Bam Biere Farmhouse Ale

Beer: Bam Biere Farmhouse Ale
Brewery: Jolly Pumkin Artisan Ales
Location: Dexter MI
Website: http://www.jollypumpkin.com/
Serving Type: 750 mL
ABV: 4.5 ABV

Pour: Smooth pour with a medium amount of head that disipates in about 2 minutes.

Smell: This beer has smells like a traditional beligum beer. The yeast smell jumps out.

Taste: The first taste that pops is the grapefruit,then comes a sweet candy like flavor but very well balanced. The malt is

crisp and clean.

Drinkability: This is a smooth beer with a low ABV, therefore I was able to drink the bottle. I normally dont enjoy

drinking 750 mL of something this sweet and bitter.

Grade: B+

Goose Island Beer Co.

Style: Stout Aged in Bourbon Barrels
Brewery: Goose Island Beer Co.
Location: Chicago, IL
Website: http://www.gooseisland.com/
Serving Type: 650 mL
ABV: 13 ABV

Pour: Smooth pour with a thick head that swirls and twist like a cappuccino.

Smell: This beer has smells such as vanilla, oak, and a smooth malty smell like your mom.

Taste: This is not the first bourbon barreled beer I have had but this beer has married the strong tastes of bourbon and stout with exceptional accuracy.

Drinkability: This guy is a sippin' beer, in fact this beer is being shared right now with Joe, "Luvsdahops".

Grade: A

Russian River Damnation Belguim Golden Ale

Style: Belguim Strong Pale Ale
Brewery: Russian River Brewery Company
Location: Santa Rosa, CA
Website: http://www.russianriverbrewering.com/
Serving Type: 750 mL
ABV: 7.74 ABV

Pour: Smooth pour with a thick head that shows even legs.

Smell: This beer has a great Belgium yeast smell to it, with a hint of clean crisp malt.

Taste: This an exceptional example of an American attempt at a Belgium golden ale. The taste is well balanced, most Belgium's are a little too sweet for my liking, but not this one. The taste was so well balance and dynamic that I feel they have out done themselves.

Drinkability: I usually can not drink this type of beer for more than one 750 mL bottle, however for this brew I could drink about two bombers.

Grade: A

Coors Banquet Lager w/ Charles Mingus

Style: Pilsner
Brewery: Coors Brewing Company
Location: Golden CO FOOL!
Website: http://www.coors.com/
Serving Type: 12 Fl.Oz.
ABV: 5.0 ABV

Pour: Smooth pour with a even pilsner head, the head dies off within one minute of pour.

Smell: The beer has a buttery yeast smell to it with a hint of hops and malt.

Taste: This is the true American pilsner, its smooth and crisp. However it has some nice yeasty taste to it and the light hint of maltiness. I do not taste the same beer when i drink it on the east coast.

Drinkability: I drink this beer regularly, it has a nice buttery taste to the yeast. Two things need to be noted about this beer, 1) It doesn't taste good from a bottle 2) It doesnt taste good outside of Colorado, seriously.

Note: On the 1936 can it says, "export lager" it was so good we exported it...but not to the east coast? Where the hell did they export it? HA!

Grade: B, B+ with Mingus

Lion Imperial Premium Malt Pilsner

Beer: Imperial Premium Malt Pilsner
Style: Imperial Pilsner
Brewery: The Lion Brewery Ceylon PLC
Location: Sri Lanka
Website: http://www.lionbeer.com/
Serving Type: 12 Fl.Oz.
ABV: 8.8 ABV

Pour: Smooth pour with a even pilsner head.

Smell: This pilsner smells very malty once you get into it, but at the beginning it has a crisp hop smell to it as well.

Taste: I was really excited when i bought this beer, it comes in a really nice box and the guy from a great liquor store recommended it. I am almost at the bottom of the first glass and it is tough. I enjoyed the first half of the beer and now it taste a little to malty. I did some traveling in the UK last summer and many of the beers tasted like this, it was good with an Indian meal but it doesnt taste as good over here in the states.

Drinkability: The first half is indeed much more drinkable then the second half.

Grade: C

Stone Cali-Belgique IPA

Beer: Cali-Belgique
Style: IPA
Brewery: Stone Brewing Co.
Location: Escondido, CA
Website: http://www.stonebrew.com/
Serving Type: 1 Pt. 6 Fl.Oz.
ABV: 6.9 ABV
IBU: 77
Pour: Smooth pour with a nice head and even thick legs.

Smell: This beer smells hoppy, floral and even malty smell.

Taste: The Stone Brewery Co. is my favorite brewery hands down. Stone Brewery have yet to disappoint me, this beer was another impressive beer. The beer is so well balanced, but it is still a strong complex IPA.

Drinkability: As I mentioned earlier this beer is well balanced and therefore I could drink about two bombers of this fine brew. Many of the IPA's that I have tried are not well balanced and therefore lose their enjoyment about one glass in.

Grade: A+

Sierra Nevada Glissade

Beer: Glissade
Style: Golden Bock
Brewery: Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Location: Chico, CA
Website: http://www.sierranevada.com/
Serving Type: 12oz bottle
ABV: 6.4 ABV

Pour: Smooth pour with a nice semi thick lager head. The beer has a light amber/golden color, this beer is very clear unlike their pale ale.

Smell: This beer smells malty, with a medium European hop smell.

Taste: I have been drinking hoppy beers for years now and have gotten somewhat burnt out on them, so I am always trying to find new tasty, complex beers and this beer did not disappointing.

Drinkability: I can drink these all the way through a Karate Kid marathon, like a did a few weeks ago. However it will catch up to you because it is smooth but not exactly light weight.

Grade: A