Day 196, January 25

Beer Tasting!  10 for the price of one.
Rapid fire

The Offering: Schiehallion, pale lager, Harviestoun Brewery. Scotland

ABV: 4.8%

Weak lager, not my favorite

Points: 70



The Offering: Dulcis Succubus, Wine barrel aged Saison, Le Trou du Diable. Canada

ABV: 7.0%%

Super funky.  Nice brew.  Fruity, sour, barnyard with botrytus notes.

Points:  85




The Offering: El en Bosque, Imperial Red Ale, Omnipollo.  Sweden

ABV: 7.0%

Coffee, dark malts, bitter bitter bitter, really dries the mouth.

Points: 79



The Offering:  Smiske Extra Dry IPA, Cascade IPA, Brouwerij Smisje, Belgium.

ABV: 7.0%

Funky, not sure i like it though.  Farmy Belgian yeast. Bitter.  Tastes like worm dirt.  Bitter earth aftertaste.

Points: 82



The Offering: Obliteration IX, Rye Double Ale, Midnight Sun Brewing, Alaska

ABV: 8.0%

Bitter nose with grapefruit.  More grapefruit on the mouth.  A little sweet and the rye is definitely apparent.  Bitter finish

Points:83



The Offering: La Quatorze {XIV}, Weizenbock, Brasserie des Franches-Montagnes.  Switzerland

ABV: 7.5%

Nice.  Coffee and French is a simple way to describe the mouth.  Similar to a mouvedre and a little sweet.  I get a lot of spicy barnyard floor with some hay and goat.  Welcome to a french coffee farm, I love it.

Points:85



The Offering: Bootlegger's Mint Chocolate Porter, Porter, Bootlegger's Brewery.  California USA

ABV: 6.2%%

Big minty chocolate nose!  Pretty nice mouth as well  but falls a little short.  The profile is a little thin, especially for a porter.  Fun style to try though.

Points:80




The Offering: 2012 Alesmith Decadence, quadrupel, Alesmith.  California USA

ABV: 12.0%

Great, similar to the Westy but not as creamy.  Sweet and spicy.  Dark fruit on the nose. Almost like a teryaki.  Cool brew.

Points:89




The Offering: Professor Fritz Briem Grodziskie, sour smoked wheat ale, Professor Fritz Briem.  Germany

ABV: 4.0%

Piney nose (which is strange because the bottle says the malts are smoked in birch).  A little sour but nothing spectacular going on and a little on the thin side.

Points:81



The Offering: Procrastinator, Eisbock, Brasserie des Franches-Montagnes.  Switzerland

ABV: 10.0%

Smells like a baking soda vinegar reaction.  Super sour with some sweetness in spots.  This one is really teryaki.  Interesting, but I don't like it.  Very weird, but might be worth a try for some of you.

Points: 70



Cheers