Wednesday, June 26, 2013

High Trail Honey Ale

Vancouver Island Brewery. Victoria, BC.
6.5/10. A sweeter version of their pale ale. Not horrible.

Marooned on Hog Island Stout

21st Amendment Brewery. San Francisco, CA
9/10. Like coffee and beer and butter. Very creamy. Made with Hog Island Sweetwater oyster shells. 

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Older Viscosity American Dark Strong Ale

Port Brewing Co. San Marco, CA
9/10. Really, really good, chocolates and barleys. Very silky. A good treat beer as it is also expensive.

Cheakamus Chai-Maple Ale

Whistler Brewing Company. Whistler, BC.
4/10. Not Christopher's favorite. Way too many sweet flavours mixed together. Shonna liked it a little more- but just a tiny bit more.  

Half & Half #1

Harp Lager & Guinness.
6/10. Tastes the same a Kilkenny so you might as well drink a Kilkenny.

Ursus Spelaeus Belgian Style Imperial Stout

Sound Brewery. Poulsbo, WA
9.5/10. Really good. Really, really good. Like chocolate and toffee and hops. Packs a punch though.

Abt 12 Abbey Ale


St. Bernardus Brewery. Watou, Belgium.
7/10. A good trappiste beer, fruity flavours, smells like flowers.

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Black & Tan #2

Black & Tan #2. Guinness & Bowen Island Cream Ale
9/10.  Shonna's favorite version of the Black & tan- but just add a wee bit of Guinness.

Sun Chaser Cream Ale

-Bowen Island Brewery. Bowen Island, BC
-9/10.  Really wish they had kept their old packaging.  It was formally an Irish Cream Ale but it is a great delicious summer alternative to winter ale - so perhaps they are right on the money with the new name.

Indian Brown Ale


-Dogfish Head Brewery, Milton DE
-8/10.  Much more flavor than a normal brown ale.

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Kiwanda Cream Ale

Pelican Pub & Brewing Co. Pacific City, OR
-4/10 . A little too light and flavorless for us.

AleSmith Nut Brown

AleSmith Brewing Co. San Deigo, CA
6/10. Pretty much like every other Nut Brown Ale.

Black & Tan #1

Guinness & Kilkenny Black & Tan
-7/10. Like Guinness Light.


Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Laughing Dog Cream Ale

Laughing Dog Brewing, Ponderay, ID
5/10. Shonna says........Just OK.

big al Smoked Porter

Big Al Brewing. Seattle, WA
6/10. Like someone dropped a perfectly nice porter into a campfire. Not really in a good way.

Kilkenny Irish Cream

Guinness & Co Brewing. Dublin, Ireland
-7/10. The Guinness of the summer. An ale without the carbon bubbles.  

Thursday, June 6, 2013

CoCoNut PorTeR

-Maui Brewing Co. Lahaina, Maui, HI
-9/10. Christopher loves the combo of the sweetness of coconut combined with the slight sourness of a porter. A perfect summer porter.

Tokyo Black Porter

-Yoho Brewing Co. Nagano, Japan
-7/10. Crisp & refreshing, more like a dark lager than a porter. Kinda expensive though.

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Wake Up Dead Imperial Stout

-Left Hand Brewing Co. Longmont, CO
-6/10. OK. I like the Howe Sound Imperial stouts better. Nice label. 

Koko Brown

-Kona Brewing Co. Kona, HI
-10/10. Liquid Aloha. To Shonna, this is the perfect beer. There is a true aftertaste of coconut. Much better when enjoyed on the beaches of Oahu.  Only available until April.

Nitro Milk Stout

-Left Hand Brewing Co. Longmont, Colorado.
-7/10. Fun to pour, tastes like a sour Guinness. Smooooooooth.