March 31 Tasting Recap

Wow! What a big tasting. Here's the full list:
Ellicottville Brewing Co White Winter
Ellicottville Brewing Co Blueberry Wheat
Ithaca Beer CoCasca Zilla Red Ale
Ithaca Beer Co Apricot Wheat
Southern Tier Brewing Co Eurotrash Pilz
Southern Tier Brewing Co Phin and Matt's Extraordinary Ale
Great Lakes Brewing Co Edmund Fitzgerald Porter
Great Lakes Brewing Co Burning River Pale Ale
Brooklyn Winter Ale
Goose Island Honker's Ale
Harpoon Celtic Irish Red
Saranac White IPA
Saranac Black Forest
Lazy Magnolia Southern Pecan
O'Fallon Cherry Chocolate Beer
Schlafly Coffee Stout
Li'l Lucy's Hot Pepper Ale
O'Fallon Hemp Hop Rye
W'11 KGB
Yuengling Lager
Oskar Blues Deviant Dale's IPA
2010 Oskar Blues Ten Fidy
2011 Oskar Blues Ten Fidy
2011 Freetail La Muerta
Freetail Witticus
2008 Rogue Imperial Stout
Dogfish Head Aprihop
Indian Wells Lobo Bock
Abita Root Beer
Leffe Blonde
Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat
1997 Sam Adams Triple Bock
Leinenkugel's Big Eddy Imperial Stout
2011 Harpoon Leviathan Barleywine
Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro
Hennepin Saison
Sam Adams Chocolate Bock
2010 Fuller's Vintage Ale
Monk's Cafe Flemish Sour Ale
Oskar Blues Deviant Dale
Austin Beerworks Black Thunder
Austin Beerworks Pearlsnap Pilsner
Homebrew Warp Speed Smoked Scottysh Ale brewed by James Machin



The Witticus and La Muerta were two of my favorites. Witticus was crisp and citrusy,spicy, and yeasty. The bottle boasts of it being a Super Saison. I would have to agree.
La Muerta was nice and thick with a strong presence of smoke and dark chocolate.

The Edmund Fitzgerald porter was delicious. Roasted grains and coffee were strong in both taste and smell. Fantastic porter.

We finally finished my bottle of 97 Triple Bock. As always, a confusing experience. Is it good? Is it bad? Maybe mankind will never know.



Li'l Lucy's Hot Pepper Ale was another crowd-pleaser. Crisp and bready on the front with a wash of spice at the end. This beer was probably my favorite of the night, simply because it's so well done. Most pepper beers are either terribly under- or overwhelming. This one does it just right.

Abita Root Beer even made an appearance. Not because it's an actual beer, but because Abita is also a craft brewery. The root beer was mediocre in case you were wondering.

There were a few fruit beers there - the Blueberry Wheat, Apricot Wheat, Cherry Chocolate, and Aprihop.
The Blueberry Wheat and Cherry Chocolate beer were a bit too fruity for me. Smells of paint and band-aids were attributed to the Cherry Chocolate. I wasn't a fan of either one.
The Aprihop was surprisingly good. I've stayed away from apricots because memories of elementary school lunches and rubbery apricots have been burned into my memory. But I digress from my point. The Aprihop was good. The Apricot Wheat, not so much.

The 08 Rogue Imperial Stout was delicious, though maybe a little past it's prime.


It's a shame I can't buy Saranac Black Forest, Great Lakes Burning River, and Southern Tier Eurotrash Pilz. All of these stood out against the rest.




Thanks to everybody who brought beer and food and joined us for a great time. See you guys next month!