Are you into sour cherries? If so, this is the brew for you.
Smuttynose Hanami Ale pours reddish brown so I was expecting malt. Boy was I wrong! This is a really strange beer. It's very sour with cherry and biscuit flavors. If you like fruit beers, especially sour ones, give it a try. Otherwise, I would pass on it. There were three in the Smuttynose variety pack. I have to figure out how to get rid of the other two.
CB&B's Smoky IPA-quite in interesting creation, in the good sense. Modest hops with spruce and pine notes-the smokiness is very faint/slightly peat-like. Nice malt balance. Grill some fish with this or sip with mild cheeses. If you have any leftovers, I'll have another, please. You can enjoy more than one of these 'cuz I'd guess about 6% ABV. Saving one for Lavabe, of course.
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CB&C's Original Recipe-I think it tastes most like an American Pale Ale. Deep golden color, floral and very mild hop presence. Good balance with I'd guess crystal malt. Very pleasant taste and aroma. Mild. I'd guess about 5% ABV. A good session brew. Three are left in the 12 pack sampler so I'll enjoy another in 30-60 days and save one for Lavabe, too.
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Don't pour the beer over the ice cream. Add the ice cream to the beer. I prefer to stir my ice cream and blend it with the beer, tastes better.
^^ A quote from Tilly
Does this make it a beer "cooler"?
I had to move this from the hotel tipping thread to here.
Lol. I prefer it that way as the beer tastes better. The Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout is a bit bitter for this gal, hence I drank it while eating a delicious chocolate chip cookie from Whole Foods. The ice cream countered the bitterness and made for a sweeter tasting beer.
I could not wait until Friday--I tried the beer float just a few minutes ago. Fort Collins Chocolate Stout and vanilla ice cream in a Duke mug. Beer first, then two scoops of ice cream. It foamed up a little, looked really good. My first sip was disappointingly bitter,--but--the first taste of ice cream I spooned out was very good, great in fact. After a little experimenting I concluded that all joking aside, the beer "cooler" was better to me than the float. The more the ice cream melted into the beer, the better I liked the entire concoction. I believe it would make a great summertime drink out on my deck.