Bottleshare Thursdays: 2013

This is the list of Beers that we've already tried. They are organized by style firstly, and then my alphabetical order according to Brewing Company.

Light Lager: 6
Asahi Brewing Company Asahi Super Dry    5.0% ABV   7.8
Japanese Rice Lager
Aroma: melon, smells of a winter morning
Flavor: super dry, really carbonated, bubbly, dry almost eliminates all after tastes, sharp and thin

Brasserie de Tahiti's Hinano    5.0% ABV    4.75
American Adjunct Lager
Aroma: honey, sweet
Flavor: mild bitter

Kirin Brewing Company Ichiban    5.0% ABV 4.83
Pale Lager
Aroma: metal
Flavor: sharp bite

Thai Beverage's Chang 5.0% ABV    6.83
Golden Lager
Aroma: lavender, brown rice, sweet, pronounced honey
Flavor: lavender, subtle tart finish

Tsingtao Brewing Co Tsingtao    4.8% ABV 7.3
Pale Lager
Aroma: corn, metal
Flavor: metal aftertaste, not very carbonated, lemon zest kick, crisp, pretty bitter for compared lagers.

United Breweries Flying Horse    4.7% ABV 2.6
American Adjunct Lager
Aroma: honey, tamarindo
Flavor: honey, copper

Pilsner: 1
United Breweries (Bombay Brewing Co.) Maharaja    5.0% ABV 4.58
Pilsner
Aroma: honey, brown rice, hot alchohol
Flavor: musky

European Amber Lager: 1
Ayinger Brewery's (Brauerei Aying) Märzen Oktoberfest    5.8% ABV   7.67
Märzen/Oktoberfest
Aroma: malty, sweet, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, and yams
Taste: malty, wheaty, crisp, low bitterness, no hop character

Dark Lager: 1
Bitburger Braugruppe's Kostritzer Schwarzbier 4.8% ABV   8.5
Schwarzbier
Aroma: coffee, roasty, caramel, burnt honey
Taste: smooth, full, creamy but light and very drinkable

Bock: 2
Shmaltz Brewing Company Coney Island Human Blockhead   10% ABV   7.2
Dopplebock
Aroma: malty, hot alchohol, raisins
Flavor: malty, very hot, honey dew, intense burn, honey, oak, raisins

Weisses Bräuhaus G. Schneider Aventinus Weizen Eisbock    12% ABV 7.9
Eisbock
Aroma: red wine
Flavor: malty, a tiny hot, no bitterness, no hop flavor, fruity, raspberries, banana, creamy, stone fruit: raisins, prunes

Light Hybrid Beer: 3
Anderson Valley Summer Solstice    5.0% ABV 8.5
Cream Ale
Aroma: sweet, malty, subtle brown sugar, raisins, Whopper™ like aroma
Flavor: tastes like alcoholic cream soda, subtle creaminess with a huge carbonic bite, soda-like, no hops, no bitterness

Ballast Point Pale Ale 5.2% ABV 7.25
Kölsch
Aroma: yeasty, corona smell, smells metallic (1 year past enjoy by date)
Flavor: Bitter in taste, but no hop character, typical of Kölsch. subtle citrus hints, slightly hazy and huge wheat flavor.

Greene King's Wexford Irish Cream Ale 5.0% ABV 7.75
Cream Ale
Aroma: malty, subtle sweet, metallic, creamy, no hop aroma
Flavor: huge creamy silky mouthfeel, great head, great lacing, subtle bitterness on tongue

Amber Hybrid Beer: 2
Gasthaus-Brauerei Braustelle Freigeist Hoppeditz    7.5% ABV    8.63
Doppelsticke (Double) Altbier
Aroma: roasty, chocolate, oak character, malty
Flavor: malty and huge earthy hop character

Lucky Hand Brewing Company Cali Common     5.5% ABV    7.63
California Common
Aroma: sweet metallic
Flavor: creamy, rustic caramel, no hop aroma, low bitterness at the back end

English Pale Ale: 3
Red Hook Brewing Company ESB 5.8% ABV 8.35
Extra Special Bitter
Aroma: caramel, apricot, subtle sweetness
Flavor: carbonated, subtle maltiness, subtle moderate bitterness, no hops, buttery

Samuel Smith's Old Brewery Pale Ale   5% ABV    8.33
English Pale Ale
Aroma: grapejuice, mixed berries
Flavor: malty, mild bitterness subtle berry undertones

Wychwood Brewery Scarecrow Organic 4.7% ABV 5.42
English Pale Ale
Aroma: very faint light lager smell, subtle metallic
Flavor: low maltiness, no hop character, moderate bitterness and dry and grainy at the backend

Scottish and Irish Ale: 1
Belhaven Wee Heavy 6.5% ABV 9.7
Scottish Ale
Aroma: Malty, caramelized, peaty, smoky, earthy
Flavor: sweet, malty, smokey, honeydew

American Ale: 2
Blue Frog Brewing Company Red Frog Ale 6.5% ABV 7.58
Amber/Red Ale
Aroma: malty, hoppy, roasty, caramelized
Flavor: hot alcohol, really bitter for a red, dehydrating, tart, malty

Nectar Ales Humboldt Brown 5.6% ABV 7.67
American Brown Ale
Aroma: melon, roasty
Flavor: tea, roasty, melon, dry finish, clean

English Brown Ale: 1
Eagle Rock Brewing Company's Solidarity    3.8% ABV   7.25
Mild (Black)
Aroma: roasty, malty, sweet, smoky, earthy
Flavor: light body, heavily carbonated, thin, roasty

Porter: 5
Hanger 24 Chocolate Porter 8.0% ABV 7.5
American Porter
Aroma: chocolate
Flavor: chocolate, malty, slight bitterness, no hops, all around subtle beer

Samuel Adams (The Boston Beer Company) Dark Depths 7.6% ABV    7.95
Baltic Porter
Aroma: subtle roasty, moderate malty, no hop aroma
Flavor: moderate roasty, late moderate hop bitterness, subtle chocolate

Samuel Smith's Taddy Porter 5.0% ABV 8.63
English Porter
Aroma: raisins, well balance of roasty, smoky, malty and sweetness
Flavor: subtle raisins, roasty, smoky, malty, thing mouthfeel yet fulfilling

Southern Tier Brewing Company Plum Noir 8.0% ABV 8.88
Imperial Porter
Aroma: coffee, roasty, sweet, stone fruit
Flavor: coffee, roasty

Telegraph Brewing Co. Porter 5.7% ABV 6.41
American Porter
Aroma: after warming up, subtle roasty
Flavor: creamy, subtle roastiness, bitter, dry finish, very carbonated, dirty looking from bottle conditioning

Stout: 7
Bootleggers Brewing Company's Black Phoenix 6.7% ABV    7.00
Chipotle Stout
Aroma: sweet, coffee, roasty
Flavor: subtle coffee, roasty, chipotle

Clown Shoes' Chocolate Sombrero 9.0% ABV 8.58
Imperial Stout
Aroma: Chocolate, vanilla, hint of spice, sweet, syrupy, roasty
Flavor: alcohol forward, chocolate, cinnamon, spice, chile, very complex beer

Clown Shoes' Vampire Slayer    10.0% ABV    7.40
Imperial Stout
Aroma: sweet, syrupy, roasty, dark chocolate
Flavor: heavy, oak characteristics, subtle alcohol hotness, roasty, roasty bitterness, dry finish

Karl Strauss's Wreck Alley    9.5% ABV 8.4
Imperial Stout
Aroma: dark chocolate syrup, grape, coffee, tobacco
Flavor: toffee, chocolate, vanilla, coffee, espresso, no bitterness, no hop

Mission Brewing Company Dark Seas Imperial Chocolate Stout 9.8 % ABV 8.5
Imperial Stout
Aroma: Dark Chocolate, oak, roasty
Flavor: resembles Hersheys Dark Chocolate candy, dark chocolate, subtle hotness, smells like thick syrup

Rogue Chocolate Stout 6.0% ABV   8.50
Sweet/Milk Stout
Aroma: Smells much sweeter than it tastes; Dominant dark chocolate
Flavor: Dark chocolate, roast, very bitter (69 IBUs), creamy

Wells and Youngs Brewing Company Double Chocolate Stout 5.2% ABV 7.63
Sweet Stout
Aroma: chocolate, roasty, sweet
Flavor: chocolate, one dimensional, crisp, cinnamon, cocoa

India Pale Ale: 15
Alexander Brewing Company Green גרינ אלכסנדר
5.0% ABV 8.25
American IPA
Aroma: piney hop aroma, grapefruit, subtle mint
Flavor: piney hop characteristics, pleasant bitterness, simple mouthfeel, excellent carbonic hoppy bit and the end, excellent balanced IPA

Ballast Point Sculpin IPA    7.0% ABV 8.29
American IPA
Aroma: orange, grapefruit, citrusy, sweet
Flavor: piney, non-filtered, dry finish, creamy

Blue Frog Brewing Company Big DIPA 3 8.4% ABV 7.93
Imperial IPA
Aroma: prunes, copper, metallic
Flavor: malty, sweet, low bitterness, subtle piney hop profile, alcohol forward in throat

Dogfish Head Sixty-One    6.5% ABV 8.2
American IPA
Aroma: sweet, floral
Flavor: Dry finish, grapefruit

Dogfish Heady 75 Minute IPA 7.5% ABV 7.93
American IPA
Aroma: malty, caramel, apple, cider
Flavor: malty, sweet, apple cider, low bitterness, average hop character, dry finish

Firestone Brewing Company DoubleJack    9.5% ABV 8.9
Imperial IPA
Aroma: malty, hoppy, piney, citrusy
Flavor: malty, residual sweetness, piney hop character, clean, moderate to high bitterness, complimented with great maltiness

Firestone Brewing Company WookeyJack 8.3% ABV 9.67
Black IPA
Aroma: floral hops, tropical, guava
Flavor: hop character

Green Flash Brewing Company Hophead Red 7.0% ABV    7.57
American IPA
Aroma: subtle malty, subtle hops
Flavor: full bodied, hearty, high bitterness, low hop character

Knee Deep Brewing Company Simtra Triple 11.25% ABV 8.71
Imperial IPA
Aroma: fermenting beer, highly dry hopped
Flavor: hoppy, bitter, alcohol forward, very drinkable for high alcohol, smooth, floral hop profile

Lost Coast Brewing Company Indica 6.5% ABV 7.21
American IPA
Aroma: malty, flowery
Flavor: not a dry finish, low bitterness, low piney hop character

Shmaltz Brewing Company He'Brew Hop Manna    6.8% ABV 8.5
American IPA
Aroma: floral AND piney
Flavor: subtle bitterness, huge piney hop flavor, very one dimensional, very basic malt profile

Stone Brewing Company IPA 6.9% ABV 7.92
American IPA
Aroma: piney hop character, pineapple, tropical fruit
Flavor: high bitterness, high piney hop character, medium-high carbonation, moderate malty character

Stone Brewing Company 16th 10.0% ABV   5.5
Double/Imperial IPA
Aroma: Spice
Flavor: Spice, piney, bitter, sharp

Stone Brewing Company RuinTen    10.8% ABV 9.6
Double/Imperial IPA
Aroma: flowery, citrusy, piney
Flavor: very heavy malt background to support the hops, huge piney hop character with smooth subtle balanced bitterness. very sweet from residual sweetness

Widmer Brothers Brewing Company Pitch Black 6.5% ABV 7.29
Black IPA
Aroma: roasty, hints of chocolate
Flavor: roasty, hints of chocolate, subtle piney hop character, subtle bitterness, complex but understated

German Wheat and Rye Beer: 4
Rogue MoM 4.8% ABV 5.08
Hefeweizen
Aroma: rose, subtle citrusy
Flavor: very wheaty, highly carbonated, subtle citrus, dry, no rose

Tucher's Kristall Weizen 5.1% ABV 8.9
Hefeweizen
Aroma: Champagne, white grapes, white wine
Flavor: Grapy, clean, crisp, dry finish, heavy mouthfeel

Tucher's Helles Hefeweizen     5.2% ABV 8.9
Hefeweizen
Aroma: Banana, cloves
Flavor: Banana, cloves, full mouthfeel from bubbles, a bit yeasty

Tucher's Dunkles Hefeweizen    5.35% ABV 9.25
Dunkelweizen
Aroma: Bananas
Flavor: Very carbonated, so much so, it comes off creamy. Beautiful brownish copper color. Wheaty and prominent banana character from the hefeweizen yeast.

Belgian and French Ale: 4
Brouwerij West's Saison Extra 5.0% ABV 7.25
Saison
Aroma: Belgian character, yeasty, green apples, hard cider
Flavor: heavily carbonated, moderate to high bitterness, moderate piney hop character, metallic and fruit aftertaste on the back end

Dogfish Head Brewing Company's Red & White    10.0% ABV 7.81
Witbier
Aroma: sour, spices, coriander, orange peel
Flavor: spices, red wine, smooth for higher alcohol, orange peel

Kiuchi Brewing Company Hitachino Nest White Ale    5.0% ABV    7.88
Witbier
Aroma: Grapefruit, Mint
Flavor: Grapefruit, mint, hints of spice, coriander, very carbonated, bitter after taste

The Lost Abbey Devotion † 6.25% ABV 7.75
Belgian Blonde
Aroma: Flowers
Flavor: Sour, very bitter, very carbonated and almost bubbly like champagne. Belgian yeast characters.

Ommegang Brewery Rare Vos 6.5% ABV 7.50
Belgian Pale Ale
Aroma: malty
Flavor: bitterness on back, apple, malty, creamy

Sour Ale: 3
The Bruery Tart of Darkness 7.0% ABV 9.75
Sour Ale (Stout)
Aroma: adhesive, wet sawdust, tarty, clay, grape juice, cranberry juice
Flavor: tart forward, initial aggressive tartness, fades out to a chocolate, roasty. thin, dry finish, high carbonation, cran-grape taste

The Bruery Hottenroth    3.1% ABV 8.2
Berliner Weisse
Aroma: sour green apples, white wine, lemon
Flavor: refreshing subtle sour front end followed with a pleasant wheat based back end, simple

Russian River Brewing Company's Temptation    5.0% ABV 9.13
Sour Ale (wild)
Aroma: sour, green apple, chardonnay, tart, sweet
Flavor: dry, tart, subtle green apple, oak characteristics

Belgian Strong Ale: 4
Anderson Valley Brother David's Double Abbey Style Ale 9.0% ABV 7.67
Belgian Dubbel
Aroma: Raisins, subtle smoky, alcohol forward
Flavor: alcohol forward, very dry, raisins, no bitterness, no hop character, very malty, subtle smoky and dirty undertones

Brouwerij Huyghe's Delirium Nocturnum   8.5% ABV 7.0
Belgian Strong Dark Ale
Aroma: raisin, very alcohol forward, metallic
Flavor: raisin, hot, tart plums, metallic, medium mouthfeel, not hops, very little bitterness

Left Coast Brewing Company Asylum 11.8% ABV 6.83
Belgian Tripel
Aroma: alcohol forward, coriander, caramel, foresty, malty
Flavor: alcohol forward, coriander, subtle lemon

North Coast Brewing Company Brother Thelonious 9.4% ABV 8.17
Belgian Strong Dark Ale
Aroma: malty, alcohol forward, carmel, stone fruit, overall clean abbey smell
Flavor: alcohol forward, malty, stone fruit, plums, sweet, raisins, prunes

Strong Ale: 5
Bayhawk Ales Imperial Brown Ale 7.2% ABV    7.83
American Imperial/Strong Brown Ale
Aroma: fiery cinnamon, espresso
Taste: full bodied, creamy, raw subtle coffee, hot alcohol

Gordon Biersch Brewing Co. Braumeister Selekt IPB    6.5% ABV    7.58
American Imperial/Double Pilsner
Aroma: malty, wheaty, sweet
Flavor: really bitter, champagne finish, subtle hop flavor, earthy hop flavor

Port Brewing Company 3rd Anniversary 10% ABV 9.33
American Imperial/Double Pale Ale
Aroma: Floral, sweet, caramel malts
Flavor: Piney, very bitter, creamy, great head retention, very smooth for high ABV

Stone Brewing Company Old Guardian 11.6% ABV 8.00
American Barleywine
Aroma: Sweet, caramel, raspberries
Flavor: Very hot in the back of the throat, sweet, piney hop character, a bit of spicy kick

Stone Brewing Company Double Bastard 11.2% ABV 8.88
American Strong Ale
Aroma: alcohol forward, raisins, mega-malty
Flavor: malty, alcohol forward, fruity forward hop character with a piney hop finish. Hops and bitterness, maltiness, and the alcohol hottness are all huge and really balance to create a huge strong beer.

Fruit Beer: 2
Shipyard Brewing Company Smashed Blueberry 9.0% ABV 8.33
Fruit Beer
Aroma: blueberries, peaty, roasty
Flavor: roasty, not too sweet, subtle blueberry

Unibroue's Ephemere Apple (Pomme) 5.5% ABV 7.67
Fruit Beer
Aroma: green apple, sweet, spice (coriander), cinammon, spiced cider
Flavor: very low residual sweetness, green apple skin, spearmint, tart apple backend

Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer: 5
The Bruery Autumn Maple    10.0% ABV 6.80
Yam Ale
Aroma: alcohol forward, yam, spices
Flavor: alcohol forward, yam, spices

Dogfish Head's Birra Etrusca Bronze    8.5% ABV 7.45
Ancient Herb Beer
Aroma: sweet, syrup, berries, pomegranate, potpourri, raspberry, spices, tree roots
Flavor: very carbonated, pomegranate, alcohol forward, moderate bitterness possible from the roots

New Belgium's Pumpkick    6.0% ABV 6.85
Pumpkin Ale
Aroma: mild pumpkin and holiday spices, very subtle aroma
Flavor: very spice forward malt masked by spices and pumpkin

Samuel Adams Fat Jack Double Pumpkin 8.5% ABV 7.92
Pumpkin Ale
Aroma: ultra profound pumpkin, cinnamon, pears
Flavor: big, bold flavor, moderate sweetness, bold pumpkin, alcohol forward

Shipyard Brewing Company Smashed Pumpkin 9.0% ABV 3.50
Pumpkin Ale
Aroma: pumpkin pie, spices, nutmeg
Flavor: very little pumpkin, extremely alcohol forward, odd chemical off flavors, possibly a bad batch

Smoke-Flavored/Wood-Aged Beer: 3
Anderson Valley Brewing Company Wild Turkey Bourbon Barrel Stout 6.9% ABV 8.70
Stout
Aroma: whiskey, oak, chocolate, roasty, sweet
Flavor: whiskey, subtle stout characters such as chocolate, roasty, sweet. really balanced whiskey character with the stout.

Great Divide Brewing Company Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti (2012) 9.5% ABV 9.17
Imperial Stout
Aroma: sweet, sweet chocolate syrup, dark chocolate, spice
Flavor: oak, dark chocolate, alcohol forward

Indian Wells Whiskey Barrel Aged Brew 12% ABV 6.67
Amber/ Red Ale
Aroma: Sweet, Honey
Flavor: Very smooth for a high ABV, hints of butterscotch

Specialty Beer: 1
Mississippi Mud 5.0% ABV    6.70
Black & Tan
Aroma: subtle roasty, stone fruit, sweet
Flavor: subtle roasty, medium to high carbonation, light bodied, easy to drink

Collaborations: 5
IronFist, Aloha Plenty, Stone Brewing Co. Mint Chocolate Imperial Stout 9.6% ABV 7.5
Imperial Stout
Aroma: Dark Chocolate, mint
Flavor: Roasty, mint, dark chocolate, thick

Dogfish, Sierra Nevada Rhizing Bines Imperial IPA 8% ABV 9.9
Imperial IPA
Aroma: fruity, tropical, citrusy
Flavor: sweet, very bitter, but very little hop flavor

Stone Brewing Co., Wil Wheaton, Drew Curtis Stone Farking Wheaton wØØtstout 13% ABV 7.75
Imperial Stout
Aroma: subtle walnuts, no distinct aromas
Flavor: roasty, alcohol forward, pecans, black licorice, chocolate

Stone Brewing Co., Rip Current Brewing Co.    7.7% ABV    8.88
American IPA
Aroma: tropical, fruity, huge tropical hop aroma
Flavor: sweet, tropical, fruity, tropical hop character, high bitterness

Stone Brewing Co., 10 Barrel Brewing Co., Bluejacket Brewing Co., Suede    9.6% ABV    8.50
Imperial Porter
Aroma: roasty, sweetness, grape juice
Flavor: roasty, floral hop character, honey, subtle bitterness

HomeBrews: 1
Green Man Pale Ale 4.7% ABV 5.50
Pale Ale
Brewed by: Thomas Barrett and Justin Lyon
Aroma: light to medium piney aroma
Flavor: low malt, moderate to high bitterness, low carbonation, watery

Bottleshare Thursdays

Friday, August 9, 2013

This Week's Meeting

Sunday, July 7, 2013

Top Beer and Top Brewing Co.

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Brewery Locations and Average Ratings

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Beer List: Total Count = 88