Well liked. Fluxus, 7.7% Allagash Brewing, Portland, Maine 750-ml bottles a blend of barley and spelt with DeDolle yeast (Belgian) plus pink and green peppercorns Goodness, we all loved this beer. It’s gold with an aroma that’s lovely — spicy, sweet, peppery plus bubblegum. Sweetness coats the palate with a spicy undercurrent and tons of flavor. Peppery in the back of the flavor and the finish. Sippable and world-class. Tasty with a nice alcohol warmth. Excellent to go with or cook with mussels. This beer screams for food. Back East Imperial Stout, 10.5% Back East Brewing, Bloomfield, Conn. 750-ml bottles & draft A black stout with an aroma of alcohol, sweetness and roasted grains. There’s lots of rich roastiness in the flavor along with malt sweetness, alcohol and a dry bitterness throughout. Well balanced, tasty and good all the way. Samuel Adams Merry Mischief, 9.0% Boston Beer Co., Boston, Mass. 750-ml bottles gingerbread stout with cinnamon, clove & nutmeg A black beer with an aroma that’s all ginger and with ginger and clove in the flavor, although the stout is there in the background. The 9.0% ABV is well hidden. Finishes with a bit of malt sweetness to clean the palate of the ginger. Jewbelation Sweet 16, 16% Schmaltz-He’Brew Brewing, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 12- & 22-oz bottles & draft A 16-degrees of blackness beer with an aroma to the 16th with dates, prunes, fruit soaked in alcohol — and more alcohol soaked in alcohol. The first taste is super rich with sweetness and then those 16 malts darken it to balance the sweetness. A huge body and mouthfeel with equally huge alcohol warmth. Blackberry brandy — times 16. 7th Sunday February 17, 2013 COMMERICIAL BREWERS! Submit your samples of your barleywine for judging. No entry fee. Registration Deadline: Feb. 8 Beer Deadline: Feb. 13 For more info and entry form log onto www.brewingnews.com/barleywine www.brewingnews.com 9
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