# 90 Hopticial illusion

Head: Medium

Alcohol %: 6.8

Color: light amber

Tint: Light

Star power: ok

Smell: Citrus

# 89 Victory Hop Wallop

Head: large

Alcohol %: 8.5

Color: Straw

Tint: Light

Star power: Ok

Smell; Citrus rind

# 88 Anderson Valley Hop Ottin IPA

Head: Large

Alcohol %: 7

Color: Amber

Tint: Light

Star power: Ok = 3 stars

Smell: Herbal hops

# 87 Rare Vos

Head: Medium

Alcohol %: 6.5

Color: Apricot

Tint: Medium Cloudy

Star Power: Reach for the star

Smell: Sweet Bubble gum

# 86 Dortmunder Gold

Head: Medium

Alcohol %: 5.6

Color: Copper

Tint: light

Star power: ok

Smell: Barley

# 85 Zlaty Bazant

Head: Small

Alcohol %: 10

Color: Golden Yellow

Tint: Cloudy

Star Power: Restaurant buy = 2 stars

Smell: Apple & Hoppy

# 84 Otter Creek Raspberry Brown

Head: Large

Alcohol %: 5.8

Color: Dark Caramel

Tint: Medium

Star power: Restaurant Buy = 2 stars

Smell: Raspberry & Malt

# 83 Lion Stout

Head: Small

Alcohol %: 8

Color: Black

Tint: Dark

Star power: Reach for the star

Smell: Roasted & Chocolate

# 82 Bear Republic Racer 5 IPA

Head: Large

Alcohol %: 7

Color: Mild Orange

Tint: Cloudy

Star Power: Reach for the star

Smell: Citrus

# 81 Sierra Nevada "Big Foot"

Head: Small

Alcohol %: 9.6

Color: Brown

Tint: Medium

Star power: ok

Smell: hops

# 80 Mocha Porter

Head: Medium

Alcohol %: 5.3

Color: Cola

Tint: Dark

Star power: Ok

Smell: Roasted malts

# 79 Nugget Nectar

Head: Medium

Alcohol %: 7.5

Color: Copper Orange

Tint: Medium

Star power: Reach for the Star

Smell: Citrus funk

# 78 Green Flash West Coast IPA

Head: Large

Alcohol %: 7.3

Color: Amber

Tint: Cloudy light

Star power: ok

Smell: pine sweet

# 77 Eye of the Hawk

Head; Small

Alcohol %: 8

Color: Copper

Tint: Light

Star Power: Ok

Smell: Apple juice

# 76 Commodore Perry IPA Great Lakes Brewing

Head: small

Alcohol %: 7.5

Color: Mild orange

Tint: none

Star power: Reach for the star

Smell: Citrus Sweet

# 75 Sierra Nevada Torpedo

Head: Large

Alcohol %: 7.2

Color: Light Copper

Tint: Medium

Star power: ok

Smell: Hebal w/ citrus

# 74 Dogfish Head 90 Imperial IPA

Head: Medium

Alcohol %: 9

Color: Copper

Tint: medium

Star power: ok

Smell: Light hops w/ hint of citrus

# 73 Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale

Head: Large

Alcohol %: 6.8

Color: Dark Amber

Tint: Light

Star power: ok

Smell: Herbal Hoppy

# 72 Ommeganag Abbey Ale

Head: Large

Alcohol %: 8.5

Color: Dark Amber

Tint: dark

Star power: ok

Smell: Sweet cherries & apple

# 71 Great Lakes Nosferatu

Head: Small

Alcohol %:8

Color: Dark Carmel

Tint: Medium

Star power: ok

Smell: Hops and sweet malt with a hint of alcohol

# 70 Southern Tier "Unearthly" Imperial IPA

Head: Large

Alcohol %: 11

Color: Red Amber

Tint: Medium

Star power: Reach for the star

Smell: Hoppy with sweetness

# 69 Orval

Head: Large

Alcohol %: 6.9

Color: Apricot

Tint: Medium Cloudy

Star Power: Reach for the star

Smell: Sweet grapes and fruit

# 68 Delirium Tremens

Head: Large

Alcohol %: 8.5

Color: Cloudy yellow

Tint: Medium

Star power: ok

Smell: Sweet grapes

# 67 Budweiser Select

Head: Small

Alcohol %: 4.3

Color: Light Yellow

Tint: NA

Star power: Restaurant Buy

Smell: Crisp

Two Brothers Brewery

Only trust your own taste buds..........Two Brothers!

# 66 Sam Adams Imperial Double Bock

Head: Large

Alcohol %: 9.5

Color: Dark Mahogany

Tint: Medium

Star Power: Ok

Smell: malts

# 65 Saranac Beligian Ale

Head: Small

Alcohol %: 5.9

Color: Dark Copper

Tint: Medium

Star power: Reach for the star

Smell: Belgian fruity

# 64 Peroni Nastro Azzuro

Head: Small

Alochol %: 5.1

Color: Golden Yellow

Tint: Light

Star Power: Ok

Smell: Pilsner

# 63 Stone IPA

Head: Small

Alcohol %: 6.9

Color: Orange gold

Tint: Light

Star power: ok

Smell: Citrus

# 62 Guinness

Head: Large

Alcohol %: 4.2

Color: Dark Brown

Tint: Dark

Star power: Restaurant buy = 2 stars

Smell: NA

# 61 Southern Tier Phin & Matt's

Head: Small

Alcohol %: 5.6

Color: Orange Golden

Tint: Light

Star power: Ok

Smell: citrus

# 60 Samuel Adams Blackberry Witbier

Head: Large

Alcohol %: 5.5

Color: Cloudy Yellow

Tint: light

Star power: ok

Smell: Strong blackberry

31 Beers in 31 Days!

Happy December,

Since December is the month of giving gifts. I will be giving you 31 blogs on new beers in 31 Days. Let's go out in 2009 with a bang!

P.S. No time for RBI's this month only BEEEEEEER!

Love,

Taste Master

# 59 Budweiser American Ale

Head: Large

Alcohol %: 5.3

Color: Amber

Tint: Medium

Star power: Restaurant buy = 2 stars

Smell: Hoppy

Week 47 RBI

The Budweiser Clydesdales weight up to 2,300 pounds and stand nearly 6 feet at the shoulder.

# 58 Steel Reserve

Head: Large

Alcohol %: 8.1

Color: Golden Blonde

Tint: Light

Star power: Ok = 3 stars

Smell: Malt

Week 46 RBI

12 oz of a typical American pale lager actually has fewer calories than 2 percent milk or apple juice.

# 57 Anchor Steam

Head: Medium

Alcohol %: 4.8

Color: Dark Amber

Tint: Medium

Star power: Restaurant Buy

Smell: Barley malts

Week 45 RBI

George Washington had his own Brewhouse on the grounds of Mount Vernon.

# 56 Dundee Honey Nut Brown Ale

Head: Medium

Alcohol %: 4.5

Color: Amber

Tint: Medium

Star power: Ok = 3 stars

Smell: NA

Week 44 RBI

In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them to mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's".

# 55 Dundee IPA

Head: Medium

Alcohol %: 6.3

Color: Amber

Tint: Medium

Star power: Ok = 3 stars

Smell: IPA

Week 43 RBI

A barrel contains 31 gallons of beer. What Americans commonly refer to as a keg is actually 15.5 gallons, or a half-barrel.

# 54 Dundee Porter

Head: Medium

Alcohol %: 6.5

Color: Black

Tint: Dark

Star power: Ok = 3 stars

Smell: Malty

Week 42 RBI

There are 19 different versions of Guinness.

# 53 Duvel Belgian Golden Ale

Head: Medium

Alcohol %: 8.5

Color: Bleach blonde

Tint: Light

Star power: Reaching for the star = 4 stars

Smell: Sweet

Week 41 RBI

Alt Beir

Alt is a German style of ale, untypically top fermented at cold "lager type" temperatures, and aged for a short period of time. In German, alt means old. This is the way Germans made beer before the discovery of bottom fermenting lager yeasts. They are usually well balanced (malty and hoppy).

# 52 Dundee Pale Bock Lager

Head: Small

Alcohol %: 6.2

Color: Amber

Tint: Light

Star power: Ok = 3 stars

Smell: Malty

Week 40 RBI

Kolsch

Like Alt Beir, Kolsch is top-fermented. it is a full beer, light in color, pleasantly bitter and slightly hoppy. Like Champaign, it is (in theory) supposed to come from one particular region in Germany (Cologne) to actually be called Kolsch.

# 51 Boulder Beer Mojo IPA

Head: Small

Alcohol %: 6.8

Color: Dirty Amber

Tint: Light

Star power: Restaurant buy = 2 stars

Smell: Light hops

Week 39 RBI

Brown Ale

Brown ales are sweeter and fuller in body than any of the ales described above. Some are lighter, and have a nutty and sweet character, while others are more hearty and robust.

# 50 Dundee Pale Ale

Head: Small

Alcohol %: 5.3

Color: Amber

Tint: Medium

Star power: Ok = 3 stars

Smell: hoppy

Week 38 RBI

Amber

Loosely, a variation of the good old bitter. Usually made a bit stronger and "redder" by the addition of Amber Malts. Once again, these are generic terms and the name that a brewery decides to attach to their beer is not so much a matter of fact as as it is a matter of opinion.

# 49 Mendocino Winter Season Imperial IPA

Head: Small

Alcohol %: 7.5

Color: Amber

Tint: Light

Star power: Ok = 3 stars

Smell: Hops & Malt

Week 37 RBI

ESB (Extra Special Bitter)

Like the name might suggest in relation to the above description of Bitter, an E.S.B. is significantly higher in alcohol content than a bitter. Perhaps a bit richer body, or a redder color.

# 48 Dundee Wheat

Head: Medium

Alcohol %: 4.2

Color: Blonde

Tint: Light

Star power: Reach for the Star = 4 stars

Smell: malty

Week 36 RBI

Bitter

Bitter is a very generic term use to describe a wide variety of ales. In general, it refers to a light bodied, basic style of English ale, usually not very potent in terms of alcohol content. Often referred to as Session Beer. Session? I once heard it described this way: "People can sit around and drink it all night, discussing the important matters of the day, without wandering too far off the original subject." Bitters can be lightly or highly hopped.

# 47 Shipyard IPA

Head: Medium

Alcohol %: 5.8

Color: Cloudy Amber

Tint: Medium

Star power: Restaurant buy = 2 stars

Smell: Sweet

Week 35 RBI

Did you know?

A slang word for a Hefeweizen is Zine.

# 46 Sam Adams Cream Stout

Head: Large

Alcohol %: 4.7

Color: Black

Tint: Dark

Star power: Ok

Smell: caramel & roasted chocolate

Week 34 RBI

Did you know?

The Beer toast • "Here’s mud in your eye!"
Was a back-handed toast among jockeys. When the lead horse kicked-up mud into the eye of the follower, it gave the lead an advantage for the win.

# 45 Yuengling Porter

Head: Medium

Alcohol %: 4.5

Color: Dark Brown

Tint: Dark

Star power: ok

Smell: roasted w/ malts & coffee

Week 33 RBI

Did you Know?

Sometimes the beer slang for Natural Ice is Natty Ice

# 44 Samuel Adams Imperial White

Head: Medium

Alcohol %: 10.3

Color: Orange

Tint: Medium

Star power: Ok

Smell: Orange w/ hops & Spice