Import Craft Beers – Anchor Old Foghorn Barleywine

From San Franciso, CA comes Anchor Brewing’s Old Foghorn Barleywine (8.8% alc poured from a bottle while visiting Seattle). Aroma and Appearance: Pours a dark amber with some foam, lots of toffee and raisin aroma and some good bubbles rising from the bottom. Flavour: this one hits you nicely with loads of sweet toffee, malt with some nice fruitiness and floral hop notes…

Import Craft Beers – Uinta Anniversary Barleywine

From Salt Lake City, UT comes Uinta – Anniversary Barleywine (a hefty 10.4% alc Barleywine poured from a bottle while visiting Seattle). Aroma and Appearance: Pours a very dark brown with minimal foam and is full of dark fruit, raisin and caramel aroma. Flavour: this barleywine hits you with sweet molasses malt and plum and finishes with bitter, piney hops and finally…

Import Craft Beers – AleSmith IPA

From San Diego, CA comes AleSmith IPA (a 7.25% IPA, poured from a bottle while visiting Seattle). Aroma and Appearance: Pours a nice copper colour, very clear with some good foam and a mix of tangerine, grapefruit and piney aroma. Flavour: Smooth, piney and malty sweet citrus upfront with a bitter IPA finish and a grapefruit aftertaste. Well balanced,…

Craft Beer Review – Half Pints Brewing Stir Stick Stout

Half Pints Brewing – Stir Stick Stout – Described as a Coffee Infused stout from Winnipeg, MB, this updated review of the 5% abv and 35 IBU bottle of beer was poured into the same snifter glass and enjoyed at home. Aroma and Appearance: This beer pours a coffee like dark brown colour with hardly any foam, and…

Import Craft Beers – Mill Street Brewery Vanilla Porter

Beer 6 from Mill Street’s Seasonal 6 pack sampler is Mill Street Brewery’s Vanilla Porter (5.0% alc, poured at home from a widgetized can). Aroma and Appearance: This beer pours a very dark reddish brown with a massive cascade and a gargantuan 2.5 inch head. Aroma is roasted coffee beans and vanilla, honestly it smells like a…

Import Craft Beers – Mill Street Brewery Organic Lager

Beer 5 from Mill Street’s Seasonal 6 pack sampler is Mill Street Brewery’s Organic Lager (a mere 4.2% alc, poured at home from a bottle). Aroma and Appearance: Very soft grassy aromas, with an apple/pear like note. Pours a pale golden yellow, with a quickly dissipating 1 inch head of foam and a whole lot of bubble…

Import Craft Beers – Mill Street Brewery Cobblestone Stout

Beer 4 from Mill Street’s Seasonal 6 pack sampler is Mill Street Brewery’s Cobblestone Stout (4.2% alc, poured at home from a can with a nitrogen widget). Aroma and Appearance: This beer pours a very dark reddish brown and appears black in the glass. It is nitrogenated, so pours with a decent cascading effect and an 3/4…

Import Craft Beers – Mill Street Brewery Weizenbock

Beer 3 from Mill Street’s Seasonal 6 pack sampler is Mill Street Brewery’s Weizenbock (a hefty 7.5% alc, poured at home from a bottle). Aroma and Appearance: This beer pours a very dark almost red copper with just a touch of foam at the top (which stays the whole time) and carries aroma’s of toffee, raisin and…

Import Craft Beers – Mill Street Brewery Distillery Ale

Beer 2 from Mill St’s Seasonal 6 pack sampler is Mill Street Brewery’s Distillery Ale (5.8% alc, poured at home from a bottle). Aroma and Appearance: Aroma of caramel and some bits of dark fruit. Pours a copper colour with a small head of foam and very little visible carbonation. Flavour: Very bready malt flavour with a bit…

Import Craft Beers – Mill Street Brewery Tankhouse Ale

From Mill St’s Seasonal 6 pack sampler comes Mill Street Brewery’s Tankhouse Ale (5.2% alc, poured at home from a bottle). I love the idea of a 6 pack sampler, well done Mill Street. Aroma and Appearance: Floral, citrus and a bit of pine aroma. Pours a golden copper with a 1 inch head of foam with…

Import Craft Beers – St-Feuillien / Green Flash Belgium Coastal IPA

From St-Feuillien / Green Flash collaboration comes their Belgium Coastal IPA (7.5% alc, poured at home from a bottle). These collaboration beers are always fun to try, I often buy them on site. Aroma and Appearance: Banana and clove dominate the nose and it pours a hazy gold colour with a massive head of foam and fast rising…

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